Council approves ordinance clarifying severance for city administrator

The Rolla City Council approved an ordinance amending Section 2‑1‑168 of the Rolla City Code to clarify severance pay for the city administrator when a separate employment contract exists. City officials said the change was prompted during negotiations for a new city administrator. The existing code provides two months’ severance in certain separations; the ordinance retains that default but adds parenthetical language making the code’s severance provision subject to any separate employment contract. "We're still retaining the two months' severance pay, but it would be, unless otherwise provided for by a separate employment contract," said John (city official) during the discussion. Council then approved the final reading; a roll call recorded eight ayes. The ordinance was read into the record as "An ordinance amending Section 2‑1‑168 of the Rolla City Code and enacting a new Section 2‑1‑168 pertaining to the removal of the city administrator."