Daytona Beach, FL - Top city officials are set to discuss a discrimination and harassment settlement worth $600,000.
That settlement involves a former city employee, Thomas Huger, who sued the city of Daytona Beach back in 2016 after alleging that the city denied him a promotion he should have received, but was instead discriminated against by the city.
Huger was the Facilities Construction & Maintenance Manager from 2006 until his resignation in 2017.
According to a memo sent to Robert Jagger, the city's attorney, Huger is litigating claims of race and age discrimination along with claims of a "racially-based" hostile work environment which, according to the memo, violates the Florida Civil Right Act and the Public Sector Whistleblower's Act.
The memo also claims that the city denied Huger's claims and continues to defend them. The matter is set to go to court later this year in September before Judge Leah Case, if the settlement isn't approved.
Also laid out in the memo sent to Jagger is the full settlement for Huger. It is set to pay out $50,000 in lost wages, $350,000 in "compensatory damages," and $200,000 for attorney fees.
The Daytona Beach City Commission is set to meet tomorrow (August 7th), 6 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers.
