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Podcast 83

Podcast 83 is a regular look at the news, stories and trends related to Michigan’s 83 counties from Keweenaw to Monroe, Chippewa to Berrien.

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00:14:47

Podcast 83 Legislative Update March 11, 2025

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2025/03/11

A Republican road funding proposal that could mean a whopping $1.44 billion in new county road dollars was the focus of this week’s episode of Podcast 83.“If (the House GOP plan) goes through, it would mean a significant influx of dollars into the county road system,” said Deena Bosworth, MAC’s governmental affairs director.“What the bills basically do is they allocate the gas tax, the tax on that you pay at the gas pump, and take the sales tax and turn that into a gas tax, then dedicate all of that

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00:13:18

Podcast 83 Legislative Update March 4, 2025

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2025/03/04

Could 2025 bring a major infrastructure investment and a burst of bipartisanship in Lansing? MAC’s Podcast 83 team divines the tea leaves inside of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2025 State of the State speech in their newest episode.“I thought it was her best speech to date,” said Deena Bosworth. “It was a different tone. It … sounded like a leader. … This one, she had reached out across the aisle, talked a ton about bipartisanship and getting things done.”On getting action on roads:“Both the governor and

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00:15:22

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Feb. 26, 2025

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2025/02/26

Counties have new rules to contend with on sick time for employees, plus they may face accounting changes on state funding for indigent defense, explained MAC’s Podcast 83 team in its newest episode this week.Beating a Feb. 21 deadline, the Legislature adopted substantial changes to state law on minimum wage and sick time rules. MAC’s Deena Bosworth explained the big news for counties is on sick time:“A lot of (the sick time) debate was centered around the accrual method. How do they earn it? Who

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00:10:38

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Feb. 18, 2025

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2025/02/26

In the newest episode of Podcast 83, MAC discusses the Legislature's work on sick time and minimum wage requirements.The House passed House Bills 4001-02, which amend the Earned Sick Time Act and the minimum wage law, last week and have been referred to the Senate Committee on Regulatory Affairs.The Senate passed Senate Bill 8 last week, which amends the Minimum Wage Law, and was referred to the House Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses. However, the Senate did not

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00:19:11

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Feb. 11, 2025

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2025/02/11

The governor’s plans for the fiscal 2026 budget and for Michigan roads are the focus of the newest episode of Podcast 83.“(The governor) proposed a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing (for FY26), but really it wasn't a 4 percent increase in revenue sharing,” explained Deena Bosworth, MAC’s governmental affairs director. “It was a 3.6 percent increase in the overall amount that we got last year in revenue sharing.“As a reminder for our members, there was an additional $30 million put into

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00:11:33

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Jan. 28, 2025

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2025/01/28

Clarity remains in limited supply under the Capitol Dome in Lansing in early 2025, MAC’s Podcast 83 team reports in a new episode this week.While there was important action on a key legislative priority for MAC in the Michigan House of Representatives last week, that chamber has still not finished work on routine organizational issues that occur at the beginning of a new term. “What have we heard about committee assignments at this point or not heard in some cases?” asked host Stephan Currie. “I

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00:16:33

Podcast 83 Special on Open Meetings Act Jan. 22, 2025

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2025/01/22

A new special episode of Podcast 83 features an expert on the Michigan Open Meetings Act (OMA) and the mistakes that county boards so often make in trying to comply with it.Matt Nordfjord, managing partner of the firm of CST Municipal Law, recently led briefings on the OMA at MAC’s New Commissioner School on the trends he has seen in county compliance. “One of the big takeaways I got from that is that we seem to have some additional education that would be warranted here on what is a public body

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00:22:06

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Jan. 14, 2025

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2025/01/14

Traditions are being broken right and left at the State Capitol in 2025 and it’s unclear how counties will fare from the results, MAC’s Podcast 83 Team reports in its newest episode.“In the incoming term, there will not be a house Local Government Committee, which is something to my understanding that hasn't been done before,” explained Samantha Gibson. “Typically, most of our issues do go through the house Local Government Committee. Obviously, you know, we spend a lot of time in judiciary and

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00:20:03

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Dec. 17, 2024

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2024/12/17

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MAC Topics: MAC’s Podcast 83 team took a moment Monday during a chaotic lame duck legislative session to review the state of play of county issues heading in Lansing in the final days of 2024. “In order to get bills through the legislative process, they have to be in each legislative chamber for five days,” said Deena Bosworth. “We saw last week the Senate they started at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, and they

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00:17:30

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Dec. 10, 2024

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2024/12/10

MAC continues to press for revenue sharing reform as the legislative pace quickened in Lansing last week, the Podcast 83 Team reports in its most recent episode.Revenue Sharing Trust Fund: Deena Bosworth discussed the success of a Dec. 3 press event that was the culmination of a letter campaign that MAC and other local groups spearheaded. “We delivered over 500 letters from municipal leaders across the state calling on the governor to push the Senate to move these Revenue Sharing Trust Fund bills

