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Public clash at Trumbull County meeting over $80,857 transfer; motion to make township whole fails
Summary
Public commenters and trustees pressed commissioners to help recover $80,857 they say was transferred from a township account; the auditor and other speakers disagreed about the facts and the motion asking the prosecutor to identify a fund to temporarily repay the township failed on a voice vote.
An extended public-comment exchange at the Trumbull County Board of Commissioners meeting focused on an $80,857 transfer that Pizzetta (transcript variant) Township trustee Michael Hovis said was moved to Green Dot Bank and has left the township short of funds. Hovis and other trustees urged the board to take steps to restore the money and asked whether the prosecutor’s office could authorize a temporary repayment from a county fund.
Hovis said the transfer left the township ‘‘missing $80,857’’ and described difficulty obtaining records or legal clarity from the auditor’s office. He and other trustees said news reports and internal correspondence suggested a transfer to an online bank and raised questions…
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