Mahoning Co. MRDD board approves $27.5M budget for 2009

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities has approved a 2009 budget of $27,522,208, a decrease of $143,570 from the 2008 budget of $27,665,778.

The calendar year budget, passed at the board’s December meeting, includes all fund transfers, capital improvements and special grants. The operating budget, which is based upon current year revenue for 2009, is $24,419,975, said MRDD Superintendent Larry Duck.

Operating revenue for 2009 is projected to be $24.2 million. The operating expense budget for 2008 was $23.6 million, and operating revenue for the year was projected at nearly $24 million, Duck said.

The Mahoning County Board of MRDD operates under a policy of no deficit spending, meaning, Duck said, that annual operating expense budgets cannot exceed current year annual revenue projections.

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