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East Canton council approves emergency interfund transfers to boost police operating fund
Summary
Council adopted ordinance 2025‑27 to transfer $200,000 from a general fund out transfer into the police operating fund and $100,000 into the permanent capital improvement fund, effective Dec. 15, 2025, declaring the ordinance an emergency.
The Village of East Canton council adopted Ordinance 2025‑27 authorizing interfund transfers that increase the police operating fund and bolster the village’s capital fund.
Speaker 5 read the ordinance detailing the transfers: decrease a general fund transfer out by $200,000 and increase the police operating fund (Fund 29049310000) by $200,000, effective Dec. 15, 2025. Separately, the ordinance decreased another general fund transfer out by $100,000 and increased the permanent capital improvement fund (Fund 49019310000) by $100,000. The ordinance was declared an emergency "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the village," according to the reading.
Council moved to suspend the rules and proceeded to a third and final reading by title only. Speaker 2 conducted the roll call; council members named in the transcript answered affirmatively and the ordinance passed.
The fiscal officer was directed by the ordinance to certify increased appropriations to the Stark County auditor and to take other actions "reasonable and necessary to accomplish the purposes of this ordinance." The ordinance states all formal actions were taken in open meeting in compliance with law.
The council’s action shifts $200,000 to police operations and $100,000 to the permanent capital fund, with implementation steps to be completed by the fiscal officer.
