BUCKEYE LAKE − The mayor and solicitor sparred over billing practices, a resident called the mayor “an embarrassment” and council asked for calm during the “turmoil” of a mayoral recall election campaign.
That was the scene at Monday night’s Buckeye Lake Village Council meeting, when Mayor Jeryne Peterson continued in the center of the storm heading toward a Feb. 27 special election, when residents will be asked if they want to remove Peterson from office.
Solicitor Brad Nicodemus addressed the mayor’s allegations that he improperly billed the village for hours he did not work and had an exchange with the mayor:
“The allegation is I billed incorrectly and billed for time I haven’t done,” Nicodemus said. “What day and time is alleged to be inappropriate?”
“There were a couple places,” responded Peterson, who accused Nicodemus of billing the village for a conversation she says the two of them did not have. “It says someone else plus the mayor, and I didn’t have any conversations with you.”
“I understand that. It doesn’t mean I haven’t had any correspondence from you,” Nicodemus said. “I can look at my emails.”