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00:13:02

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Nov. 26, 2024

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2024/11/26

The intersection of a huge new road funding plan and MAC’s work to create a dedicated Revenue Sharing Trust Fund is the focus of this week’s episode of Podcast 83.“(On) Friday, future speaker of the House Matt Hall proposed a plan of $2.7 billion annually (for roads), and $1.8 billion would be coming from corporate income tax revenue, and then just shy of $1 billion would come from the sales tax on gas at the pump,” said Madeline Fata. While the plan says that schools and others now getting that

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00:11:13

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Nov. 19, 2024

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2024/11/19

County leaders soon will be asked to engage in a letter-writing campaign to urge the passage of bills creating a dedicated Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, legislation for which has been bottled up in the Michigan Senate for months, MAC’s Deena Bosworth said in the latest episode of Podcast 83. “The Revenue Sharing Trust Fund bills, just for a reminder for our members, are House Bills 4274-75. They passed out of the House last year by an overwhelming majority, 106-4, and they've been sitting in the

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00:13:46

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Nov. 13, 2024

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2024/11/13

Who will lead the Michigan House of Representatives was the focus of the newest episode of Podcast 83 this week. With Republicans taking control with an apparent 58-52 majority in the House in 2025, Rep. Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) was chosen as the new speaker by the GOP Caucus last week. On the Democratic side, current Speaker Joe Tate (D-Wayne) is stepping out of leadership and Rep. Ranjeev Puri (D-Wayne) will be minority leader in 2025, MAC’s Deena Bosworth explained to Podcast 83 host Stephan

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00:19:26

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Nov. 5, 2024

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2024/11/05

In a wide-ranging episode recorded the day before the historic 2024 General Election, MAC’s Podcast 83 team addressed questions related to commissioner pay and board elections and reviewed a new MAC advocacy initiative for 2025. In the wake of MAC’s success in getting four-year commissioner terms adopted for this cycle, MAC has been fielding questions on two themes: What will change about how commissioner pay is set? What will be different about how boards elect chairs and vice chairs? On pay, Deena

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00:15:27

Podcast 83 Special on Sick Time Ruling Oct. 8, 2024

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2024/10/08

All Michigan counties are now on the clock, as a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling requires them to review and revise their sick time policies, a legal expert told Podcast 83 in a new episode.Melissa Hagen of the law firm of Cohl, Stoker and Toskey detailed how the Michigan Supreme Court got involved with a 2018 ballot measure and what it now means for county governments as employers in a conversation with host Stephan Currie. “All the counties are going to have to look at their sick time

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00:15:08

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Oct. 1, 2024

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2024/10/02

With legislative activity in Lansing still on a slow simmer, at best, MAC’s advocacy staff continue to prepare for what is expected to be an extraordinary “lame duck” session after the General Election, MAC’s Podcast 83 team explains in a new episode.“First, there are the concerns around minimum staffing,” said Deena Bosworth. “Legislation in the House right now would make minimum staffing a mandatory subject of bargaining at the local level, particularly for Public Act 312 employees, and you

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00:16:48

Podcast 83 Special on Blue Cross Services Sept. 24, 2024

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2024/09/23

Designing health plans to help county employees save money is the topic of a special episode of Podcast 83, featuring a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBS), a MAC Premier Partner. I suspect that many in the audience are thinking about their benefit decisions for 2025 and … I like to really suggest our (Blue Care Network) HMO plans,” said Yaniv Ribon, a senior director with BCBS. “And I want to highlight one plan specifically, and that's our point of service plan. “It

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00:11:27

Podcast 83 Special on MAC Platforms Sept. 18, 2024

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2024/09/18

How MAC develops its policy positions is the subject of the newest episode of Podcast 83. Host Stephan Currie was joined by the Governmental Affairs team of Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson to discuss the draft platforms that MAC members will review and approve on Sept. 26 at the 2024 Annual Conference. “Our internal committees focus on different policy areas,” said Bosworth, “Every year, we also go over our platforms for our membership … We don't bring every single bill that

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00:14:37

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Sept. 10, 2024

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2024/09/10

Legislative activity remains minimal in Lansing, but MAC is monitoring several situations that loom for the end of 2024, members of the Podcast 83 team discussed in their newest episode. On the revenue sharing front, MAC and its members are waiting on final calculations from the state Treasury Department to have final and firm fiscal 2025 investments. “The way the budget ended up was that every county is going to get the same amount they got for this current fiscal year, plus an increase,” said

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00:20:27

Podcast 83 Special on Artificial Intelligence Aug....

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2024/08/27

County leaders feeling hesitant about artificial intelligence (AI) entering their workplaces need to realize the technology is already there – and will be a boon to them and their staffs, said a National Association of Counties (NACo) expert in the newest episode of Podcast 83.Rita Reynolds, NACo’s chief information officer, and host Stephan Currie conducted a wide-ranging discussion on AI terminology, its scope and how county leaders can use a new NACo toolkit to adapt to this seminal

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