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Committee approves DOJ body-camera grant budget amendment, grant-writer contract and multiple prosecutor office agreements
Summary
The committee recommended to the full board a package of Prosecutor's Office items including a $333,333 budget amendment (first-year share of a $1 million DOJ grant), renewal of a $36,000 grant-writer contract, treatment-court MOUs and authorization to appoint outside counsel in a pending Court of Appeals case.
The committee considered a package of items involving the Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and voted 12–0 to recommend them to the full Board of Commissioners.
Budget amendment: The committee approved forwarding a budget amendment to add $333,333 in revenue and matching personnel expenditures to the Prosecuting Attorney Grant Funds budget. Staff said the amount is the first-year share of a $1,000,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant awarded over three years to support optimization of body-worn camera and digital-evidence processing. The county’s presentation described the funds as 100% federal — no county match required — to fund three grant-funded positions (one assistant prosecuting attorney, one…
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