Rep. Mike Schultz — who helped enact a new law to restructure the Utah Transit Authority — says he believes that outgoing UTA President and CEO Jerry Benson is improperly receiving a big severance package. It is worth perhaps $282,000.
So Schultz has asked legislative attorneys to review the situation. The Utah Attorney General’s Office also says it is looking into it.
“I’d like more than anything to stop that severance package,” Schultz, R-Hooper, said Thursday. He acknowledged, though, that he is unsure if it is legally possible now to block the payout. “But it is improper.