Nick McWilliams reporting – Dover council met in regular session Monday night to discuss current matters, and the waiting game behind an apparent imminent suspension of Mayor Richard Homrighausen.
Among the items discussed were overages from Dover Light and Power by former Superintendent Dave Filippi.
Council moved multiple items out of committee related to Overages, including nearly $200,000 owed to Sulzer Turbo from Texas and $30,000 to RCR Services, which Council President Shane Gunnoe said they recently received documentation for.
“They weren’t signed by city employees, which is unusual. But, [Superintendent] Jason [Hall] verified, supposedly, that those are all good, and they looked correct to him.”
A resident asked if Filippi could be held criminally responsible for the overcharges, but Gunnoe differed to Law Director Douglas O’Meara, who was not in attendance Monday.
Council decided to move the items forward, and take them up for consideration at their next meeting.
Additionally, it was noted that the city had still not received notice of the mayor’s suspension by the Ohio Supreme Court, according to Gunnoe.
“As everyone is aware through the media, the mayor has announced, via his attorney, that he is not contesting an order of suspension through a Special Commission of the Ohio Supreme Court. To date, the city has not received any notice or final determination in suspension of the mayor. That’s all the information we have at this point.”
Homrighausen issued the statement late last week, and faces over a dozen criminal charges related to unreported wedding funds he pocketed, bypassing the Civil Service to hire his son, and various reported failures in his duties.
The mayor was not in attendance for the meeting.
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