State ex rel. Morgan v. City of New Lexington

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of mandamus to compel a city to provide access to certain records related to an employee’s discharge from employment.

{¶ 2} Respondent, the city of New Lexington, Ohio,1 employed relator, Victoria Morgan, as the clerk of the mayor’s court and the payroll clerk. New Lexington had entered into a collective-bargaining agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that had been effective until December 2003 and that had provided rights and benefits to Morgan. After the *34collective-bargaining agreement expired, it…