Canton Locks in 2024 General Fund Budget
April 10, 2024 8:40AM EDT
Newly-remodeled Canton City Council Chambers. (WHBC News)
CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – While you were celebrating Easter and the Solar Eclipse, the city of Canton locked in their 2024 general fund budget.
$74.7 million is anticipated to be available to spend this year.
68-percent of that amount will be going to safety forces, says Mayor Bill Sherer.
That’s $22.2 million for the police department and $20.7 million for fire.
Crime lab expenses are $637,000, but that figure represents just wages and benefits.
The water department budget is up, about $5 million from last year.
Sherer says that’s because of improvements being made at the Harrisburg Road NE facilities.
