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January 30, 2012

House and Senate committees to act on transportation funding legislation

As noted in previous posts, early 2012 is to be the time when the U.S. House and Senate move forward on authorization legislation for a new transportation funding bill. That time has arrived, although given the sharp contrasts in the proposals, there…

January 27, 2012

Community Development Block grant allocations announced

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has made public all grant allocations to cities and states for FY 2012 for the CDBG, HOME and grants under Community Planning and Development. Recall that Congress cut overall CDBG funding by nearly…

January 26, 2012

Michigan Public Policy Survey Shows Concerns with Economic Vitality Incentive Program

The latest results from local officials polled as part of the Michigan Public Policy Survey show a great deal of concern with the requirements surrounding the new Economic Vitality Incentive Program (EVIP). Recall that the EVIP replaced the former statutory…

January 26, 2012

Governor’s Special Message on Infrastructure legislation introduced

Governor Snyder's Special Message on Infrastructure has resulted in 19 bills. The 19 bill package was introduced and has both Republican and Democrat sponsors. Below is a brief summary on some of the bills that are in the package.A bill to…

January 26, 2012

Michigan Municipal League organizes information on Urban Cooperation Act changes

In December the Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law changes to the Urban Cooperation Act and related statutes. These laws, Public Acts 261, 262 and 263 of 2011, are designed to remove barriers to municipal service sharing and cooperation.…

January 25, 2012

Michigan Municipal League Leading Executive Searches in Spring Lake, Essexville and Iron River

Three new communities recently engaged the Michigan Municipal League for executive searches for city/village managers. These are the Village of Spring Lake (2,514) on the southwestern side of the Lower Peninsula; Essexville (3,766) in the "thumb" area and Iron River…

January 23, 2012

EVIP Grants awarded

The Governor has announced that 27 communities throughout the state will receive $4.3 million in grants through the Economic Vitality Incentive Program. The funding will be used by local units to help offset costs associated with service sharing or consolidation…

January 23, 2012

National Broadband Map webinar

The National League of Cities, in cooperation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is holding a webinar this Wednesday, January 25th for local governments to better understand how to use the new National Broadband Map tool The NBM tool…

January 19, 2012

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Gives Second State of the State Speech

During Governor Snyder’s second State of the State speech last night he discussed a few issues of importance to local communities. Personal Property Tax: Governor Snyder mentioned the need to eliminate the PPT, but also mentioned the great importance of…

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House and Senate committees to act on transportation funding legislation

Community Development Block grant allocations announced

Michigan Public Policy Survey Shows Concerns with Economic Vitality Incentive Program

Governor’s Special Message on Infrastructure legislation introduced

Michigan Municipal League organizes information on Urban Cooperation Act changes

Michigan Municipal League Leading Executive Searches in Spring Lake, Essexville and Iron River

EVIP Grants awarded

National Broadband Map webinar

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Gives Second State of the State Speech

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