Fourteen county commissioners from across Michigan have filed to fill five vacant board seats on the MAC Board of Directors in elections to be held at the 2023 Legislative Conference, April 24-26. The 16-member MAC Board is the association’s governing body. It meets four times per year. In these special elections, the following seats will […]
MAC-backed revenue sharing bills introduced Two different packages of bills that create a state Revenue Sharing Trust Fund and direct the expenditures of such a fund have been introduced in the Legislature. Senate Bills 229–230, by Sen. Veronica Klinefelt (D-Macomb), are backed by MAC and carve out a portion of the state’s sales tax for […]
MAC makes case on revenue sharing to Senate funding panel Properly investing in local government services is a key economic development strategy, MAC told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee this week. Testifying before the Subcommittee on General Government, Deena Bosworth, MAC’s director of governmental affairs, urged legislators to take up a MAC-backed plan to dedicate proper […]
Registration opens for 2023 Legislative Conference Registration opened today (March 10) for the 2023 Michigan Counties Legislative Conference, the first of MAC’s two signature events for our 125th Anniversary year. This year’s event will be April 24-26 in Lansing, with sessions at both the Radisson Hotel and the Lansing Center. The event is co-hosted by […]
Legislature approves $1.3 billion in additional state spending A bill to spend another $1.3 billion in the current fiscal year, largely for economic development incentives, cleared the Legislature this week and was sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for final approval. House Bill 4016 distributes money through no fewer than seven state departments, with the largest […]
Counties with resources urged to share with areas hit hard by ice storm Hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents remain without power on Friday as the state’s two major utilities continue to deal with the aftermath of a large ice storm that hit mid-week across Southern Michigan. Approximately 700,000 locations are without power, and many […]
County commissioners interested in serving on the MAC Board of Directors have until March 24, 2023, to file for special elections to fill five seats on the Board at the 2023 Michigan Counties Legislative Conference. These special elections will be for partial terms and held on April 25 at the conference in Lansing. To be […]
Sens. Stabenow and Peters brief MAC delegation at NACo Legislative Conference The National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted its annual legislative conference earlier this week. Michigan was well represented at the conference with nearly fifty commissioners in attendance, as well as several MAC staff members. The Michigan delegation had the opportunity to meet with U.S. […]
Boost for revenue sharing highlights governor’s FY24 budget A 17 percent boost in county revenue sharing is a “great indicator” that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recognizes the need to reinvest in local public services, MAC Executive Director Stephan Currie said Wednesday in response to Whitmer’s fiscal 2024 budget presentation in Lansing. “The fact that this and […]