Rahall said that he will recommend making a hire to the trustees, but that person has not yet indicated whether they would accept.īenjamin Bultman, who was the assistant chief under Downie, has been the interim chief since trustees fired Downie. trustees have scheduled a special meeting Tuesday to discuss hiring a new fire chief. Rahall said Downie was offered a chance to retire, but he decided to move forward with the disciplinary hearing.ĭownie had been chief for 25 years he made $72,875 in 2011.įairfield Twp. He said township policy requires six months’ notice of retirement and Downie never gave that to the township. Rahall said the letters from Silverstein and the pension fund were the first notification they had gotten that Downie was retired. His published works include Global Environmental. The letter from that agency, in turn, was attached to a request from Silverstein dated June 1, requesting payment for unused sick leave. Downie, PhD, is director of environmental studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. That letter states “acknowledges receipt of your service retirement application.” A spokesman with that agency said he could not confirm the date of the retirement, citing confidentiality records.
What that means is that you didn’t terminate me I was already retired when you decided to come to your pre-determined kangaroo court decision while I was away in Washington, D.C.”Ī document filed with the township’s motion to dismiss the appeal is a copy of a letter dated May 18 to Downie from the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund. On June 28, trustees filed a motion to dismiss that appeal arguing that it was legally moot because Downie had written in an email to Township Administrator Michael Rahall that he had retired on May 1, the day he was fired.ĭownie had written in the June email to Rahall, “My retirement was effective on May 1, 2012. Jonathan Downes, the Columbus attorney who handled the disciplinary hearing for the township, said, “If he (Downie’s attorney) has withdrawn the appeal, it’s as if he doesn’t believe he has a strong case going forward.”ĭownie appealed the termination in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
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