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Council adds multiple budget items to executive session, including $2M participatory budgeting and pilot program allocations
Summary
Council unanimously added several items to the closing executive session and approved funding motions by unanimous consent or "hearing no objections," including a $2 million participatory budgeting pilot, a $250,000 anti-poverty pilot tied to HOPE data and multiple departmental adjustments requested during the OCFO hearing.
During the OCFO budget hearing, council members moved and the body approved by unanimous consent a series of executive-session additions and targeted funding motions. Members used the closing-resolution process to preserve flexibility for final budget negotiations.
Key actions recorded on the hearing record (motions added to the executive-session agenda or approved by unanimous consent):
- Land-value tax (split-rate) was added to the closing executive-session agenda for study and possible resolution drafting after a motion by Council member Colmi Young and no sustained objections.
- Participatory budgeting: Council member Gabriela Santiago Romero moved to add $2,000,000 for a participatory-budgeting pilot (district allocations). Council recorded the motion and it was added to the executive session by no objection.
- Anti-poverty pilot using HOPE application data: Council member Benson moved to place $250,000 with OCFO to pilot a program using HOPE applicant data and partners to help residents come into sustainable tax-payment status. The motion was added to the executive-session agenda.
- Non-departmental, Goal Line Detroit and Eastern Market items: Council directed that the non-departmental budget be moved to executive session for review, and members moved to restore or add funding lines: a $500,000 restoration for Goal Line Detroit and $250,000 for Eastern Market. These additions were added to the executive-session agenda by unanimous consent.
- Senior food access pilot: Council president moved to add a $250,000 Office of Sustainability pilot to bridge local growers and seniors; the motion was added to executive session by unanimous consent.
- Council process and oversight items: members asked OCFO to assign project numbers to council-initiated budget changes for better tracking, and one member moved to explore codifying Financial Review Commission monitoring functions at the city level; both items were added for executive-session consideration.
OCFO staff committed to provide follow-up budget and revenue materials in writing prior to executive-session deliberations. Several motions specified OCFO as the assignee for follow-up tasks and requested discrete deliverables and timelines.
Ending
All listed items were entered into the executive-session/closing-resolution agenda for final budget deliberations; council directed OCFO to return with the requested documentation and analyses.
