Nine and Ten News has a few updates from the latest Traverse City commission meeting, including the approval of a pilot program and a purchasing agreement for new police cruisers.

This was the first official meeting to feature Councilman Kenneth Funk and Mayor Pro Tem Laura Ness; Councilman Lance Bohmer was not in attendance.

At the meeting, commissioners voted in favor of a series of tax breaks for the housing project at East Bay Flats, which is being done by Goodwill Northern Michigan to help suport people transitioning out of homelessness.

The tax breaks would add up to more than $2 million over the course of 15 years and would help Goodwill secure additional state support that would eventually offer 64 housing vouchers.

“East Bay Flats is for people who have experienced homelessnes

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