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Commissioners appoint outside counsel for contested annexation and enter executive session on pending litigation
Summary
Prosecutor's office said it has a conflict on a contested annexation petition (Gear Mart properties in Weathersfield); board considered appointing outside counsel at $200/hour and voted to enter an executive session under ORC 121.22(G)(3) to discuss pending or imminent court action.
Trumbull County commissioners discussed a contested annexation petition affecting Gear Mart properties in Weathersfield and the county’s need to hire outside counsel because of a conflict for the prosecutor’s office.
Bill Danzo of the prosecutor’s office told commissioners the annexation is a contested regular annexation that will go through the statutory public‑hearing and contested process and that the prosecutor’s office has a conflict because Weathersfield Township is also a client. Because of that…
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