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Mahoning County commissioners elect leadership; auditor flags reassessment-driven tax increases and $72 million in delinquencies
Summary
At a Jan. 13 reorganizational meeting, Mahoning County commissioners elected leadership and set meeting dates while County Auditor Ralph Stevens presented a financial overview highlighting steady sales-tax growth, a new road tax revenue stream, a county website rollout and roughly $72 million in delinquent property taxes.
Mahoning County Board of Commissioners members on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, elected their 2025 leadership, appointed acting clerks and set a regular meeting schedule, and heard a financial report from County Auditor Ralph Stevens that outlined recent revenue trends, a property reassessment that increased residential assessed values about 38% and roughly $72 million in delinquent property taxes.
The reorganizational votes moved unanimously. Commissioners nominated Commissioner Trafficante as board president and Commissioner Remedio Righetti as vice president, confirmed Nancy LeBlanc as clerk of the board, appointed Holly Muschino Gushch as the first acting clerk and named a second acting clerk (name not specified). The board also set regular meetings for Thursdays at 10 a.m. in the commissioners' hearing room in the courthouse basement.
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