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Council approves appropriations amendments; finance director outlines SRO hire and capital carryovers
Summary
Finance director presented appropriation and supplemental revenue amendments including funding for a part‑time school resource officer, donations, and several capital carryovers; council approved placing the items on the council agenda unanimously.
The North Canton Committee of the Whole approved a motion Sept. 15 to place finance items — including appropriation amendments and supplemental revenue adjustments — on the council agenda after Tina, the finance director, outlined the changes.
Tina said the city planned to hire a part‑time school resource officer (SRO) at State Falls, with the hire expected around November and personnel funds allocated in the amendment. She said the school district would reimburse a portion of the SRO cost, and that the city had previously misallocated a portion of a fire department part‑time budget (originally 50/50 firefighter/EMS, now 80% EMS, 20% firefighter), showing a negative $226,250 in the presentation because of the reallocation.
Tina reported two donations to city funds: proceeds from T‑shirt sales at the New Street Festival and a gift to purchase a Garden Club sign. She also described capital improvements carryovers the staff expects to include in the 2026 budget: amounts described for the police department renovation and a city hall HVAC project were $1,000,355 and $875,000, respectively; a third large carryover figure mentioned in the oral presentation was unclear in the transcript and is not specified in this article.
Tina said the waterfront budget shows a $74,000 reduction related to the Kennedy Estates water line project being pushed into 2026. The ‘‘super fund’’ was reduced by $79,000, which Tina split into two components: $35,000 under budget on a lining project and $44,000 removed from an allocated streets item.
After the presentation, a motion to place the described items on the council agenda was moved, seconded and approved. The roll call earlier in the meeting showed seven members present; those voting in favor were recorded as the full present membership.
No individual council member questions are recorded in the transcript beyond the presentation and the motion to advance the items. The finance director said the adjustments are intended to create accurate fund balances heading into the 2026 budget process.
