City settles with former employee

The City of Sisters has agreed to pay $10,000 to former finance director Lisa Young, half of which will be reimbursed by the City's insurance company. The payment settles a claim by Young stemming out of investigator Ashley O. Driscoll's report on the conduct of former City Manager Andrew Gorayeb.

That report was released to the public last spring on the order of District Attorney John Hummel after several public records requests were filed. The report was not fully redacted by the office of then-City Attorney Steve Bryant. The names of numerous staff members appeared in the report. A second version - with additional redactions - was released later, but the original report has already been widely disseminated.

Young alleged that the City of Sisters had breached its settlement agreement with her "related to or concerning the Driscoll Report." The City denied breach of contract or tortious conduct.

In agreeing to the settlement, Young released all claims of damages against the City of Sisters.

Gorayeb resigned his post in the wake of the report, on April 28, and received a severance package amounting to slightly under $114,000.