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rfox@tribtoday.com WARREN — A vote held April 19 to set the date for a recall election in Newton Falls was not valid because council didn’t have a quorum when three members walked out of the meeting before votes were cast, the Trumbull County Board of Elections decided Monday. Petitions calling for the recall of 4th Ward Councilwoman Sandra Breymaier have been certified by the board of elections, but for the vote to move forward, council has to set a date. At the April 19 meeting, council voted down a date in 2022, but when it came time to cast a vote to hold the recall on May 25, Breymaier and councilmen Tarry Alberini and Adam Zimmerman stood up and walked out.
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bcoupland@tribtoday.com NEWTON FALLS — A heated Newton Falls Village Council meeting Monday took a turn when three council members stood up and walked out before a vote to set a date for a recall election taking aim at the 4th Ward councilwoman. Councilwoman Sandra Breymaier and councilmen Tarry Alberini and Adam Zimmerman walked out of the meeting in protest, as did David Lynch, the village manager, and Joseph Fritz, the law director, who was acting as village clerk for the meeting. Though three of the five-member village council left, as did the acting clerk, Mayor Ken Kline took over the meeting and called for a vote to set the date to recall Breymaier for May 25.