Court date set for MVI suit against Monessen mayor
By CHRISTINE HAINES
chaines@yourmvi.com
A Westmoreland County Common Pleas judge is scheduled to hear the Sunshine Act case filed by the Mon Valley Independent and a Monessen citizen against Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw.
The case is scheduled to be heard at 9 a.m. March 20 by Judge Harry F. Smail Jr., according to attorney Michael Aubele of Davis and Davis, the firm handling the suit.
The lawsuit alleges that Shorraw violated the Sunshine Act during the Jan. 6 city council meeting, which was Shorraw’s first after a 40-meeting absence.
The lawsuit filed by the newspaper and city resident Tina O’Dell alleges that Shorraw substituted his own agenda for the one presented to the public for comment.
After public comment ended, Shorraw made a motion to terminate the services of Dodaro, Matta and Cambest and to fire solicitor Joseph Dalfonso. That motion was not on the publicly distributed agenda, the suit states.
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