SitemapWith time running out to spend American Rescue Plan dollars, city council on Wednesday will consider allocating $2.28 million for numerous projects, decreasing a previous land acquisition fund by $1.8 million and setting aside whatever money is left toward the purchase of a new fire truck.
Several of the funding requests to be considered at Wednesday’s meeting come from the $2 million council gave each of its seven members in April 2023 — $14 million in total — to use for projects in their wards.
Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th Ward, is proposing legislation to spend $705,000 of his ward’s allocation. Of that amount, $400,000 would be for a program to educate property owners about zoning and code violations and provide resources and recommendations for repairs and compliance; $100,000 each for improvements to a lot at the northwest corner of Steel Street and Mahoning Avenue for the police department’s community policing headquarters, and to upgrade and improve building access to the Stephanie Jenkins Resource Center, 2214 Mahoning Ave.; $80,000 for sidewalk improvements in the ward; and $25,000 for additional rehabilitation work at the Roy Street Park-West End Field.
Councilman Jimmy Hughes, D-2nd Ward, is seeking to spend $667,500 for the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. to manage “various 2nd Ward revitalization projects,” according to the ordinance.
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