Council Votes to Settle Shero Lawsuit

The Grove City Council, after meeting in Executive Session Tuesday afternoon, voted unanimously to settle one of the lawsuits Grove area resident Earl Shero has with the city.
In a lawsuit filed May 2, 2005, Shero for injunctive relief after he was refused a copy of a tape recording of the March 15, 2004, council meeting.
At that time, tape recordings were kept only for a few weeks until minutes were written, and then the tapes were re-used.
Council had considered the matter Sept. 20 and made the offer to Shero to settle the lawsuit based on each side paying their own attorney fees with Shero dropping the suit. This was approved at Tuesday's council meeting by a vote of 5-0.
Since Shero's lawsuit was filed, Council voted to keep the meeting tapes for a period of five years, rather than re-use tapes.
Shero was seeking $30,000 in attorney's fees, according to his statement in the Oct. 28 Grove Observer. Actual attorney fees in the settlement were not disclosed by either party.