Public reception July 25 for new Children Services director

YOUNGSTOWN

A public welcoming reception and open house will be from 3:30 to 7 p.m. July 25 for Atty. Randall Muth, who will become executive director of the Mahoning County Children Services, effective Monday, at a $95,000 annual salary.

The welcoming event will be in board offices at 222 W. Federal St.

Muth comes to Mahoning County after having been Wayne County CSB director in Wooster since 2006.

Dave Arnold, interim Mahoning County CSB director since January, told the board Tuesday that three finalists are being considered to become the Mahoning County child welfare agency’s fiscal officer, two of them certified public accountants.

Mahoning County commissioners last month abandoned their plans to merge children services with the county’s department of job and family services and granted the child welfare agency board’s wish to remain independent.