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Budget committee says $4.5M for Brennan Center will be documented in closing resolution

Detroit City Council — Budget & Audit Standing Committee · April 2, 2026
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Summary

Committee members and administration officials agreed the $4.5 million council addition for the Brennan Center will be shown in the administration's closing resolution; staff said $3 million is from current capital and $1.5 million from next year's capital allocation and will be earmarked in the ERP budget system.

The Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee advanced council changes that include $4.5 million earmarked for renovations tied to the Brennan Center, with staff saying the administration will document the funding in the closing resolution.

Earl Corley, a city budget official, told the committee that council combined two line items (198 and 199) and placed $4,500,000 on them. A council member asked whether that amount would be found by the administration or added as a one-time general-fund appropriation. "When we're putting it in our closing resolution, it's because it's funding that was already included in…

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