Resident alleges improper permit handling, asks council to suspend city officials and contractor; city staff says records show city work in right-of-way

Anthony Revita, a Hudson resident, used the public-comment period at the Hudson City Council meeting on May 6 to allege that city officials and a city contractor had evaded permitting rules and engaged in corrupt conduct and asked council to request an investigation by the Ohio Attorney General.

Revita said he had reviewed records and concluded that statements from City Manager Tom Sheridan and others about who performed recent driveway and apron work at Council President Foster’s house were false. “Mister Sheridan has willfully perjured himself on 04/08/2025 on HCTV,” Revita said, and asked that “mister Foster, mister Sheridan, and mister Hannon be suspended and then possibly removed from their current positions” and investigated for “corruption, coercion, fraud, taking bridal, and breaking city laws.”

City Manager Tom Sheridan responded in the meeting that work within the city right-of-way is performed by the city or the city’s contractors and that the city does not hold homeowner permits for its own work. “The city does not hold permits for our own work. So there’re not gonna find a permit for that. It was our own work in our right of way,” Sheridan said, adding that an inspector was on site.

Mayor Jeffrey L. Anzavino cautioned the speaker about making unfounded personal accusations but allowed Revita an additional two minutes to finish his remarks. Revita continued to describe what he said were missing inspections and denied that the contractor, identified in the comment as Mrs. Whitehead, had followed required inspection steps before pouring concrete.

Councilors and staff did not open a formal investigation during the meeting. A motion by Councilor Sutton to return to the regular order of business was raised during the comments period; it was not seconded and therefore failed, and the meeting proceeded without council action on Revita’s allegations.

Why it matters: Revita’s remarks raised allegations against named local officials and a contractor and requested a formal investigation by the Ohio Attorney General. Council took no formal investigative action during the meeting; city staff said the records they maintain show the work in question was performed by the city in the public right-of-way and therefore would not generate a homeowner permit. The record in the meeting therefore contains competing claims (the resident’s allegations and the city manager’s statement about right-of-way work) but no formal finding or new investigation announced on May 6.

Clarifying details from the meeting: Revita said he submitted a records request around April 25 for permits, inspection reports and completion reports and reported receiving documents that he interpreted as contradicting the city manager’s public statements. Sheridan said city crews or contractors perform right-of-way repairs and that such work would not appear in homeowner permit logs. The mayor warned speakers about personal attacks and permitted two additional minutes of public comment for Revita.

Next steps noted in the meeting: No council motion to investigate was adopted during the May 6 meeting; Revita asked the council and charter board to initiate an investigation but did not secure a council vote directing staff to act.