Complex sentence: Goddard instituted many changes in concert with city staff and the board, but in December of 2004 several employees of the station were removed by Goddard and made bitter, public accusations about his management style, threatening lawsuits to the station's board of directors.
Split into simpler sentences: Goddard instituted many changes in concert with city staff and the board. Those former employees and made public accusations about his management style, and threatened lawsuits to the station's board of directors.