Berlin Twp. recount upholds 1-vote margin for fire levy

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A recount of ballots cast for a Berlin Township fire levy upheld its one-vote victory.

The Mahoning County Board of Elections recounted the votes Tuesday.

The levy was approved 214 to 213.

The 2-mill, five-year additional levy will raise $87,535 annually to pay for a new firetruck.

The levy will raise $437,675 over five years to pay all but about $50,000 of the cost of a new water-pumper firetruck for the township.

The remaining cost would come from the fire department’s operating budget. The department’s only pumper truck is 25 years old and in need of repair work, township trustees say.