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BART's General Manager Resigns

Transit district will pay Dorothy Dugger a settlement of $958,000.

BART is looking for a new general manager.

Dorothy Dugger submitted her resignation Wednesday, ending a 19-year career at the transit agency after several months of behind-the-scenes maneuvering.

Her last day will be April 22.

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Dugger will be paid $958,000. BART officials said $600,000 of that package is the severance Dugger would have received if she'd been terminated. The additional $350,000 is to avoid litigation between the two parties.

Dugger has been BART's general manager since 2007, the first woman to hold the position. She had been the system's deputy general manager for 13 years.

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The BART board will meet in closed session Thursday to discuss the search for a replacement as well as the appointment of an interim general manager.

"It has been a challenging, exciting and professionally rewarding
experience to lead a great organization that provides a vitally important
service to the people of the Bay Area every day,” said Dugger.  “I am
extremely proud of all that we have achieved and BART’s strong record of
accomplishment."

BART board President Bob Franklin said: “On behalf of the BART board, I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to Dorothy for her tireless work and lifelong dedication to public service.”

In February, the board reportedly voted 5-4 in a closed door session to ask Dugger to resign. That vote was later rescinded because of concerns that the action might have been illegal.

BART officials have refused comment since then on Dugger's status.


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