DePrima had originally had sought $227,000 in compensation from the city and then threatened to file a civil lawsuit seeking triple that amount when the city did not respond to the claim.
MANCHESTER - The state Attorney General's Office has declined to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Alderman Dan O'Neil interfered in City Hall hiring decisions.
The charges were made by Charles DePrima, the interim parks director who alleges he was passed over to be permanent head of the department in 2010 due to the actions of O'Neil, who is chairman of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
DePrima has alleged that O'Neil had lobbied for Parks Director Peter Capano to get the newly created post in 2010 to make up for Capano's missing out on another public works job that went to O'Neil's cousin, Tim Clougherty, two years earlier.
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