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Canton Township halts payments to volunteer fire department pending Attorney General probe
Summary
The Canton Township Board unanimously voted to suspend all township funding to its volunteer fire department until an investigation by the Attorney General's office is completed. The motion was made by Supervisor Tom Bodnovich and seconded by Supervisor Richard Horner.
The Canton Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 9 to stop all township funds to the Volunteer Fire Department until an investigation by the Attorney General's office is completed. The motion, made by Supervisor Tom Bodnovich and seconded by Supervisor Richard Horner, passed with Chairman Butch Main and both supervisors voting yes.
The motion recorded in the meeting minutes states: "Motion to approve to stop all funds to the Volunteer Fire Department until investigation by the Attorney Generals office is completed per the email sent over to the Fire Department." The transcript does not include further detail about the subject or scope of the Attorney General's inquiry and does not list any immediate financial figures for the department. The township's recorded Fire Tax Account balance in the meeting packet was $0.00.
Board members gave no additional details during the meeting; the transcript notes the action was taken after reference to an email sent to the Fire Department. The decision is a suspension of funding pending the outside investigation and is administrative rather than a criminal finding. The township did not specify next steps for department operations, mutual aid, or service continuity during the funding suspension.
