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4J4 stating that he left himself wide open by giving Mr. Smith more than what was said in the handbook, more than the 30 days, even knowing 'that he had all of this vacation time accrued. It would have been much better to simply say you were going to pay him for 30 days and then contract out with Mr. Smith. He said another question that has come up is Beverly Lewis, the former Librarian, and you did not address her situation. Mr. Anderson advised that Ms. Lewis drew vacation time, not comp time after she left.. She had over 3,000 comp hours-,that she was not paid for. He advised that the city used Ms. Lewis the same way they did Mr. Smith. The city did not have a Librarian for about nine months and Ms. Lewis was consulted by telephone, she prepared the following year's budget and there was a lot of correspondence by mail and e-mail. Mr. Wilson said the point here is, are we entering into a contract that they will simply go up here and say you are telling us tonight that there is no comp time and only 30 days of vacation and no sick leave time, but when it actually happens, it is a different situation. Mr. Wilson asked that this be delineated out. He stated that, if Council is going to write this iron -clad contract in his favor, then Council should at least put it in writing that the Manager will be paid for 30 days vacation, no comp time, and no sick leave time. If that is what it is, spell it out in the contract instead of tying it to something else that could be misinterpreted later. Mr. Wilson said instead ofrolling the contract forward two years, roll it to the next year. Mr. Wilson stated that the contracts should be tied down in both directions. Jim Bell, 4255 FM 195, came forward stating that he agrees with Charles Waldrum that this item needs to be tabled to a future specific date. It needs to have public hearings. The contracts should be published, and the city should get input for the citizens because this City Council is tying the hands of future City Councils. He said if you are going to have a multi -year contract, go ahead and put in a buy -out figure so that the contract can be terminated, so that the person can be terminated immediately with a 10% payment, 20% payment or something reasonable for the remaining time on the contract. Mr. Bell gave as his reason for saying this as the circumstances that occurred when former City Manager David Doty was terminated and was paid approximately $100,000.00 to get him