Area Mayors Look at Property Tax Issue and How It Affects Their Communities

Valley mayors gather to talk tax reform

YOUNGSTOWN — Local city mayors said they understand the need for property tax reform, but it shouldn’t cause devastation to communities and school districts. “We support responsible property tax reform, but not at the expense of service delivery and not without some type of replacement or resolution for what those consequences will be if you alter property taxes,” Warren Mayor Doug Franklin said Thursday after a closed-door meeting of area mayor…

Area mayors look at property tax issue and how it affects their communities

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - There was a regional meeting of the Ohio Mayors Alliance on Thursday in Youngstown. Any meeting of public officials right now is trying to find a solution to one major issue, and that topic was a focus of this group as well. Five mayors and just as many state lawmakers heard how important the property tax constitutional issue is on the Ohio ballot. "That would wipe out nearly $30 billion in revenue for schools, counties…