Canfield Township will join fight against Youngstown JEDD proposal

Township trustees in Austintown and Canfield spoke of the meeting with a Columbus law firm last week as a good step toward staving off the city of Youngstown’s effort to use water to extract tax dollars from them.

Austintown Trustee David Ditzler and Canfield Township Trustee Bill Reese said they feel confident that Albers and Albers of Columbus, with its experience in creating Joint Economic Development Districts in more than 40 locations around Ohio, can help the townships create an alternative water district.

“They truly have the expertise,” Austintown Trustee Bo Pritchard said at an Austintown Township trustees’ meeting tonight.

Ditzler said he thinks last week’s meeting gave the townships a lot of ideas for protecting themselves from Youngstown maneuvers and also for creating a better future for the townships.

Reese, at the Canfield Township trustees meeting tonight, said: “We’re trying to create our own water district so we’re not beholden to Youngstown.”

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