Summary
Mayor Kepley said the budget process begins the first week of March, with rising health benefit premiums and other costs creating pressure, but he's confident Kentwood will have a strong budget year.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 19, 2026.
Impact analysis
Rising health premiums and costs will put pressure on the city budget.
Residents who rely on stable city services.
City services — especially police and fire — lose more than a million dollars in revenue as costs outpace the inflation cap.
Mentions & discussions (3)
City Commission — May 19, 2026
The city locked in its spending plan and operating millages for the fiscal year starting July 1, after a public hearing and Committee of the Whole review. This determines funding for police, fire, parks and other city services residents rely on.
City Commission — May 11, 2026
The Mayor told the budget hearing that Headlee rollbacks have cost the city roughly $1.29 million in millage revenue, over $800,000 of it from police and fire millages. Costs are rising faster than the inflation cap on revenue, a structural squeeze every Michigan city faces.
City Commission — February 3, 2026
Mayor Kepley said the budget process begins the first week of March, with rising health benefit premiums and other costs creating pressure, but he's confident Kentwood will have a strong budget year.
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