MANTUA − Residents of the Mantua area met Oct. 25 to discuss what potential will come next days after the village's police chief was fired.

People at the meeting in a former school building, including a former village councilman, discussed options that include implementing a new form of government that would allow voters to recall the mayor; taking legal action; and asking Mayor Tammy Meyer to step down.

Joseph Urso, Mantua's police chief since 2017, was fired Oct. 22 after a 12-hour public hearing. The meeting addressed six charges brought by Meyer regarding Urso's romantic relationship with Mantua Police Officer Miranda Brothers. Their relationship also was the subject of an investigation three years ago.

Each charge accused the chief of violating the village's "nepotism" poli

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