Former interim mayor Michael Applebaum – currently awaiting trial on a slew of corruption-related criminal charges - has received over one-quarter million dollars in severance pay, a city official confirmed to CTV Montreal Wednesday.
The package consists of $108,204.90 in severance allowance and $159,719 in transition allowance, totaling $267,923.90.
Applebaum is entitled to the payments in accordance with with articles 30.1 and 31 of the Act Respecting Remuneration of Elected Officials. Payments are awarded to departing officials regardless of the cause of departure, except in the case of death.
Applebaum is facing 14 charges, including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust and corruption in municipal affairs.
He stepped down as interim mayor on June 17, one day after his arrest by Quebec's anti-corruption unit.
Applebaum will also be entitled to a pension from the city.
Applebaum, 50, had served uninterrupted since November 6, 1994, first as city councillor, then borough mayor and finally as Montreal mayor.
He is scheduled to make his first court appearance October 9.
