Politics & Government

Council to Discuss Fire Tax District

The Canton City Council voted last month to table a decision to implement a fire tax district after a vote to look into consolidating the city's fire department with the county's failed.

The  is meeting at 6 tonight at  for its July work session.

Among the items on the agenda:

New Business

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  • Academy Street. The council will discuss a request from the to make Academy Street a two-way street again.

Old Business

  • Knives in City Parks. The council will discuss an ordinance that would delete the prohibition of knives in city parks. Open the second PDF under the photo for the proposed amendment.
  • Fire Tax District. The , which would include a 3.12 mill fire tax to augment the . The proposal was made by Councilman Bob Rush after a vote to look into consolidating the city's fire department with the  failed. Rush's proposal also would reduce city's property tax by 2.88 mills. Open the third PDF under the photo for the language of the ordinance.

For the complete agenda of tonight's work session, open the first PDF. And return to Canton-Sixes Patch at 6 p.m. to watch the meeting from your laptop or desktop.

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