Cincinnati doles out $370K more to avoid lawsuit from former City Manager Harry Black

Cincinnati taxpayers will pay former City Manager Harry Black an additional $370,000, despite the fact Black resigned with no contractual obligation entitling him to anything beyond the $274,000 the city already paid him.

The lump-sum payment means Black, whom the majority of council wanted to fire, will have left the city with a total of $644,000.

Black had already received a severance of $174,000, with additional benefits worth around $100,000. Black's annual city was $261,283.

The settlement agreement, obtained by The Enquirer late Friday, was signed Sept. 5 and says both sides "desire a mutually amicable resolution."

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