Martin known for ‘perfect judicial temperament’
She’s 1st female Greene County Common Pleas judge to be sworn in.
Newly electedJudge Cynthia XENIA— Martin was sworn in on Friday as the first woman to serve in the Greene County Court of Common Pleas.
Martin will serve as the third judge for the Domestic Relations Court. She is taking over for Stephen Hurley, who served for 18 years as judge and 18 as a magistrate in the court. Hurley swore Martin in on the front steps of the main Greene County Courthouse on Friday.
To Martin’s surprise, her adult children and several other family members and friends were in attendance to watch her historic and glass ceiling-shattering swearing-in.
It means a lot to her to be the first woman in the position, she said.
“I’ve always tried to teach my daughters that the most important thing you can do is take care of yourself. And I hope I can be a role model in that,” she said.
Martin has been a magistrate with the domestic relations court for about 14 years. Prior to that sheworked for the OhioAttorney General in the early 1990s, was an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law from 1994 to 2000 and had her own private practice from 2000 to 2006.
Hurley saidMartin has the skills and expertise to carry the domestic relations court forward.
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said it was rare that someonewas exposed to COVID19 during work.
“We’vebeenrelatively fortunate,” he said.
He said they have a detailed plan for if more members of the fire department have to leave due to COVID-19.
Sturgeonsaid the Riverside Police Department has kept the different shifts of police officers separate so that anyone who does get sick with COVID-19does not cross-contaminate their shifts.
Fairborn Police Captain Ben Roman said if an officer does have contact with someone who is COVID-19 positive, the department will obtain details about the exposure. They then contact GreeneCountyPublicHealth and explain the exposure to them, and Greene County will give recommendations, which can vary based on exposure.
Kettering Fire Chief Mitch Robbins said more Kettering firefighters have been affected by COVID-19 in the past month. There were some staffing shortages recently, he said. But he said they have a continuity of operations plan in place to continue operations.
“Obviously, in the middle of a pandemic, you’re going to have employees that are exposed, andcomeinto contact with someonewho has comeinto contact with this,” he said. “We follow daily staffing levels and operate based off of that plan.”
InHuberHeights, both the police and fire chiefs said no one was currently out due to COVID-19 and they were not having staffing issues.