Finance and Property committee advances resolution to remove civic center fees from rate schedule

The North Canton City Council Finance and Property Committee voted to advance a resolution to remove civic center fees from the citys fee schedule, the committee heard on Dec. 8, 2025.

Committee members were told the fees were already included in the budget but should be taken out of the citys fee schedule because the civic center is operated under a management agreement with a private manager. The committee chair introduced the item as a resolution explaining the fees had been included in the budget but that operational authority had been delegated to the manager.

City administration told the committee the city has a management agreement with a private operator that manages the civic center and that, under such agreements, operational authority and day-to-day fee-setting are delegated to the manager. Administration said certain city fees remain under city control, including permit fees and shelter rentals for facilities the city owns.

A committee member moved to advance item 38 on the council agenda and another member seconded. The committee approved the motion by voice vote; the transcript records calls for the voice vote but does not provide a roll-call tally. After the vote the committee briefly remarked on the short meeting and then adjourned.

The record in this transcript does not specify the private manager's formal business name beyond the committees description of a management agreement, nor does it provide a resolution number or a recorded roll-call vote; those details were not specified in the transcript.