NACo releases opioid settlement ‘quick guide’ on monitoring spending The National Association of Counties, in partnership with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, released The Principles Quick Guide to Monitoring Opioid Settlement Spending. This quick guide is one of many released to assist local governments in implementing The Principle for Use of Funds From […]
State’s final rules on energy siting raise host of questions The Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) final rules for implementing the new law on renewable energy siting generally favor solar and wind developers over local governments and are particularly unsympathetic toward counties. MAC recently reported on the release of the formal application instructions and procedures […]
Podcast 83: Statewide Septic Code Legislation With legislative activity in Lansing still on a slow simmer, Health Officer with the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, Dan Thorell, talked with host Deena Bosworth and MAC’s Madeline Fata on the proposed statewide septic code legislation. In this new episode, Dan gives background on the legislation and discusses […]
MPSC releases final application instructions for large-scale renewable energy facilities The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) released its formal application instructions and procedures for the siting for large-scale renewable energy facilities this week. The following excerpt from the news release summarizes the final order: “PA 233 takes effect Nov. 29, 2024. In today’s order, the […]
Registration is open for 2024 New Commissioner School sessions in November-December The Michigan Association of Counties is again pleased to partner with Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) to present the New Commissioner School (NCS) courses in the weeks after the Nov. 5 General Election. Registration and online course content for the school is now available! […]
The Michigan Association of Counties is again pleased to partner with Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) to present the New Commissioner School (NCS) courses in the weeks after the Nov. 5 General Election. Registration and online course content for the school is now available! This program has been preparing new and veteran commissioners since 1968. […]
President Daub urges ‘collective voice’ for counties at Annual Conference New MAC Board President Melissa Daub of Wayne County outlined her vision for the association of “increased participation, influence and impact” during her inaugural remarks at the 2024 Annual Conference held this week in Grand Traverse County. “We must be a collective voice that resonates […]
Annual Conference opens on Sept. 24; will focus on health, safety Experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Michigan State Police (MSP) will discuss the ominous trend of threats against local officials during a plenary session of the 2024 Michigan Counties Annual Conference on Sept. 25. The conference will run Sept. 24-26 […]
Upcoming legislative work could include changes to ballot measure on wages, sick time This fall, the Michigan Legislature may revisit the Earned Sick Time Act in light of a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling. The court’s decision reinstated the original 2018 ballot language for the act, which had been significantly amended by the Legislature after […]
*This post was updated on Oct. 24, 2024. By Matt Nordfjord, Principal, firm of Cohl, Stoker & Toskey The Michigan Supreme Court recently issued a long-awaited opinion in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, restoring the 2018 voter-initiated provisions from the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (“IWOWA”) and the Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”). The voter-initiated […]