Youngstown council delays water meter study, discusses post office move

YOUNGSTOWN

City council postponed a vote today on hiring a company to determine the cost of replacing all its water meters because the administration didn’t include the estimated expense of the study in legislation.

The proposal called for council to authorize the board of control to hire a firm for the study with the cost to “exceed $25,000.”

When asked during a council finance committee meeting just before council’s meeting about the specific cost, Water Commissioner Harry L. Johnson III said it would be “in the neighborhood of $75,000.”

Also today, council heard from Marla J. Larsen-Williams, a real estate specialist for the U.S. Postal Service about plans to significantly reduce the size of its Cornersburg facility.

The postal system wants to move from its 12,000-square-foot facility at 3375 Canfield Road to a 1,200-square-foot space in Cornersburg.

The USPS is discussing staying in the plaza with its landlord, Shutrump United Enterprises Inc., she said.

Also, Councilman Paul Drennen, D-5th, who represents the Cornersburg area, said he had a conversation with Cocca Real Estate, the owners of a nearby location with a 1,300-square-foot space there.

It should take about six months to a year for the relocation to be complete, Larsen-Williams said.

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