Times Leader Staff Writer
ST. CLAIRSVILLE St. Clairsville City Council appears to have violated the Ohio Open Meetings Act on Monday, when members cast votes on board appointments via email.
According to the “2021 Ohio Sunshine Laws Manual” published by Attorney General Dave Yosts’s office: “A public body must make all of its meetings open to the public at all times. Secret ballots, whispering of public business, and ’round-robin’ discussions are all prohibited under the openness requirement.”
Members of the public who listened to the council meeting that was conducted via teleconference heard no information about which council members voted for which nominees incumbent recreation board members Alicia Freeman and Diane Schubert and the newly nominated Lisa Amos but heard the results of the vote.
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Bethesda village solicitor Michael Shaheen, right, swears in Chris Storm as police chief Wednesday. The village has fiercely debated the future of law enforcement for several years.
BETHESDA Following years of fierce debate over law enforcement, the village welcomed Chris Storm as its new police chief this week.
The future of the police force has been a source of conflict between village leaders and residents since 2018 and earlier, with the lengthy suspension and eventual resignation of Eric Smith as chief and the council deadlocked in whether to promote Pete Busack from patrolman and acting chief to the position.
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A union-linked investment group is demanding answers from HCA Healthcare after an analysis uncovered an alleged decade-long pattern of excessive emergency department admissions that may have netted well over $1 billion.
CtW Investment Group cited an SEIU analysis that found the investor-owned hospital chain admits far more Medicare patients who visit its emergency departments than the national average. The union estimates the practice may have netted HCA excess Medicare payments of $1.1 billion over the past five years and $1.6 billion since 2009.
CtW said it is going public with the findings after HCA didn t respond to its October 2020 letter imploring the company to hire outside experts to investigate the issue, undertake a board-level review to ensure managers don t benefit financially from such practices and report back to shareholders no later than Nov. 30, 2020. CtW works with union-sponsored pension funds with more than $250 billion in assets unde
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