Costs adding up around Mantua’s police chief firing

Mantua police chief Joe Urso listens as his attorney Eric Fink asks questions of a witness.
Seated at the other table are attorney Brad Bennett, representing the village, and Mantua mayor Tammy Meyer. Wendy DiAlesandro/The Portager

Costs adding up around Mantua’s police chief firing

- Wendy DiAlesandro

The Village of Mantua’s marathon hearing on Oct. 21-22 that resulted in council firing former Police Chief Joseph Urso has carried some financial consequences for the village.

Urso filed an administrative appeal with Portage County Common Pleas Court, prompting Magistrate Chad Hawks to request a transcript of the 12-hour meeting. He may not have expected 1,037 pages to land on the court’s doorstep Dec. 5.

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