Mahoning County gets extra money for next year's budget

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Budget Commission unanimously agreed to add $1.7 million to its revenue certification for the county’s general fund in 2012.

The action will raise the certification from the $47.9 million figure the commission adopted in September to $49.6 million, said John A. McNally IV, chairman of the county commissioners. “That’s the number we’re going to try to budget to,” McNally said.

The budget commission certified $54.5 million in general fund revenue this year.

The new money is from $925,000 in bond proceeds, a $387,500 increase in sales-tax revenue and a $387,500 increase in fee income in the last quarter of this year, including court fees.

The sales tax and fee revenue gains are increases over September projections, county officials said.

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