Board members of a quasi-state agency said Tuesday that they were probably misled by their former chief executive into believing that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wanted them to approve a large severance package for him as he departed to become the governor’s chief of staff.
Several members of the Maryland Environmental Service board of directors told a special legislative committee that Roy McGrath assured them, days before he assumed his new position, that Hogan was aware of the payout.
Hogan (R) has denied knowledge of the severance or any other payment made to McGrath.
“Had he not assured us that [Hogan’s office] had approved this, we would not have made the severance payment,” said Joseph F. Snee Jr., who chairs the human resources committee for the board of the Maryland Environmental Service. “We took Mr. McGrath at his word, and that’s the reason why we acted the way we did.”
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