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1. 1. 1-24, Local: Former manager, city still at odds over $60,500 severance package

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   Published on: 1/25/2003   Last Visited: 1/25/2003

   Last month, Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller, said they would bring a lawsuit against the city for rescinding Smyser's $60,500 severance package. Smyser resigned in December and accepted a similar position in Brazoria.
   
   The council originally voted 3-2 in December to pay off Smyser.
   
   Councilman Joe Woodson disputed the amount of comp time Smyser said he worked as interim city manager.

2. 2. Gilmer Mirror Newspaper for Upshur County and the City of Gilmer, Texas with Gilmer real estate, news, sports and entertainment

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   Published on: 1/4/2003   Last Visited: 1/4/2003

   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller, is challenging the move.)
   
   Contract reconsidered
   
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   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller, said that Smyser would sue the city over it not honoring terms of his May 26, 2001, employment contract.
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   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller of Gilmer, said that the issue was not what some audit showed, but what was in the contract which the City Council unanimously approved June 7, 2001, when it appointed Smyser city manager. He had been serving as interim city manager for about a year. The June 7 contract was retroactive to May 26, 2001, when Smyser was appointed City Manager, Tefteller said.
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   Tefteller said that if the council members had a problem with Smyser's comp time, they should have dealt with it prior to extending the contract to him.
   
   "That's why we draw up contracts in the first place," said Tefteller, who was at the Friday meeting with Smyser.
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   Tefteller said "the whole thing [the contract] is in the King's English. It's sad that the city has decided to welsh on its agreement."
   
   He asked what impression the City of Gilmer not honoring an employment contract might make on someone considering future employment with the city.
   
   Tefteller said that the city would be sued over the matter. In addition to Tefteller, Smyser is represented by attorney Gary Shaver of Longview.

3. 3. Gilmer Mirror Newspaper for Upshur County and the City of Gilmer, Texas with Gilmer real estate, news, sports and entertainment

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   Published on: 1/3/2003   Last Visited: 1/3/2003

   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller, is challenging the move.)
   
   Contract reconsidered
   
   Mirror Photo
   ...
   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller, said that Smyser would sue the city over it not honoring terms of his May 26, 2001, employment contract.
   ...
   Smyser's attorney, Todd Tefteller of Gilmer, said that the issue was not what some audit showed, but what was in the contract which the City Council unanimously approved June 7, 2001, when it appointed Smyser city manager. He had been serving as interim city manager for about a year. The June 7 contract was retroactive to May 26, 2001, when Smyser was appointed City Manager, Tefteller said.
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   Tefteller said that if the council members had a problem with Smyser's comp time, they should have dealt with it prior to extending the contract to him.
   
   "That's why we draw up contracts in the first place," said Tefteller, who was at the Friday meeting with Smyser.
   ...
   Tefteller said "the whole thing [the contract] is in the King's English. It's sad that the city has decided to welsh on its agreement."
   
   He asked what impression the City of Gilmer not honoring an employment contract might make on someone considering future employment with the city.
   
   Tefteller said that the city would be sued over the matter. In addition to Tefteller, Smyser is represented by attorney Gary Shaver of Longview.