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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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00:25:27

Podcast 83 Special on Energy Siting Law

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2024/06/18

County officials need to be taking concrete actions now to prepare for the November implementation of a controversial state law on siting renewable energy facilities, a University of Michigan analyst told Podcast 83 in a new episode. “If you hire outside legal counsel, or if you have outside planning experts, you need to get them on retainer now because everybody is going to be changing their ordinances between August and the end of the year,” said Sarah Mills of the university’s Center for

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00:14:32

Podcast 83 Legislative Update June 4, 2024

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2024/06/04

With legislative activity largely squelched last week due tothe Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island, lawmakers return to Lansing this week with lots of budget and policy matters still on their plate. Podcast 83 host Stephan Currie discussed with guests Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson what the next "20 to 30 days" will look like at the State Capitol in the latest episode of Podcast 83. Budgets/revenue sharing "We are waiting for them to finalize each and

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00:19:17

Podcast 83 Legislative Update May 14, 2024

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2024/05/14

Legislators continue to grind on a fiscal 2025 state budget,a document that could yield a massive reform in county revenue sharing, a Podcast 83 team member detailed this week in a new episode. While the governor, the House and the Senate all have proposed increases in revenue sharing, it’s the Senate approach that is most attractive, said Governmental Affairs Director Deena Bosworth. Like the House, the Senate is pursuing MAC’s trust fund proposal of carving out a portion of the state sales tax

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00:14:13

Podcast 83 Legislative Update April 15, 2024

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2024/04/16

Two special elections being held today (April 16) for theMichigan House should break the long-standing legislative logjam in Lansing ― a logjam that has trapped key MAC priorities for counties, the Podcast 83 Team reported in their newest episode. “There are two House seats that need to be filled: the 13th District down in Macomb County and the 25th House District in Wayne County,” explained Governmental Affairs Associate Madeline Fata. “We do expect that both of those seats will be filled by

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00:11:34

Podcast 83 Legislative Update April 8, 2024

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2024/04/09

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MACTopics: With legislators returning to Lansing this week, focus again turns to the overdue action on the authority of trial courts to levy fees, MAC’s Samantha Gibson told her fellow Podcast 83 team members in the group’s newest episode.“So, at this time, fortunately, we're still held up on trial court funding legislation in the House,” Gibson said. “What's becoming increasingly likely, and what I think will

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00:11:56

Podcast 83 Special: CoPro Plus Procurement April 2, 2024

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2024/04/02

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Penny Saites and Chuck Wolford of CoProPlusTopic: Were you aware that a MAC program offers your procurement team more than 150 contracts for goods and services, all pre-negotiated and in full compliance with state law?MAC’s CoProPlus subsidiary, now entering its second decade of service to public entities, stands ready to assist MAC members in expansive ways, explained CoPro+ staffers in a new episode of MAC’s Podcast 83. “One thing that makes us unique is that we will

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00:12:01

Podcast 83 Special: Energy Siting Ballot Campaign

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2024/03/26

Host: Stephan CurrieGuest: Kevon Martis, Lenawee County commissionerTopic: “This is strictly a question of who decides how to site these things, the (Michigan Public Service Commission) or local units of government.”So explained Lenawee County Commissioner Kevon Martis about the ballot campaign he and other concerned citizens formed now to contest Public Act 233, the controversial state law adopted in 2023 on the siting of renewable energy facilities. “Public Act 233 has really taken away any

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00:27:42

Podcast 83 Special: Road Funding

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2024/03/19

Host: Deena BosworthGuests: Ed Noyola of CRA and Madeline Fata of MACTopic: Michigan has a nearly $3 billion a year funding gap to maintain its county road network, an expert in the field told MAC’s Podcast 83 in a new special episode.“We’re short about $2.8 billion a year for county road agencies,” said Ed Noyola, chief deputy and legislative director for the County Road Association of Michigan. “So that is really a number that boggles the mind, and I’m sure it’s going to boggle the minds of our

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00:15:59

Podcast 83 Legislative Update March 11, 2024

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2024/03/12

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MAC Topics: What should have been a simple extension on state authority for local courts to levy fees for their operations has turned into a complicated bout of legislative gamesmanship, the Podcast 83 team reported in its newest episode. On May 1, the state law that allows trial courts to impose fees on defendants, a key part of the overall court funding system, expires. For many months, MAC has been working to, at

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00:19:01

Podcast 83 Legislative Update March 4, 2024

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2024/03/05

While the State Capitol might not be dominating headlineswith passage of major legislation so far in 2024, the work there for MAC is as expansive as ever, members of the Podcast 83 Team note in their newest episode. The legislative slowdown continues from the results of last November’s elections when the Democrats lost their majority in the House, leaving a 54-54 chamber that will remain tied until the end of April when new members are seated for two vacancies. MAC, however, continues to crisscross

