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Youngstown Information
Youngstown is a city located in Mahoning County, Ohio, 65 miles southeast of Cleveland and approximately 62 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city is situated on the Mahoning River. Youngstown is located in (and heavily affected by the forces that produced) the Rust Belt region of the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 82,026, making it Ohio's eighth largest city.
The Youngstown-Warren Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) contains roughly
600,000 people and includes Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio, plus Mercer
County in Pennsylvania. The Steel Valley Area as a whole (including
Youngstown-Warren and Sharon-Farrell-New Castle, PA) comprises almost 720,000
residents. Youngstown is the county seat of Mahoning CountyGR6. The city is just
10 miles west of the Pennsylvania state line and is centrally located between
New York City and Chicago.
Youngstown is governed by a mayor, who is elected every four years and limited
to a maximum of two terms. The mayor is inaugurated on or around January 2nd.
Youngstown's current mayor is Jay Williams, the city's first African-American
mayor as well as its first independent mayor since 1922. Youngstown has
traditionally been led by Democratic mayors.
Also elected is an eight-member city council, comprising representatives of the
city's seven wards as well as a council president. The council, in turn,
appoints a city clerk. The council meets every first and third Wednesday of the
month, from the third week of September through the third week in June.
The city's board of control oversees all contracts for public projects in the
city, and the police, fire, parks, civil service, community development, health,
planning, and water departments all fall into the board.
The city's finance department oversees all finances within the city, and the
departments of economic development and income tax operate as part of it.
Areas that are categorized under the city's department of public works include
the departments of engineering, building inspection, building and grounds,
signal and sign, demolition and housing, litter and recycling, street, and water
waste treatment. Finally, the city's law department represents the city on all
legal issues, acting as counsel to all departments.