Mental Health & Recovery Board adopts $9.1 million budget

July 27, 2015 at 9:39p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Mental Health & Recovery Board, a recent consolidation of the county mental health and alcohol drug addiction services boards, adopted its first combined annual budget totalling $9,156,588 in expenditures.

The fiscal 2016 (July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016) budget, passed unanimously Monday , is $149,022 higher than fiscal 2015 (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016) budget.

But the budget also shows an overall savings on operating expenses of $12,814 and an overall decrease in personnel costs of $16,259 as a result of the merger, said Duane Piccirilli, agency executive director.

Core agency allocations include Compass Community Care, $1,911,363; D&E Counseling, $457,150; Help Hotline Crisis Center, $1,272,977; Meridian Health Care, $1,066,643; Neil Kennedy Recovery Center, $427,623, and Turning Point Counseling Center, $1,645,964.