Council wants to see Chevy Centre deal first

YOUNGSTOWN —City council is allowing the Mayor Jay Williams administration to negotiate a contract with a company to help manage and promote the Chevrolet Centre.

But before a deal is finalized, council insists it sees it first.

Williams said he has no objection to that provision.

Council approved an ordinance today permitting the city’s board of control to enter into a five-year-plus contract with SMG, a Philadelphia company.

The original legislation, sponsored by Williams, didn’t require the board to get council to sign off on the proposed contract.

The board consists of Williams, Finance Director David Bozanich and Law Director Iris Torres Guglucello.

Williams told council that its members will have the opportunity to approve or reject a deal with SMG. But it will have no authority to “adjust the contract provisions,” he said.

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