Thursday, August 28, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN
An Austintown man who wants to be a Youngstown police officer says he plans to file a lawsuit against the city questioning the legality of giving a 15-percent bonus on entry-level civil service tests to city residents.
Shon J. McNeal, a police officer for Humility of Mary Health Partners and a Trumbull County Sheriff’s reserve officer, challenged the Youngstown-resident bonus, saying it isn’t constitutional. The bonus is given to those who have lived in the city for at least one year before taking a written civil-service test as long as they get a score of at least 70 percent, which is considered a passing grade.
In response to a request for a legal opinion from the city’s civil service commission, Deputy Law Director Anthony Donofrio said the policy — overwhelmingly approved Nov. 8, 2011, by city residents as a charter amendment — is legal.
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