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Late yesterday the Michigan Department of Treasury released the following update on the three CARES Act federally funded programs aimed at supporting local units of government.
Federal funds that were swapped in place of the eliminated August revenue sharing payment (CRLGG) have a September 23rd deadline for receiving local units to certify their acceptance of the funds.
For those units that applied for first responder hazard pay premiums and were awaiting award notifications or advance payment of the grant funds before distributed the award to their eligible personnel, Treasury has stated they will have those award notices posted by the end of the day today (Friday), with advance payments supposedly on track for issuance next week.
The League continues to express concern to the Department and Administration and Legislative Appropriation officials that the delay in award notifications could have implications given the language in the program boilerplate requiring all hazard pay premiums must be issued to eligible employees by September 30th. The ability to input and process the necessary payroll before the end of this month may be difficult or impossible for some communities based upon the data Treasury plans to post. An League staff have requested an extension of that payroll distribution timeline to ensure that every community has a chance to take advantage of this program. With legislative action on the upcoming state budget expected to occur next week, the opportunity to amend the 9/30 deadline in those state budget bills is a possibility. Please contact the League and your legislators if you feel that an extension of the 9/30 payroll disbursement deadline would be beneficial to your community.
The following email provides the updated information that Treasury released yesterday:
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Chris Hackbarth is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at 517-908-0304 and [email protected].