Mahoning probate judge to lay off staff members Sept. 19

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Mark A. Belinky will lay off 13 of his 17 staff members effective Sept. 19 because he said his court is running out of money.

The layoffs are necessitated by the insufficiency of the court’s funding from the county commissioners, the judge said today. “We’re spending at the rate of approximately $225,000 a quarter,” the judge said. “That takes us about to October.”

“We tried to keep everybody working as long as possible, hoping that this budget dispute would be resolved,” he added.

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