nothin Esserman Got $99,500 To Quit | New Haven Independent

Esserman Got $99,500 To Quit

The city agreed to pay Dean Esserman a lump sum of $99,500 and to cover his health care costs for years in returning for his agreement to retire early on Sept. 2.

The terms were spelled out in an agreement signed by Esserman and Mayor Toni Harp. The city released the undated document to the Independent Friday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Esserman resigned under pressure form the rank and file and community members outraged over his public and private personal behavior, including a threat to pull all protection for visiting First Lady Michelle Obama when a Secret Service member didn’t immediately inform him of his place in the motorcade.

The Harp administration would have needed Board of Alders approval of the agreement if it had cost $100,000 or more.

Under the agreement Esserman was made eligible for the retiree medical program. The city agreed to pay the full cost of the retiree medical from September 2, 2016 through September 1, 2017; thereafter Esserman shall pay the retiree premium cost share (as defined the New Haven Police Union contract in effect through June 30, 2016) of said retiree program.” Esserman began serving as police chief on Oct. 18, 2011.

Esserman acknowledged in the agreement his responsibilities to cooperate with city lawyers in lawsuits and administrative claims related his time in office. The city in turn agreed to defend, indemnify and hold Esserman harmless from any and all claims that have been or may in the future be made or asserted against him which relate to, or arise out of or are in connection with Esserman’s employment as Police Chief of the City or whic arise from or are related to Esserman’s actions taken in performing or or discharging the duties or responsibilities described in this Agreement.”

Click here to read the agreement.

Esserman has already found a new job, at Quinnipiac University.

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