A trio of controversial decisions approved by the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners are in limbo after a local attorney filed a motion for a temporary restraining order preventing funds of about $850,000 from leaving the county’s coffers.
Ottawa County will pay more than $280,000 in a pair of severance agreements with its interim administrator and administrative executive aide, county-provided documents confirmed Monday.
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According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation, the severances were approved because both employees allegedly said they would pursue legal action against the county.
A former administrator for Ottawa County was not able to convince a federal court judge that his former employer retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech.
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At a Monday meeting, board Chair Joe Moss announced that Sparta Village Manager Jim Lower, the last remaining top finalist in the county’s search, had withdrawn.
Freed said he spoke to Moss on Wednesday — the day after his interview, but one day before the executive search committee met — which could be an Open Meetings Act violation.
Just hours after Ottawa County announced it had narrowed down its county administrator to two finalists, one of them publicly withdrew from the process.
