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Votes at a glance: North Canton City Council meeting, Jan. 27, 2025
Summary
A compact summary of motions and formal votes at the Jan. 27 North Canton City Council meeting, including approvals to place an income-tax question on the May ballot, several ordinances adopted under suspension and scheduling of zoning public hearings.
At its Jan. 27 meeting the North Canton City Council took a series of procedural and substantive votes. Below is a concise list of the formal actions recorded in the meeting transcript; all outcomes reflect the voice votes recorded in the meeting ("aye" taken) with seven members present unless otherwise noted.
Votes and actions - Ordinance 05-2025 (third reading accepted): Adopted. Title: accepting a 0.100000-acre tract of land from the North Canton City School District along Charlotte Street NW and dedicating it as road right-of-way. Motion to adopt third reading ' passed.
- Ordinance 7-2025 (second reading): Adopted. Title: amend Chapter 192, municipal income tax, raising rate from 1.5% to 2% effective Jan. 1, 2026.
- Ordinance 8-2025: Adopted. Resolution directing the Board of Elections to place the income-tax question on the May 6, 2025 primary ballot.
- Ordinance 9-2025: Adopted. Resolution stating council's intention not to seek renewal or replacement of the city's street paving, EMS operating and fire-suppression levies if the proposed 0.5% income-tax increase passes.
- Ordinance 1-2025 and Ordinance 2-2025 (zoning reclassifications): Council set public hearings on March 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM for each parcel; motions to postpone further consideration to March 10 were adopted.
- Ordinance 10-2025 (property transfer from North Canton CIC, Strathavon Drive NW): First reading adopted; council suspended the three-reading rule and adopted the ordinance under suspension.
- Ordinance 11-2025 (appropriations for 2025): First reading noted; council suspended the three-reading rule and adopted the ordinance under suspension.
- Ordinance 12-2025 (personnel: add part-time building code inspector at $35/hour): First reading adopted; council suspended three-reading rule and adopted under suspension.
- Item 5a (vacation of portion of Park Avenue NE / plan distribution and recommendation to planning commission): The council requested a motion to recommend item 5a to the planning commission; a motion to postpone further consideration of item 5a until the planning commission's recommendation was adopted.
- Committee motions: The council voted to suspend Council Rule 23 to allow consideration of additional items discussed in committee-of-the-whole; motion adopted.
Notes on votes and recordkeeping Most votes were taken by voice as "aye/oppose"; the transcript records "Aye" and "Motion carries" with no roll-call breakdown reported for individual items. Where the transcript records adoption under suspension of rules, council voted to suspend the three-reading requirement before final adoption. For items moved to planning commission or postponed, the transcripts show formal motions and seconding followed by voice votes.
If specific mover/second names or recorded roll-call tallies are required for internal minutes or audit trails, staff should extract those details from the official minutes (the public transcript records motions and seconds but typically not the mover/second as a named roll call).
