Catawba Village Council Member Matthew Warner was publicly reprimanded and agreed to pay $1,200 in October after an ethics commission investigation found he improperly voted for his wife to be hired as tax administrator for the Clark County village in 2013.
Putnam County Engineer Terrence Recker in April agreed to resign from office and was publicly reprimanded after an investigation found he hired and gave promotions and pay raises to his sons.
Madison Twp. Fire Chief John Kent Hall was publicly reprimanded last year and suspended for two days after an investigation found he participated in promoting his wife, an EMS technician with the department.
Trumbull County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Donald Guarino was forced to retire last year after an Ohio Ethics Commission investigation found he "participated extensively in numerous employment matters involving his son."
Williams County Prosecutor Kirk Yosick in August 2014 was publicly reprimanded and agreed to pay back the $2,805 he paid his son from the office Furtherance of Justice Fund to set up a computer system and design a web page for the office.
Butler County Commissioner Greg Jolivette in 2011 accepted a public reprimand and agreed to repay the county $6,629 in pay he voted on when his son and daughter were hired as seasonal employees in 2004 and 2005.
Clermont County Commissioner Mary Walker in 2008 resigned from the county commission after an investigation found she steered work to a company owned by her son.
Source: Settlement agreements from Ohio Ethics Commission.
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