Youngstown council agrees to collections contracts

YOUNGSTOWN — City council agreed to let the board of control sign two contracts with the same law firm to serve as Youngstown’s collection agency.

The first contract is for $60,000 a year for Millstone and Kannensohn of Liberty to handle all notices and collections of money related to grass-cutting, lot cleanups and boarding building services done by the city.

The other would pay the firm 30 percent of whatever Millstone collects on delinquent accounts for unpaid water bills, demolition expenses, property maintenance code violations and administrative policies.

Millstone handles demolition collections for the city without a contract and had gone after delinquent water-bill payments in the past.

City council unanimously approved both proposals tonight.

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