True, we get vacation days. But how many of us can negotiate extra vacation days at our retirement???? I have a college degree and make nothing near six figures and I will never have 100 sick days. Must be nice.

Don't blame Steve, look at the council and city attorney.

I feel that the city counci an city manage should be ipeached for failer to execute ther office an not meeting the needs of the city of Janessville.The people who represent us care nothig about us citizens all they want is the da money.They care nothig if GM goe or not.An not one member of the Janesville city council is with the govener tryig to save GM for Janesville cause if the Govenor fails fail Janesville is finished.An that would riun alot of families in this city.We need effectiv government an we need it now Thhis is a bunch of Bs an i have ever intetion of being at the Sept 22 meeting cause i want to here what the city council has to say for its self an i hope everyone elese dose to.Cause we are getting shafted.

Everyone should attend the September 22nd council meeting at 7pm and voice their displeasure at the city attorney for not advising the council, And for the council not believing there are are employee's who were mistreated by Sheiffer, and those council members who knew this was happening!

gazettfan, Yes I do know what I'm talking about that's why you didn't explain your rebutal or you simply don't know the difference. By the way why the need for a buy-out? Did he threaten to retire before his contract ended so they put a gold lining in his pocket because it says more pay than his negotiated contract? If his contract was done they need not give any form of buy-out. gazettefan, you got he shaft!!! And he'll be driving around on your dollar regardless of the price of gas and getting salary plus his bonus pay without showing up for work. Keep on paying Janesville citizens.

SarahB I know you,we will have to have coffee some morning at ------- just don't tell anybody .

Edgewater: Guess what? Not all of us with advanced degrees feel the need to grab whatever we can get. What happened here, as far as Sheiffer announcing his retirement and then picking up thousands of dollars on a contract clause, is not right in my world of ethics. I had a similar situation occur when I was laid off by Rock County when it shut down its detox unit. Instead of getting my lawyer to inform the county it owed me thousands of dollars on a contract technicality, I told my boss that I knew there was no intention to cause me harm and I wasn't going to cause them grief. He smiled, the county got to keep its money, and I felt better about myself for understanding that mistakes happen. Not all of us need trips to Hawaii or the Orient to be happy.

SarahB, The niece still works at the ice arena from what I heard. I'm sure Uncle Steve negotiated that! And yes, The city attorney represents Uncle Steve, Not the city! He needs to be investigated and fired.

Wake up people, these are examples of what a higher education offers in the working world. Six digit salaries, stock options, fringe benefits, consultation opportunities, and pretty decent severance packages.

All opinions of Steve being factored out - he was underpaid considering the amount of responsibilites he undertook.

Sheiffer is not different than any other executive. The exeception is that he works for a municipality. It is very common to have specific clauses in employment contracts regarding obligations of both parties.

Shame of the city council and the city attorney for not briefing the city council. Remember this is the same city council that endorses a "childs museum" and other "fuzzy math" solutions to Janesville's ills.

In the private sector, employees forfeit unused "sick days" and un used vacation days. In the public sector or public school teachers, it is common for a bureaucrat or a teacher to take home an additional years pay after all of the sick days and unused vacation accrue-upon retirement. I know one teacher who received a check for 75K in unused vacation and unused sick days (not janesville).

City council ought to remove (if its not already been grandfathered) this clause (the paying of unused vacation and sick days) for city employees. It is another way to fleece the taxpayer.

tallman, you don't what you're talking about.

the days he is getting paid for in 2009 because he accrued them in 2008....are the extra negotiated days included in this accruement? I'd bet he's double dipping.
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SarahB: too funny!

HELL-O JANESVILLE CITIZENS!!!!! He got the gold mine and you got the "SHAFT". I have been saying over and over that Janesville people better wake up and put in the Mayor-Alderperson form of government. Just think, now your going to pay an acting manager, and the old manger. Many have responded by saying that the council has the power over the manger. I have been telling you they do not and guess who's been right? If a mayor's term is up the people decide rather he stays on or not. You citizens are paying a salary higher than the governor and yet when the governor gets voted out you don't continue to pay. Wake up, I pray you do!! Take control of this out of control city management for your own sake. The tax base of income due to GM is about to take a hit like never before in the history of the city. Stop paying these out landish salaries and then to find out they could care less about the citizens and continue to stick it to them. A day vacation for every day he works, plus a car allowance while not working???? Good god!!!!! Where do we all sign up??

Thank goodness Steve thought of this way to retire. he actually helped us the people and the council. If he had left in Sept and the council still had not found a replacement Steve could then excercise another few months until someone was found. Who would have acted as interim Manager..I hope not Amy..look at the council now no leadership at least Steve could pull everyone together as a leader, that should be expected of our President.

Shieffer VOLUNTARILY retired, thus terminating his own contract. Why should the city council have to? People are forgetting that it is the city attorney's job to advise the council on such matters. Where was he and what was he doing for the past 9 months since Shieffer's retirement was announced? Yet another reason why the city attorney should not be under the control of the city manager. Our city attorney should be ashamed.

What's the issue with getting paid out for sick days that were not used? I would think that most employers would want their workers at work...working, provided they were healthy. I've heard stories of workers calling in sick for a Packers game or to take an extra day to hunt or fish. Also, don't these sick days and vacation days wages get taxed at a higher percentage? Ask yourself this...if you had the opportunity, wouldn't you?

So if the relative (niece?) "retires" from her job at the Ice Arena, what kind of package does she get? Maybe Uncle Steve can negotiate it for her.

Tiny, tiny man ... big wallet ... very selfish.

I think we all have the wrong job. Maybe we should get into government jobs and learn how to rule people while getting lots of money doing it!

Unbelieveable.

Who cares; the guy retired after putting up with a bunch of garbage for so many years. Lets move on and quit feeding the frenzy of the loud fringe elements in the community.
We will have a new manager and this community need to look forward instead of attacking the past.

I can tolerate this whole problem if it amounts to revenge for how much Sheiffer had to put up with the likes of B'moon, McCoy, and the rest of those pathologically lying malcontents, as well as those whose didn't speak out against them.

Call it the B'moon tax. Blame B'moon.

WOW, I am in awe, I don't even know what to say about this.....seems a little excessive to me since he is retired....and 100 sick days, thats just crazy.

So this is from a man that cares about the community?