Trustee complains about representation on Mill Creek MetroParks board

YOUNGSTOWN — The president of an association of township officials complained publicly that the residents of southern and western Mahoning County are being taxed for the Mill Creek MetroParks system, but they aren’t being represented on the park district’s trustee board.

“It’s a countywide park. It’s a metropark. If you want to be a true metropark, then let’s include everybody,” said Ted Lyda, a Beaver Township trustee and president of the Mahoning County Township Association.

The association represents the township trustees and fiscal officers of Mahoning County.

Lyda voiced his protest at today’s county commissioners’ meeting.

Noting that the park board expanded at the beginning of 2010 from three to five members, Lyda said there should be representation on the board from outlying areas.

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