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Major Changes Discussed for Summer Tax Bill Proposal

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The House Local Government & Municipal Finance committee took testimony from business groups, the MML, and other local government organizations on a recently introduced proposal to provide relief for residents and businesses experiencing financial hardship from the current COVID-19 pandemic.

As originally introduced, House Bill 5761 would have waived penalties and interest for unpaid property taxes in 2020.  The League expressed significant concern over the impact that this original proposal could have had on local governments and schools and explained the need for any COVID-related relief proposal to ensure the uninterrupted flow of critical tax revenues for local units from the summer tax bill.

As a result of these conversations, the bill’s proponents subsequently introduced  House Bill 5810 and Senate Bill 943 that add a new component to the taxpayer relief effort.

In this week’s House committee hearing, a substitute version for HB 5761 was brought before the committee alongside HB 5810.  Together, the direction being discussed as part of the continuing development of these two bills would allow a taxpayer who meets certain COVID-related hardship eligibility criteria to delay the payment of their summer 2020 tax bill until March of 2021 while providing the local taxing jurisdictions with equivalent revenues to match what is being delayed.

Following discussions with League members and submitting their feedback/comments to the bill sponsor, we expressed the need for any relief proposal to maintain the vital summer flow of revenues for local units of government and schools, focus relief on small/downtown businesses to help preserve vibrant downtowns and communities, ensure that any new program is simple to administer and understand with clear, unambiguous eligibility standards, and would only apply to the summer 2020 tax period.

Under the new version still being drafted, an eligible taxpayer, who is not subject to having their property taxes escrowed, would be able to file a hardship affidavit with the local unit by August 28th and have their summer tax bill delayed without penalty or interest.  The local unit would then turn these eligible parcels over to the county treasurer as part of a special, early tax settlement process.  The county would then utilize its existing Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund to provide a separate, early settlement for all of the local taxing jurisdictions within a specified (still being negotiated) time frame after those parcels have been turned over to the county.  All existing tax deferment or installment programs for taxpayers would remain distinct from this hardship program and taxpayers in those programs would not be eligible to participate in this new program.  All other taxpayers/parcels remain with the local unit and are subject to the normal tax collection and/or delinquency and settlement process in early 2021.  Taxpayers who qualify for this early settlement program will still be subject to their local unit’s normal winter 2020 tax bill and that bill’s current payment deadlines.

Parcels turned over to the county under this program would be required to pay their summer 2020 property tax liability by March of 2021 unless they request additional assistance and the county would then place those taxpayers on an installment payment plan from that point forward.

To cover the costs of this penalty/interest free early settlement, the proposed language also requires the state to appropriate sufficient funds to the county to reimburse for their administration.

The committee took testimony only during their hearing this week and is expecting to take the bills up again next week with new, still-being-drafted language.  We continue to engage with  the legislative sponsors and bill proponents to address the issues being raised by communities.  It is likely these bills will continue to be refined in the coming weeks and the Administration has not weighed in with their feelings on the proposal.  More information and substitute bill language will be provided here as it becomes available.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

COVID Response & Recovery Survey of Municipal Operations & Finances

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The Michigan Municipal League and our partners at Plante Moran are coordinating to gather data from municipalities across Michigan on the workplace and financial impacts from the coronavirus pandemic and how local governments are reacting.

Information that is gathered from these survey responses will help to provide benchmarks for municipalities to compare themselves against and offer valuable insights into the operational and fiscal impacts of the current crisis that we will be able to use with state and federal policy makers as legislative and budgetary reactions are considered.

This survey is open to all local government officials and the League encourages our members to participate so that we can be prepared when advocating on your behalf.

Follow this link to participate in the survey. Thank you for your help!

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

Deadline Announced for Presidential Primary Reimbursements & Other Election News

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The Bureau of Elections released the following information last night for local units of government to request reimbursements for their costs related to the March Presidential Primary election.  The Governor recently signed Senate Bill 151, a supplemental appropriation that included $14 million to cover the costs of the March election.  While numerous other line items were vetoed by the Governor in this bill, the election reimbursement funds were preserved and claims for those dollars can be filed any time prior to June 8th.

