League
Board Freezes Member Dues for 11-12 Fiscal Year
The
Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees unanimously approved
freezing member dues for the 2011-12 fiscal year. The decision,
made during the League Board meeting on Tuesday, April 5,
2011, comes after the League cut member dues by 12 percent
for 2010-11, said League Board President Carol Shafto, Mayor
of the City of Alpena.The freeze, effective July 1, 2011,
is part of a continuing effort of the League to assist League
member communities financially. MORE>
State
Affairs Update
House to Roll Out Revenue Sharing
Plan on Wednesday – This Wednesday,
April 13, the House General Government Subcommittee on Appropriations
will meet to unveil their version of revenue sharing for FY
2011-12 in HB 4274, and vote the bill out of committee to
the full House floor before it goes to the Senate for consideration.
The committee will be meeting at noon on Wednesday and we
will be sure to update you on what their budget proposal is
once it's officially released. MORE>
League,
Statewide Organizations Announce Transportation Coalition
MDOT
Applies for High-Speed Rail Funds
Packed
House Debates Future of State Economic Development Incentives
Community
Excellence Award: Call for Entries
Mayors/Village
Presidents: Save the Date for the Capitol Reception!
Governor’s
Reform Plan: League Resource Page Now Available
Federal Update
 Federal
Shutdown Deal to Hit Community Programs Hard –
With not much time to spare, congressional leaders and President
Obama reached agreement on a 2011 budget that would fund the
government through the end of September. Given that it will
take several days to actually put the deal into bill form,
the President has already signed into law a extension of government
funding until April 15. But, if the $2
billion in cuts for the one-week period are any indication
of what's to come, funding for community programs will be
hit hard. MORE>
Time
to Tell Your Story!
Webinar
Scheduled to Discuss Recent FCC Inquiry
Input
Sought on Federal Transportation Project Barriers
Nationwide
Public Safety Communications Network
Census
Data Now Available
Coastal
Zone Management Funding Available
21st Century Communities
 Three
Communities Share Their Experiences With Complete Streets
– Last
week, at the League's Capital Conference, representatives
of the cities of Ferndale, Midland, and Mount Pleasant shared
experiences from the front lines of efforts to complete their
communities' streets. The three cities are in different stages
of implementation, showing the diversity of approaches available
to Michigan communities under Michigan's
Complete Streets legislation. MORE>
Michigan
Port Collaborative Spring 2011 Summit
Livingston
County to Unveil “Advantage Livingston”
Testing
Needed on New Online Assessment
Wayne
County Embraces E-Government
Michigan
Main Street Program Reports Progress Across the State in 2009-2010
Engage
Your Legislators This Summer Through the Legislators Building
Communities Initiative
Michigan
Green Communities Project Database Now Available
Complete
Streets Training Offered Across the State
Walking
Audits and Bike Facilities Training Being Offered
State
Loans Available for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Projects
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