The severance package for former city manager T.C. Broadnax will be paid with tax money from Dallas residents. Taxpayers deserve to know exactly how much is spent on severance packages and other contracts because it adds to the city budget and could impact other city needs.for a pay period that covered May 15 to May 28 showed that payout was $43,789. The city payroll records say Broadnax netted $28,963 after taxes and pension contributions were taken out.
Johnson is the only one of the 15-member City Council who has publicly opposed Broadnax’s severance, drawing rebukes from some of his elected colleagues. Council member Adam Bazaldua, one of the eight council members who suggested Broadnax resign,. The five-member council group met in closed session June 3 to discuss legal issues related to Broadnax’s severance payment. The meeting adjourned nearly an hour later with no public discussion and no action taken by the committee.