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Marion City Council will vote on whether to ask the Ohio Auditor s Office to investigate after a Marion auditor s employee fell for a $4,000 email scam.
The Finance Committee held a special meeting on Tuesday evening where it passed a resolution to send its findings into this incident to the State Auditor to investigate and take any and all actions he deems necessary to assist Council in protecting the financial well being of the City. This decision to move the resolution onto Council s floor next week was passed unanimously by Councilmen Josh Daniels, I-At Large; Jason Schaber, R-3rd Ward; and Kai Meade, D-1st Ward.
During the organizational meeting of the Exploratory and Investigative Committee on May 3, questions were raised about its legal power after Ayers Ratliff, D-2nd Ward, said he would like to issue subpoenas and have people testify under oath. In response to this, Law Director Mark Russell, in a written statement, said Ohio Law and Marion City Code both state they do have these authorities.
In his response, Russell cited the Court of Appeals, which stated City Council has inherent power to make full and complete investigations into issues regardless if they will become future legislation or not. He added these authorities give Council the power to investigate all departments of city government which includes the City Auditor s Office.