Mahoning commissioners brace for fiscal challenges in 2011

January 10, 2011 at 5:35p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners are preparing to face several fiscal challenges in the new year.

County Auditor Michael Sciortino told commissioners to brace for decreases in state funding.

“The past few years have been difficult for the county financially, and that is no different moving into 2011,” he said. “If the state gets their way, we are looking at a 25 percent decrease in local funding. You can do the quick math. ... You have another hit to our local government funding stream.”

Commissioner John A. McNally IV said state funding may decrease but mandated programs the county must cover will not change.

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