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RITZVILLE – A sitting city councilman is threatening legal action if the mayor continues to try to ban him from City Hall.

Ward No. 4 Councilman Dennis Chamberlain said May 17 that may have to resolve the access issue through the legal process if Mayor Linda Kadlec continues to try to prevent him from entering City Hall, 216 E. Main St.

For more than a month, Chamberlain has been attempting to work on city business remotely after Kadlec wrote a letter April 18 claiming she has the authority to ban him from the building.

“This is a formal notification of your immediate trespass from City...