The Lansing City Council has approved the city’s 2022 fiscal year budget. The plan represents a 10 percent increase over the current budget.
The boost comes in part from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan.
Lansing’s $151.2 million general fund budget adds one social worker and a Freedom of Information Act analyst for the Lansing Police Department.
It also includes quarterly expungement clinics through the city attorney’s office.
The budget will allow funding for a partnership between Ingham County community health workers and fire dispatchers to ensure non-emergency calls are routed to social services providers.
The budget passed unanimously on an 8-to-0 council vote.
The spending plan takes effect July 1.