CAMPBELL Council to vote on plan that involves bringing public health services to city

Council granted a pay raise to the water department superintendent.
CAMPBELL -- An ordinance authorizing Mayor Jack Dill to negotiate with the Mahoning County Health Department to provide public health services to the city will come before city council for final passage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16.
Council advanced that ordinance to a third and final reading Wednesday evening. The financially troubled city spends about $77,000 a year for pay and benefits for the two employees in its own health department, and the county could provide the same services for about $22,500 a year, said Council President Robert Yankle.
The city health department employs a sanitarian, who plans to retire soon, and a secretary, whom the county health department has agreed to absorb into its staff, Dill has said.
Pay raise
Council raised the annual salary of George Ginnes, water department superintendent, from $39,900 to $41,500, retroactive to Sept. 1, and to $42,500, effective Jan. 1, 2003. "He's been doing a yeoman's job," Yankle said.
Frank Phillips, of Devitt Avenue, a laid-off full-time city firefighter, who is first on the recall list, told council the fire department will spend $17,000 to $18,000 on overtime for the last quarter of this year. He said he could be recalled at a cost of about $14,000 for the same period, thereby eliminating all but about $1,000 of the overtime. Phillips also said the city is spending $2,400 for his unemployment compensation this quarter.
Dennis Stephens, finance director, who calculated the annual combined cost of salary and benefits for a full-time firefighter at $58,000 to $62,000, said he'd discuss the matter with Phillips and Fire Chief David Horvath.
Facing heavy city income tax revenue losses as a result of the abrupt closing of the Cold Metal Products plant Aug. 15, the city furloughed three full-time firefighters, a full-time police officer and a full-time street department worker, effective Oct. 1.