Conglose to begin new part-time post

YOUNGSTOWN — Although he found going through a civil service process for the city’s traffic coordinator position insulting, the recently retired deputy director of public works starts working the part-time job that pays up to $42,576.96 annually on Monday.

Carmen S. Conglose Jr. becomes the second city employee who took an early-retirement incentive to be rehired.

Mayor Jay Williams makes no apologies about the rehiring of Conglose and Kathleen Timlin-Wiley, saying the city gains invaluable experience from longtime employees at a discounted rate.

“We’re doing what’s best for the city both economically and from an experience standpoint,” he said. “... There’s no sweetheart deals here.”

Both return to the city without health-care benefits.

Conglose retired Dec. 31 from the city as deputy director of public works. Williams personally asked Conglose to return to the city to serve as its traffic coordinator.

Conglose served in the coordinator position for eight years before his appointment to run the public works department in 1997.

For the complete story, see Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.