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Flat Rock mayor touts road work, stronger reserves and push for grant-funded 'shovel-ready' projects
Summary
Mayor Beller told the City Council the city has set financing for two road rebuilds, reported a stronger-than-expected general fund balance following an audit, and said officials are assembling grant-ready projects including a fire truck and a new playscape.
Mayor Beller told the Flat Rock City Council the city has set financing for two road projects and is preparing a series of grant-ready projects intended to leverage outside funding rather than draw on the general fund.
“Both Vreeland and Gibraltar will be drivable in the spring when they're redone,” Mayor Beller said, adding that the financing for those two roads “is already set up and approved.”
The mayor said a recent audit showed the city's general fund balance was larger than council members had understood. “Our general fund, as we thought last year, it was around 11%, is actually, like we found out in the audit, more like 23%,” Beller said, crediting the city…
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