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Former Seat Pleasant council member Aretha Stevenson urges council to reconsider ethics-board denial
Summary
Aretha Stevenson, identified as a former Ward 2 council member, told the council she was denied appointment to the ethics board and asked for reconsideration, disputing assertions she owed the city and citing an attorney's letter about improper formation of a judiciary committee.
Aretha Stevenson, identifying herself as a former council member of Ward 2, asked the Seat Pleasant City Council to reconsider her application to the city ethics board and to review records she said would clear her name.
Stevenson told the council she does not owe the city money and that an $1,800 charge to Sprint for an iPhone or iPad was credited back to the city. She also said $262.65 withheld from her paycheck was never refunded and asked the council to check whether the city still owes her that amount. Stevenson said an attorney’s letter she received states a judiciary committee could not lawfully have been formed to target a council member when no such committee previously existed.
Council members and staff responded that documentation on file showed no money was owed by Stevenson and that available records balanced. A council member said Stevenson has 30 days to obtain records she requested and that staff would forward available information. Officials also told Stevenson there is no formal appeal process for the ethics-board appointment decision but that she could submit material in writing for council consideration.
Stevenson requested the council re-examine the evidence and said she wanted to present documents from the city attorney and other materials to support her request for reconsideration. The council did not record a formal action or vote on her request in the available transcript; staff said they would provide the records Stevenson requested.
