MAY 28, 2025 Vol. 45, No. 12
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Shores City Council briefed on budget BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
See BUDGET on page 22A
Downtown St. Clair Shores to host Junefest BY ALYSSA OCHSS
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Junefest is coming back to St. Clair Shores from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 7. This event started around 30 years ago and features a variety of vendors and activities. There will be a petting zoo, a clown, a craft fair, a DJ, live dance
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performances and more. Businesses will also have sidewalk sales. Gloria Kinne, owner of Circare and a member of Junefest Committee, said it is a way for the merchants association to show its appreciation to the community. She said it also gets people to check out the downtown district. Kinne said they still get See JUNEFEST on page 9A
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The St. Clair Shores City Council listened to a budget hearing on April 28. This is the layout of the budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 they will be asked to consider and approve with or without changes in the weeks to come. Councilman Chris Vitale was excused for the meeting. According to the full budget packet on the city’s website, the city manager’s recommended general fund budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 is $47,398,760 and the recommended expenditures are $47,000,003.98. City Manager Dustin Lent said they expect the fund balance to increase $224,198. Recently, John Walters took over the position of finance director and Lent said he hit the ground running. The city will not look for any full-time staff in the coming fiscal year. At the time of the meeting, they were in negotiations for three contracts with patrol officers, police commanders and firefighters with an expected 5% increase in salaries. “So that’s actually what’s in the budget for payroll is a 5% increase for police, fire and command,” Lent said. The St. Clair Shores Police Department was represented at the hearing by Deputy Police Chief Matt McAllister and Sgt. Heather Campbell. McAllister