Youngstown council still awaits numbers to pass a 2011 budget

YOUNGSTOWN — City council members want information on this year’s budget, saying they need time to make an informed decision on the city’s finances.

Councilman Jamael Tito Brown, D-3rd, said today he wanted budget information by Jan. 24 because city council rushes every year to pass a budget by the March 31 deadline.

“I don’t want to get behind the eight-ball again,” said Brown, council finance committee chairman.

But, like previous years, Brown and other council members will have to wait.

The city administration won’t be prepared to provide a balanced budget to council until Feb. 22, Kyle Miasek, the city’s deputy finance director, said at Monday’s council finance committee meeting.

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