Former city manager still on Williamsburg payroll two months after sudden departure
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Former Williamsburg City Manager Andrew O. Trivette was still on the city’s payroll as of May 1, more than two months after city council hastily accepted his resignation.
The city pays its employees every other week, and as of the May 1 paycheck, Trivette continued to receive his biweekly base salary of $10,181.80.
Williamsburg Watch received the information from the city in response to a Freedom of Information request.
The payouts don’t match any of the provisions in his employment contract spelling out what payments the city would make if Trivette were fired, resigned or retired.
“As this is a personnel matter, we are precluded from commenting any further,” city spokesperson Nicole Trifone told us. We were unable to reach Trivette over the weekend.
Since the city accepted Trivette’s resignation request Feb. 25, he has received the following payments, according to records the city provided us:
1. March 6: Two weeks’ pay of $10,181.80 plus $461.54 car allowance
2. March 20: $10,181.80 for two weeks’ pay and $60,909 for accrued benefits
3. April 3: Two weeks’ pay for $10,181.80
4. April 17: Two weeks’ pay for $10,181.80
5. May 1: Two weeks’ pay for $10,181.80
City council hastily convened a special meeting on Feb. 25 to accept Trivette’s resignation and appoint assistant city manager Michele Mixner DeWitt as interim city manager.
City officials have declined to provide a reason for Trivette’s departure, citing the personnel exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Under Section 4 of the employment agreement Trivette signed in 2018, the city would be liable for payments if it terminated Trivette without cause. In such a case, he would have been entitled to six months’ base salary in a lump sum without benefits. He would also have been entitled to payment of his health insurance for six months, or until he obtains new insurance or a new job.
If Trivette had resigned without at least 90 days’ advance notice, the city would not be liable for any payments.
If he were terminated for cause, the city would only pay his unused accrued leave time, or apply it as service credit toward his state retirement.
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