City Commission adopts budget and millage

A Public Hearing to receive public comment on the 2026 Annual Action Plan, which is the application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the city to receive its formula allocation of annual funding for the federal Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs. The Public Hearing is part of the citizen participation plan and the requirements for receiving this federal funding. | attachments=2 | reports=1

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RESOLUTION NO. 389 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the City Manager is authorized to approve and make permanent the Temporary Traffic Control Order (TTCO) at the location as noted in the attached TTCO #1741. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 391 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the proposal of best value for benefits broker is accepted from Advantage Benefits Group, Inc., in an estimated annual amount of $100,000.00. The City Manager is authorized to execute Contract No. 2026-066R and all renewals, which will be paid from 677.271.9280.801010 Health Insurance Professional Services. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 392 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the City Manager is authorized to enter into the attached Easement For Electric Facilities agreement, or one in substantially similar form approved by the City Attorney, granting Consumers Energy Company, a Michigan corporation, a permanent easement in, under, across and through a portion of 339 West Michigan Avenue, identified as Parcel No. 52-0256-00-050-0, for the purpose of installing and maintaining electricity power transmission infrastructure to support the City owned electric vehicle charging station. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 393 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Downtown Development Authority (BCDDA) fiscal year 2026-2027 budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 394 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the LDDA fiscal year 2026-2027 budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 395 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the BCBRA fiscal year 2025-2026 amended budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 396 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BCBRA) fiscal year 2026-2027 budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 397 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority (BCTIFA) fiscal year 2025-2026 amended General Operating budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 398 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the fiscal year 2026-2027 General Operating budget for the Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority (BCTIFA) per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 399 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth theBattle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority (BCTIFA) fiscal year 2025-2026 amended Capital Projects budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 400 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority (BCTIFA) fiscal year 2026-2027 Capital Projects budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 401 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA) fiscal year 2025-2026 amended budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 402 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That this Resolution sets forth the Battle Creek Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA) fiscal year 2026-2027 budget per the attached worksheet. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 390 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the City Manager is authorized to approve and make permanent the Temporary Traffic Control Order (TTCO) at the location as noted in the attached TTCO #1742. | attachments=3 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 403 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That Section 802.24 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek provides the City Commission shall, from time to time, by resolution, enact a schedule of fees required to be paid, bonds required to be posted, and insurance required to be carried. The fee, bond, and/or insurance is required to obtain a license to engage in the operation, conduct, or carrying on of any trade, profession, business, or privilege for which a license or permit is required by the Codified Ordinances. The amendments to the Fee, Bond & Insurance Schedule for the City of Battle Creek, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, are attached hereto and made a part thereof, is adopted pursuant to Section 802.24 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek. Please note the Water and Sewer rates are effective through August 15, 2026 until new water and sewer rates are approved by the City Commission. | attachments=2 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 404 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: that, The General Fund and Special Funds Budgets, as submitted to the City Commission by the City Manager for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 are adopted in the form and amounts stated below and as shown in the attached general fund budget by activity: General Fund (101) Revenue and Transfers In $65,078,084 Expenditures and Transfers Out $65,722,811 Fund Balance - (Decrease) ($644,727) Youth Center Endowment Fund (155) Revenue and Transfers In $0 Expenditures and Transfers Out $7,500 Fund Balance - (Decrease) ($7,500) Expendable Trust Fund (192) Revenue and Transfers In $249,500 Expenditures and Transfers Out $255,000 Fund Balance - (Decrease) ($5,500) Major Streets and Trunklines Fund (202) Revenue and Transfers In $14,003,244 Expenditures and Transfers Out $14,184,798 Fund Balance - (Decrease) ($181,554) Local Streets Fund (203) Revenue and Transfers In $4,573,241 Expenditures and Transfers Out $5,886,727 Fund Balance - (Decrease) ($1,313,486) Community Development Block Grant (217) Revenue and Transfers In $0 Expenditures and Transfers Out $0 HOME (218) Revenue and Transfers In $0 Expenditures and Transfers Out $0 American Rescue Plan Act-ARPA (223) Revenue and Transfers In $1,468,991 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,468,991 Special Grants (232) Revenue and Transfers In $0 Expenditures and Transfers Out $0 Economic Development Fund (244) Revenue and Transfers In $914,587 Expenditures and Transfers Out $877,654 Fund Balance – Increase $36,933 Building Inspection Fund (249) Revenue and Transfers In $1,025,950 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,359,196 