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Commission adopts budget amendment funding police stipends, trail construction and cloud services
Summary
The Grand Rapids City Commission adopted Ordinance 2025-11 Amendment No. 6, allocating roughly $2.1 million across police recruit stipends, the Grand River's Edge Trail, snow-melt support and a cloud-services carry-forward; the ordinance passed unanimously and took immediate effect.
The Grand Rapids City Commission on March 17 adopted an amendment to the city’s fiscal-year 2026 budget that directs funds to police recruit stipends, trail construction, snow-melt support and technology carry-forwards.
Commissioner Nisasi summarized the measure as including $100,000 for police recruit stipends, approximately $2.0–$2.5 million for construction on the Grand River’s Edge Trail, $50,000 for the snow-melt fund and a…
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