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do.</p> <p>Councilors were slated to discuss an item Monday night that proposed raising that payout from six months to one year.</p> <p>Before they could consider amending Bowman’s contract, town legal counsel Stephen Langsdorf said that entire portion of Bowman’s contract violated state law, as municipalities cannot fire employees without just cause.<div id="exco-adslot" class="opscoad-exco-adslot" data-unit="/6119/centralmaine.com/news" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></p> <p>“This was requested by the manager to amend the contract to change the potential terms of a payout,” Langsdorf said. “This type of a clause, of termination without cause, shouldn’t be in a town manager’s contract at all.”</p> <p>The initial proposal to increase Bowman’s payout upon termination comes after months of unrest and tension in Winslow’s town office. In July, Councilor Mike Joseph <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/05/judge-denies-winslow-councilors-request-for-protection-order-against-town-manager/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested a protective order against Bowman</a> for yelling and wagging her finger at him. A judge later denied Joseph’s request.<div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot1" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition1" data-unit="/6119/centralmaine.com/news" data-ad-index="1" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div></p> <p>Winslow councilors have convened six closed-door executive sessions in the two months since to discuss personnel matters and consult with legal counsel. <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/07/winslow-council-holds-closed-door-meeting-after-councilor-sought-protective-order-against-manager/#:~:text=Langsdorf%20requested%20Bowman%20not%20attend%20the%20meeting%20as%20%E2%80%9Cit%20was%20matters%20pertaining%20to%20the%20council%20and%20council%20only%2C%E2%80%9D%20according%20to%20Trahan." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bowman was asked not to attend</a> the first executive session after Joseph’s request as “it was matters pertaining to the council and council only,” according to other councilors.</p> <p>Langsdorf, who provided legal counsel at many of those executive sessions, is a partner with law firm Preti Flaherty, which has provided services for many Maine municipalities. He attended the meeting in lieu of Town Attorney William A. Lee III, who typically attends Winslow council meetings.</p> <div class="mtm-related-link"> <div class="content"> <h4>Related</h4> <h3><a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/05/judge-denies-winslow-councilors-request-for-protection-order-against-town-manager/" target="_blank">Judge denies Winslow councilor’s request for protection order against town manager</a></h3> </div> </div> <p>Winslow’s town charter allows the council to remove the manager “for cause” by a two-thirds vote, but does not lay out a process of removing the manager without cause. Because the town charter legally supersedes Bowman’s contract, Langsdorf said that portion of the contract would not hold up in court.</p> <p>At Monday’s meeting, Langsdorf cited a 2019 lawsuit in which <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/02/24/briggs-files-wrongful-termination-suit-against-rumford-over-firing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rumford’s former town manager sued the town</a> after being fired without cause through a similar provision in her contract. Rumford ultimately paid the former manager <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/09/01/rumford-to-pay-250000-to-settle-claim-of-wrongful-firing/?utm_medium=webpush&utm_source=browser&utm_campaign=pushnotifications" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$250,000 to settle the dispute</a>.</p> <p>Bowman’s contract is nearly identical to that of Rumford’s former manager, Langsdorf said. Winslow would be leaving the door open to potential lawsuits by leaving that portion of Bowman’s contract in place, he warned.</p> <p>“Anyone who’s a public employee has a due process right because their employment is considered property. The court held in this case that it was unfair to require a manager to waive their due process rights,” he said. “My recommendation at this time is that you amend this order to strike that clause from the contract entirely.”<div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot2" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/centralmaine.com/news" data-ad-index="2" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div></p> <p>The initial proposal to increase Bowman’s payout if fired was only made to assuage concerns that she would be removed from office over political or social disagreements rather than serious misconduct, Bowman said during the meeting.</p> <p>“I’m fine with removing that part of the contract,” Bowman said. “As far as the more money, it was only for termination without cause. It wasn’t with cause. So if I had four votes that made me go away then that would have been the discussion point, but this just cleans up the entire contract.”</p> <p>Winslow councilors ultimately voted to remove that portion of Bowman’s contract by a 5-1 vote. Councilors Joseph, Dale Macklin, Jeff West, Lee Trahan and Adam Lint voted in favor. Councilor Fran Hudson was the lone vote in opposition.