Administrator returns after DUI conviction

The administrator has been with the township since 1996, and he earns $80,000 a year.
By DENISE DICK
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
BOARDMAN -- The township's administrator has returned to work after signing a last-chance agreement.
Curt B. Seditz, administrator since 1996, returned to work Monday after more than a month's absence.
"He's back to work and we came to an agreement on a list of requirements, and I'm confident that he's going to fulfill them," said Elaine Mancini, trustee chairwoman.
She declined to provide details, saying that according to the Mahoning County Prosecutor's office, the agreement is considered part of a medical record.
But Mancini last month described such an agreement as a contract that stipulates that if the administrator is involved in any other alcohol-related incidents while a township employee, he will be terminated.
Seditz couldn't be reached to comment.
He pleaded no contest and was convicted in September in Struthers Municipal Court of driving under the influence. He was placed on unpaid administrative leave Sept. 12 pending completion of an Employee Assistance Program.
About a year remains on Seditz's contract with the township. He earns roughly $80,000 annually.
What happened
A Poland Village police officer arrested Seditz on Aug. 31 on state Route 170. A breath test administered at the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Canfield Post indicated a blood-alcohol level at twice the legal limit.
It was his second such offense while a township employee. In 2000, Seditz was charged with DUI, which was later reduced to reckless operation, after the township vehicle he was driving left the road, struck a utility pole and rolled onto its side.
Trustees imposed a three-day suspension without pay after the 2000 offense. Seditz has not had a township vehicle since that accident. He was in his personal vehicle when he was stopped in August.