stevenpiziks | More Ypsilanti

More about the Ypsilanti City Manager.

On August 4, McMullan announced she wanted to retire six months before her contract ended. Although her contract also requires her to give the city 60 days' notice, she gave barely a week's, and the Council offered her a pension and several months' salary in an agreement prepared by the city attorney. THIS IS A SEVERANCE PACKAGE, not a voluntary separation. When a City Manager quits or retires, there's no need for an agreement and no need for the city attorney to get involved. In other words, the Council fired McMullan in late July but didn't want to say so publicly, and only admitted McMullan's wrongdoing when the former development director spilled the beans. The Council was clearly going to sweep it under the rug.

MLIVE reported: 'The agreement would secure that she has a “favorable response from council” on her departure and also ensure she can get a positive letter of recommendation from the mayor, the city manager said. “I wanted the city to agree that I had skill sets and that I’m not just running out the door. I’m eligible for retirement,” [McMullan] said.'

' “It’s going to be a big change for us. We have a lot going on, but she’s given us lots of good years of service,” Ypsilanti Mayor Nicole Brown. “I wish her the best. I hope she’s happy with the transition and whatever she decides to do next.” '

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Note that the agreement stated the Council would only say nice things about McMullan, which is always part of a severance agreement, not a voluntary retirement.

The mayor KNEW the details of the agreement and therefore KNEW what McMullan had been doing, but the above quote (https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/ypsilanti-city-manager-intends-to-leave-post-after-16-years-with-city.html) makes it clear Brown never intended to let anyone in on the reality. The Council intended to cover this up.

The Council members also need to be investigated, and then voted out of office.