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Detroit council approves budget after Schedule B tweaks; administration preserves $20 million fleet reserve
Summary
The Detroit City Council approved its first budget of the term after members and administration agreed on Schedule B tweaks that reallocate surplus funds among blight remediation, capital projects and parks; the administration retained a planned $20 million fleet allocation, and the council attached procedural waivers to approved items.
Detroit— City Council approved its budget for the term after a brief but substantive discussion about Schedule B allocations and where surplus funds would be taken from.
Council member Corley told colleagues the council— proposal would subtract about $3,500,000 from the blight remediation fund (fund 1,003) while the administration had proposed $6,000,000. Corley said the council intended to shift roughly $5,000,000 from a capital projects pot (described in the packet as fund $45.33), compared with the administration—s approach of taking about $2,600,000 from that fund. He added that the administration wanted to keep a $20,000,000 fleet allocation intact to support purchases of emergency vehicles for fire and police.
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