Schiavoni says closing of Struthers BMV hard to stop

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The closing of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles license center in the Fifth Street Plaza will be difficult to stop, said state Sen. Joe Schiavoni, D-33rd.

Schiavoni came to Wednesday’s city council meeting to give an update on what he knows about the closing of the center, which has angered residents and officials who want it to stay.

The center’s last day is June 26. The deputy registrar there, Terry Farmer, did not win a contract renewal from the state. The contract for the Struthers center was awarded to a deputy registrar, Roberta Gibson from Hubbard. Gibson is closing the Hubbard center and is moving to a plaza near the Giant Eagle on U.S. Route 224 in Poland Township.

The Bureau of Motor Vehicles, under the Ohio Department of Public Safety, said the reason Farmer did not win the contract is because the center doesn’t have a credit-card machine.

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