Presidential Primary Reimbursement

The presidential primary reimbursement county and city/township claim forms are available in eLearning. We have provided reimbursement guidelines and worksheets for county and local clerks to help you calculate totals for each expense type. We recommend that you print the worksheet first and then use those section totals for entry into the online form. You must type your information in the claim form in one session. There is no ability to save and edit the form later. If you need to make corrections to a submitted form, you will need to complete a new form and check the “Changes to a Previous Claim” box in the County Information section.

All claimed expenses must be attributable to the March 10, 2020 presidential primary. Additional expenses attributable to any local question can’t be claimed – for example, the cost of the local proposal-only ballot.

In order to be reimbursed, we must receive your online claim form by June 8, 2020.

In addition to the reimbursement direction, the Bureau also provided a brief update on the upcoming April 21st candidate filing deadline and the process that will be followed for any community running an election in May.

On the filing deadline, the Bureau shared the following:

Many candidates and clerks have asked about the ability to circulate and file petitions to qualify to appear on the August 4, 2020 primary ballot, with the filing deadline of April 21, 2020, approaching. As of now, this deadline remains in place. Secretary Benson continues to discuss the issue with the Governor’s office and the Legislature. We will keep you updated if there are any changes to the deadline or requirements.

This information comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed this week by a congressional candidate seeking to run in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District and news reports on that lawsuit and numerous other instances of local and judicial candidate concerns over the current law’s petition signature requirements during the current health crisis.  The League continues to work with the Governor, Secretary of State, and legislative leaders to develop a solution for this situation for municipal candidates.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

Herasanna Richards is a legislative associate handling energy, environmental, elections, and external municipal services for the League. She can be reached at hrichards@mml.org or 517-908-0309.

PPT Reimbursement Error Correction Process Announced

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The Michigan Department of Treasury provided the following information for communities to use if they have questions about their recent Personal Property Tax reimbursement.  If a community believes there was an error in their reimbursement amount, the new PPT reimbursement system provides a process that communities can follow to correct those errors and receive any eligible additional funds as part of the May 2020 payment.

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a reminder that the Local Community Stabilization Authority Act (LCSA Act) provides municipalities with the opportunity to correct errors in the 2019 Personal Property Tax (PPT) reimbursements that are distributed in October 2019 and February 2020.

In order for a municipality to determine if there was a reporting error or a calculation error, the municipality will need to review the 2019 PPT reimbursement calculations, millage rates, and taxable values posted to the Michigan Department of Treasury’s PPT Reimbursement website (www.michigan.gov/pptreimbursement).

If a municipality does not identify an error, the municipality does not need to file a form or take any further action to notify the Michigan Department of Treasury.

If a municipality does identify an error, the municipality will need to complete the appropriate form to notify the Michigan Department of Treasury of the reporting or calculation error(s). The PPT reimbursement correction forms are intended to be utilized by a municipality that has identified an error in its 2019 PPT reimbursement. In addition to the form(s), municipalities must provide substantiating documentation to support an adjustment to the reported value or the calculated reimbursement amount.

Below is a list of the correction forms that are available on the Department of Treasury’s PPT Reimbursement website (www.michigan.gov/pptreimbursement).

Form Number Form Title Form Completed By

Form

Submitted To

Statutory

Due Date
5651 Correction of 2019 Personal Property Taxable Values Used for the 2019 Personal Property Tax Reimbursement Calculations Municipality County Equalization Director February 28, 2020
County Equalization Director Department of Treasury March 31, 2020
5654 Correction of Millage Rate or Other Errors for the 2019 Personal Property Tax Reimbursement Calculations Municipality Department of Treasury March 31, 2020
5658 Modification of 2013, 2014, and 2015 Personal Property Taxable Values Used for the 2019 Personal Property Tax Reimbursement Calculations Municipality Department of Treasury March 31, 2020

Please direct any questions regarding the PPT reimbursement correction process to TreasORTAPPT@michigan.gov or 517-335-7484.

www.michigan.gov/pptreimbursement

 

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

Legislature Officially Hits Halfway Mark of Term

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With the voting this week, the Legislature officially wrapped up their activity for the year and reached the halfway point of the 2019-2020 legislative term.  The House and Senate are now on recess until January 8th.  All bills introduced in 2019 continue to remain eligible for action until the end of 2020.

