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Residents, staff raise concerns as county seeks EGLE prepayment to start regional material-management plan
Summary
County staff asked commissioners to approve a request to EGLE for partial up-front funding to begin a multi-county material-management (recycling) plan after the program moved to a reimbursable grant model.
Gratiot County staff told commissioners that a previously anticipated guaranteed grant structure for a regional material‑management plan has changed to a reimbursable model, leaving counties unable to start vendor selection and planning without some up‑front funds.
At the meeting staff said each county had expected $60,000 to prepare the plan and a multi‑county approach would have produced additional per‑capita funding. Instead, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) now requires counties…
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