City Works on Fund Balance, Zoning Approvals, Fall Maintenance
By Beth Milligan | Oct. 12, 2026
Traverse City commissioners are working to update the city’s fund balance policy, which will outline how excess funds can best be used. In other city news, city commissioners relaxed zoning rules to make it easier for child care centers to operate, planning commissioners supported plans for a new Nicolet National Bank on Front Street, and staff are gearing up for annual fall leaf and tree maintenance.
Fund Balance
An unassigned fund balance of nearly $9 million earlier this year prompted commissioners to form an ad hoc committee to review the city’s fund balance policy and create a strategy for spending it down when it climbs too high.
The fund balance …
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