Locals waiting at starting line on road funding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s road bonding plan, highlighted in her State of the State address Wednesday night, will leave counties without the additional resources they need. “We’re disappointed it’s not a comprehensive plan...
MAC has joined with six other organizations representing local governments, environmental causes and schools to urge defeat of a bill that guts local oversight over the location and operations of sand and gravel mining in Michigan. The Senate Transportation and...
On Jan. 1, 2021, counties must have a plan and changes in place to comply with the law on E911 (Enhanced 911 services). A March 24 webinar, sponsored by MAC and Abilita, will help answer your questions concerning E911 compliance. Consider this: An employee at your...
Protecting and improving funding for Michigan’s 242 trial courts and ending the diversion of critical local funds via state-mandated property tax exemptions are among eight legislative priority areas for Michigan’s 83 counties in 2020. The state priorities were...
Bills to alter property tax foreclosure process introduced After months of behind the scenes discussions, Sen. Jim Runestad (R-Oakland) and Sen. Ruth Johnson (R-Oakland) have introduced Senate Bills 725 and 726. The bills seek to codify many of the best practices...
MAC releases state priorities for 2020 Eight issue areas, led by MAC’s ongoing work to reform local government finance and a push to extend county commissioner terms to four years, have been identified as MAC’s State Priorities for 2020. MAC issues a priority list...
Road Commission bills sent to governor Eliminating the sunset on a county’s ability to absorb a road commission is getting closer to being finalized under Senate Bills 322-23, which passed the House and Senate in 2019 and were sent to the governor this week. Since...
Michigan’s county leaders are eager to study the findings and recommendations of a joint state-county Task Force on jail and pre-trial detention policies approved by Task Force members today, said the head of the counties’ statewide association. “The work of the...
$1 billion on books unlikely to lead to state spending surge Michigan will have about $1 billion left over on its books from the fiscal 2019 budget year, but legislative leaders and budget analysts downplayed any surge in state spending. The Senate Fiscal Agency (SFA)...
MAC encouraged by state lawsuit over opioid costs Litigation announced this week by Attorney General Dana Nessel is a positive development in the ongoing battle to address the opioid epidemic and to hold to account those distributors that have flooded Michigan with...