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Canton council advances climate plan to council agenda and adopts multiple ordinances, including bond and procurement measures
Summary
Canton’s full council added the Climate Action and Sustainability Plan to the agenda for second reading and adopted several ordinances and a purchase authorization, including Ordinance 10 and revenue notes (Ordinance 17); multiple contract amendments and change orders were discussed in committee.
The Canton City Council convened and moved a slate of committee items to the full agenda, adopted several ordinances by roll call and approved an informal procurement resolution.
Early in the evening the finance committee discussed several procurement and contract items that were subsequently placed on the council agenda for second reading. A city director told the finance committee the annual sanitation-vehicle purchase (Ordinance 12) will likely cost about $600,000 and that lead times for new packers typically run "nine months to a year". The committee also reviewed a contract amendment with Michael Baker International not to exceed $90,000 for construction engineering on the Belden Avenue Northeast Bridge rehabilitation (Ordinance 13), a $30,350 final change order with Cell Construction Company to close out the Freshmark Wayne Avenue Phase 2 sanitary-sewer replacement (Ordinance 14), and a $10,796.67 change order with Standard Plumbing and Heating Company for Civic Center infrastructure work (Ordinance 15). The finance committee signed out these ordinances and referred them to the council.
Separately, the Environmental/Public Utilities Committee signed out the Canton Climate Action and Sustainability Plan (Ordinance 11) following a presentation by Melanie Nutter of Nutter Consulting LLC. Committee members said adopting the plan could help the city be more competitive for federal and other grants.
On the council floor, leaders moved to suspend rules and add Ordinances 11 through 16 to the evening’s agenda; the motion carried with recorded support from the council. The council adopted an informal resolution authorizing the mayor or director of public safety to open one or more purchase orders not to exceed $6,061,629 for the purchase of a Ford F-250 plow truck; the resolution was adopted by voice vote.
After three readings, the council adopted Ordinance 10 by roll call (clerk recorded 11 ayes). The council also adopted Ordinance 17 (authorizing issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes up to $750,000 for an economic development project), Ordinance 18 (an amendment establishing a classification plan for water reclamation facilities bargaining-unit personnel), and Ordinance 19 (authorizing professional services and construction contracts for projects listed on Exhibit A). Each adoption was recorded by roll call with 11 ayes.
The council announced committee meeting dates for 03/16/2026 and then adjourned following a recorded roll-call vote (11 ayes).
What happened next: several ordinances (11–16) remained on the council agenda for second reading; final adoption for some of those items will depend on subsequent council action.
