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Budget officer reads 2026–27 budget message; public hearing records no testimony
Summary
Budget Officer Michelle Connor read the 2026–2027 Budget Committee Message and the committee opened a public hearing on uses of levied property taxes and state-shared revenues (cigarette, liquor, highway); no members of the public provided testimony and the hearing closed at 6:00 PM.
Michelle Connor, Detroit’s Budget Officer and City Recorder, read the 2026–2027 Budget Committee Message during the May 7, 2026 special session. After the presentation, the chair opened the public hearing and invited testimony on the proposed budget, possible uses of levied property taxes, and uses of state-shared revenues (cigarette, liquor and highway taxes); no testimony was offered.
The public hearing was formally closed at 6:00 PM. The minutes state explicitly that there were no public comments on any of the prompted topics. The meeting record includes the meeting location (Detroit City Hall, 345 Santiam Ave.), the start time (5:30 PM), and Zoom streaming details (ID: 823 5373 1197, Password: 609577). The minutes are not verbatim speaker transcripts and do not contain direct quotations from attendees.
