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Utah lawmaker says lucrative severance deal for outgoing UTA chief is 'improper,' seeks to block it
Utah lawmaker says lucrative severance deal for outgoing UTA chief is ‘improper,’ seeks to block it if he canRep. Mike Schultz — who helped enact a new law to restructure the Utah Transit Authority — says he believes that outgoing UTA President and CEO Jerry Benson is improperly receiving a big severance package. It is worth perhaps $282,000.
So Schultz has asked legislative attorneys to review the situation. The Utah Attorney General’s Office also says it is looking into it.
“I’d like more than anything to stop that severance package,” Schultz, R-Hooper, said Thursday. He acknowledged, though, that he is unsure if it is legally possible now to block the payout. “But it is improper.”
Meanwhile, UTA has said Benson is receiving what was required by contract when he became UTA president in 2016 — and that it is not the result of any subterfuge.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/03/utah-lawmaker-says-lucrative-severance-deal-for-outgoing-uta-chief-is-improper-seeks-to-block-it-if-he-can/
