As the city of Colorado Springs has detailed budget issues over the last year, News5 Investigates has learned the city paid a large severance package to one of its highest-paid employees, despite her departure not being budget related.
The city announced in January that Chief of Staff Jamie Fabos would be leaving her $263,148 salaried position with the city in February. In the news release, the mayor said she brought a “no-nonsense, get it done, energy to our work”. Documents obtained by News5 Investigates appear to show her departure was not her decision.
In Fabos’ resignation letter she said she was submitted the resignation as a condition of her severance package because of the “city’s decision to separate [her] employment”. Taxpayers are currently paying her salary through August, she was given six months of pay as well as six months of health insurance benefits through COBRA, totaling a severance deal of $137,530…