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Commissioners decline to approve outside counsel for auditor at workshop after heated discussion
Summary
The board discussed a prosecutor-backed request to appoint outside counsel for the county auditor; commissioners expressed concern about litigation costs and potential layoffs and the item was removed from the agenda.
At the March 19 Trumbull County commissioners workshop the board considered a request to join the county prosecuting attorney in seeking court appointment of outside counsel for Auditor Martha Yoder but ultimately removed the item from the agenda after extended debate.
The prosecutor’s office asked the commissioners to approve filing with the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas to appoint attorney Jared Wagner and the law firm (referred to in the transcript as) Grama & Green to represent the auditor on defense of her budget and related litigation. The request was presented as a required procedural step if the auditor’s office sought independent counsel due to an asserted conflict.
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