Fund Balance – (Decrease) ($333,246) Narcotics Forfeiture Fund (265) Revenue and Transfers In $135,000 Expenditures and Transfers Out $120,281 Fund Balance – Increase $14,719 Michigan Justice Training Fund (266) Revenue and Transfers In $25,000 Expenditures and Transfers Out $18,747 Fund Balance – Increase $6,253 2016 Capital Improvement Bonds Fund (370) Revenue and Transfers In $1,054,725 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,054,725 2013 Capital Improvement Bonds Fund (372) Revenue and Transfers In $1,021,581 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,021,581 2025 Capital Improvement Bonds Fund (373) Revenue and Transfers In $1,687,000 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,687,000 Major and Local Streets Capital Projects Funds (402 and 403) Revenue and Transfers In $4,232,851 Expenditures and Transfers Out $5,045,246 Fund Balance – (Decrease) ($812,395) Auto Parking System Fund (514) Revenue and Transfers In $1,407,292 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,379,955 Fund Balance – Increase $27,337 FAA Hangar Fund (580) Revenue and Transfers In $606,600 Expenditures and Transfers Out $604,844 Fund Balance – Increase $1,756 WK Kellogg Airport Fund (581) Revenue and Transfers In $2,978,104 Expenditures and Transfers Out $2,943,400 Fund Balance – Increase $34,704 Sewer Fund (590 Operations) Revenue and Transfers In $26,153,969 Expenditures and Transfers Out $23,150,580 Fund Balance – Increase $3,003,389 Water Fund (591 Operations) Revenue and Transfers In $12,609,408 Expenditures and Transfers Out $11,638,063 Fund Balance – Increase $971,345 Solid Waste Collection Fund (596) Revenue and Transfers In $4,800,000 Expenditures and Transfers Out $4,943,107 Fund Balance – (Decrease) ($143,107) Intermodal Fund (597) Revenue and Transfers In $227,000 Expenditures and Transfers Out $113,639 Fund Balance – Increase $113,361 Equipment Center Fund (661 Operations) Revenue and Transfers In $15,008,912 Expenditures and Transfers Out $7,034,737 Fund Balance – Increase $7,974,175 Information Technology Fund (670) Revenue and Transfers In $3,830,905 Expenditures and Transfers Out $4,175,020 Fund Balance – (Decrease) ($344,115) Self-Insurance Fund (677) Revenue and Transfers In $15,664,260 Expenditures and Transfers Out $15,780,885 Fund Balance – (Decrease) ($116,625) Reproduction Fund (681) Revenue and Transfers In $371,217 Expenditures and Transfers Out $353,629 Fund Balance - Increase $17,588 CCDC (959) Revenue and Transfers In $1,635,957 Expenditures and Transfers Out $1,635,957 and that, the City Manager is authorized to administer the Battle Creek Budget in accordance with the following budget policy: BATTLE CREEK BUDGET - CITY COMMISSION POLICY The Battle Creek Budget incorporates citizen input and community-wide strategic planning. The City administration is challenged to improve operating efficiency and responsiveness, and provide services at acceptable levels in exchange for greater authority and flexibility. Specific components of the Battle Creek Budget are as follows: The City Manager has prepared this recommended annual budget that considers current service levels, input from the community-wide strategic planning process, the City Commission goal-setting process and priorities that reflect the changing needs of the community. The City Manager is accountable and responsible for providing services at acceptable levels within the total net appropriation. ("Net appropriation" is defined as expenditures minus related assigned revenue budget). Any significant change in service levels requires the approval of the City Commission. All appropriations are made on a fund basis, with details by activity for the General Fund appropriation. The City Manager is authorized to assign and transfer budgets within the fund that do not increase total fund net appropriations. The City Manager is authorized to approve staffing reclassifications and staffing levels that do not increase net appropriations. The City Manager is authorized to transfer approved program appropriations and encumbrance balances resulting from the City's year-end audit, and which reflect a carry forward between fiscal periods. The City Manager may establish the necessary appropriation budget by increasing the total fund appropriation for donations, grants received, additional confiscated monies, insurance proceeds, and miscellaneous cash which are received for various purposes. Based on the most recent audited financial information, any amount of General Fund undesignated, unreserved fund balance in excess of seventeen percent of total General Fund revenues may be transferred to the General Capital Improvement Fund. FOOTNOTE: The City Manager may delegate authority for certain administrative functions as provided in Chapter 5 of the City Charter. | attachments=3 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 405 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the following monthly rates for the collection of residential refuse are effective for all bills rendered during the dates listed below: Curbside Curbside Backyard Backyard Time Period Regular Discount Regular Discount 7/26 - 6/27 25.35 16.09 39.34 24.98 7/27 - 6/28 27.25 17.30 42.29 26.85 7/28 - 6/29 29.15 18.51 45.25 28.73 7/29 - 6/30 30.90 19.62 47.96 30.46 Upon approval, the revised rates will be added to the Fee, Bond and Insurance Schedule. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 406 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That Public Act 145 of 1987, which amended Public Act 345 of 1937, allows a municipality to grant the purchase of military time for retirement purposes. This Resolution is to authorize the purchase of 12-months of military time for Police Sergeant Nicholas Woolman to increase his service credit toward retirement. The actuarial cost of this purchase is $31,738.12, with Sergeant Woolman's cost being $12,516.91. | attachments=1 | reports=1

RESOLUTION NO. 407 Resolved by the Commission of the City of Battle Creek: That the 2026 Annual Action Plan and Proposed Use of Funds for Program Year 2026 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027) for the Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $1,172,453 and HOME Investment Partnership in the amount of $238,167.87 are approved, and that the City Manager is authorized to sign grant agreements, certifications and other documents for these federal funds as approved by the City Attorney. The attached 2026 Annual Action Plan and the Public Notice for the Public Hearing contain a summary of the proposed use of these federal funds. | attachments=2 | reports=1

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