Elimination of position costs Niles
NILES — Elimination of the grants coordinator position as a cost savings measure in the fiscal emergency recovery plan has cost the city instead.
Because no one is considered in “responsible charge” according to Ohio Department of Transportation requirements, Niles is not eligible for federal funds for resurfacing and related programs, and can’t even apply for the grants.
In fact, Niles could be out of the running until the start of the next decade.
City Auditor Giovanne Merlo said he recently attended a meeting of the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments and discovered that the agency lists no improvement programs for Niles on its drawing board for the next four years.
“We have no projects in the works,” Merlo said. “Now until 2020, we have nothing at all.”
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