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Macomb council adopts township and city budgets, approves fee changes and new business registration program
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Summary
The Macomb City Council adopted township and city budgets for FY2026–27, approved amendments to the city fee schedule, and created a business registration program (effective 05/01/2026; fees due 05/01/2027). One alderman dissented on the township ordinance, citing consolidation concerns.
The Macomb City Council voted this week to adopt the Macomb City Township annual budget and the city—udget for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2026, while also approving several municipal code changes that adjust fees and create a business registration program.
The council moved to adopt Township Ordinance No. 1-83 after a presentation of the township—udget, which Supervisor (speaker 4) said totals $577,610 for FY2026–27 and includes increased basic maintenance assistance (from $120,000 to $178,500), a reduced general assistance salary/expense fund of $43,036, burial and funeral at $3,000, and medical-assistance catastrophe insurance set at $3,500. Alderman Dorsett (speaker 6) said he would vote against the ordinance "as has been my long standing tradition," arguing the city could better serve taxpayers by eliminating a coterminous taxing body. The ordinance passed on a 5–1 roll call.
City Attorney Miss Couch (speaker 3) read the second readings of the city mendments and the proposed FY2026–27 city budget, which lists estimated revenues of $56,444,923 and estimated expenditures of $58,119,009. City Administrator Coker (speaker 9) said the budget had been posted on the city web page for a month and was the product of multiple open meetings and committee reviews. The council approved the amended FY25–26 budget (revenues cited at $52,735,783 and expenditures $46,809,466) and adopted the new FY2026–27 budget by roll call.
Council members also approved an amendment to the city fee schedule intended to align charges with the approved budget and to streamline certain fees. Changes reported by the city attorney include updates to water, sewer and solid-waste fees, establishment of a business registration fee (the fee would not be collected until May 1, 2027), and consolidation of the rental-registration late-fee tiers into a single late fee for late rental registrations. One council member recused from the fee-schedule vote.
Separately, the council adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 14 of the Macomb Municipal Code to create a business registration program administered by the Office of Community Development. The program, effective May 1, 2026, provides for annual registration, inspections, documentation and emergency contact information; no business registration fees will be due until May 1, 2027.
Why it matters: The city and township budgets set the city—inancial plan and authorize interfund transfers for the coming fiscal year. The fee and code amendments change the timing and structure of business and rental fees used to underwrite city services, while the business registration program centralizes basic business contact and inspection requirements for municipal oversight.
The council concluded these items with recorded roll-call votes. The meeting moved on to other business and later recessed into executive session for personnel matters; the chair said there would be nothing released from that session.
