Nine days after signing a controversial separation agreement with Wayne County that paid her $200,000, Turkia Awada Mullin signed a second agreement that paid her thousands more for her unused sick and leave days.
The man who signed it on behalf of the county, former director of human resources Tim Taylor, has been hired by Mullin at the airport to work on labor relations.
“I believe it’s a short-term contract,” said Airport spokesman Tim Johnson. “The airport has some contracts that are expiring and they needed some help with negotiations.”
Johnson didn’t know the terms of the contract or when it began. Mullin could not be immediately reached for comment.
The second agreement, titled a “severance agreement” and dated Sept. 3, came despite a paragraph in the first agreement that noted: “Ms. Mullin acknowledges that the consideration set forth in this agreement is sufficient consideration, and is in excess of any earned wages or benefits to which she is entitled, and that no other wages, benefits or perquisites are due her.”
Assistant Wayne County Executive Alan Helmkamp disclosed the second agreement this morning to county commissioners. He said he didn’t know what the actual figure of the second payment was, but he it would be included in the internal review he is leading on behalf of County Executive Robert Ficano.
The second agreement was signed by Mullin and Taylor. Taylor retired in April from Wayne County and has been working part-time for the county since May 1, to help transition his successor, Georgetta Kelly.
Helmkamp didn’t know why Taylor signed the agreement instead of Kelly, but said that he would review the matter.
Mullin initially defended the $200,000 payout, saying she’d earned it. But she and Ficano later agreed that it would be best for her to return it.
It’s unclear when the county will get its money back because the county withheld taxes on it and will have to recover that money from the taxing entities.
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