Mayor O'Brien returns to private sector come January

WARREN

Warren Mayor Michael O’Brien, who has served as mayor, Trumbull County commissioner, Warren council member and corrections officer in the past 33 years, won’t be a government worker come Jan. 1.

O’Brien will be taking two months off to start 2012, he said Wednesday. After that, his future is up in the air.

O’Brien, 56, has talked with employers in the private sector but also isn’t ruling out the possibility that he’ll take another position in government — either elected or appointed, he said.

He chose not to run for re-election as Warren’s mayor. His safety-service director, Doug Franklin, was elected in the Democratic primary and didn’t have an opponent in the general election.

“I’ve got a lot of opportunities, but I haven’t decided yet,” O’Brien said.