Most of the Fall/year-end action these past two weeks has centered on arriving at a deal to resolve the budget cuts and transfers the Governor applied to the Legislature’s budget plan that was submitted just ahead of the October 1st beginning of the current fiscal year.  Following the Governor’s $1.5 billion of cuts and shifts, the debate over finding a compromise heated up and resulted in a deal that was sent to the Governor early this week.  Senate Bills 152 and 154 and House Bills 5176 and 5177 comprised the main pieces of this long-awaited agreement and encompass restoring about half of the GF/GP line item vetoes.  In another action, the Legislature also approved a series of budget transfers totaling over $82 million.  Of key interest for League members, the SB 152 supplemental restored the full $27 million for commercial forest, purchased lands, and swamp/reverted PILT payments to local units of government.  Other impacts to certain local units of government were also restored, like secondary road patrol grants, county jail reimbursements, $15 million for PFAS and emerging contaminate clean-up, blight removal and urban search and rescue grants, $10 million for 2020 census related activities, and $13 million more in GF/GP for road repairs.

The two House Bills moved in conjunction with the budget bills establish a new requirement that the state budget be completed by July 1st every year and that any future State Administrative Board transfers not occur without prior notice to the Legislature.

The other item of focus during the last session days of 2019 related to creating new gaming authority for Michigan’s three commercial casinos and the state’s tribal gaming casinos.  The new authority outlined in House Bills 4307 and 4916 (among other bills) paves the way for internet gaming and sport betting in Michigan.

In other legislative activity this Fall, the House moved HB 5124 with a nearly unanimous vote over to the Senate for future consideration.  This legislation provides an additional, optional tool for local units of government to coordinate with their county to assist residents already afforded a poverty exemption from losing their homes to tax foreclosure.

A six bill legislative package intended to provide more protections for local units of government and stricter requirements for asbestos abatement contractors was recently reintroduced and reported from the House Natural Resources committee. The League has specifically engaged with House Bills 5046, 5047 and 5050. These bills will require asbestos abatement contractors to provide an affidavit to the local unit of government detailing any outstanding environmental violations or criminal offenses prior to entering the contract, require the community contact the Department of Energy, Great Lakes and Environment to investigate any outstanding consent orders, judgement or criminal offenses, and allow local governments to include a provision in a contract that would allow the municipality to withhold any payment to a contractor found by EGLE to have violated environmental regulations within the last 12 months. The full package is anticipated to appear in House Ways and Means Committee in January.

This first year of the 2019-2020 term wrapped up with the League working against a number of local zoning preemption bills. HB 4046 dealing with the zoning of short-term rentals had one hearing where local units of government from across the state expressed their opposition. As a result that bill sits in the House Local Government committee without the support needed to advance it. SB 431 looks to further restrict municipalities in regulating aggregate (gravel) mining operations. We anticipate this bill getting a hearing in Senate Transportation committee, and a bill to be dropped on the House side, early next year.

On the economic development front, SB 54 seeks to restore the state historic tax credit  and had its first hearing earlier this week. We are working to secure another hearing early in 2020, continuing discussions and encouraging legislators to restore this needed tool. SBs 493 and 494 seek to extend the sunset dates of the Commercial Rehabilitation Act and the Commercial Redevelopment Act. Both bills have cleared the Senate and we anticipate the House taking them up early next year. The Good Jobs for Michigan legislation from last term is also seeking a sunset extension through SB 492. This bill is on the Senate floor awaiting a vote.

Since the Governor first took office there has been a constant drumbeat on increasing funding for transportation. Unfortunately the conversation never really materialized in 2019. There is hope that 2020 could still bring new revenue but the consensus is that it won’t be in the form of a .45 cent gas tax increase. The League will continue its engagement with the administration and legislative leaders to pursue a plan that invests in local roads and transit.

Both the House and Senate introduced a package of bills this Fall that would reform a number of transportation issues. Everything from allowing locals to raise their own gas tax (HB 4963) and vehicle registration fees (HB 4964), to requiring approval and identification of funding sources when expanding a local road (SB 521) were debated. Many of the bills are still being worked on, but HB 4966 which would allow cities and villages more flexibility when it comes to spending their Act 51 revenue did passed out of House Transportation Committee. We are hopeful that the new year will begin with a renewed attention on local transportation funding options and we will continue to work with Chairman O’Malley and Representative Sneller on these bills.

