LEGAL NOTICE   ORD. NO. 100 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE to adopt appropriations for the operating and capital expenditures of the City of Massillon, Ohio, for the fiscal year 2026, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 1, 2025 ORD. NO. 111 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE amending SETION 181.01 “PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY TO LEVEY TAX; RATE” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Massillon, Ohio, and authorizing the continuation of an existing two-tenths of one percent (O.2%) levy on income, to be effective January 1, 2027, for five (5) years, for the purpose of City Street Maintenance and Repair and City Street Department, subject to approval of the electors of the City of Massillon, Ohio, at an election to be conducted at the Primary Election on May 5, 2026. PASSED: DEC. 1, 2025 ORD. NO. 113 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain appropriations from the unappropriated balance of the 1100 General Fund, for the purpose of Income Tax Refunds, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 1, 2025 ORD. NO. 114 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service and Safety of the City of Massillon, Ohio, to enter into a contract with Aultcare for City employee’s medical and health insurance for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC 1, 2025 RES. NO. 13 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE A Resolution directing the Stark County Board of Elections to conduct an election at the Primary Election on May 5, 2026, for the purpose of providing the electors of the City of Massillon, Ohio, with the opportunity to approve or disapprove an ordinance providing for the continuation of an existing two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) levy on income, to be effective January 1, 2027, for five (5) years, for the purpose of City Street Maintenance and Repair and the City Street Department, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 1, 2025 ORD. NO. 98 – 2025 BY: HEALTH, WELFARE & BLDG. REGS. COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE enacting CHAPTER 542 “PROHIBITED CAMPING” under PART FIVE – GENERAL OFFENSES CODE of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Massillon, Ohio. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 112 – 2025 BY: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Service and Safety of the City of Massillon, Ohio, to transfer Parcel #680625, a 0.14-acre parcel, located at 227 – 3rd St. S.E., Massillon, Ohio, currently owned by the City of Massillon to the Community Improvement Corporation of Massillon (CIC) for the purpose of economic development, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 115 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain appropriations from the unappropriated balance of the 1100 General Fund, for the purpose of the Massillon Police Pension, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 116 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain transfers in the 2025 appropriations from within the 1100 General Fund, for the purpose of paying the Massillon Police Department Pension for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 117 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain appropriations from the unappropriated balance of the 1209 Police Pension Fund, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 118 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain transfers in the 2025 appropriations from within the 1100 General Fund, for the purpose of paying the Massillon Fire Department Pension for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 119 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE making certain appropriations from the unappropriated balance of the 1210 Fire Pension Fund, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 120 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE reducing the appropriations in the 3110 Massillon Museum Fund and the 1445 Consumer’s National Bank TIF, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 121 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE reducing the appropriations in the 2202 Insurance Fund, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 122 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Auditor to pay various 2025 bills that have been received and that will be received by the Auditor’s Office between January 1, 2026 and March 31, 2026, out of the 2026 appropriations within the various departments of the City of Massillon, Ohio, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 123 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Auditor, the Mayor and the President of the Health Department Board of the City of Massillon, Ohio, to enter into a one (1) year contract with REA Business Advisors to compile the basic financial statements for the City of Massillon and the City of Massillon Health Department for the financial year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 ORD. NO. 124 – 2025 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ORDINANCE reducing the appropriations in the 3105 State Patrol Transfer Fund, for the year ending December 31, 2025, and declaring an emergency. PASSED: DEC. 15, 2025 Published in The Independent on January 16 and January 23, 2026.