Last Wednesday and Thursday (July 18 and 19, 2012), some local leaders from Northville, East Grand Rapids and Rochester testified with the League supporting bills which deal with providing locals pension flexibility. The bills, HBs 5725 and 5726, were up before the House…

This afternoon, the House Appropriations committee is taking testimony on two bills which deal with providing locals pension flexibility. The bills are HBs 5725 and 5726. HB 5726 (Rep. Opsommer, DeWitt) would allow bonding when communities switch from defined benefit to defined…

Rochester City Manager Jaymes Vettraino and Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Cuthbertson testify June 7. View more photos here. LANSING, Michigan - Last Thursday (June 7, 2012), some local leaders from Northville, East Grand Rapids and Rochester testified with the League…

Last evening the House Local Government Committee reported House Bills 5566-5570, a package that amends the Emergency Municipal Loan Act to include school districts and amend the criteria for qualifying. The substitute for HB 5566 (the main bill in the…

This afternoon, a conference committee of both House and Senate members passed SB 954, which makes appropriations for EVIP/revenue sharing. In the bill, there is an increase of $15 million for the EVIP program, which will bring that total to…

While the details won't be known until next week, it has been confirmed that the Governor and House and Senate leadership agreed to put additional funding into the EVIP program (formerly statutory revenue sharing) for 2012-13, after the revenue estimating…