Bath Charter Township board approves $1,332.60 year-end budget amendment

The Bath Charter Township Board of Trustees approved a year-end budget amendment during a Dec. 29 special meeting, the board chair said. The amendment adjusts supervisor mileage, provides for ordinance-compliance vehicle repair and maintenance, and closes out a downtown development authority fund; the chair said, "In total, the changes equal $1,332.60 in the red." (Chair, Speaker 2)

The motion to adopt the final fourth-quarter 2025 budget amendment as stated on Dec. 28, 2025 was made by a board member (Committee member, Speaker 1) and seconded; the board voted by voice and the chair announced the motion carried. The amendment was presented as a housekeeping year-end action rather than a new spending initiative, and the chair described the changes as "pretty self explanatory." (Chair, Speaker 2)

No members of the public spoke in either of the two three-minute public comment opportunities offered during the meeting. The board did not record any disclosures of conflicts of interest before voting. The chair gave a brief summary of the line items and the net negative balance; no additional departmental presentations or detailed line-item breakdowns were included in the public record at the meeting.

What happens next: the board approved the amendment on the record during the special meeting; no further local action was announced at the meeting.