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Inkster council reviews FY2025–26 budget, tables final vote and schedules special meeting
Summary
City staff presented a line‑by‑line recommended FY2025–26 budget on June 24, highlighting an estimated $250,000 property‑tax uptick and a multi‑million‑dollar increase in state revenue sharing; council voted to delay final approval and hold a special meeting to complete the vote after posting corrected documents.
Mayor Nolan called a special meeting of the Inkster City Council on June 24 to hold a public hearing and review the proposed FY2025–26 budget. City staff delivered a detailed presentation of projected revenues and departmental requests and council agreed to delay a final vote until a short special meeting this week to allow time for posting and minor corrections.
The presentation focused on revenue drivers that give the city some breathing room next year. Unidentified staff leading the review said the city’s taxable property base showed what he described as “a sizable increase” — an assessed‑value change the presenter contrasted with taxable value and said translated to about an 11% rise in taxable value and “about a $250,000 projected increase in property taxes.” The presenter also showed a large increase in state revenue sharing, noting the city’s revenue‑sharing receipts rose from roughly $4.7 million in the prior budget year to about $6.2 million in the current year and that staff project about $6.3 million for the next year.
The review included other specific revenue items. The presenter said the federal COPS grant is reflected in the books (about $950,000 in the current fiscal year as budgeted) and that recreational marijuana excise tax receipts were projected near $400,000. Building‑permit revenue was listed as trending higher than budgeted (projected about $141,000 versus $115,000 budgeted) and court fines and forfeitures were reported as likely to reach or exceed $1 million based on year‑to‑date activity. Staff emphasized conservative assumptions in several lines and noted some grant reimbursements are timing items that affect which fiscal year shows the revenue.
Council members pushed for clarifications on several topics during the line‑by‑line review: the treatment and timing of reimbursable grants, how certain professional‑services line items were posted in prior years, and the status of revenue and expense line transfers that staff said would be cleaned up during year‑end accounting. Mayor Nolan apologized to council and the public for not providing the proposed budget earlier and said the administration will aim to deliver it sooner next year.
Council and staff also discussed labor‑contract timing: most major labor agreements were scheduled to expire at the end of FY26, which the presenter said was intentional to provide a negotiating window while the city completes audits and better understands its fiscal position.
Procedurally, council did not take final action on the budget at the June 24 meeting. A motion passed to continue discussion but postpone formal adoption; council instructed staff to post the proposed documents and make minor corrections and set a special meeting the following Thursday at 5 p.m. to consider final approval.
What’s next: staff will post the corrected proposed budget and supporting schedules at the city clerk’s office and on the city website, and council will reconvene at the special meeting to take a final vote.
