Youngstown Council to vote on charter issues, $850K for office building

Youngstown Council to vote on charter issues, $850K for office building

By DAVID SKOLNICK

skolnick@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

In addition to considering charter amendments for the Nov. 8 ballot, city council will also vote on legislation Monday to spend about $850,000 on elevator improvements and window replacements at the city-owned 20 Federal Place office building.

The legislation comes after Mayor Charles Sammarone said he received a letter from VXI Global Solutions, a call center on the building’s fourth and fifth floors and its largest tenant.

The letter stated that as part of VXI’s agreement to open at the downtown building, located at 20 W. Federal St., in 2009 and expand in 2010 that the city was required to make improvements to the building’s elevators and replace the windows on the company’s floors.

While Mayor Charles Sammarone had planned to have work done on the elevators, he wasn’t aware of the city’s contractual obligation to do that work or the window replacements.

The finance committee of council will meet at 5:15 p.m., followed by the full council meeting. City Hall is at 26 S. Phelps St. downtown.