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YOUNGSTOWN The winner of today’s Democratic primary for Youngstown mayor and Republican nominee Tracey Winbush have three independent candidates and a write-in wanting to challenge them during the Nov. 2 general election. John White of 107 N. Belle Vista Ave., a retired businessman; Richard V. Hill of 1020 Genessee Drive, the supervisor in the Youngstown clerk of courts’ criminal traffic division, and Tayana C. Smith of 978 E. Boston Ave. filed as independents for mayor by Monday’s deadline. None has ever run for elected office before. Also, Calvin Hill Sr. of 46 Lilburne Drive filed as a write-in candidate. The write-in deadline for the election isn’t until Aug. 23. Hill ran as a write-in four years ago and got two votes. ....
YOUNGSTOWN Legislation to reduce the salary of the community development agency director led to a somewhat heated discussion between Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and Councilman Julius Oliver, who is challenging him in the May Democratic primary. The issue at Wednesday’s meeting was changing the salary for Beverly Hosey, first the acting director and then officially appointed to the position in April 2020. At that time, the annual salary was $76,883.87, but city administration officials wanted to reduce it to $72,398.56 because some of the duties were removed from the job description. But the city also was facing a lawsuit from Taron Cunningham, fired March 8, 2019, by Brown as the CDA director. That led some on council to postpone changing the salary as Cunningham won lawsuits against the city over his termination. ....
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. ....