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Poland trustees make financial cuts

POLAND TOWNSHIP — Trustees at a special meeting Tuesday cut the township’s seasonal employees and canceled the Walnut Grove stormwater project after learning there will be a $1,678 budget shortfall by the end of the year. Trustees also are considering putting a police levy on the November ballot, but they need to move quickly because the deadline to get issues on the ballot is Aug. 5. “The $1,678 is hypothetical if we keep going the way we are going,” said Poland Fiscal Officer Paul Canter. “Right now, we will have a negative $2,000 balance at the end of the year. This is a ...

Ciccone insists office failures predate him

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone insists his office’s failure to file routine monthly financial reports predates his administration and other county departments used an accounting firm “to address similar reconciliation concerns.” County Auditor Ralph Meacham, who first raised concerns about the failure of the clerk of courts to handle the reports, said Ciccone’s statements in his defense are “false and completely inaccurate. This is all nonsense. Any representations to the contrary are erroneous.” Ciccone on Wednesday sent an email to The ...

SOBE returns 2 boilers until October

YOUNGSTOWN — The financially troubled company that provides steam heat for most of downtown Youngstown is returning two of its three rented boilers until October to cut expenses and agreed to a $750,000 settlement with Enbridge Gas Co., to be paid in $40,000 monthly installments, for late bills. In a Wednesday interview with The Vindicator, John C. Collins, receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, and Michael Moran, his court-appointed attorney, said the return of the two boilers will cut the company’s monthly expense for that equipment from $58,200 to about $28,000. Moran ...

Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, was eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Graham’s flag-draped ...

Boardman voters will face safety services levy in fall

BOARDMAN — Township trustees have unanimously voted to place a 2.75-mill, five-year additional tax levy on the November ballot for the exclusive use of safety services. Trustees also announced a slew of new businesses coming to the township at its meeting Monday. Trustees Steve Yacovone, Matt Gambrel and Larry Moliterno agreed to place the property tax levy on the Nov. 3 ballot to ensure adequate operations in the police and fire departments. “This is necessary just to maintain services,” Yacovone said in a phone interview after the meeting. It will not be used to greatly ...