• Public hearing on the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) to HUD for Program Year 2025 showing progress on housing and development goals and federal CDBG and HOME Investment Partnership spending. (item PUBLIC_HEARING-1) Routine.

• Adopt Ordinance #17-2026 amending Section 26 of Chapter 882, Real Estate Taxation, to authorize a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for the Liberty Commons Apartments and Townhomes project. (item 458) Establishes tax exemption terms for a residential development project.

• Approve minutes from the September 1, 2026 City Commission Regular Meeting. (item G-1) Routine.

• Receive City Manager’s Report for September 15, 2026. (item G-2) Routine.

• Receive Review Committee Meeting Minutes for September 8, 2026. (item G-3) Routine.

• Receive Ambulance Report for August 2026. (item G-4) Routine.

• Proclaim Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (item G-5) Routine.

• Appoint Tonesha Heath as a new member to the Battle Creek Downtown Development Authority. (item 459) Routine.

• Appoint Jesse Mosier as an alternate member to the Community Oversight Board. (item 460) Routine.

• Reappoint Gary Minneman, Jr. to the Dickman Road Business Improvement Board. (item 461) Routine.

• Authorize the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement permitting access to the public right-of-way for a decorative fence. (item 462) Routine.

• Amend Resolution 421 to authorize sale of city-owned vacant, tax-reverted properties, Parcels #3870-00-245-0 and 9070-00-012-0. (item 463) Routine.

• Approve Petition PSUP26-0002 from Top Brands LLC requesting a special use permit for an Adult-Use Marihuana Retail Facility in a T-3 Neighborhood Commercial District at 625 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017. (item 464) Zoning decision for cannabis retail facility in residential commercial area.

• Authorize the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for the 2027 Medicaid Childhood Health Improvement Program (CHIP) Lead Hazard Control Program for $1,345,000 and Lead Health Safety for $62,000, and subrecipient agreement with Community Action for lead abatement implementation in Calhoun County. — $1,407,000 (item 465) Funding for lead abatement and childhood health in the county.

• Affirm the partial grant and partial denial of FOIA Request 26-2142. (item 466) Routine.

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