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There are no provisions in the Cincinnati Charter that address what should happen if an elected official is charged with a crime. But under state rules. either the state attorney general or prosecutor – in this case Hanley – can move to suspend an elected official who has been charged with a crime.
Cincinnati voters approved a Charter Amendment last week that would allow Cincinnati City Council, with a vote of seven members, to suspend a council member. But that does not go into affect until May 18, when the Hamilton County Board of Elections certifies the official vote. Republican councilwoman Betsy Sundermann has put forward a motion to suspend Young, a Democrat, but that motion has not yet been brought to the floor of council.
Special prosecutor asks Ohio Supreme Court to suspend Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young
A special prosecutor asked the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this week to initiate suspension proceedings against Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young following his felony indictment. By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 12, 2021 at 2:22 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 5:15 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A special prosecutor tells FOX19 NOW he has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to initiate suspension proceedings against Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young following his felony indictment.
âYou have an elected official who committed a felony. Itâs just appropriate he be suspended,â Patrick Hanley told FOX19 NOW last month when he first told us he planned to seek the suspension.
Sundermann files paperwork to suspend Young from Cincinnati City Council
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CINCINNATI â The day following the passage of her charter amendment, City Councilwoman Betsy Sundermann filed paperwork to initiate suspension proceedings against Councilman Wendell Young.
Sundermann s action follows Tuesday s passage of Issue 2, a charter
amendment she proposed that grants City Council the authority to suspend a member who is under felony indictment. We need to listen to the voters and act swiftly to suspend Councilman Young, Sundermann said during a news conference Wednesday morning. If we don t act swiftly on this. we need to answer to 77% of Cincinnatians on why we are not doing exactly what they asked us to do yesterday.