CORTLAND — City residents have submitted a petition with 511 signatures to recall Mayor Deidre Petrosky.

Resident Jerry Bayus and several other residents submitted the petition to Council Clerk Rhonda Horn at Monday’s council meeting, which was attended by more than 15 residents. Bayus said the residents will see that the signatures are certified by the Trumbull County Board of Elections.

Bayus, Mike Methany, Rita Dodd and others at the meeting said the petitions were circulated because of concerns about how Petrosky has acted at meetings this year, noting her “unprofessional way of working with council and overseeing operations of the city,” what she has said both publicly at meetings and in emails to council, and leaving some meetings during citizens’ comments.

“The city can’t operate

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