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Fiscal committee approves grants, zoning and watershed contracts; authorizes water and sewer bond refundings
Summary
The fiscal committee accepted a reduced highway-safety grant, approved CMAQ and watershed contracts, authorized a zoning-ordinance update contract, and passed ordinances to issue refunding revenue bonds for the sanitary sewer and water supply systems expected to yield multi‑million-dollar savings.
The Grand Rapids fiscal committee on Oct. 21 approved multiple fiscal items including grant continuations, professional services contracts and revenue refunding bond ordinances for city utilities.
The committee accepted a continuation grant from the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning for $18,886.91 to support traffic-safety enforcement (speeding, DUI, seat-belt enforcement); staff noted the award represented roughly a 50% reduction from recent years because the state allocation predated the state budget deal. “The amount allocated this year was done before the state's budget deal. So it's about half of what we would normally receive,” a grant…
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