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| LOUCKS LEAVES, GETS SEVERANCE |
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WENGNews writes, "BRUCE LOUCKS RESIGNED AS CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AT THE START OF THE BI-WEEKLY MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION YESTERDAY, SIGHTING MOUNTING TENSION WITH SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS. LOUCKS LEFT THE BUILDING SHORTLY AFTER MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, ENDING HIS FIVE YEAR TENOUR IN THE POSITION AND 24 YEARS AS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. BUT HE DOES NOT LEAVE EMPTY HANDED. THE 52 YEAR OLD LOUCKS WILL RECEIVE A SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR ROUGHLY FIFTY PERCENT OF HIS SALARY, OR ABOUT $85,000 DOLLARS, PLUS HE WILL REMAIN ON THE COUNTY’S INSURANCE PLAN FOR SIX MONTHS. AFTER THE VOTE, COMMISSIONERS TOOK A FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK, AND WHEN THEY RETURNED, ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ WAS IN LOUCKS’ OLD SEAT. BALTZ HAS BEEN LOUCK’S ASSISTANT FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, BUT COMMISSIONERS DID NOT INDICATE IF HE WOULD BE A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT. COMMISSIONER ADAM CUMMINGS, THE LONE DISSENTER IN ACCEPTING LOUCKS’ RESIGNATION, TOLD THE SUN HE BELIEVES THE MOVE WAS POLITICAL, SAYING “WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE HOPING MAYBE IF THEY THINK THEY CAN FIND A SCAPEGOAT IT WILL SAVE THEM.” CUMMINGS WAS REFERRING TO COMMISSIONERS TOM MOORE, TOM D’APRILLE, AND TRICIA DUFFY, WHO ARE ALL UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR. "
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Posted on Apr 09, 2008 05:59am.
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