YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham says offering a buyout to auditor’s office employees with between 15 and 35 years of service, who are at least 55 years old, will save the county money.
Six of his employees took the buyout last year, the first year it was offered. The option was added in negotiations for the employee union’s most recent three-year contract.
“The county will save money, the department will save money,” Meacham said. “We’ll save money because people leaving make more than people coming in. We’ll save health care money because people leaving are using more health care. They are older than the people coming in.”