Residency ruling favors Youngstown worker

Residency ruling favors Youngstown worker

YOUNGSTOWN — A magistrate has ordered the city to reinstate a water department laborer the mayor fired for violating Youngstown’s employee residency requirement by moving to Liberty Township.

Magistrate Eugene J. Fehr of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court issued his order today in the case of Terrance M. Marvin of Monticello Boulevard, who was fired Feb. 6 by Mayor Jay Williams and Water Commissioner John Casciano.

The magistrate’s order came in response to a lawsuit filed today by Marvin, who requested a temporary restraining order against his termination and sought his reinstatement with back pay. In his order, Fehr set a preliminary injunction hearing for 1 p.m. Feb. 29.

A city charter amendment adopted by 80 percent of the voters has required employees hired by the city within the last 20 years to live in Youngstown. Marvin was hired in 2000. A state law banning such residency requirements, however, took effect May 1, 2006.

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