At the June 11, 2007 meeting of the Rochester City Council city manager Ken Johnson announced that he had accepted the resignation of police chief Ted Glynn, effective June 30, 2007. There will be no special retiree health care benefits extended to the chief other than the standard package received by all city employees.

City Manager Chastises the City Council

The city manager then proceeded to chastise several unnamed council members. He suggested that the entire police study was undertaken with the ultimate goal of reflecting poorly on the police chief. Furthermore, he referred to recent council actions as a “witch hunt” and suggested that council’s inquiry into the cost of fully vested health care for the police chief was a questionable tactic that was improper.

There was no further discussion by the council regarding the resignation. However, in closing comments Mayor Stuart Bikson expressed his offense to the manner in which city manager Johnson spoke to the council. Mayor Bikson suggested that his comments were not appropriate for an employee speaking to his “employer”.

What do you think about the resignation and about the city manager’s caustic remarks to the elected city council?

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