Mill Creek MetroParks board meeting was raucous

CANFIELD — The Mill Creek MetroParks board meeting several times devolved into jeers, booing and shouts from members of the crowd of several dozen that came to the MetroParks Farm for the monthly event.

Most who spoke Monday night during the public-comment section of the meeting repeated the call for MetroParks Executive Director Aaron Young’s resignation or removal that some community members began after a February staff restructuring cut the positions of 13 park employees.

Some of the same community members voiced the same demand earlier Monday at a protest in front of the Mahoning County Courthouse in Youngstown, which houses the offices of county Probate Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. Judge Rusu (who was out of the office Monday), is responsible for appointing MetroParks board members, and with the help of a selection committee currently is working to fill two vacant board seats.

In an interview after the board meeting, board president John Ragan told The Vindicator there are no plans to remove Young from his post.

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