Mahoning, Trumbull United Ways will not merge

HOWLAND

Financial contributors to the United Way of Trumbull County defeated a resolution to dissolve the agency, which if approved would have eliminated the last major barrier to a merger with the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley.

The vote meeting, attended by 86 contributors during the 12-month period from August 2011 through July 2012, was from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Leo’s Ristorante in Howland.

The boards of trustees of the Trumbull and Mahoning United Ways previously approved a merger in voting that concluded July 2, said Laurie Reuben, spokeswoman for the Cheshire Consulting Group of Maryland, hired by the two United Way agencies to facilitate exploration of a merger.

However, the Trumbull United Way’s bylaws also require that its contributors vote on whether to dissolve the agency, said Thomas J. Krysiek, president and chief executive officer of United Way of Trumbull County.

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