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City staff propose investing $5 million UBP payment for grant matches and urge voter millage to fund local streets
Summary
DPW staff proposed investing the $5 million payment from United Bridge Partners into a dedicated infrastructure fund to leverage grant matches, and suggested asking voters for a local road millage (1–2 mills) to create a steady local-street funding stream.
DPW staff presented a two‑part plan to the Bay City Commission on May 5, 2025: invest the $5,000,000 payment the city received from United Bridge Partners (UBP) into a separate fund to be used as grant match money, and ask voters to approve a local road millage to supply ongoing local‑street funding.
"The $5,000,000 payment from UBP... is sitting in an account," Mr. Dion, DPW presenter, told the commission. He proposed using that money as grant match to increase the city's competitiveness for major road grants and to set up a separate invested fund that would yield annual interest for smaller pedestrian or sidewalk programs.
Under the plan described to commissioners, a common federal/state minimum match is 20 percent; Mr. Dion said $5,000,000 in match could unlock roughly…
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