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Council hears MIDC representative: local indigent defense grant has carryover but is being drawn down
Summary
An MIDC representative told Highland Park council the E260117 indigent defense grant has a carryover of about $35,000 but more than $20,000 of that had already been spent early in the fiscal year; council members and attendees pressed for clarity on oversight, eligibility screening and what happens if grant funds are exhausted.
Attorney Rachel McRipley, director of the Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office, briefed the Highland Park City Council on the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) grant (E260117) and warned the city's carryover of grant funds is being drawn down.
"This grant has been provided, through the state to Highland Park since 2019," McRipley said, adding that the grant administration is handled by her office and that the city holds the $2.60 fund used to pay invoices for court-appointed attorneys. "You had about a little over $35,000 that carried over from fiscal year 25, and already in quarter 1, over…
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