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Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — St. Clairsville City Council members took no action Monday to correct a vote cast by email that appeared to violate the Ohio Open Meetings Act, but the emails were read aloud and each member verbally confirmed their vote was recorded correctly. The vote by email occurred April 5 to fill two seats on the recreation board. Council chose not to rescind the vote and said plans are in the works to revive in-person meetings, which would hopefully prevent such incidents in the future. According to the “2021 Ohio Sunshine Laws Manual” published by Att...

Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Questions and confusion about the latest nominations to fill two expiring terms on the city recreation board for the J.B. Martin Recreation Center dominated the Monday teleconference meeting of St. Clairsville City Council. After more than a half-hour of debate, council voted in favor of current board members Diane Schubert and Alicia Freeman, daughter of Councilwoman Linda Jordan. Their terms had been set to expire April 17. Each will serve another five-year term. Councilman Perry Basile had nominated Lisa Amos. Council members were unsure if on...

Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Water and wastewater issues were again front and center during Monday’s teleconference meeting of City Council. An unexpected malfunction of neglected equipment at the wastewater treatment plant spurred city leaders to begin the search for someone to take a more active role in managing this service, which will mean creating a new position of wastewater superintendent. Safety and Service Director Jeremy Greenwood reported an expensive breakdown during a finance committee meeting prior to the council session. “We had a blower-motor down at the wastewater p...

Staff Writer T-L File Photo St. Clairsville Councilman Perry Basile, left, speaks with Council President Jim Velas in a past meeting. Last week, numerous utility issues were discussed. ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The city is addressing fees and funding questions surrounding utilities and planned water upgrades. During last week’s council teleconference meeting, Councilwoman Terra Butler, a member of the utility committee, said an ordinance will be put before the council next month pertaining to shutting off water services and applying a monthly fee. “There’s a policy in place now, if we shut wa...

Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A resident wrote a letter criticizing Mayor Kathryn Thalman for a social media post, and a councilman read that letter during a Monday teleconference meeting. Councilman Frank Sabatino read the letter and also had several questions about the process of closing out the books for 2020 and setting up appropriations for 2021. Thalman had shared a post that quoted conservative commentator Candace Owens referring to “liberals” as “communists.” It was deleted from Thalman’s personal page, but there have been numerous comments about the matter o...