AUSTINTOWN In November 2024, Mahoning County Commissioners voted 2-to-1 to purchase the InfoCision building on Patriot Boulevard in Austintown, with the purpose of housing county offices there.

Anthony Traficanti was the lone county commissioner that voted against the purchase, raising concerns about how the $2.5 million purchase, along with $4.5 million in renovations, would impact taxpayers.

"As far as the Patriot building and the InfoCision building go, we have no plans to utilize those buildings at this time," said Traficanti, who wants to keep county offices in Youngstown.

"I want to preserve the county agencies to stay in the city of Youngstown; I don't want to move anyone out of the city," Traficanti added. However, the county leader says options for another facility or a n

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