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Stow City administers oaths to law director and seven council members; organizational meeting set

Stow City Council · January 3, 2026
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At a swearing-in ceremony at Stow City Hall, Drew Carl Riley was sworn in as law director and seven council members took oaths of office. The council will reconvene at 7:00 p.m. for an organizational meeting to select council leadership.

A ceremony at Stow City Hall on Monday evening brought the city's newly seated law director and seven council members before Judge Lisa Coates to take their oaths of office.

Drew Carl Riley repeated the law director's oath, saying, "I, Drew Carl Riley, do hereby solemnly affirm ... that I will uphold the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the charter of the City of Stow, and otherwise all the laws of the land," and pledged to perform his duties "faithfully and impartially." Judge Coates administered the oath.

The ceremony continued with all council members raising their right…

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