Mahoning Children Services managers' salaries raised

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County Children Services Board has raised the salaries of 16 of its management employees by an average of about 3 percent, retroactive to Feb. 1.

The increases approved Tuesday range from 1.5 percent for fiscal officer Nikki Posterli, who was hired Feb. 24, 2014, and now earns $56,833 a year; to 9.87 percent for office manager Floree Stubbs, who was hired Nov. 26, 2001, and now earns $53,685 annually.

All other managers who got raises received a flat 2 or 3 percent increase.

“It was the recommendation that was presented by the executive director, and we felt [the raises] were justified,” the Rev. Lewis Macklin, board chairman, said without elaborating.

Randall Muth, the agency’s $100,000-a-year executive director, did not seek or receive any pay increase.

“We wanted to ensure that our staff was compensated at fair market value,” Muth said.

Pay increases in that contract average 18.34 percent this year, 1.11 percent next year and 1.41 percent in 2017.

Full-time Mahoning County CS caseworkers now earn between $32,718 and $44,824 annually.

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