CITY OF BRENHAM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BOEKER MEDIATION
(City of Brenham)
The City of Brenham will proceed with mediation with former Brenham Fire Chief Ricky Boeker.
After meeting in executive session Thursday, the Brenham City Council voted unanimously to authorize City Manager Carolyn Miller to act as the city’s representative in the mediation of Boeker’s claims involving the city, regarding his termination as fire chief on April 7, 2021.
The council further authorized Miller to approve and execute a settlement agreement, if any, resulting from the mediation.
The council previously rejected a settlement offer from Boeker when it met on April 21, 2021.
The city’s original offer would have paid Boeker through June 23, 2021 and covered all of his medical insurance through the year, 50 percent in 2022 and 25 percent in 2023 and 2024 if he retired April 15, 2021.
Boeker rejected the offer, saying he had never had anything negative put in his employment file since he became the city’s first paid fire chief in 2008. He said the city should pay him a year’s salary plus retirement, along with the medical insurance.
The city then presented a counter offer to pay Boeker through August 18, 2021 if he retired April 15th. However, Boeker never responded to the proposal, which expired on April 6, 2021. He was fired the next day.