Former CFO withdraws claim against city
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A former City of Brandon employee has withdrawn his lawsuit against the city for wrongful dismissal.
The city’s former general manager of corporate services and chief financial officer, Cory Schermann, sued the city in January 2025 for unspecified costs.
A notice of discontinuance was filed last October.
Cory Schermann sued the city in January 2025. (The Brandon Sun files)
Schermann was fired from his position 11 and a half months into his 12-month probation period with the city.
In his statement of claim, Schermann said he had not been given any performance reviews while working for the city and that his contract with the city was invalid because of ambiguity, complexity and vagueness.
The claim also alleged that the termination provision in the contract didn’t give proper notice and was “an attempt to contract out of Cory’s statutory entitlements.”
Schermann’s claim said he carried out his duties and responsibilities at all times and to a standard exceeding expectations.
Schermann started working for the city on Oct. 3, 2023, and was given his letter of immediate termination on Sept. 16, 2024.
He was offered the contract on Sept. 5, 2023, and signed it the same day.
Schermann, who was 53 when he was fired, had moved to Brandon with his children from Regina to work for the city. He had asked that his previous position with the Saskatchewan government be taken into account for the notice given in his contract.
“As a result of the city’s breach of the employment contract and the plaintiff’s wrongful termination, Cory has suffered loss and damage, including damage to his reputation, lost direct monetary compensation, lost pension contributions and lost benefits,” the claim said.
Schermann had also asked for job search expenses and relocation expenses.
In a statement of defence filed in March 2025, the city said Schermann didn’t carry out the duties and responsibilities of his job “to a standard exceeding expectations. Rather the (city) had numerous issues with the plaintiff’s performance.”
Reasons listed by the city in its defence against Schermann included a lack of knowledge of the departments he oversaw, poor treatment of staff, a lack of interest in learning and understanding the departments he oversaw, being unwilling to discuss issues with human resources, a lack of leadership and failure to attend important meetings.
The city also said that Schermann chose to participate in the hiring process.
During Schermann’s job application process, the city said that some of the reasons Schermann had applied for the job included that he wanted to live closer to family, that his partner at the time lived in Brandon and that he preferred smaller cities.
The city terminated Schermann’s employment lawfully, the statement of defence said.
The city declined an interview on Monday because it was a personnel matter.
Schermann and his lawyer Jesse Rock both declined to comment on Monday.
» alambert@brandonsun.com