More Than Enough Signatures for Full-Time Mayor Charter Amendment Collected

Each signature still needs to be validated, but a petition for a charter amendment with the John Hancock of 973 registered North Canton voters was delivered to City Hall recently. 

The charter amendment is to ask voters to make the mayor's position full-time in North Canton by 2015. To be on the ballot, only 744 signatures are needed. 

If the required amount of signatures is validated, North Canton City Council will have to add the proposed charter amendment to the Nov. 5 ballot. The charter amendment does not interfere with the mayoral race in this general election. 

"Since 1960, the office of mayor has been a ceremonial or part-time position with no requirement that the mayor maintain business hours at city hall," according to a press release from the petition committee. "Mayors past and present have held full-time jobs elsewhere and were unable to conduct city affairs during business hours. Passage of the proposed charter amendment will bring to North Canton a mayor who is available and accessible at city hall during business hours and reduce personnel costs, saving money for taxpayers."

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