Kalamazoo Just Received $388 Million For Their Budget, But What’s In It?
Wood TV recently reported that Kalamazoo‘s new city budget was met with a unanimous vote and approved by the city commission on Monday, December 30, 2024.
The city’s budget is put in place every year to make way for various reasons, whether it’s for beautifying the neighborhood, helping with infrastructure, supporting public safety, or in situations like we faced this year, where we had to traverse expensive construction throughout the city to improve the roads and water systems.
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This is all leading up to what the city is calling “Imagine Kalamazoo 2025 “in which the $388 million is being allocated to see-through.
The budget guide on the city of Kalamazoo‘s website goes through every single step of the budget program and not only describes Where the funds will be allocated but just exactly how much of the total price tag will be allocated to each service they are looking to boost this year.
We’ve got 1,300 new replacements, in addition to that 5,000 that are under contract, ready to start in the Edison neighborhood in November and we just received funding for another 1,300 lead service lines to start in Edison the following year. - Public Works Director James Baker VIA News 8
The budget guide even lays out the five-year budget summary and presents plans on where they’d like to grow in the next five years. Below you can take a look at a brief breakdown of where they plan on splitting this $388 million, and who will be affected by the new budget in the upcoming year.
Here's Where Kalamazoo's $388 Million Budget Goes To
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