Mahoning CSB requesting replacement levy on November ballot

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Children Services Board has voted to ask the county commissioners to combine and replace its current 1 mill and 0.85-mill real estate tax levies that expire this year, with a 1.85 mill, five-year levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The 1 mill levy, first passed in 1995, brings in $2,993,453 annually, and the 0.85-mill levy, first passed in 1976, delivers $1,531,679 a year, for a current combined total of $4,525,132 annually.

However, the combined 1.85-mill replacement would bring in $7,303,723 annually, said Randall Muth, executive director of the child welfare agency.

The motion was passed Tuesday by CSB.

Read more about why the agency needs the levy and how the replacement levy will bring in more money than the two existing levies in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.