OGDENSBURG â Just moments after unanimously and enthusiastically passing a resolution naming Steven P. Lawrence the new executive director of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority, the authority Board of Directors reluctantly passed a resolution to pay out vacation time to Wade A. Davis, the former executive director of the agency.
Mr. Davis resigned in January 2020. His last day of work was one day after his hiring anniversary date.
When Mr. Davis was hired on Jan. 16, 2006, management confidential employees were fully vested in vacation time on their anniversary dates. When Mr. Davis resigned, one day into his 15th year with the authority, he was owed seven weeks of vacation time, expect for 4½ hours he took on his last day. The resolution passed Thursday called for paying Mr. Davis for 275 hours at his rate of $63 per hour, or $17,378.