Where democrats rule!-----Flint Can't Afford to Pick Up Garbage, Light Its Streets, So It's Charging Its Residents More

Faced with a looming budget deficit, the city of Flint says its budget can no longer support the costs of picking up garbage and lighting its streets and neighborhoods. - Tom Gantert

Proposed new taxes.

• All property owners in a special lighting district would have a fee of $72.18 per parcel added to their July 2025 tax bill to pay for street lights...
• There would be a $202.56 tax charged to residential and multi-family dwellings up to four units for solid waste collection.

The bottom line.
Flint is projecting deficits over the next two years...

It projects a deficit of $13.4 million in 2025-2026 and $8.2 million in 2026-27.

• In August 2023, the city of Flint received $170 million from the Protecting MI Pension Grant Program from the state of Michigan. That money was dedicated to the pension system which is underfunded. 
• The City of Flint was awarded $94.7 million from the American Rescue Plan Act and that money must be spent by Dec. 31, 2026.