The former mayor of Dawson City is being taken to civil court for outstanding payments on a restitution order.

According to court documents, Glen Everitt still owes $28,500 of his $38,000 restitution order.

He has not made any payments since June 2013.

In August 2010, Justice Heino Lilles ordered that Everitt pay the amount at $400 per month after he pleaded guilty in April of that year to one count of breach of trust by a public official by misappropriating public funds.

In criminal cases, a judge may order that an offender pay costs to a victim through a restitution order.

And if an offender fails to make those payments, the complainant can file the order in civil court as a means to get the money owed.

Dawson is asking for a writ of continuing garnishment, which would mean a portion of Everitt’s wages would go to the city until the amount is paid in full.

An affidavit filed with the court says immediate garnishment, or a lump sum, would not be adequate, “given the size of the debt owed to the plaintiff, and it is unlikely that the defendant would have sufficient funds to satisfy the debt at the current time.”

Everitt was the mayor of Dawson between 1996 and 2004. He was charged in 2007 following an investigation by the RCMP’s commercial crimes unit prompted by an audit of the town’s finances.

Former town manager Scott Coulsun was also implicated in the investigation, but charges against him were dropped in 2008.

Along with the restitution order, Everitt was given a 12-month conditional sentence and 100 hours of community service, plus 12 months’ probation.

He was permitted to serve the sentence in Chatham, Ont., due to treatment for health issues.

Prior to the criminal case, in 2009, Dawson sued the former mayor.

The town argued that he owed $43,704.54 in personal loans and that officials were not able to cash the cheque he gave them.

But Everitt denied those claims, and filed a counterclaim for more than $59,000, alleging that the town still owed him overtime pay.

Both claims were dropped in February 2011.

Everitt has yet to respond to the recent filing of the restitution order in civil court.