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Tittabawassee Township seeks $750,000 for public-safety facility planning
Summary
A representative for Tittabawassee Township asked the House Appropriations subcommittee for $750,000 to fund planning, design and pre-construction work to modernize a 1958 joint police–fire building that lacks secure entry, training capacity and hygiene facilities, with township leaders saying existing millages and capital funds would leverage the state dollars.
Tittabawassee Township representatives told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Economic Opportunity that the township needs $750,000 for planning and pre-construction work to modernize an outdated joint police–fire building.
The request, presented by Rep Beer Line and township staff, targets preliminary engineering, design and pre-construction activities so the township can expand administrative space, build a secure entrance and create training and hygiene facilities the 1958 building currently lacks. Fire Chief Philip Shaver testified that the facility has no locker rooms, inadequate exhaust removal for trucks, no dedicated shower space and a single small training room that seats 10–15 people, far short of the capacity his department needs.
Jenny Brown (not part of this presentation) and other witnesses were not part of this item. Tittabawassee Township manager Brandy Fetterspiel told the committee the township has a public safety millage and a separate police millage that funds police operations; the public safety millage is split between police and fire. She said the township will use general fund, millage revenue and water/sewer capital funds to leverage any legislative direct spending and seeks to avoid bonding for the full construction phase.
Committee members pressed for specifics: the presenters said the $750,000 is intended for engineers and design and would likely require about one year of planning, with construction beginning within roughly two years if the project proceeds. The panel noted the township had plans to use an adjacent property and to reconfigure existing space where fiscally practical.
No formal vote on the request occurred during the hearing; the committee took no final action on this item.
