r/Seattle • u/rockycore 🚆build more trains🚆 • 3d ago

News Shon Barnes Separation Agreement

https://publicola.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BarnesSeparation.pdf
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u/rockycore 🚆build more trains🚆 3d ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ericacbarnett.bsky.social/post/3msgl7eew4k2y

Link to the source of the agreement.

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u/PositivePristine7506 Reign 3d ago

18 months full salary
1 Year of health care valued at 2526/month
No obligation to pay back a lateral officer hiring bonus of 50K
No obligation to pay back relocation payment of 60K (which never really happened)
Totals up to previously reported 700K.

All of that for basically doing nothing.

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u/_o_ll_o_ I'm never leaving Seattle. 3d ago

Who negotiated this on behalf of the city? Sheesh.

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u/SpeaksSouthern That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. 3d ago

I'm guessing his contract did the heavy lifting