Top city staffer who sued over firing can return to payroll to boost pension

There is an unusual provision in the final, signed agreement between the city of San Diego and former Deputy Chief Operating Office Alia Khouri — one that wasn’t included in the few public documents related to her $269,000 employment settlement.

After getting fired in December, Khouri will be allowed to return to the city payroll for five days for the sole purpose of purchasing additional service years for her pension. She will make $150 per day as a program manager and technically be on paid administrative leave.

That pension booster wasn’t mentioned in either the brief staff report on the deal sent Sept. 15 to the City Council, nor in the formal resolution authorizing payment of the money…

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