YOUNGSTOWN - With their trust running thin, Youngstown City leaders stormed out of a meeting Wednesday between those running the downtown SOBE plant and customers.

“We’re dissatisfied with the service right now that we're getting from this company,” Mayor Tito Brown of Youngstown told 21 News.

The plant is supposed to supply heat to 28 buildings in downtown Youngstown but couldn’t for two weeks when a boiler was repossessed.

“It shut down pretty much our entire operation where I had to spend tens of thousands of dollars just to keep our doors open,” Brandon Mccaskelo, who works for a downtown business called Domestic Uniform said.

Domestic Uniform is a company that cleans linens, an operation that can only happen with hot water.

City hall is another customer that lost heat and water

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