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Michigan Association of Counties director briefs Berrien County on Lansing priorities
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Steve Curry, executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties, briefed the Berrien County Board on state-level funding and policy items affecting counties including revenue sharing, trial court funding, roads, and several reimbursement proposals.
Steve Curry, executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties, told the Berrien County Board of Commissioners on Monday that MAC is focusing on revenue sharing, trial court funding, public-safety trust funds and several reimbursement proposals for county losses.
Curry said county revenue sharing is “one of the primary funding sources for counties,” and that MAC secured a $30 million increase last year. He described the governor's recommendation for a 3.6% revenue-sharing increase and contrasted that with a Senate-passed 10% increase tied to taxable value growth, which MAC supports.
Curry warned that a trial-court funding transition remains…
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