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Proposal B — It is proposed that City Charter Section 5.04 be amended to provide for a limit in the…

Ypsilanti City · Washtenaw County · on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Ypsilanti City.

Proposal B — It is proposed that City Charter Section 5.04 be amended to provide for a limit in the…

Charter Amendment

Police Budget It is proposed that City Charter Section 5.04 be amended to provide for a limit in the City Council’s provision to budgeted police expenditures above the previous year’s budgeted police expenditures unless such an increase be approved by a majority of voters in a regular city-wide election in a ballot question pertaining to no other issue. Shall this proposed amendment to the Ypsilanti City Charter be adopted?

YESA YES vote adopts the change described in the ballot language.
NOA NO vote keeps the current rules in place.
Official ballot language

Police Budget It is proposed that City Charter Section 5.04 be amended to provide for a limit in the City Council’s provision to budgeted police expenditures above the previous year’s budgeted police expenditures unless such an increase be approved by a majority of voters in a regular city-wide election in a ballot question pertaining to no other issue. Shall this proposed amendment to the Ypsilanti City Charter be adopted?

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