Chief executive to quit as council revokes £149,000 redundancy deal
A COUNCIL chief executive was last night forced to quit without receiving the £149,000 redundancy payment he had convinced councillors to pay him on top of a £200,000 retirement package.
John Lindsay announced yesterday that he is to resign from East Lothian Council - at the same time as the authority agreed not to preceed with disciplinary action against him.
The controversy began in February when the council agreed to award Mr Lindsay the one-off redundancy payment and retirement lump-sum of 155,000 on top of his pension of 55,000 a year. However, after the row erupted Mr Lindsay said he was no longer volunteering to be made redundant.
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