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Resident urges Livingston County to boost veterans services funding, proposes dedicated millage
Summary
Joshua Parish, a Marion Township resident and nonprofit director, urged the county to increase funding for veterans services—proposing a dedicated millage of up to one‑tenth of a mill to address understaffing and a historic $500,000 shortfall.
Joshua Parish, a Marion Township resident and director of the local nonprofit VetLife, urged the Livingston County Board of Commissioners to expand funding for veterans services during the board's March 9 public comment period.
Parish said he served as program director for the county's emergency relief fund from 2010 to 2015 and described a prior $500,000 shortfall in the general budget that had supported day‑to‑day office operations. "We would just be receiving a dedicated millage," Parish…
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