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Town approves municipal court fee increase under 2025 Act 113
Summary
The Grand Rapids Town Board approved a municipal court fee increase authorized by 2025 Act 113 that raises the court-cost column by $10 (the town and Saratoga had the change on packet), adjusting the schedule used to calculate total assessments and costs.
The Grand Rapids Town Board approved a fee-schedule change May 13 to implement a $10 increase in municipal court costs allowed by 2025 Act 113.
A presenter explained that Act 113 permits raising the court-cost column (the middle column on the fee table) by $10; for example, a low-tier fine’s associated assessments and costs were shown in the packet to increase accordingly. The packet showed a comparative table with the previous and adjusted amounts.
Saratoga had already approved the change, and the presenter said the increase is the first allowable adjustment since 2013. A motion to adopt the new schedule passed on a voice vote; the board did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript.
One board member asked whether the state retains any of the increase; the presenter replied that $5 of the $10 increase goes to the state and that the change does not alter the state share beyond that established distribution.
