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At-a-glance: Key votes by the Kent County Finance & Infrastructure Committee

Kent County Finance and Infrastructure Committee · September 1, 2026

Summary

The committee approved the consent agenda and voted to accept an $88,439 JAG grant, confirm a Silver Lake assessment roll, add two North Kent transfer-station FTEs, approve an $11.13M PFAS budget amendment, and authorize a FY27 opioid settlement appropriation.

The committee approved several items by voice vote during the session.

Items approved included the consent agenda; acceptance of an Edward Byrne Memorial JAG grant ($88,439) for sheriff-office audiovisual communications; approval of the Silver Lake special lake-level assessment roll (costs of $12,198.79 confirmed after a delegated-authority hearing); authorization of two new transfer-station operator FTEs for North Kent; an $11,134,276 appropriation for PFAS treatment-system expenses at North Kent and Kentwood landfills (funded by DPW reserves and PFAS bond proceeds); and an FY27 opioid settlement appropriation of $626,706 to implement the proposed FY27spending plan. All motions passed by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

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