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Stark County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine appropriations, contracts and appointments at its July 8, 2026 meeting; Commissioners Richard Regula and Bill Smith voted to pass items unanimously (Commissioner Alan Harold was absent). Public comment included remarks from RaNae Ulrich and Leslie Thompson, president of AFSCME Ohio Council 8, about a fact-finding report involving the County Engineer.
The Stark County Board of Commissioners met June 17, 2026, and unanimously approved a broad set of routine fiscal and administrative items, including appropriations, budget transfers, contracts, requisitions and several final plats. Trustees also approved placing a library levy renewal and increase on the November ballot and created tax-incentive districts; the board entered executive session to discuss pending litigation.
The Stark County Board of Commissioners met June 10, 2026, approving routine minutes, intergovernmental reimbursements, multiple infrastructure contracts and youth-services grant contracts, and a Community Reinvestment Area agreement (approved 2-0-1). Public commenters raised competing views about data centers and solar on farmland.
The Stark County Board of Commissioners met June 3, 2026, approving a package of appropriations, transfers, contracts and appointments and moving into an executive session on pending litigation; members also heard several public comments raising concerns and support for proposed data centers.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met May 20, 2026, approved a package of routine budget transfers, bids, contracts, travel and personnel actions, and passed a resolution rejecting a fact‑finding report related to a dispute with AFSCME Local 2198. Public commenters raised concerns about gerrymandering and a proposed data center.
Stark County Commissioners met May 13, 2026 and unanimously approved a range of routine fiscal and administrative measures — including appropriations, transfers, grant subawards and banking depository authorizations — and set a public hearing on a Lake Township TIF proposal; the board recessed into executive session on pending litigation.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met May 6, 2026, approved a package of appropriations, transfers, contracts, grants and routine resolutions, and passed a resolution demanding the immediate return of county CJIS systems and access.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met April 29, 2026, and approved a series of routine appropriations, budget transfers and resolutions including the purchase of electronic pollbooks (to be reimbursed by the State of Ohio), multiple vehicle purchases for the sheriff’s office, a termination of a citizen engagement software agreement, grant applications, and various contracts and change orders. All recorded motions passed 2-0 with Commissioner Regula absent.
The Stark County Board of Commissioners met April 22, 2026, and unanimously approved a package of appropriations, intergovernmental transfers, procurement actions and grants, including a $505,000 EMA E-911 appropriation and acceptance of a $138,323 EMPG grant; they also authorized a federal-court settlement (terms not specified).
Stark County Board of Commissioners met April 15, 2026; commissioners unanimously approved a slate of appropriations, journal entries, resolutions, requisitions, travel and planning items. Multiple Canton and Louisville residents urged a moratorium and raised environmental, property-value and NDA concerns about a proposed data center during public comment.
The Stark County Board of Commissioners met April 8, 2026, and in a 3-0 vote approved multiple resolutions including ARPA transfers for sanitary infrastructure, the 2026 capital budget, procurement-card policy changes to allow fleet fuel cards, and several contracts and agreements. Commissioners also accepted project work on Perry Drive and approved family-court placement agreements.
Stark County Commissioners met June 24, 2026, and unanimously approved a batch of routine resolutions, contract agreements and requisitions including agreements for behavioral-health peer mentoring, foster/adoptive home-study services, several road and equipment requisitions, and submission of a body-worn camera grant; a single public commenter raised property-tax concerns.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met on April 1, 2026, approving a series of budget transfers, contracts and resolutions, granting construction variances for the Belden Reserves development, and holding an executive session on an economic development request.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met March 18, 2026, approving multiple appropriations, transfers, contracts and appointments including OPWC/ODOT project appropriations and a $250,251 discretionary appropriations item to The Ohio State University; the board also entered an executive session to discuss pending litigation under Ohio law.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met March 11, 2026, and approved a package of resolutions and contract awards including bridge and road projects, a $1.008 million chip-seal contract, a $250,000 sewage disposal agreement, an ARPA carryover for a sheriff grant, time extensions for HOME and subdivision bonds, and a Local Jail Capital Project Grant; they also held two executive sessions for pending litigation and economic development negotiations.
At its March 11, 2026 meeting, the Stark County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine and infrastructure resolutions, including a $1.008 million chip-seal contract award, a $250,000 sewage-disposal agreement with Navarre Village, a child-placement services agreement, and the carryover of an ARPA violent-crime grant; commissioners also held two executive sessions to discuss pending litigation and confidential economic-development negotiations.
Stark County Board of Commissioners met March 4, 2026, approving routine appropriations, journal entries, contracts, travel requests, and several resolutions; the board held two executive sessions to discuss pending litigation and confidential economic development negotiations.
Stark County Commissioners met Feb. 25, 2026, approved a slate of budget appropriations, transfers, contracts and appointments, and set a March public hearing on a road vacation; a resident announced a run for Congress during public comment.
At its Feb. 11, 2026 meeting, the Stark County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved routine budget appropriations, transfers and journal entries; renewed a jail food-services contract; advanced multiple road and bridge projects; accepted a federal cybersecurity grant; and approved a slate of planning and property actions. Public comment included questions about a proposed Perry Township data center and a mayoral candidate introduction.
Stark County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 4, 2026, approved a slate of routine finance, personnel and engineering measures, appointed an apiary inspector and heard a public comment expressing concerns about data center installations and potential effects on utilities and property taxes.
