Wiscasset town clerk, Waldoboro settle dispute
Wiscasset Town Clerk Linda Perry and her former employer, the town of Waldoboro, have settled her appeal out of court.
The town has agreed to pay Perry, town officials confirmed; the Wiscasset Newspaper’s attempts to learn the sum were not immediately successful.
In March, Perry, of Waldoboro, appealed disciplinary action she said she received while she was Waldoboro’s town clerk. Her appeal challenged a probation; in a December 2014 letter on file in Lincoln County Superior Court, Waldoboro Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs cites insubordinate behavior as the basis for Perry’s probation.
The court received a single-sentence notice of the appeal’s dismissal on Oct. 6. Attorneys for Perry and Waldoboro signed the notice.
In settling the case, the town did not admit to any wrong-doing, Selectmen’s Chairman Jann Minzy said Monday. “There was nothing to admit to,” Minzy said.
The town agreed to the appeal’s dismissal and the payment to Perry in order to resolve the matter and move on from it, she said.
The notice to the court drops the civil case with prejudice, meaning Perry can’t bring the appeal a second time. The document makes no reference to how the parties resolved the dispute out of court.
Minzy and Briggs confirmed Perry has money coming. Neither they nor the town’s lawyer, Matthew Tarasevich, would say how much. The amount will become public in an upcoming warrant of bills that the selectmen sign, Minzy said.
Asked for comment on the end of Perry’s court appeal, Tarasevich said the town is satisfied that it is over.
Perry declined comment Monday. Her lawyer, Bath attorney Roger Therriault, did not immediately return a message.
Perry started work as Wiscasset’s town clerk on Aug. 3. One month earlier, Superior Court Justice Daniel Billings granted Waldoboro’s request for a delay in court proceedings. Perry consented to that motion, according to court documents.
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