Port authority puts hiring on hold

VIENNA

The Western Reserve Port Authority did not hire John Moliterno to be economic development director at its meeting Wednesday, but the board’s chairman said he still believes the hiring should take place fairly soon.

The port authority met in executive session for an hour with Mahoning County Commissioners Carol Rimedio Righetti and Anthony Traficanti, as well as county Prosecutor Paul Gains, at the start of the meeting.

Afterward, Ron Klingle, port authority chairman, said the meeting allowed the authority and the commissioners to iron out a lot of controversies that have been brewing, the most recent one having to do with Moliterno’s possible hiring.

Read more on the controversies in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.