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Fiscal committee approves land‑bank transfer, grant awards and budget amendments
Summary
The fiscal committee approved a three‑party land bank agreement, accepted grants including $50,000 for GR Outside, approved reimbursements to the community media center, and passed a fiscal year 2025 budget amendment covering multiple departmental appropriations.
The Grand Rapids fiscal committee on Jan. 28 approved several routine but consequential financial items, including a three‑party agreement to convey real properties from the state land bank authority to the Grand Rapids Land Bank Authority, multiple grant acceptances and a broad budget ordinance amendment for fiscal year 2025.
Committee members voted to: approve an agreement with the State Land Bank Authority to convey a portfolio of properties and terminate the prior land‑banking agreement; accept a $50,000 grant from the Children and Nature Network for GR Outside to build capacity between Parks & Recreation and Grand Rapids Public Schools; accept PEG (Public Educational & Governmental) reimbursements of $187,651.28 to the Grand Rapids Community Media Center for equipment used in community training; and pass Budget Ordinance 2024‑23…
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