Mahoning commissioners discuss 2011 budget

YOUNGSTOWN — The ongoing effects of the economic recession will be felt in the budgets the Mahoning County commissioners are expected to adopt either Thursday or Dec. 29.

After the commissioners discussed budget-related personnel matters in a 90-minute executive session at a staff meeting today, George J. Tablack, county administrator and budget director, said he still had more work to do to prepare the spending plan.

Therefore, Anthony T. Traficanti, chairman of the commissioners, said he did not know if the commissioners would adopt the general fund budget Thursday or next Wednesday. Both meetings are set for at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse basement.

Traficanti said commissioners do plan to adopt a full-year 2011 budget this month, rather than just a temporary first-month or first-quarter budget.

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