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Lobbyist outlines Lansing priorities: public safety fund, water fee proposal, Nowicki Park funding among topics
Summary
A Lansing lobbying update to Rochester Hills council covered a proposed Public Safety and Violence Prevention Fund, a state water‑meter fee proposal, road funding debates, and local appropriations efforts such as Nowicki Park.
Adam Wright of Midwest Strategy Group briefed the Rochester Hills City Council on developments in Lansing and how pending legislation could affect the city.
Wright described a recently reintroduced Public Safety and Violence Prevention Fund that would divert a portion of state sales tax into grants distributed to communities according to their violent‑crime statistics; he said an initial estimate indicated Rochester Hills could receive about $83,000 under that program if enacted. He also discussed a proposed meter fee (previously $2, now reintroduced at $1.25 with an opt‑out provision) intended to create a central fund to help…
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