Democratic executive committee to meet, consider issues

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Democratic Party’s executive committee will meet Tuesday to consider endorsing the county’s proposed 0.75-percent sales tax and to oppose a citizen-initiative charter amendment to ban fracking in Youngstown.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at party headquarters at 401 Hillman Way in Boardman.

The 0.75-percent, 5-year county sales tax is the renewal of a 0.5-percent tax with a 0.25-percent additional tax.

It would generate about $24 million annually for the county. The money from the tax would be restricted to the sheriff’s, prosecutor’s, and coroner’s offices, and the 911 emergency dispatching center.

The Youngstown anti-fracking proposal has been defeated by city voters three times since May 2013.

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