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Village of Kent City

Kent County

Village of Kent City is a village in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 40.19 mills in property tax; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 57.91 mills. It levied property tax in 1 tax area in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $801,423 in spending across all its funds. It has 5 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

40.19

mills in 2025 · 1 tax area · about $6,538 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

57.91

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

1

in 1 tax area

Boards and sub-entities

5

Total property tax rates here, 2025

What property pays to every taxing body (the State, county, schools, local government and others), by tax area. A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value.

Compare with every tax area in Kent County →

School district Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
Kent City Community Schools 40.1852 $6,538 57.9110

Kent County's certified rates split each area's total between a summer and a winter tax bill; open an area below to see its split.

Primary homes, which their owners live in, pay the homestead rate; so do qualified farmland and a few other kinds of property exempt from the school operating tax. Rentals, second homes and most businesses pay the non-homestead rate, which includes it. What these terms mean

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

Every levy, by tax area

Kent City Community Schools · 40.1852 primary homes, 57.9110 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 29.6980, winter 10.4872; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 38.5609, winter 19.3501.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Kent City Community Schools 8.2500 $1,342 8.2500
Allocated or Charter Operating Village of Kent City 8.0000 $1,302 8.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Tyrone Township 1.9237 $313 1.9237
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Building and Site Kent City Community Schools 0.9634 $157 0.9634
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Allocated or Charter Operating Tyrone Township 0.9304 $151 0.9304
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.2476
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Kent City Community Schools 0.0000 $0 17.7258

Where the property tax goes here

Each tax area's total for primary homes, split by who levies it.

Of the $6,538 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $1,302 goes to the Village of Kent City (20%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Its total rate for primary homes ranks 17th highest of Kent County's 94 tax areas. See every area

  • State
  • County
  • ISD and college
  • School district
  • City, township or village
  • Library, transit and other
  • Village of Kent City Kent City Community Schools 40.1852 mills $6,538

    Village of Kent City with Kent City Community Schools: 40.1852 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 9.2134, City, township or village 10.8541, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $6,538 a year for a new buyer

The figures as a table
Tax area State County ISD and college School district City, township or village Library, transit and other Total Estimated tax
Village of Kent City, Kent City Community Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 9.2134 10.8541 1.0832 40.1852 $6,538

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

What Village of Kent City levies, 2025

Only its own millages, part of the totals above, and how many tax areas each is levied in.

Levy Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills Tax areas
Allocated or Charter Operating 8.0000 $1,302 8.0000 1

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

Money in and out, fiscal year 2025

From its annual financial report, as filed with the Michigan Department of Treasury. Its fiscal year ends in February.

Revenue

$1.3M

all funds

Spending

$801K

all funds

Spending per resident

$582

2024 population: 1,377

General fund spending

$432K

budget: $520K

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $801,423 in total.

  • Public works $384,818 48%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $140,328
    Road Commission/Street Dept. (Act 51) $41,410
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $190,459
    All Other Public Works $12,621
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $177,912 22%
    Capital Outlay $26,404
    Debt Service $70,703
    Depreciation $80,805
  • General government $135,770 17%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $12,490
    Chief Executive $10,400
    Treasurer $8,629
    Clerk $26,697
    Building and Grounds $36,448
    All Other General Government $41,106
  • Public safety $45,637 6%
    Fire $1,055
    Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $44,582
  • Community and economic development $39,835 5%
    Community Planning and Zoning $39,835
  • Recreation and culture $17,451 2%
    All Other Recreation and Culture $17,451

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $1,328,729 in total.

  • Charges for services $398,525 30%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $393,407
    All Other Statutory Fees $5,118
  • State grants $351,244 26%
    State Revenue Sharing $146,771
    Streets and Highways (Act 51) $184,163
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $5,528
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $14,782
  • Taxes $339,516 26%
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $339,516
  • Other revenue $92,066 7%
    Sale of Capital Assets $6,145
    Public and Private Contributions $79,170
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $6,751
  • Interest and rents $89,585 7%
    Interest & Dividends $89,585
  • Licenses and permits $57,793 4%
    Business Licenses and Permits $6,339
    Non-Business Licenses and Permits $51,454

"All funds" is the report's total column: the general fund, other governmental funds, enterprise funds such as water and sewer, internal service funds and component units. Its totals include money moved between the government's own funds, and revenue includes money borrowed. Spending per resident is total spending divided by the population shown; the shares are each heading's part of its total. Open a heading to see the lines filed under it.

Population: DashBoard_Metrics (MI Community Financial Dashboard), Michigan Department of Treasury.

Source: FY2025 F65 Village, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Revenue and spending, fiscal years 2017–2025

All funds, as filed each year.

