Youngstown, OH — A mandate to limit Youngstown police officers’ overtime to 28 hours a week didn’t last long with a city law department attorney determining the police chief’s edict violated the patrol officers’ union contract.
The union objected to the memorandum issued April 16 by police Chief Carl Davis, contending it violated three articles of its contract: mid-term bargaining, work rules and overtime call-out procedures.
After a May 15 grievance hearing, A. Joseph Fritz, a senior assistant law director, determined the first two objections from the Youngstown Police Association “were unconvincing,” but the objection to the contract’s overtime call-out procedure “appears valid,” and subsequently ruled May 27 that the grievance was valid and the mandate “should be rescinded,” according to his letter obtained Monday by The Vindicator.
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