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Feb 11, 2021
We, like some members of Youngstown City Council and probably many city residents, are wondering what the Youngstown clerk of courts was thinking when she decided to hand out promotions and huge raises to 11 employees particularly when finances are tight amid a pandemic.
Sarah Brown-Clark, Youngstown clerk of courts, promoted or increased the salaries of 11 employees, with raises as high as 44.3 percent, between Sept. 14 and Jan. 4. The raises totaled $91,439.
The move rightfully drew outrage from some members of city council.
We realize, as Brown-Clark stated, that the clerk of courts has the ability to set and adjust clerks’ pay scales, and we realize that she felt strongly the raises were warranted.
YOUNGSTOWN Rather than see city council reject his proposal to give the law director a 3 percent raise, already reduced from 15 percent, Mayor Jamael Tito Brown decided to withdraw his request.
Brown said he asked the pay raise legislation for Law Director Jeff Limbian be pulled before Wednesday’s council meeting because some members at a Monday finance committee meeting had further questions about his effort to realign the law department.
“Several members asked for more information and to pull it,” he said. “I’ll come back with a comprehensive plan.”
Brown said he didn’t know how long that would take.
YOUNGSTOWN With support questionable among city council members for a pay raise for the law director, the mayor is requesting that increase be 3 percent significantly less than the 15 percent he initially proposed.
But Mayor Jamael Tito Brown is still recommending council, when it meets Wednesday, give a 15 percent raise to the finance director.
In a Jan. 11 Vindicator article, a majority of council members expressed support for the 15 percent pay raise for the finance director, but not for the law director.
Brown on Dec. 9 proposed 15 percent increases for the director jobs, which haven’t received pay raises in the past 13 years.
Youngstown Police Chief Carl Davis took questions from City Council members Thursday.
Staff file photo
YOUNGSTOWN City council members Anita Davis and Jimmy Hughes offered praise and support to new police Chief Carl Davis at the end of a nearly two-hour grilling by council’s safety committee.
Five council members, during a Thursday safety committee session, quizzed the chief hard on his plans to acquire body cameras and how he will improve the police department’s transparency and community engagement.
“Welcome to the crazy zone,” said Anita Davis, who had 35-plus years with the police department. She told the new chief: “You’re going to be pulled and prodded,” but to “put the city first before the police department.”