SEATTLE — Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm will receive her full salary for 2024 after departing on Jan. 12 and has agreed to provide “on-call services” as a consultant next year, the Seattle Times reports, but the transit agency has not released the full agreement covering her departure.
The Sound Transit board’s motion setting the terms of Timm’s departure says the CEO is leaving by mutual agreement but also refers to severance pay, and the board’s vice chair, Dave Somers, told the newspaper that “there were differences between the board and Julie in how to structure the agency.” But he said the family issues were the primary consideration: “She was not terminated. She chose to leave.”
The board approved the settlement on a unanimous voice vote at a Dec. 15 meeting, and an agency representative said the Timm’s “transition services agreement” would be released in four to five weeks to fulfill a public-documents request by the newspaper.
Timm announced her departure after just 16 months on Dec. 12, citing family reasons [see “Sound Transit CEO Timm to resign,” Trains News wire, Dec. 13, 2023]. The board is expected to choose an acting CEO soon and will create a transition team while the agency searches for a permanent replacement.
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