Royal Oak City Manager Separation Agreement Includes Payment, and Confidentiality

The Royal Oak Metropolis Supervisor separation settlement contains cost and confidentiality

(Crystal A. Proxmire, January 13, 2026)

Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Metropolis Commissioners have accredited a separation settlement with Joseph Gacioch, who served as metropolis supervisor for lower than a 12 months earlier than his contract was terminated in December.

The Fee on Monday accredited the separation settlement, which supplies Gacioch 9 months of base pay — $151,487. The settlement was a part of the consent agenda and no dialogue came about.

The Fee additionally accredited a contract with Vettraino Consulting to handle the seek for Gacioch’s alternative. Within the meantime, Metropolis Legal professional Niccolas Grochowski is serving as interim metropolis supervisor.

The town nonetheless has not shared particulars about why officers determined to terminate the contract, however the separation settlement states that “the town and Gacioch acknowledge that his employment as metropolis supervisor ended on that date as a result of metropolis’s need for a change after all; and… the town acknowledges that Cacioch’s employment as metropolis supervisor was not terminated for trigger.”

The settlement additionally supplies that Gacioch “agrees to not apply for employment with the Metropolis in any capability aside from an elective place at any time after the date of this Settlement.”

The settlement additionally limits what data the town can share about Gacioch when potential employers contact them. It provides that “the worker and the employer agree that they won’t defame one another, whether or not on social media or in any other case.”

The total settlement may be discovered at https://pub-royaloak.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=10284

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