State Representative Carol Glanville visited the Committee of the Whole on Nov. 24 to summarize the governor's proposed budget and explain items of likely interest to Walker officials. "The budget does have $1,600,000,000 of revenue sharing," Glanville said, and she described changes in distribution that could increase Walker's road funding while reducing some general revenue-sharing receipts.

Glanville walked commissioners through public-safety and targeted grant lines. She said the package includes $95,000,000 for public safety split across municipal grants and other priorities, citing dedicated streams including a community-violence-intervention program and separate allocations of $8,000,000 for new firefighter gear, $10,000,000 to MCOLS for police, $17,000,000 for county prosecutors and $25,000,000 for public-safety constituency grants. Glanville said application details were not yet finalized and offered to help Walker staff navigate grant opportunities.

On transportation, Glanville emphasized a sizable increase in road funding at the state level and said local roads will see more support, though she cautioned some revenue sources (including a contested marijuana tax) are tied up in litigation. She noted some state-designated arterial routes ("M Roads") may not be included in all local allocations.

Glanville also outlined economic-development and cultural investments, including roughly $60,000,000 for business attraction and revitalization, $440,000,000 for manufacturing workforce development, and smaller appropriations for tourism and arts — including $2,000,000 to the Grand Rapids Art Museum. On housing, she listed $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity, $5,000,000 for permanent supportive housing expansion and $14,000,000 redirected to land banks for redevelopment, along with new reporting requirements for MSHDA on affordable-housing goals.

Health and education items included a roughly $29 billion Medicaid budget (Glanville cited splits for physical health, behavioral health and senior/disability services), preservation of school transportation funding, expanded pre-K access (including three-year-olds), $321,000,000 for school mental-health and safety grants, and additional funds for at-risk students and English language learners.

Glanville closed by offering to schedule follow-up meetings and to help the city access application processes for the new funds. Commissioners thanked her for the briefing and raised several clarifying questions about eligibility and next steps.