Revenue Spending
The figures as a table
Fiscal year Revenue Spending General fund spending Long-term debt
2025 $1,328,729 $801,423 $431,846 $779,261
2024 $1,232,582 $977,383 $404,030 $851,716
2023 $1,264,041 $1,462,404 $998,997 $923,623
2022 $1,585,154 $1,110,205 $444,309 $1,102,000
2021 $1,187,481 $1,164,529 $428,463 $889,000
2020 $1,080,107 $1,041,240 $456,410 $964,000
2019 $853,869 $693,202 $275,726 $1,033,000
2018 $740,183 $583,684 $244,143 $1,166,000
2017 $710,764 $474,008 $286,564 $1,293,000

Each year links to the dataset it comes from. A year with dashes across has no report in the State's data.

Debt, pensions and staff, fiscal year 2025

As reported in the same filing.

Debt and fund balance

Long-term debt at year end
$779,261
General fund balance at year end
$660,172
Of which unassigned
$660,172

Pensions and retiree health care

Unfunded pension liability
—
Pension funded, general employees
—
Pension funded, police and fire
—
Unfunded retiree health care (OPEB)
—

Staff

Police
—
Fire
1
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
12
Wages and salaries
$222,091

A dash means the State's data has no figure for that line. Its datasets leave out zero amounts in most years, so a dash can also be a zero that was filed. The unfunded pension liability is the filing's "aggregate pension liability" line.

Source: FY2025 F65 Village, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Boards and sub-entities

Authorities and special districts

Boards, commissions and committees

Transparency checks

What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.

Grade pending

A grade appears once every check below has been read and the site has set its grading scale. Every check counts the same.

Required by law

4 found · 1 not found

  • Found: Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year

    Treasury's Document Search shows the audit for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 as received, sent May 6, 2026.

    Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, MCL 141.421 et seq.; MCL 141.921 · FY2026 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year

  • Found: Audit filed on time

    Sent May 6, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 (due August 31, 2026; fiscal year end from its F-65).

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921 · FY2026 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed on time

  • Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State

    Treasury's Document Search shows the annual financial report (F-65) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 as received, sent May 8, 2026.

    MCL 141.424(3) · FY2026 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State

  • Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time

    Sent May 8, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 (due August 31, 2026; fiscal year end from its F-65).

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.424(3) · FY2026 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time

  • Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The FOIA page (linked from the homepage) links "Summary of Freedom of Information Act Procedures and Guidelines". Opened 2026-09-27: it is the summary alone, and says the Procedures "may also be found on the Village's website"; they were not found there, on Official Documents or Village Forms & Permits, or in the site search. Second reading 2026-09-27: the Village Clerk and Government pages link only this FOIA page, the site has no sitemap, and a web search found no procedures.

    MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

Good practice

3 found · 8 not found

  • Not found: Current budget posted

    Dashboard/Financials links the State's Citizen's Guide, financial summary and performance dashboard, but no budget; no budget for the fiscal year in progress (March 2026 to February 2027) was found.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Current budget posted

  • Not found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    No budgets were found on Dashboard/Financials, Official Documents or the Government pages.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Budgets for the past three years posted

  • Not found: Latest audit posted

    No audit was found on Dashboard/Financials, Official Documents or the Government pages.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Latest audit posted

  • Not found: Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

    No budget spreadsheet or data file was found.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

  • Found: Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

    Village Council says "Meetings are the 2nd Thursday of each month", and Minutes & Agenda posts "Combined2026Meetings".

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

  • Found: Agendas posted for the past 12 months

    Minutes & Agenda posts a council agenda for every month from September 2025 to September 2026 except March and July 2026, gaps of under two months.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Agendas posted for the past 12 months

  • Found: Minutes posted for the past 12 months

    Minutes & Agenda posts council minutes for every regular meeting from September 11, 2025 to September 10, 2026.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Minutes posted for the past 12 months

  • Not found: Members' names and a way to contact them posted

    Village Council names the president and six trustees; only the president has an email address and phone (Village President page); the trustees have none of their own (Contact Us gives the office number and a form to the clerk).

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Members' names and a way to contact them posted

  • Not found: Check register (payments) posted

    No check register or payments list was found.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Check register (payments) posted

  • Not found: Employee pay or salary schedule posted

    No salary schedule, pay ranges or pay by position was found.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Employee pay or salary schedule posted

  • Not found: Current contracts posted

    No list of current contracts or contract in force was found on Official Documents or the Government pages.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Current contracts posted

About

Type
Village

Codes

Census of Governments ID
166709
Census GEOID (place)
2642780
Michigan Treasury unit code
413030

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

Every figure comes from a public record, cited on its page.