{"id":7208,"date":"2020-04-03T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=7208"},"modified":"2020-04-03T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:39:18","slug":"league-nlc-advocate-for-flexibility-with-stimulus-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2020\/04\/03\/league-nlc-advocate-for-flexibility-with-stimulus-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"League &amp; NLC Advocate for Flexibility with Stimulus Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Following the lead of our partners at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlc.org\/\">National League of Cities<\/a>, MML staff have been reaching out to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and members of Michigan&#8217;s congressional delegation requesting flexibility as Treasury develops guidance on &#8220;necessary expenditures&#8221; related to the authorized use of Coronavirus Relief Funds within the <a href=\"\/inside208\/2-trillion-federal-stimulus-bill-passes-senate\/\">recently passed CARES act<\/a> stimulus package.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\">We are very concerned that the state and local stabilization funding within the CARES act will not be authorized for local government budget relief.\u00a0 Flexibility in eligible reimbursements will be needed as state and local revenues drastically shrink while service demands spike during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Conversations in Washington, DC are also shifting towards a next stimulus package and what such a package could include.\u00a0 The National League of Cities has forwarded a letter to congressional leaders with critical funding priorities for cities around the country and corrections to some of the issues that NLC has identified within the previous stimulus bills.\u00a0 The letter can be viewed here &#8211; <a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/NLC-COVID19-4th-Supplemental-4.2.pdf\">NLC COVID19 4th Supplemental 4.2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>League members are urged to contact their congressional representatives to inform them of the need for maximum flexibility within the CARES act funding and to request their support for the listed priorities in any forthcoming additional stimulus proposals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Hackbarth is the League\u2019s director of state &amp; federal affairs. 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