</p> <p>Joseph and Hudson raised questions about the legality of Bowman’s contract in light of the discussions at Monday’s meeting. Joseph asked if it was legal for Bowman to have signed the contract at all, given that part of it broke the law.</p> <p>“That one line, according to the case, was not valid when it was signed and just shouldn’t be a part of the agreement. It doesn’t have any effect on the validity of every other term in the contract,” Langsdorf explained.</p> <p>Hudson questioned the council’s ability to alter Bowman’s contract at all given that it partly violates state law and directly contradicts the town charter. She suggested postponing discussion on the matter because the changes Langsdorf suggested were not on the meeting’s agenda.<div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot3" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/centralmaine.com/news" data-ad-index="3" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div></p> <p>“I thought that a contract was binding once you signed it, whether it’s a charter or not,” Hudson said. “I thought we were discussing an increase in money tonight. I didn’t know we were discussing removing something.”</p> <p>The meeting’s agenda stated that councilors would discuss amending Bowman’s contract but did not specify what those changes would look like.</p> <div class="mtm-related-link"> <div class="content"> <h4>Related</h4> <h3><a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/09/01/rumford-to-pay-250000-to-settle-claim-of-wrongful-firing/" target="_blank">Rumford to pay $250,000 to settle claim of wrongful firing</a></h3> </div> </div> <p>An informational packet given to councilors proposed the six-month to one-year increase in benefits to Bowman if terminated, but Langsdorf noted that it is not unusual or uncommon for towns to amend agenda items after learning new information.</p> <p>Discussion on the matter ultimately concluded when councilor Dale Macklin moved to waive the second reading of the new contract and let it take effect immediately.</p> <p>“I think we’ve got to get this behind us and move forward,” Macklin said. “Let’s get it over with tonight.”</p> <p>The motion was passed by a 4-2 vote, with Joseph and Hudson in opposition.</p> </body> <button class="article-copy"><?xml version="1.0"?> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 19 19" fill="none"> <path d="M11.8168 6.70744C13.9785 8.87133 13.9488 12.3406 11.8299 14.4713C11.8259 14.4756 11.8212 14.4803 11.8168 14.4847L9.38554 16.916C7.24115 19.0603 3.75235 19.0601 1.60829 16.916C-0.536097 14.7719 -0.536097 11.2828 1.60829 9.13873L2.95078 7.79624C3.30679 7.44023 3.9199 7.67685 3.93828 8.17997C3.96172 8.82115 4.0767 9.46533 4.28886 10.0874C4.36072 10.298 4.30938 10.531 4.152 10.6884L3.67851 11.1619C2.66453 12.1759 2.63273 13.8269 3.63672 14.8508C4.65063 15.8848 6.31715 15.8909 7.33883 14.8693L9.77013 12.4383C10.7901 11.4184 10.7858 9.76982 9.77013 8.75414C9.63623 8.62049 9.50135 8.51666 9.39599 8.44411C9.32146 8.39293 9.25992 8.32504 9.21628 8.24585C9.17264 8.16667 9.14811 8.07838 9.14465 7.98803C9.13032 7.60572 9.26578 7.21176 9.56788 6.90965L10.3296 6.14789C10.5294 5.94814 10.8427 5.92361 11.0743 6.08526C11.3396 6.27048 11.5881 6.47868 11.8168 6.70744ZM16.9159 1.60818C14.7718 -0.535915 11.283 -0.536204 9.13861 1.60818L6.70731 4.03947C6.70297 4.04381 6.69827 4.04851 6.69429 4.05285C4.57537 6.18356 4.54567 9.65281 6.70731 11.8167C6.93607 12.0455 7.18451 12.2536 7.44976 12.4388C7.68139 12.6005 7.99478 12.5759 8.19449 12.3762L8.95622 11.6144C9.25833 11.3123 9.39378 10.9184 9.37946 10.5361C9.37599 10.4457 9.35147 10.3574 9.30783 10.2782C9.26419 10.1991 9.20265 10.1312 9.12812 10.08C9.02276 10.0074 8.88788 9.90361 8.75398 9.76996C7.7383 8.75428 7.73403 7.10571 8.75398 6.08576L11.1853 3.65484C12.207 2.63315 13.8734 2.6393 14.8874 3.67329C15.8914 4.69718 15.8596 6.34821 14.8456 7.36219L14.3721 7.83568C14.2147 7.99306 14.1634 8.22606 14.2352 8.4367C14.4474 9.05877 14.5624 9.70296 14.5858 10.3441C14.6042 10.8473 15.2173 11.0839 15.5733 10.7279L16.9158 9.38537C19.0602 7.24139 19.0602 3.7522 16.9159 1.60818Z" fill="black"/> </svg> Copy the Story Link</button> </div> <div class="article-related-headlines p402_hide"> <h3>Related Headlines</h3> <ul> <li> <article> <a class="related-headline-link" href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/05/judge-denies-winslow-councilors-request-for-protection-order-against-town-manager/"> Judge denies Winslow councilor’s request for protection order against town manager</a> </article> </li> <li> <article> <a class="related-headline-link" href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/07/winslow-council-holds-closed-door-meeting-after-councilor-sought-protective-order-against-manager/"> Winslow council holds closed-door meeting after councilor sought protective order against town manager</a> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mobile-article-sidebar-wrapper"> <div class="mobile-article-sidebar-1"></div> <div class="mobile-article-sidebar-2"></div> </div> <div class="mtm-article-comments-talk print-no"> <div class="commenting-profile-information hidden"> <p>We invite you to add your comments. 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