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Council voted 6-1 to direct the City Clerk to forward a sufficient police-funding charter amendment petition for review by the Washtenaw County Clerk and Governor. Council also approved transferring $239,397, or 25% of the 2024-25 surplus, to the Budget Stabilization Fund and approved $41,566 in facility security upgrades with changes to camera placement and data storage.
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The police-funding petition will move to the next review stage; the vote did not itself enact the proposed charter amendment. The budget transfer adds $239,397 to the city’s stabilization reserves. Security improvements at City Hall and the Freighthouse were approved, with Freighthouse interior cameras removed and a local-storage requirement added.
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