1:40 p.m. Mingo cop layoff to proceed
STEUBENVILLE - The layoff of three Mingo Junction police officers will go forward Saturday even though the police union on Friday attempted to get an injunction to halt the layoffs. A judge though ordered an expedited arbitration schedule to settle the dispute. Mingo Junction Safety Forces Association Local 1 filed for a temporary injunction to stop the furlough of the three officers, claiming it was in violation of its labor contract with the village. Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. told the union's attorneys a substantial bond would have to be posted in the case. But the union's president, Joseph Sagun, informed his counsel that the union didn't have the resources. Attorney Paul Cox told Bruzzese there was an ordinance that was incorporated into the union's contract that called for a minimum of 10 police officers. Village Council did away with that ordinance and Mayor Domenic Chappano gave notice to the police union of the layoffs.
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