Citizens Word v. Canfield Township

Vukovich, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants Canfield Township and its duly elected trustees (collectively known as “township”) appeal from the judgment of the common pleas court granting a permanent injunction for plaintiff-appellee Citizens Word. The dispositive issue before this court is whether the township’s May 31, 2000 resolution violated Section 6, Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether a township can expend its own monies on the installation of water lines on township property that will be used primarily by a private residential developer.…