Finally, EGLE has announced three public comment dates in mid- January for the PFAS Draft Rules for Supplying Drinking Water to the Public.  Grand Rapids (Jan 8) , Ann Arbor (Jan 14), and Gaylord (Jan 16) are the three communities selected to host these public comment hearings based on their unique experiences with PFAS contamination. The PFAS draft rules were recently released from the Environmental Rules Review Committee on Nov. 14th. The ERRC decided after deliberation over two meetings to allow the rules to move on to the public comment phase, but they retained their authority to bring the draft rules back to the ERRC following the public comment period and before review from the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). The League provided testimony on the stakeholder feedback process and initial review of the draft rules at the Oct. 31 ERRC meeting. See our blog with the details on the public hearings here.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

Federal Government Requests Local Consent for Refugee Resettlement Consideration

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The state’s Office of Global Michigan under the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity has been working with non-profits organizations and local communities to provide guidance and sample documentation for any communities wishing to support the placement and resettlement of refugees.  This work is being done in light of the recent federal Executive Order seeking state and local government consent prior to any federal refugee placement.  This consent is requested to be completed by the end of December 2019.

Per information provided by the White House:

The Department of States’ Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) has operationalized the requirement to obtain state and local government consent through their Notice of Funding Opportunity. You will find more information below and at this link.

State and Local Government Consents

  • Consistent with Section 412(a) of the INA and Executive Order 13888, Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement, PRM and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) seek to promote the involvement of states and localities in the selection of locations for initial resettlement.  In addition, PRM and ORR seek strong environments to support resettlement and speedy integration, and regard state and local consent for resettlement activity as important evidence of such strength.  For each state and locality where the applicant proposes to resettle refugees during the award period, the applicant should seek written consent for resettlement of refugees from the state governor’s office and the chief executive officer of the local government (county or county equivalent).  PRM will take into account such consents to the maximum extent permitted by law, including Section 412(a) of the INA and antidiscrimination laws, in deciding where to place refugees.

Communities interested in establishing their official support for refugee placement can forward their consent letters to Michigan’s State Refugee Coordinator, Ben Cabanaw, with the Office of Global Michigan at CabanawB@michigan.gov.  The Office of Global Michigan is assisting with collecting letters from municipalities and sharing them with the State Department or communities can forward those letters directly to the State Department.

A sample consent letter has been prepared by the Office of Global Michigan and can be downloaded here – Federal.Sample Letter from State Local Officials Supporting Refugees

Interested communities can also contact the Office of Global Michigan directly at:

Office of Global Michigan
3026 W. Grand Blvd,Suite 2-750
Detroit, MI 48202
517-335-1181

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

First Portion of 2019 PPT Reimbursement Payments Distributed

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Michigan’s Local Community Stabilization Authority (LCSA) distributed over $170 million to more than 2100 local units of government and authorities today as reimbursement for eligible manufacturing personal property loss under the state’s new Personal Property Tax reimbursement system.

Today’s reimbursement payments represent 100% of eligible losses for essential services and other qualified loss.  Those communities/authorities with calendar year-end fiscal years will see their 100% reimbursement payments distributed in February. School districts and ISDs also will see $87 million distributed today for their eligible  losses. Payment amounts for October/February by unit/authority can be viewed on Treasury’s website here...

Other Municipalities

2019 PPT Reimbursement

 

Local units are encouraged to compare today’s (or February’s calculated payment) with their October/February payments from 2018 for any unexpected discrepancies and to contact Treasury if they believe a payment amount is in error.

Treasury will calculate any error corrections in the first quarter of 2020 and issue those corrected disbursements along with all remaining revenue in the LCSA on a pro-rated basis in May of 2020, similar to what has occurred in recent years.

For communities that have signed up for ACH deposits, be aware that the LCSA has informed us that a technical issue arose with today’s payments and some communities will be receiving their PPT reimbursement payment via check the week of October 21st, even though they had signed up for electronic deposit.

