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Tuesday meeting
KEY ACTION: Gave first reading to legislation that would allow the mayor s office to apply for funds via the Ohio Public Works Commission to help fund the city s Streetscape phase III effort on Lincoln Way.
Estimated cost of the 2021 project is about $1.5 million, with the bulk of funds being sought through the state.
Most of the next streetscape will include road resurfacing, as well as installing new sidewalks, traffic signals and street lights along multiple blocks of Lincoln Way E, running from First Street NE to Fourth Street NE.
Similar upgrades are targeted for a one-block stretch of Lincoln Way W from Erie Street N to First Street SW. Warmington Road SW and a small stretch of Tommy Henrich Drive NW are included.
The Independent
MASSILLON – Police Chief Keith Moser is aiming to rework the numbers of higher-ranking officers in the Police Department, a proposed alteration that s getting some pushback within the ranks of City Council.
The Massillon Police Department has two captains, four lieutenants and six sergeants. The chief wants to reallocate through attrition, keeping the higher tier at 12, but consist of one captain, three lieutenants and eight sergeants.
Sergeants work more as first-line supervisors, according to Moser, who said his change would spread out officer oversight within the department more evenly. Lieutenants, he said, should handle more administrative duties. Basically, right now it s lieutenants and sergeants doing (much of) the same job, the chief said, adding that his proposal also eventually would save the city money.