BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL REJECTS BOEKER SETTLEMENT OFFER

  

After over an hour in executive session, Brenham City Council voted unanimously to reject the settlement offer from fired Fire Chief Ricky Boeker Wednesday afternoon.  Boeker was suddenly fired by City Manager James Fisher on April 7th.

Boecker was originally offered by the city that if he retired April 15th, he would be paid through June 23.  The city would also pay 100 percent of his medical insurance costs through the end of the year, 50 percent in 2022, and 25 percent in 2023 and 2024. Boeker had rejected this offer saying he had worked for the city since 2008, and has never had anything negative put in his employment file.  He stated that the city should pay him a year’s salary plus retirement and the other things they had offered.  The city countered with an offer to pay Boeker though August 18th if he retired April 15th.  Boeker never replied to this offer, and it expired April 6th.  He was fired by City Manager James Fisher the next day.