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Benton Harbor Brownfield authority approves 2025–26 budget amid concerns about prior year spending
Summary
The authority approved a proposed 2025–26 budget after staff presented audited year-end figures showing higher-than-anticipated spending and a negative year-end outturn; board members asked for a follow-up strategy session.
The Benton Harbor Brownfield Redevelopment Authority approved a proposed budget for fiscal 2025–26 at its Oct. 9 meeting, voting 5-0 to adopt the plan after discussion about last year’s spending and available funds.
Staff presented fiscal-year figures for the year ending June 30, 2025, showing total revenues of about $280,000 and expenditures that produced a reported year-end negative change of $130,719 (an accounting result tied to prior commitments and restricted tax-increment funds). Staff said a portion of the authority’s bank balances — about $219,452 — is the…
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