Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Mayor admits snubbing councilwoman
BY TOM O'NEILL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LOVELAND — Mayor Lee Skierkiewicz admitted Monday that he excluded Councilwoman Mary Newman from a meeting of council members in March to discuss a proposed velodrome because of her “negative” attitude toward the project.
On Friday, Ms. Newman filed a complaint in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, seeking an injunction against what she considers illegal funding of a study of the indoor bicycle racing track.
Mayor Skierkiewicz is leading efforts to build the velodrome, which he hopes will attract national cycling events and, possibly, the Olympics.
Her complaint says Mr. Skierkiewicz and six other city officials violated public meeting laws by meeting without her, then later passed a resolution for a velodrome feasibility study over her objections.
The city's share of the feasibility study is $25,000, with the state contributing $50,000, City Manager Mark Fitzgerald said Monday.
When reached Monday, Mr. Skierkiewicz called Ms. Newman's lawsuit “frivolous.” He acknowledged she was not invited to the March 22 meeting at which the velodrome project was discussed.
“We were trying to have a positive meeting, and Ms. Newman hasn't been very positive on council,” he said. “Everything's negative in her mind.”
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