Youngstown management pay increases on hold, pending costs report

YOUNGSTOWN

City council won’t act today on a series of proposals from the mayor to raise the salaries of city management workers and increase payments for various bonuses for items such as having college degrees and for not using sick time.

Mayor John A. McNally is sponsoring seven ordinances that he said will be pulled from today’s council agenda at the request of Councilwoman Janet Tarpley, D-6th and chairwoman of the finance committee, so council can first hear from him and Finance Director David Bozanich about the monetary increases before a vote.

McNally said he has no problem with the delay.

The mayor’s proposal would increase all “management” salaries by 1 percent, effective Nov. 1, and then by 1.5 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

There are about 170 full-time city employees considered management, including about 55 who work in the city’s court system, said Kyle Miasek, deputy finance director.

The salary increases are what has been offered to unionized city employees. Some have voted in favor of union contracts with those pay increases while others have rejected contracts, though those unions say issues with health insurance were the reasons the deals were voted down.

Management employees have worked without pay raises since 2008.

Read more about the matter in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.