YOUNGSTOWN — City council rejected legislation to give pay raises of between 23.6% and 31.2% to municipal court security officers and coordinators.

Council voted 7-0 Wednesday to turn down the requests included in three separate ordinances from court officials saying the raises were far too high.

Before the vote, city Finance Director Kyle Miasek said the administration also opposed the pay hikes.

Miasek said sometime next month the administration will “present a raise proposal to council that will cover all management (and nonunion) employees, including the part-time security officers at the municipal court.”

The raises won’t be close to the percentages sought by the court, Miasek said.

City employees received 2.5 % raises this year, excluding those exempt from getting them under the city charter such as the mayor and city council members.

Court Administrator David Magura Jr. said at a Sept. 28 council safety committee meeting that even with the requested pay increases, Youngstown court security officers would still be paid less than comparable courts.

The security staff has received cost-of- living increases, but hasn’t received a raise since 2011, according to Magura.

One rejected ordinance was to increase the salary for 28 deputy bailiff security officer positions from $19.05 an hour to $25 an hour, a 31.2% increase.

The others were to increase the assistant bailiff security coordinator’s hourly salary from $20.74 to $25.63, a 23.6% increase, and the hourly pay of the deputy bailiff security coordinator from $22.42 to $27.75, a 23.8% increase.

The positions are for 1,500 hours per year, so the annual salaries of the deputy bailiffs would have gone from $28,531 to $37,500. The annual salary of the assistant coordinator would have gone from $31,103 to $38,443 and the deputy coordinator’s annual salary would have increased from $33,625 to $41,628.

ARP FUNDING

Council on Wednesday approved four ordinances, totaling $210,200, using money from its American Rescue Plan fund.

One is to spend $100,000, sponsored by Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st Ward, for an expansion project at New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St. The money will be used to renovate the church’s former sanctuary and turn it into a multipurpose community center.

The legislation was held up twice because the city law department wanted language to not permit the church to use the center for religious activities. That language was added Wednesday.

Two other ARP allocations are for the board of control to hire consultants for park work. Council set aside $10.5 million in ARP dollars last year for park improvements.

One ordinance is to spend up to $37,500 for design work for the rehabilitation of Falls Park on Falls Avenue in the 1st Ward and the other is $43,500 for design work for renovations to Lynn Park on Lynn Road in the 7th Ward.

Council approved both 6-1 with Councilwoman Samantha Turner, D-3rd Ward, voting against them.

Council voted 7-0 to pay $29,200 in ARP funds to Gibbs Construction Inc., a Warren company, for the emergency demolition of a city-owned building and garage at 2301 Market St. and to grade the property.

TRIVIUM REBATE

Council voted 7-0 to authorize the board of control to sign a deal with Trivium Aluminum Packing USA Corp. to refund $277,031 in income taxes over three years in exchange for the company adding 90 jobs.

The deal with Trivium, located at 1 Performance Place, is a job-creation grant agreement with the company going from 345 employees to 435 and increasing its annual payroll to at least $6 million no later than December 2024.

The deal would allow Trivium to get a 75% rebate on the 2.75% income tax paid by new employees in 2024, to be given to the company March 30, 2025, a $121,688 savings.

The rebate would drop to 50% in 2025, to be paid March 30, 2026, and save the company $97,804.

The rebate would then go to 25% in 2026, to be paid March 30, 2027, and save the company $57,539.

The company is expected to pass the rebate to its employees, city officials said.

Trivium produces aluminum containers for major food, beverage and personal care products.

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a tax credit in January, worth about $725,000, for a planned $40 million expansion project of two additional product lines at Trivium.

This is the first time the city council approved an income tax rebate for a company that already is based in Youngstown.

City council last year approved an income tax rebate agreement, worth about $412,500 in total, with Steelite International, which is moving its corporate headquarters from New Castle, Pa., to downtown Youngstown. The city signed a five-year agreement with Steelite that gives it a 100% income tax rebate in the first year and drops to 75% in the second year, 50% in the third and fourth years, and 25% in the fifth year.

Steelite will give the rebates to the 60 or so employees relocating to Youngstown. Steelite makes china, glassware, buffet equipment, lighting and other products for the hospitality industry.