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Get more involved in shaping federal advocacy efforts by applying to serve on one of the National League of Cities’ advocacy committees! There are seven federal advocacy committees and you must be from an NLC member city to serve. In addition, the Chairs of the Committees will serve as a member of [...]

Act 51 compliance requirements are due September 30th as a result of changes that were made to the compliance requirements of Public Act 51 of 1951, Section 18j, MCL 247.668j related to funding from the Michigan Department of Transportation for roadways within local units of government. To comply, by September [...]

Treasury recently announced that the FY 2016 Financially Distressed Cities, Villages, and Townships (FDCVT) grant application is now available (FDCVT Press Release – FY 2016 Applications Available).  There is $5.0 million in FDCVT funding available to award.  Applications are due to the Michigan Department of Treasury by Thursday, October 15, [...]

Legislators spent the majority of the week once again trying to find a way to invest more money in Michigan’s roads. Talks began with the most serious negotiations of the summer and at one point there was some belief that a deal was close. At the end of the day [...]

The Transportation Asset Management Council will we holding there Fall Conference on October 15, in Marquette. The theme of this years conference will be investing in our future with data driven solutions. For more information, contact Frank Kelley, Asset Management Coordinator at 517-373-2111 or [email protected], or visit us on the [...]

In many communities around the state it has been common practice for years to have either privatized some function of the building department or shared those duties with neighboring municipalities. Last month, the Attorney General released an opinion stating the building official must be directly employed by a municipality so as to keep the policing [...]

Despite the Senate working many days to iron out various amendments before passing a six year transportation authorization bill (three years of which were funded under the plan), in the end, local communities are handed another short term extension. The House essentially refused to consider a long term bill and [...]

The United States Senate worked through the weekend on the six year authorization bill that would be the longest federal transportation bill the nation has seen in decades. But as it nears completion by the upper chamber, the House leadership has stated that they will not take up the Senate [...]

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 [...]

The good news is that there has been action on transportation funding in both the House and the Senate this week in DC. The bad news is that they are taking different paths with respect to how to solve the problem with just two weeks remaining before the existing funds [...]