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Council members dispute how abstentions are counted; legal opinion cited and appeal threatened
Summary
Council members debated how abstentions are counted and whether draft minutes accurately recorded a prior vote, prompting a written legal opinion and a threatened appeal to county and state officials.
Council members debated whether abstentions should be recorded as affirmative votes and whether the council's draft minutes accurately reflected what happened during a prior appointment vote.
The dispute began when Miss Ryasky raised a point of information and asked “how we had 2 motions on the floor for the minutes” and said she would appeal the council's handling "to the Lorain County prosecutor and to ... the attorney general" if necessary. She said she believed an abstention reflected an ethical conflict and should not be treated as an affirmative vote.
The matter prompte…
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