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December 3, 2018

Pension/OPEB Bonding Expansion Possible

Rogers City Mayor Scott McLennan and City Manager Joe Hefele traveled to Lansing last week to testify with their State Senator - Sen. Jim Stamas, the bill sponsor. The Senate Michigan Competitiveness Committee reported Senate Bill 1129 last week with…
October 29, 2018

Decoding October’s PPT Reimbursement Payment

On October 20th, the Local Community Stabilization Authority began distributing approximately $200 million to local units of government as reimbursement for their annual losses related to the new Personal Property Tax system.  The October payments represent the third year of…
October 29, 2018

Election Day Polling Place Line Survey

The Michigan Secretary of State's Bureau of Elections has partnered with the Bipartisan Policy Center to solicit municipal clerk participation in a Line Data Collection Program on election day this year. A similar study was conducted during the 2016 election with…
October 19, 2018

Pre-Election Legislative Wrap Up & Lame Duck Predictions

Earlier this month the Legislature wrapped up its pre-election session schedule, meeting for nine days between Labor Day and the first week of October.  Both chambers recessed on October 4th until their scheduled return on November 7th, following the General…
October 9, 2018

Legislature Continues Debate Over PPT Reimbursements

As communities prepare for the next round of personal property tax reimbursements later this month, the Legislature is continuing the discussion over how any dollars remaining after all losses are reimbursed at 100% are to be distributed to local governments. …
October 9, 2018

New State Fiscal Year Brings Treasury Grant Opportunities

With the start of the state's 2018-19 fiscal year last week, two grant opportunities within Treasury are again available to local units: The Financial Data Analytic Tool Reimbursement Program is intended to partially reimburse cities, villages, townships, counties, and regional councils…
September 7, 2018

Treasury Announces Local Government Summit

Treasury's Community Engagement & Finance Division published the following announcement earlier today for their upcoming Local Government Summit on October 10th at Livonia's Laurel Manor conference facility.  League staff will be participating on the Legislative Panel scheduled that afternoon. The…
August 16, 2018

Capacity Crowd Weighs In On Assessing Reform Proposal

A standing-room-only crowd greeted State Treasurer Nick Khouri and Senators Jim Stamas and Darwin Booher earlier this week at the Gaylord City Hall to provide feedback on the Treasurer's proposed changes to the property assessing and tax administration process.  Prior…
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