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Governor Snyder recently unveiled his “Marshall Plan” for talent. It’s designed to combat the more than 811,000 career openings that will need to be filled through 2024 in fields that are facing a talent shortage. The plan calls for a $100 million budget injection for a five-year work plan to...

Governor Snyder presented the FY2019 state budget to a joint hearing of the House and Senate Appropriations committees Wednesday morning.  Matching his tone following January’s consensus revenue estimating conference and his comments about spending restraint during the recent State of the State address, the budget didn’t offer many surprises. The...

Treasury shared the following information earlier today on training opportunities they have scheduled in communities throughout the state.  Interested local officials are encouraged to participate. The Michigan Department of Treasury is pleased to announce the development and implementation of a one day course titled Understanding the Basics of Assessing for Local...

While last week’s House and Senate adjournment merely marks the mid-point of this two-year legislative session, that did not mean that the Legislature coasted into their holiday break. Highlighted by the intense activity surrounding OPEB reform, both legislative chambers pursued aggressive agendas in the final days before adjourning.  Numerous bills...

The Senate Finance committee reported a bill package on Tuesday that has been a priority for the League this term.  Following testimony from the bill sponsors, League staff and officials from the city of Coldwater, the committee voted unanimously to send the bills to the Senate floor for further consideration. The...

The League co-hosted a webinar this afternoon with Howard Heideman from Treasury’s Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis as a continuation of our effort to provide information and greater access to Treasury as communities move through the initial phases of implementing the state’s new personal property tax system.  More than...

Based upon the significant level of questions from municipalities across the state with this initial phase of implementation of the new personal property tax system, the League reached out to Treasury and we are coordinating with the Department to provide opportunities for municipalities to hear from Treasury’s personal property tax...

The Michigan House Tax Policy Committee today is reviewing legislative proposals regarding what’s known as the data center issue and the Michigan Municipal League along with other organizations have distributed a joint statement regarding the legislation. The biggest concern from the League’s perspective is ensuring that local communities continue to have the...

Most Michigan Municipal League member cities have received Personal Property Tax (PPT) distribution checks in the mail in the past week. These reimbursement checks are the first amounts cities are receiving for operating mills under the PPT reform voters approved in a statewide referendum in August of 2014 and are being distributed...

This afternoon Treasury provided the updated Form 5192, for claiming small taxpayer exemption personal property loss reimbursement for a millage levied in July 2015 used to pay debt.  Reimbursement requests are due to Treasury by August 14, 2015. The form is available at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/taxes/5192__07-15_fillable_July_2015_494424_7.pdf with a link to the form...