Youngstown council rejects measure to remove mayor's authority on director

YOUNGSTOWN

Mayor John A. McNally gets to keep the ability to hire the coordinator of downtown events and special projects.

By a 4-3 vote Wednesday, city council rejected a proposal to overturn previous legislation that gave the mayor that authority.

Four of council’s seven members had voted in recent weeks to overturn the ordinance the body approved Aug. 20.

The final council vote to approve rescinding the mayoral authority was Wednesday.

Councilman Nate Pinkard, D-3rd, who had voted with the majority twice before, switched his vote, defeating the ordinance.

“I changed my mind,” he said.

Read more about the vote and lawmakers' reactions in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.