Council Quick Takes: North Canton's 2012 Budget Approved

North Canton City Council members passed the city's 2012 budget at its meeting Monday night, saying they ran into few problems when trying to produce a balanced budget.

The $47 million 2012 budget is one of the biggest budgets the city's seen in some time, said Council President Jon Snyder.

"It contains a lot of capital projects, just about $7-8 million in grants we received, $5.5 million for Main Street alone (to work on) Applegrove to Orion," he said.

"We would not have been able to balance this budget without the cooperation of our unions and our employees who stepped right up and took increase of zero dollars in wages."

Here's what else happened at the meeting:

• Fire Chief John Bacon talked about the fire levy and EMS levy that will appear on the March 6 ballot. We've got a .
• Council and audience had a moment of silence for resident Helen Harper, who passed away this week. Harper was a regular at North Canton City Council meetings and .
• Tim Shetzer, CEO of the YMCA of Central Stark County, introduced the North Canton YMCA's new executive director, Ben Wheeler. (Did you catch our ?)
• Council had its first reading for an ordinance that would eliminate the city's moral claims rules.
• The retirement of Judy Juenemann in the city's permits and inspection office was announced.
• Mayor David Held announced CBS Evening News and other news outlets from outside the U.S. will feature Suarez Corp. Industries as they spotlight small manufacturing towns that are bouncing back after losing jobs.
• Council members discussed their letter of support they signed for .