CANFIELD — While the agenda was a light one for the Wednesday city council meeting, a few items did surface, including the reason for the single blue-lit Christmas tree on the Village Green next to the gazebo.

Anthony Nacarato, who has been the person in charge of the Lighting of the Green for many years, is stepping down from the task but will be filling one of the council seats next year. He explained the reason behind doing one blue tree in a field of white lights.

“I was approached by (Rotarian) Jennifer Walters,” Nacarato said. “She wanted to do the blue tree in memory of Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Cayton of the Canfield post. It ended up being a tree to honor all fallen officers.”

Cayton, of Canfield, was killed Oct. 16 after his cruiser was struck from behind by a semi on state Route 11 in Canfield while he was assisting another truck driver.

Council President Christine Oliver said $8,500 was raised by the local community for Cayton’s family and will be given to them next week.

In other business, Public Works Superintendent John Rapp said his crews were kept busy in the past month. He said a water main leak was discovered around the Blueberry Hill Drive area, but it was hard to find as it was flowing into Sawmill Creek.

“Our crew went out and found the leak,” he said. “The ground had shifted and caused a full circle break. Our crew went to work and had it fixed in two hours.”

He said another area demanding attention was the culvert at Glenview near St. Michael Church. Rapp said it is in “poor” condition on one side and had to be closed. He said the other side of the culvert was usable, so it was closed down to one lane.

“It will remain that way until summer when we can make the repairs,” he said.

The road is a main route to C.H. Campbell Elementary, and the plan is to monitor the culvert regularly.

“We will continue to monitor the culvert, but the road may have to be closed,” said city Manager David D’Apolito. “We would like to make the repairs when school is out if it can safely make it to the end of school.”

Canfield Finance Director Christine Clayton said the city already has obtained an Ohio Public Works Commission grant for $490,504 toward replacement of the culvert.

“The grant is for 85% of the project,” she said. “The city will be responsible for a 15% match.”

She said the culvert is 50 years old and due for replacement. She placed the grant funds in the temporary budget to start next year off so it could be used right away to begin the engineering and design.