CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK SCOREBOARD » TODAY’S ISSUE U OPEN HOUSES, A5 • TRIBUTES, A8 • WORLD, A10 • OUTDOORS, B10 • TV WEEK Mooney 35 Boardman 21 Warren Harding 34 Ursuline 14 BAM! POW! ZAP! SWAP! INDIANS BLANK BLUE JAYS Struthers 20 Erie McDowell 28 Hubbard 14 A-town Fitch 21 Comic-book shows juggle characters Lindor’s homer gives Cleveland 1-0 series lead VALLEY LIFE | C1 SPORTS | B1 South Range 49 Campbell 32 Crestview 0 Champion 16 Springfi eld 48 Lakeview 45 East Palestine 13 Poland 13 Lisbon 33 McDonald 47 Columbiana 13 Mineral Ridge 10 STORIES, MORE | B1 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 U 75¢ YPD patrol offi cers get 3-year pact with 1% raise of Kent, who made The union’s proposal came with and the $150 payment. Conciliator sides with city; union chief displeased a binding decision, some strings, including increas- Stein agreed with the city, writ- By DAVID SKOLNICK The three-year contract is retro- the Youngstown ing the starting annual wage for ing that the facts surrounding
[email protected] active to Dec. 1, 2015, the day after chapter of the Ohio officers from $30,754 to $32,097 Youngstown’s “finances are so- YOUNGSTOWN the previous deal expired. Patrolmen’s Be- starting in 2017 and reducing the bering. The city, according to evi- A state conciliator settled a con- The union initially sought 3 per- nevolent Associa- VINDICATOR number of years an offi cer needs dence, has serious structural eco- tract between the city and its po- cent annual raises for the life of tion backed off and EXCLUSIVE to get to the top of the pay scale nomic diffi culties impacting both lice patrol-officers union, giving the contract during nonbinding instead asked for a from 12 to nine.