Canton Town Board Clears Water Study, Swears In New Dispatcher

Town Board · Meeting of May 20, 2026

Canton Town Board unanimously authorizes water infrastructure pre-engineering study and approves new dispatcher. The board swore in Kelly Kugler as a part-time police dispatcher before voting to proceed with a preliminary engineering report covering the town's water transmission main, water towers, a Riverside Drive to Sullivan Drive loop connection, and aging asbestos and lead-joint pipe segments, with the village superintendent citing engineering firm BNL's experience securing grants and zero-percent financing as key reasons to move forward. The board also completed two SEQR Part 1 environmental reviews, finding no significant adverse impacts for a proposed splash pad and for basketball court and playground upgrades at Buck Street Park.

During public comment, Complete Streets Task Force member William Edward Irvin urged the board to keep Taylor Park facilities open, calling the park the "starting point" of the new North Canton Trail and warning that closures would "discourage people from using the compound." A DC Green grant for village-wide stormwater management planning was confirmed as formally awarded the previous week, and a special end-of-fiscal-year bill payment meeting was set for 8 a.m. on May 29.

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Source: the Town Board meeting of May 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.