By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland City Council wants to hear from you about how your tax dollars are going to be spent during the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
The council will hold a public hearing at Monday night’s meeting at City Hall to receive comments on the city’s 2026-27 budget.
The budget plan calls for total net expenditures across all city departments at $81,160,154, the vast majority of it coming from the Zeeland Board of Public Works at $54,429,451. That’s an increase of nearly 14 percent from the current fiscal year. Total net revenues for 2026-27 are expected to come in at $80,652,483, up 17.8 percent from the current fiscal year, according to the budget document.
The general fund budget, the portion of the budget most directly impacted by local property taxes, is expected to use $155,086 of fund balance for 2026-27 due to transfers out for capital improvement projects.
The city is expected to spend $11,170,656 in the general fund for the 26-27 fiscal year, an increase of 2.72 percent from the current fiscal year, compared to revenues of $11,015,570, according to the budget document.
The city plans to transfer out $1.5 million out of the general fund for municipal street projects, $600,000 to the Howard Miller Library and $100,000 to the Shopping Area Redevelopment Board (SARB), Assistant City Manager Kevin Plockmeyer said during council budget discussions in late March.
The budget proposal calls for $7,984,043 of investment in capital projects for the city. Projects include a planned $3 million reconstruction of 84th Street, which is tied to the ongoing construction of JR Automation’s new global headquarters at 84th and Riley Street. That project is expected to be paid for through bonds, which would then be repaid through brownfield tax increment capture.
Also planned is the completion of the Church Street reconstruction project from the Clean Water Plant to Washington Avenue, which has estimated costs of $2,953,543, and the installation of boilers for expansion of the snowmelt system inside the 17 E. Main mixed-use development, a $1.3 million project.
The city’s millage rate is proposed to remain unchanged at 11.1354 mills, the rate it has been at since 2010, except during the COVID pandemic when the levy was reduced. With the city’s tax base up 7.06 percent from the previous year to more than $680.4 million, each mill will generate $651,626 in revenue for the city, up from $609,688 a year ago, Plockmeyer said.
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland City Council wants to hear from you about how your tax dollars are going to be spent during the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
The council will hold a public hearing at Monday night’s meeting at City Hall to receive comments on the city’s 2026-27 budget.
The budget plan calls for total net expenditures across all city departments at $81,160,154, the vast majority of it coming from the Zeeland Board of Public Works at $54,429,451. That’s an increase of nearly 14 percent from the current fiscal year. Total net revenues for 2026-27 are expected to come in at $80,652,483, up 17.8 percent from the current fiscal year, according to the budget document.
The general fund budget, the portion of the budget most directly impacted by local property taxes, is expected to use $155,086 of fund balance for 2026-27 due to transfers out for capital improvement projects.
The city is expected to spend $11,170,656 in the general fund for the 26-27 fiscal year, an increase of 2.72 percent from the current fiscal year, compared to revenues of $11,015,570, according to the budget document.
The city plans to transfer out $1.5 million out of the general fund for municipal street projects, $600,000 to the Howard Miller Library and $100,000 to the Shopping Area Redevelopment Board (SARB), Assistant City Manager Kevin Plockmeyer said during council budget discussions in late March.
The budget proposal calls for $7,984,043 of investment in capital projects for the city. Projects include a planned $3 million reconstruction of 84th Street, which is tied to the ongoing construction of JR Automation’s new global headquarters at 84th and Riley Street. That project is expected to be paid for through bonds, which would then be repaid through brownfield tax increment capture.
Also planned is the completion of the Church Street reconstruction project from the Clean Water Plant to Washington Avenue, which has estimated costs of $2,953,543, and the installation of boilers for expansion of the snowmelt system inside the 17 E. Main mixed-use development, a $1.3 million project.
The city’s millage rate is proposed to remain unchanged at 11.1354 mills, the rate it has been at since 2010, except during the COVID pandemic when the levy was reduced. With the city’s tax base up 7.06 percent from the previous year to more than $680.4 million, each mill will generate $651,626 in revenue for the city, up from $609,688 a year ago, Plockmeyer said.
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