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Grand Rapids Commission approves budget amendment, multiple rezonings and a 7% police‑chief pay increase
Summary
The City Commission on Sept. 24 approved a package of ordinances — including a 2025 budget amendment, several rezonings and a zoning text update — and unanimously adopted a 7% increase to the police chief salary range after a civil-service recommendation.
The Grand Rapids City Commission on Sept. 24 approved a multi-item ordinance package that included a budget amendment, several rezonings and zoning-text changes, and voted to give immediate effect to a salary ordinance raising the police chief’s pay range by 7%.
The commission approved amendment number 3 to the city’s 2025 budget ordinance, which Commissioner John O'Connor described as a bundle that includes a $3,000,000 grant for the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, lead-hazard grants, support for Mel Trotter’s storage program, specialty-court grants, ARPA funding for master planning and bonds to support parks and the city ice arena. After discussion, the body approved the amendment in a roll-call vote and gave it immediate effect.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the package moves planned federal and local investments into the coming fiscal year and supports public‑safety, housing and infrastructure priorities.
The commission also approved multiple zoning measures. Commissioner…
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