Lane County Commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday on terminating the contract of county counsel Rob Bovett after 20 months on the job.
Lane County hired Bovett as county counsel early last year. He previously was an attorney and lobbyist for the Oregon Association of Counties, assistant county counsel to Washington County. He was Lincoln County’s district attorney from 2009 to 2014.
The office of county counsel is responsible for providing legal advice to the board of county commissioners and oversees other legal services at the county, like risk management.
Commissioners are scheduled to vote on whether to terminate Bovett’s contract without cause or comment and pay him a year’s worth of wages and insurance premiums. That’s about $275,000 plus the value of unused vacation, according to county spokesperson Devon Ashbridge.
Bovett’s work in his last performance review exceeded expectations, according to agenda documents. Lane County’s previous lawyer, Erin Pettigrew, left after about the same amount of time on the job. The county later paid out $250,000 to settle claims that some commissioners had discriminated against her.
— KLCC News
Anyone know why they want to terminate his contract? If his performance “exceeded expectations”, what is the reason for not wanting him anymore?