Youngstown council will consider paying Mahoning County more than $200K

YOUNGSTOWN — The city administration is asking city council Wednesday to authorize a $225,360 payment to Mahoning County for housing inmates charged with violating Youngstown ordinances in 2011.

Also, the city has already paid $231,360 to the county for its inmates for the first seven months of this year, said city Law Director Anthony Farris.

“It’s a considerable amount of money,” Farris said.

But it is owed to the county, said Mayor Charles Sammarone.

“We owe the money,” Sammarone said. “If we owe it and it’s justified, we pay it. We’re here to work together.”

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