Mahoning Township and the owner of the Mahoning Valley Speedway have finally reached a compromise.

On a 4-0 vote, township supervisors on Wednesday approved a settlement agreement. Supervisor Myron Blahy was absent.

Supervisors did not release any specific details about the contract during the meeting.

After the meeting, board Chairman Robert Slaw offered a brief remark.

“It allows them to go forward, but with restrictions,” Slaw said.

In May, after an executive session, supervisors voted to negotiate an agreement with the owner of the racetrack.

That’s after supervisors held a special meeting at the racetrack in April, at which time they brought a DJ to the track to re-create the noise from a car audio show held at the track last year.

After a Car Meet & Voceteo & Chipeo event in June 2021, the township zoning officer gave the track a notice of violation, which was appealed.

While two hearings were held, the zoning hearing board never rendered a decision. Instead, supervisors asked them to hold off so the two sides could negotiate, provided loud car shows were put on hold.

In April, supervisors walked around the speedway parking lot with neighboring property owners as Layne “The Doc” Roberts of Colossal Radio played songs from his public address system.

The zoning violation said that the Car Meet & Voceteo & Chipeo wasn’t permitted under the variances obtained for the property.

Slaw told residents at that time that he wants the track to follow the variances that were put in place regardless of whether they are holding a car show or a race.

The track’s attorney, Ron Corkery, said at that time that the car audio event won’t happen again, but that car and truck shows generate much-needed revenue for the track.

Township solicitor Tom Nanovic and Supervisor Deb McGowan met recently with owner Calogero Carlino.

Nanovic said in April that Carlino indicated that he would still have car and truck shows, but was not going to have sound shows.

Slaw said if he’s able to hear the music where he lives, then Lehigh Valley Hospital and its patients will hear it.

Nanovic said it was McGowan’s idea to meet with a DJ at the racetrack, and noted how the sound dissipated as they moved farther away.

In November, the township’s zoning hearing board upheld two of the three zoning violations against Carlino before a standing room crowd at the Mahoning Valley Ambulance Building.

The board ruled that using a portion of the building for an apartment (not a permitted use in the C-1 zoning district), and the Car Meet & Voceteo & Chipeo held at the track are not permitted under the variances obtained for the property.

The third violation, construction of a racetrack for radio-controlled cars or trucks without applying/receiving permit, was not upheld.