Mahoning commissioners award dog pound contracts, set fund for Area Agency on Aging

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County commissioners have awarded more than $3.1 million in funding for several phases of building a new county dog shelter, which will replace the 40-year-old shelter and adoption facility on Industrial Road on the West Side.

During their meeting Thursday, commissioners awarded $3,166,410 to build the 14,212-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility at 1230 N. Meridian Road.

In other business, commissioners authorized the establishment of an Area Agency on Aging 11 fund to administer $4.1 million that is the result of a 1-mill, 5-year senior-services levy that voters approved last March.

Collections should begin early next year, with services likely to start in mid-2017, after the year’s first property-tax collections, noted county Auditor Audrey Tillis.

Also at the session, county Engineer Patrick T. Ginnetti announced three road closings later this month for culvert replacements before paving:

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