Coleman and Wolf
EAST ST. LOUIS – Kristen Poshard, who claims Madison County fired her for resisting harassment by former county board member Phil Chapman, will try to settle with Chapman and the county next month.
On Feb. 9, at the request of all parties, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison set a settlement conference March 25.
He directed the parties to deliver their positions under seal by March 18.
The county hired Poshard as chief deputy administrator for community development in 2016, at a salary of $92,000.
The county board terminated her in October 2017.
She sued the county, Chapman, county board chairman Kurt Prenzler, and former county administrator Doug Hulme in 2019.