Most dismissed Mill Creek staffers take severance packages

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Of the 13 Mill Creek MetroParks employees who lost their jobs there as a result of a staff restructuring in February, nine have signed severance agreements with the board of park commissioners.

Still holding out are two former department heads – horticulture director Keith Kaiser and operations director Perry Toth – and former outdoor-education manager Ray Novotny.

The park district remains in negotiations with those three and their legal counsels, MetroParks Executive Director Aaron Young said. They have until April 21 to decide whether they will accept severance packages, or, in the cases of Toth and Novotny, transfer to other park jobs.

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