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Troy council advances plan for up to $112 million bond for library, roads, parks and public safety
Summary
City staff presented a proposed $112 million capital bond focused on replacing the library and funding streets, parks and public safety; council signaled informal consensus to continue community engagement and aim to keep the debt millage at or below 1.0.
Troy City Council spent a special meeting April 16 weighing a proposal to place a bond question on the November 2025 ballot that would raise about $112 million to fund a new library, street repairs, parks projects and public-safety equipment.
The proposal staff presented allocates roughly $50 million for a new library, $35 million for streets, $17 million for parks and $10 million for public safety, including fire apparatus and police body cameras, City Manager Nastasi said at the meeting.
The bond matter matters because city officials say deferred capital needs have left the community with limited capital reserves. James Vitrano, the facilitator of the city’s January capital conference, told council that staff prioritized library, public safety, streets, City Hall and parks during that session and narrowed the November ballot recommendation to the four categories now before the council.
City staff and consultants described the library proposal as the largest single piece. Vitrano…
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