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Warren Township trustees urge commissioners to cut Metroparks funding over Levitsburg dam dispute
Summary
Warren Township officials and trustees urged the Board of Trumbull County Commissioners to withhold Metroparks budget funding until the Metroparks halt plans to remove the Levitsburg dam; trustees said the EPA told them there are options that might avoid dam removal and cost taxpayers nothing.
Residents and township officials told the Board of Trumbull County Commissioners on Thursday that the Trumbull County Metroparks should not receive the county funding they requested unless the parks board halts plans to remove the Levitsburg (Levetsburg) dam.
Jason Minor, speaking for Warren Township, said the township trustees had submitted a letter asking commissioners to give Metroparks a $0 county budget and argued the Metroparks’ campaign to remove the dam is "dangerous and irresponsible." Minor said the 2022 levy supporting the Metroparks failed widely across the county and urged commissioners to consider that in budget…
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