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City council questions request for $1. 95 M for sewer work
16+ hour, 38+ min ago (642+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Members of Youngstown City Council peppered the administration with questions and criticism about a request to spend $1. 95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for an industrial park site and then refused to consider it. Council members on Wednesday repeatedly expressed…...
Youngstown City Council approval sought on 2 water projects
10+ mon, 23+ hour ago (1113+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " City council will consider Wednesday authorizing the board of control to make two agreements with state agencies to borrow up to $18 million for a pair of water improvement projects. The ordinances, sponsored by Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, are to…...
Trumbull sanitary engineer seeks more employees
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (806+ words) WARREN " The Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Office has fallen so short of staff members that things are not getting done. The department has 11 open positions and is expected to lose another two people because of a retirement and one employee…...
Youngstown water chief "flabbergasted" by low bid for project
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (487+ words) YOUNGSTOWN "Youngstown's water commissioner said he was "flabbergasted" when the apparent low bid for a major water main and lead line replacement project, estimated to cost $16. 78 million, came in at less than half that amount. "It's a reason to celebrate,…...