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Jackson council reviews proposed 2026–27 budget, staff highlight police staffing, lead line work and $9.6M wastewater project
Summary
At a May 5 budget workshop, Jackson City staff presented a proposed FY2026–27 budget that keeps most millages steady while reducing debt millages, outlines investments in public safety radios and staffing, accelerates lead-service-line work and budgets roughly $9.6 million to rehabilitate wastewater digesters.
Jackson City on May 5 held a public hearing and budget workshop on the proposed fiscal year 2026–27 budget, during which staff presented fiscal trends, departmental priorities and several major capital projects the city plans to fund or phase in.
City staff told the council the city’s taxable value rose to about $867,000,000 for 2026 and that Michigan’s inflation cap was set at 2.7%, a factor used in the calculations driving the tax base projections. The proposed package would leave general operating and public improvement millages the same while reducing a set of debt-related millages, producing an overall millage decrease of just over 1 mill (about 5.87% relative to the prior year), staff said.
“The proposed budget reflects the city’s continued financial stability,” a city staff presenter said, noting a projected fund balance of about 38.5% at the end of the current…
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