2019-028 - Approving & Authorizing the Execution of a Separation Agreement between the City of Paris and City Manager John Godwin

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Such consulting services will include providing technical assistance on topics including but not be limited to the following: • Budgetary issues • Community development issues including but not limited to assistance in creating a TIRZ to fund downtown development; the downtown improvement plan; planning and zoning issues • Economic development issues • Public works issues including but not limited to current water and sewer and street bond improvement programs • Other issues for which his thirty years of experience in local government would prove helpful to the City During this term, Godwin will receive the same salary, TMRS contribution, Medicare and OASDI contributions as he did while he was City Manager. This pay will be reduced by applicable income tax withholding, Godwin's TMRS contributions, and all other legally required payroll deductions. Godwin will receive direct payments relating to continuing health insurance coverage under COBRA as set forth in paragraph 3 hereinabove. 5. Release and Waiver and Covenant Not to Sue. By signing this Agreement, Godwin agrees to the following: a. Release and Waiver of Rights. Godwin irrevocably and unconditionally releases City and its directors, officers, elected officials, agents, employees and representatives, jointly and individually, and all persons acting by, through or with any of them (collectively referred to as the "Releasees"), from any and all claims, complaints, liabilities, damages, causes of action, suits, rights, costs, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any nature or kind whatsoever, known or unknown, including but not limited to any claim relating to Godwin's employment with City or to his resignation from City employment, which Godwin now has, or which he had at any time prior to the execution of this Agreement, against each, all, or any of the Releasees. The claims waived and discharged include, but are not limited to those arising under the following: • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Executive Order 11246 • Equal Pay Act • Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Assistance Act • Civil Rights Act of 1991 • 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (the 1866 Civil Rights Act) • Americans with Disabilities Act • Employee Retirement Income Security Act • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) • Family and Medical Leave Act • Fair Labor Standards Act SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Page 2