Struthers water vote

May 10, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

STRUTHERS — City council will have a meeting at 11 a.m. today at the Municipal Building, 6 Elm St., to vote on the third reading of a resolution authorizing a cooperative agreement between the city and the Ohio Water Development Authority for a solids-handling project at the waste-treatment plant.

Any measure not passed as an emergency requires three readings for passage.

Mayor Terry Stocker, who called the meeting, said that during the replacement of the plant belt press, a temporary sludge belt press was mobilized to maintain the sludge operation.

Stocker said the temporary press costs about $3,000 a day, and if the project is delayed, the city would be liable for all additional operational costs incurred by W.E. Downie & Co., which is supplying the temporary press.

Lawrence County taxes

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Lawrence County treasurer’s office has collected $6,908,375 in property taxes for April, bringing this year’s total so far to $10,581,398.

Treasurer Richard Rapone said those figures compare with $5,696,488 for April 2008 and $8,574,297 for the first four months of ’08.

Rapone credits early mailing of tax bills.

Youngstown Italian Fest

YOUNGSTOWN — The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest will be July 31, Aug. 1 and 2 downtown.

Applications for the Italian man and woman of the year are being accepted. Applications for scholarships also are available, and applicants must be attending Youngstown State University to be eligible.

Deadline for all the applications is June 1.

For more information, contact Arlene DeChellis at (330) 726-8019.

Tire drop-off in Hubbard

HUBBARD — Township and city residents can drop off tires at the township administration building, 2600 Elmwood Drive Ext., in the rear parking lot, from 8 a.m. to noon June 6.

There is a limit of four tires per person, and only car and small-truck tires are accepted.

For more information, contact Walter White, township road superintendent, at (330) 534-9798.

Old-medicine disposal

BOARDMAN — Area seniors and their families may drop off their old or expired medications from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 16 at the township government center, Market Street.

The event, Operation Medicine Cabinet, is sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care and supported by township police. Officers will collect and oversee disposal of all medications collected.

The program is a way to help protect seniors from accidentally using expired medications as well as safeguarding them from theft from their homes. It also can help protect the environment and prevent the drugs from entering the public water supply through toilet flushing.