Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tourism oversight district is no longer working with John Classe, a top official who led Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District for seven years before a state takeover and stayed on as a special adviser after being pushed aside.

Classe’s last day was on Monday, said Alexei Woltornist, a district spokesman.

“Mr. Classe was offered a consulting contract … to assist with the transition to the new leadership,” he said in an email. “That transition is now complete. The district thanks him for his service.”

The district, now known as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, didn’t release additional details. Classe could not be reached for comment.

The district’s governor-appointed board appointed Glen Gilzean as administrator in May and kept Classe on as an adviser under a contract that runs through May 2024.

The contract allows Classe to resign or for the district to terminate the agreement early with or without reason. Examples of termination for reason include “a failure or refusal to comply with directives from the Board or Board designees,” or criminal or ethical violations.

The district did not answer questions about which party ended the contract and on what grounds.

Classe started as deputy district administrator in 2015 and served in that role for about a year before being promoted to district administrator.

Gilzean, the former president and CEO of the Central Florida Urban League, earns an annual salary of $400,000, about $45,000 more than Classe made as administrator. Board members said the job’s responsibilities had changed with requirements that the administrator now report to the governor and Florida Legislature.

The tourism oversight district has played a central role in the battle between DeSantis and Disney. That feud started in 2022 over Disney’s opposition to legislation critics called the “don’t say gay” bill, which limited classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools.

DeSantis then vowed to end Disney’s control over the Reedy Creek district, which allowed the entertainment giant to effectively self-govern its theme park and resort properties in Central Florida.

The Legislature voted to put the governor in charge of picking the board members, and DeSantis appointed five Republican allies in February.

But when the new board members took over, they discovered the previous Disney-controlled board had approved development agreements tying their hands. Classe served as the administrator when those deals were struck.

The new board declared the agreements null and void. Disney sued in federal court, alleging a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.” The district has filed its own lawsuit in state court, asking a judge to also declare the contracts void.