KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo County’s Budget debate will be going into double overtime after the board failed to agree on how to spend Capital Improvement funding.
The problem isn’t a lack of money, thanks to federal COVID Relief Funding. Commissioners are having trouble agreeing on which pot to pull the money from.
Some of the CIP funding was diverted by a subcommittee into a controversial YWCA women’s health program, another to bring some employees up to a living wage, and that drew opposition.
Vice Chair Tami Rey says after five board hearings and two sub-committee sessions, they need solutions, not just objections.
“Some folks need to do homework and bring that to the meeting, instead of just opposing everything that the folks who actually did work bring forward,” Rey said.
The board will try to pass its 2022 budget early next month.
— Copy Written by John McNeil —
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