Weddle was removed from his position earlier this month after being accused of three counts of misconduct or negligence by London City Council.
That includes signing a $5 million mortgage without the council’s approval, not filling vacancies on the city’s ethics board in a timely fashion and refusing to publish an enacted ordinance and delaying its timely publication.
Judge David Williams ruled the council’s arguments weren’t enough to remove Weddle from office.
Weddle’s lawyer, Carmine G. Iaccarino, argued that none of the arguments the city council presented were based on the standard for a politician’s removal under state law.
“The point we made to Judge Williams is, if any of these three bases that were presented by the city council were sufficient basis for removal, then anything is basis for removal, and that just can't be the law,” Iaccarino argued.
The London City Council has filed to appeal the decision. Christopher Wiest, a lawyer representing the council, says he thinks it will be overturned.
“The Court of Appeals has previously upheld removals for similar (cases), failing to get council's approval on the financial transactions, and they were, in that case, it was a decision authored by now Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller.”
Wiest said he plans to file an emergency motion to have the appeal heard as soon as possible.
Weddle said previously he plans to run again in November of 2026.
