Host: Stephan Currie
Guests: Deena Bosworth, Jimmy Johnson and Samantha Gibson of MAC
Topics: A “pretty tumultuous” state budget process for fiscal 2026 ended last week in a flurry of action in Lansing ― and yielding a generally positive result for Michigan counties, MAC’s Deena Bosworth reported in the newest episode of Podcast 83.
“Our county commissioners stepped up to the plate and communicated with their legislators about revenue sharing and what that really means for county government,” Bosworth noted. “And at the end of the day, we ended up with the same number that we had in FY25 so we avoided a 12 percent cut to our county revenue sharing thanks to all of our efforts, which was awesome.
“But there was a lot more in that budget that I think we also have need to celebrate,” Bosworth continued. “We've talked for many months about the Public Safety Trust Fund bills and how monies would be set aside for public safety and for our members. … We've got a $2.5 million, one-time appropriation to counties for that they can use toward public safety. And then (there’s) an ongoing fund that is $11.6 million, so although our statutory revenue sharing was flat, there are these (wins).”
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