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Council adopts emergency appropriations ordinance to fund police, fire grants and correct public health line item
Summary
Ordinance 26‑15 was adopted by emergency vote to appropriate about $66,000 for police grants (body camera system and cloud storage), roughly $9,100 for fire department grants, and to correct an approximate $61,000 omission in the public health department budget tied to the shared yard‑waste program.
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 26‑15 by emergency on March 16, adding appropriations for recent grants and correcting a budget line error for the public health department.
Staff explained the police department secured approximately $66,000 in grants for the body‑camera system and associated cloud storage; the fire department received about $9,100 in grants for its operations. Separately, a roughly $61,000 line item for the public health department (yard‑waste program shared with a township) was zeroed out in the budget — staff said they believe it was a technical error and moved to correct it to ensure bills to the township can be paid.
Council suspended the rules, read the ordinance by emergency and approved it in successive votes that evening. The ordinance was pronounced duly passed and enacted.
Finance presenter Matt also noted income tax collections through February were up 6.8% year‑over‑year and withholdings were up about 5%, but cautioned that seasonal filing timing can affect early‑year comparisons.
