Mahoning elections board discusses raises for employees

Ten months after approving and then rescinding employee raises, the Mahoning County Board of Elections is talking about the issue again.

Dave Betras, the board’s vice chairman and Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman, opposes the idea.

“I’m against any raises at any time in the future,” he said.

The board met Monday morning and Betras said he congratulated the staff, telling them what a great job they did with the election.

Tracey Winbush, commission member, then said the board should consider raises for employees in 2015.

“We need to make sure our employees are compensated equally with employees of boards of elections of equal size across the state,” Winbush said.

Lip service about employees doing a good job is great, she said, but those employees need to be compensated for the work they do, she said.

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