Boardman advisory committee makes recommendations

BOARDMAN — The township should develop a capital improvement budget, stop relying on inheritance tax receipts for operating expenses and focus on allowing no cost increases in upcoming labor contracts.

These are some of the initial recommendations from an 11-member business advisory committee and given to trustees.

James Rosa, a certified public accountant who works at Hill, Barth & King and leads the committee, said the committee will continue to meet and make periodic recommendations.

One of the topics on the short list of things left to be addressed is a recommendation regarding a levy, including the type of levy and its amount, he said. “I think there needs to be some urgency,” Rosa said.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com