Mahoning Co. Juvenile Court asks for 12.5 pct. increase in 2015
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Juvenile Court is asking county commissioners for 12.5 percent more money from the general fund in 2015 than the court received this year.
Judge Theresa Dellick and Magistrate Anthony D’Apolito, administrator of that court, appeared today before the commissioners in a budget hearing, seeking $6,427,868 from the general fund for 2015, which is $715,409 more than the $5,712,459 the court received this year.
The largest part of the requested increase is being generated by an increase of about $500,000 in health-care costs for the court’s 120 employees in 2015 over 2014, D’Apolito said.
D’Apolito said the court always seeks to reduce its dependency on the general fund by using other funding sources, including grants.
Judge Dellick said Linda McNally, a grant application writer hired by the court in February, has already obtained $800,000 in grants for court programs.
The general fund is the county’s main operating fund. The juvenile court is second only to the sheriff’s department in use of general-fund dollars.
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