Youngstown Board of Control approves pact with YNDC for grass cutting
YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control finalized contracts today to purchase grass-cutting and property-cleanup equipment and sign a deal to have the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp, oversee the work, a week after the proposal led to a heated debate.
The board of control approved the $102,168 annual contract with YNDC as well as agreed to spend $86,989 on equipment, including industrial lawnmowers as well as trimmers, chainsaws, blowers and a wood chipper.
YNDC will supervise and manage 20 low-income people, between the ages of 18 and 24, who will cut grass, clean debris and illegal dumping sites, do light landscaping and board-up vacant structures.
The work will begin April 15 with a focus on grass cutting through Oct. 15, Mayor John A. McNally said.
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