Youngstown council ratifies pact with police to help avoid layoffs

YOUNGSTOWN — City council ratified an early-retirement agreement with the union representing its ranking police officers that is expected to reduce, and possibly eliminate, job losses in that department.

The union will vote next week on a the plan that would give each participant a year’s base salary paid evenly over five years. Also, today, council gave approval to the police department to seek proposals to lease 160 Tasers for its police officers.

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