Niles mayor: Action against city employee will proceed soon

NILES — Mayor Ralph Infante said he should be able to proceed soon with disciplinary action against Michael Marrara, a city employee who pleaded guilty last month to stealing $97,000 from Mount Carmel Catholic Church between 2007 and 2014 while working there as maintenance supervisor.

Infante said he doesn’t know what disciplinary action he will take.

Marrara pleaded guilty to grand theft in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court and will be sentenced after the county’s Adult Probation Department conducts a pre-sentence investigation.

Infante said the first step will be to schedule a hearing in which information will be presented to a hearing officer. That person will be selected from among city department heads who are not in Marrara’s chain of command.

The hearing officer will decide on the punishment Marrara will receive.

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