MAC’s Annual Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. in the Theater of the Grand Hotel during the 2021 Michigan Counties Annual Conference. County commissioners who are registered for the conference may participate as voting members in the business meeting, which includes review and approval of MAC’s 2021-2022 policy platforms. […]
Deadline is Aug. 31 for interim ARP spending reports The U.S. Treasury is reminding counties that the deadline to submit both an Interim Report (all counties) and Recovery Plan Performance Report (counties with populations 250,000 and above) is Aug. 31. Below are some other important updates regarding ARP funding: Recovery Plan Performance Report Resources: U.S. […]
Conference sessions to focus on leadership, budget, tourism Keynote and plenary speakers for the 2021 Michigan Counties Annual Conference will focus on the themes of leadership, budget and tourism during the event’s largest sessions on Monday, Sept. 27. Darryl Ross, an author and motivational speaker who speaks on leadership throughout the country, will be the […]
Supreme Court hands state a win over locals in Headlee case In a blow to local governments, the Michigan Supreme Court sided with the state in a constitutional argument over what dollars should count toward the state’s mandated share of revenue spent on local governments. The ruling, in the case of Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional […]
State reviewing $26 billion settlement offer on opioids A bipartisan group of state attorneys general revealed a $26 billion national settlement this week with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three companies that distributed opioid painkillers. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Michigan could see up to $800 million of the grand total. Nessel has 30 […]
MAC urges counties to announce support for ARP match program MAC is working with the state of Michigan and local government groups on a match program to earmark close to $4 billion in state American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to invest, amplify and leverage the influx of federal funding to local governments. Michigan will receive […]
Legislature leaves unsettled FY22 budget as summer begins The Michigan House and Senate came together on a small piece of the budget this week — unfortunately not one that includes revenue sharing payments for counties or an additional $110 million for nursing facilities. All that the Senate and House could agree on prior to a […]
House passes huge budget bill with revenue sharing, indigent defense dollars The House worked late into Thursday evening this week to move bipartisan budget bills, in hopes the Senate approves them to meet the Legislature’s statutory July 1 deadline to send a state budget to the governor. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expressed support for the House […]
MAC has created this area to collect and share information on American Rescue Plan funds that related to Michigan’s 83 counties. LATEST: SLFRF Project and Expenditure Report User Guide (July 2022) News FAQs from U.S. Treasury on ARP funds (4/27) NACo Analysis of ARP Final Rule (3/22) U.S. Treasury Issues Clarification on $10 Million Revenue […]
ARP revenue calculator released; consulting contracts now available Counties now can download their own copies of a calculator sheet on revenue losses for purposes of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the National Association of Counties announced this week. Developed by the Government Finance Officers Association, the calculator can be found here. MAC also is pleased […]