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Youngstown committee flags 27th-payroll, street staffing and equipment needs as budget pressures
Summary
At a Feb. 24 Committee of the Whole meeting, finance staff briefed council on a one-time 27th payroll that will increase 2026 personnel costs and outlined street department requests including continued funding for 37 workers, $1.1 million in equipment and a proposed electric brush processor after EPA restrictions closed the city's current debris site.
Chair Mike Ray opened the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 24 as finance staff walked members through early figures for the 2026 budget, focusing on a seldom-occurring “27th payroll” and a suite of street-department requests.
Finance director Kyle Leezak told the committee that the city's first February payroll run showed about "$2,400,000" in gross wages for that pay period and that the final cost picture will be updated in March after retroactive pay for recently approved collective-bargaining agreements is added. "So when I run it again in March, we should have the language in our software system for what the CBA outlined for wage increase for YPA and YPRO," he said, framing the 27th payroll as a recurring calendar anomaly that will raise personnel costs in December…
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