Communities eligible for Fire Protection Grant funding should expect to see their reimbursement dollars also distributed by the LCSA at the end of November.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

State Budget Battle Goes Into Overtime

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As expected, following the Legislature’s movement of budget bills that the Administration had not signed off on, Governor Whitmer responded aggressively to the legislative spending proposal by issuing 147 separate line items vetoes within the 16 departmental budget bills she signed.  Signing the bills allowed her to avoid a state government shutdown, while the nearly $950 million in spending cuts across all but two of the budgets served notice to legislative leaders of the need to return to the negotiating table.  Following the release of the vetoes, the State Administrative Board met today, on the first day of the new fiscal year, and utilized an obscure legal procedure that allowed the Governor to shift nearly $625 million additional dollars to different lines/programs from those newly appropriated, original line items within 13 different department budgets.

The following budget programs/line items may be of interest to League members:

  • Revenue sharing – Constitutional payments are dictated by sales tax growth which is expected to increase by about 1.7% over current year ($14.2 million) – Statutory revenue sharing payments received an increase of 2.3% for $5.8 million matching the House’s recommendation from earlier this spring and only slightly less than the Governor’s original 3% increase proposal.
    • Additionally, all statutory revenue sharing payments have been rolled into the base appropriation – no more “one-time” or supplemental grants
  • The $1 million new line item for local assessor training grants resulting from last fall’s assessing reform legislation was vetoed by the Governor
  • More than $27 million of local payments in lieu of taxes for Commercial Forest, Purchased Lands, and Swamp & Tax Reverted Lands was vetoed by the Governor
  • Numerous Treasury Local Government Program lines totaling nearly $5 million were shifted and rolled up into one line as a result of State Ad Board actions.
  • MEDC/MSHDA –
    • The Governor shifted $500,000 for blight removal grants ($250,000 rural blight elimination & $250,000 city of Detroit projects performed by nonprofits) along with four other line items totaling over $9 million and transferred those funds into workforce development programs.
    • The Legislature reduced the Business Attraction & Community Revitalization by $26 million ($105.4 million to $89.4 million) with $10 million of the reduction redirected to the new Rural Jobs and Capital Investment Fund that was created last fall.  The Governor vetoed this $10 million redirection.
    • Community Development Block Grants were funded at $47 million, same as previous year
    • The Legislature increased Pure MI funding to $37.5 million (an additional $1.5 million).  The Governor vetoed the entire line.
  • EGLE –
    • $120 million for water infrastructure was appropriated, matching closely to Gov Whitmer’s original budget proposal for clean water projects
      • $30,0000 for Lead and Copper Rule implementation
      • $40,000,000 for PFAS and emerging contaminants
      • $35,000,000 for Drinking Water Revolving Fund loan forgiveness
      • $7,500,000 for affordability and planning
      • $7,500,000 for private well testing – the Governor shifted these dollars into the Lead and Copper Rule implementation line item through State Ad Board action
    • Surface water grants to watershed councils ($675k), Cooperative lakes monitoring program ($150k), and PFAS and emerging contaminates grants to municipal airports ($15m) were among the EGLE line items vetoed by the Governor.
  • LARA –
    • $80 million in MI Indigent Defense Commission grants were continued for the coming year – slight reductions to reflect one-time costs from first year being removed
    • No line item vetoes in this budget, but a number of lines were shifted through State Ad Board action to allow greater spending flexibility by the Department
  • State Police –
    • The Governor vetoed the entire $13 million Secondary Road Patrol program line item.
    • The $654,000 Local Law Enforcement Agency Training Grants line item and MI International Speedway traffic control support ($600,000) were vetoed by the Governor.
    • Through State Ad Board action, the Governor also shifted more than $2 million from a proposed new Trooper School into the Forensic Science line and another $2 million from the First responder communication network line item into an In-car camera video streaming network line item.
  • MDOT –
    • The Legislature included $400 million in GF ($132 million to fully implement the 2015 package one year early, $175 million for roads, $25 million for the Local Bridge programs, $68 million for special projects include specific bridges that Governor Whitmer visited during summer press events). This does not include an addition $468M in earmarked income tax revenue that is a result of the 2015 package. When combined, $868M in non-user fee revenue was proposed to go to roads.  The Governor vetoed $375 million of this GF addition and then shifted the remaining $25 million into transit programs, with an additional $6 million each for Local Bus Operating and Public Transportation Development Service Initiatives, and $13 million sent to the Transit capital – urban line item.
    • The Legislature included $1 million for demolition of the Carbide dock as part of the Soo Locks project which the Governor shifted through the State Ad Board, along with $600,000 from the Marine passenger service line item over to the Intercity Passenger Services line item for a combined addition to that line of $1.6 million.
    • The Governor also used the State Ad Board to shift nearly $40 million from the Rail freight and rail economic development line over to the Rail passenger service line item.

