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Resident raises charter and special-prosecutor concerns; law director responds to records request
Summary
A member of the public asked Elyria City Council to review whether the city law director exceeded charter authority in hiring a special prosecutor; the law director said she would provide records and that budgeted funds covered special-prosecutor costs.
During public comment at the April 7 Elyria City Council meeting, Kathleen Beier of Vermilion raised concerns about the city law director's use of a special prosecutor in a case involving the former county prosecutor and questioned whether the charter allowed the action.
Beier told the council she believed Elyria's charter section 7.03 "provides that council may from time to time…
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