Sheriff's officers vote on concessions Tuesday

YOUNGSTOWN — Ranking officers of the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department will be voting Tuesday on a fact-finder’s report that could greatly reduce the number of layoffs in that department.

“It has significant concessions in it,” Charles Wilson, Fraternal Order of Police senior staff representative, said of the potential one-year agreement.

Most, but not necessarily all, of the 14 layoffs Sheriff Randall A. Wellington proposed to take effect Dec. 26 due to an expected cut in next year’s budget, could be avoided if the agreement is ratified, Wilson said.

Wilson, however, declined to publicly discuss specifics of the proposed agreement before the ranking officers belonging to the FOP’s 28-member gold unit vote on it.

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