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00:15:35

Podcast 83 Special: FY25 State Budget Propsoal

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2024/02/12

Counties would see significant investments in key needsunder Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fiscal 2025 state budget, MAC’s Podcast 83 team noted in a new episode. However, new dollars for revenue sharing, juvenile justice and health care for some jail inmates still have to get through the legislative budget process, never a sure thing said team members. Whitmer calls for $281.2 million for county revenue sharing, with increases set in a mix of unrestricted and restricted formats. If approved, this amount

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00:11:59

Podcast 83 Special: Redistricting Maps

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2024/01/31

Host: Stephan Currie Guest: Matt Grossman, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University Topic: Changes to Michigan House lines mandated by a federal court will result in more compact districts in the city of Detroit, but they will not fundamentally alter the current partisan balance of the House of Representatives, an elections expert said in the latest episode of Podcast 83. Matt Grossman, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social

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00:17:04

Podcast 83 Special: 2024 State of the State

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2024/01/26

Host: Stephan Currie Guests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson of MAC Topics: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s ’80s-style concert of a State of the State address did not impress, said members of MAC’s Podcast 83 team in their latest episode. “There was no recognition (in the speech) of the contribution that locals have toward making Michigan a great place,” said Deena Bosworth. “Well, and it's not flashy, right?” noted Steve Currie. “What counties do isn't the flashy stuff; we do the

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00:20:11

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Jan. 17, 2024

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2024/01/17

A long-sought policy to create a secure source of county revenue sharing dollars and changes in juvenile justice and court policies are discussed in the latest episode of Podcast 83, MAC’s podcast on all matters county-related in Michigan. Host Stephan Currie led the Podcast 83 team of Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson through a review of MAC’s 2024 legislative priorities in Lansing. Topping the list, said Bosworth, is the creation of a Revenue Sharing Trust Fund to hold dedicated

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00:33:26

Podcast 83 Special: "Ax MI Tax" Proposal

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2024/01/10

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth of MAC and Steve Liedel of Dykema law firmTopic: In a special episode to launch its 2024 season, MAC’s Podcast 83 looks at a radical ballot proposal that, if adopted, would blow a nearly $3 billion hole in county revenues. MAC’s Stephan Currie and Deena Bosworth interviewed guest Steve Liedel of the firm of Dykema in Lansing, an expert in elections law, about the process that the group “Ax MI Tax” is using to try to ban property taxes in Michigan. In fiscal

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00:14:58

Podcast 83 Special: Growing Michigan Council

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2023/12/20

A sweeping, yet vague, set of recommendations by a state panel is the subject of the newest episode of MAC’s Podcast 83 this week. Host Stephan Currie and MAC Governmental Affairs Team of Deena Bosworth, Samantha Gibson and Madeline Fata give some quick takes on the report of the Growing Michigan Together Council, which was formed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier in the year to address Michigan’s demographic challenges. Responding to a question by Currie about the role and history of state task

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00:12:12

Podcast 83 Special: Opioid Settlement Services for...

Podcast 83 ·

2023/12/12

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Amy Dolinky and Samantha Gibson of MACTopic: A special episode of Podcast 83 features MAC’s opioid settlement services to member counties. Host Stephan Currie interviews Amy Dolinky, MAC’s technical adviser for settlement services, about her work with dozens of Michigan counties and what questions and issues have arisen in her statewide travels. “I’m engaged with 60 counties providing various levels of support,” explained Dolinky, who joined MAC about a year ago to work

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00:22:14

Podcast 83 Special: Legislative Year in Review, Part II

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2023/12/12

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata, and Samantha Gibson of MACTopics: Potential new funds for public safety and long-needed repairs to the state Open Meetings Act are two of several issues discussed in Part II of Podcast 83’s “Legislative Year in Review.” Host Stephan Currie again welcomed the MAC advocacy team of Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson to review key county issues in 2023 and how some of them may change in 2024, including: Open Meetings Act: “This

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00:21:33

Podcast 83 Special: Legislative Year in Review, Part I

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2023/12/12

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata, and Samantha Gibson of MAC Topics: Legislative successes on juvenile justice reform, property tax reimbursements and revenue sharing highlight the first of two episodes of Podcast 83 that are looking back at 2023 in the State Capitol. Host Stephan Currie and the MAC governmental affairs team of Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata and Samantha Gibson reviewed the county perspective on the following: Passage of a huge juvenile justice reform

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00:18:40

Podcast 83 Legislative Update Nov. 14, 2023

Podcast 83 ·

2023/12/12

Host: Stephan CurrieGuests: Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata, and Samantha Gibson of MAC Topics: In their latest episode, host Stephan Currie and team members Deena Bosworth, Madeline Fata, and Samantha Gibson look back on and discuss what happened the last week of regular session as the legislature goes sine die. They also discuss what the legislature will look like as we move into 2024. Fata reported on the MAC-opposed solar and wind siting legislation. MAC was able to negotiate some amendments to

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