A Licking County judge's ruling invalidated the firing of the former general manager of Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District due to an issue involving the Ohio Open Meetings Act.
In a summary judgment filed April 22, Licking County Common Pleas Judge Thomas Marcelain found the executive session the SWLCWSD Board of Trustees entered into during their March 26, 2020 meeting to be improperly constituted. Following that executive session, the board voted to terminate former board member and general manager John Carlisle's employment contract.
"...The relevant authorities reflect that the Board did not act in strict compliance with R.C. 121.22(G)(1) by specifically articulating its purpose for entering into executive session," Marcelain wrote, later adding "...the action subsequently taken at a public meeting following the improperly constituted executive session must be invalidated."
In June 2020, Carlisle filed a civil lawsuit against the SWLCWSD Board of Trustees in Licking County Common Pleas Court. Board members Larry Kretzmann and Robert Platte are also named as defendants in the case.
Carlisle's complaint alleged the board violated Ohio's Open Meetings Act three times and as such, he sought injunctive relief preventing the hiring of another general manager while the case was pending, along with reinstatement as general manager for the entity. He also sought economic damages to his professional reputation and lost opportunities, compensatory damages...
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