City council acts on fire station, parking-violations bureau
City council acts on fire station, parking-violations bureau
YOUNGSTOWN — City council approved legislation today making it easier for the clerk of courts to collect parking-ticket fees, and authorized the board of control to hire a company to build a new fire station.
Council voted 7-0 to permit the board to spend up to $780,000 for a new fire station in Ipes Field on the city’s South Side.
Construction on the station would likely start in June and be done in September, said Fire Chief John J. O’Neill Jr.
It would replace the 90-year-old Fire Station No. 9 on the corner of Midlothian Boulevard and Sheridan Road that has structural problems as well as rats, mold and water leaks, O’Neill said.
Also, council voted 7-0 to permit the clerk of courts to create a parking-violations bureau.
Clerk of Courts Sarah Brown-Clark said the bureau would allow the city to take civil action against those who don’t pay parking tickets.
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