Numerous other legislative priorities were vetoed or redirected by the Governor today, prompting strong reactions on both sides of the political aisle.  The Governor has called for a Thursday meeting of the four “quadrant” caucus leaders to get back to the budget negotiating table.  It remains to be seen how closely the Governor will tie further budget negotiations to a resumption of long term road funding discussions.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

Road Condition Maps Released – State Budget Deadline Looming

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With the new state fiscal year only a month away, the lack of a budget deal is consuming discussions in Lansing.  The Governor’s budget closely intertwines the state budget with the need for an additional $2.5 billion investment our road networks.  Legislative leaders have spent the summer developing their own proposals for addressing these two issues and those debates are now coming to a head as the number of days left to adopt a budget without a shutdown dwindle.

Highlighting the increased attention that the road funding debate is garnering, a group of business and industry leaders recently held a press conference calling for action in support of increasing road funding.  The participants reiterated the importance that our transportation infrastructure has on residents and businesses throughout the state.  The press conference also provided an opportunity to release statewide road condition maps that were developed by Michigan’s Transportation Asset Management Council.  This mapping shows all road conditions throughout the state (zoom map to specific communities) and then the maps are broken out by legislative district for the state’s network, offering an analysis of the percentage of state roads in poor condition within those districts.

Legislative leaders reportedly presented the Governor with a series of ideas to raise new revenue or shift revenue from other sources to fund road repairs.  Many of the ideas that were mentioned have been reported on previously, including shifting the sales tax off of gas purchases and bonding/refinancing the unfunded school pension liability, but a couple of new concepts have recently come to light that include a tax on freight haulers and a tax on transportation services like Uber. The potential value of these legislative ideas is likely somewhere in the $1.5-1.8 billion range. The Governor continues to call on the legislature for a full plan and has expressed her objections to any financing changes to the teacher pension system.  This war of words recently heated up with legislative leaders stating they would send the Governor a budget without a roads plan, tackling the road debate separately.  This issue will be at the center of legislative work over the course of the coming month and the League continues to push for additional local revenue options and more favorable distributions to local road agencies.  Look for more updates in the coming weeks.

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.

 

Treasury Announces Upcoming Local Government Summit

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*Update 8/27/2019 – Michigan Department of Treasury released additional conference information and full agenda. Click here for more information.*

Earlier today, officials from the Michigan Department of Treasury released the details and opened registration for their upcoming annual Local Government Summit.  This has proven to be a very informative event in past years and offers an opportunity for local government officials to receive information on key topics and interact directly with staff assigned to the department’s various bureaus and divisions.

The following information was provided by Treasury on the event:

The Michigan Department of Treasury is hosting its 2019 Local Government Summit, and we invite you to attend!

This conference will give you the opportunity to network with other local government leaders, hear from experts from across the Midwest, and learn about additional resources and programs available to your local government.

Treasury’s 2019 Local Government Summit will take place on Monday, September 16th from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lansing Center. The summit is free of charge and lunch will be provided. The registration deadline is Friday, September 6th, 2019. More details, including a detailed agenda, hotel, and parking information, will be added to the Eventbrite website as it becomes available.

To register, please visit:
www.2019LocalGovernmentSummit.eventbrite.com

We are excited to host this conference and are looking forward to seeing you in September! 

Please contact Veronica Miller with any questions at 517-241-1765 or millerv10@michigan.gov. For more information about Treasury’s local government programs, follow @MITreasLocalGov on Twitter or visit our website, Michigan.gov/CEFD.

Sincerely,

Rod Taylor, Administrator
Community Engagement and Finance Division

 

Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and chackbarth@mml.org.