Youngstown council to consider grass-cutting pact Wednesday

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider a proposal Wednesday to pay $174,261 to the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. to supervise grass cutting, debris cleaning and boarding up at vacant structures.

The contract, that would need final approval by the board of control, is a 29 percent increase from the prior deal the city had with YNDC for the work. That contract was for $135,168. The new deal is retroactive to Friday.

The $39,093 increase is because the new contract is for 46 weeks while the old deal was for 35 weeks, said Ian Beniston, YNDC’s executive director.

YNDC will employ four supervisors, a management intern, about 15 workers from the Mahoning Columbiana Training Association – typically lower-income city residents between the ages of 18 and 24 – and about a dozen AmeriCorps members.

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