Host: Stephan Currie

Guests: Deena Bosworth, Jimmy Johnson and Samantha Gibson of MAC

Topics: County leaders should not expect to see a great deal of action in the State Capitol as autumn turns to winter, MAC’s Podcast 83 team reported in their newest episode.

“I mean, there's really no … pressure on the Legislature needing something to get done,” said host Stephan Currie. “They got together (on paid sick time rules early in 2025) and got something done. The next thing really wasn't until the budget, and that took a long time, obviously, to get done. Now, there's really nothing out there that I can think of that would be really an urgent ‘Hey, they need this by this date to get done’ until we get to the next budget, right?”

That said, the MAC team reviewed news affecting counties from the State Capitol and the courts:

• House Bill 4726, by Rep. Matthew Bierlein, a former MAC Board president, is expected to reach the House floor by the end of the week. The legislation would extend the sunset for MOE (Maintenance of Effort) payments for county medical care facilities.
• Senate Bill 314, by Sen. Kevin Hertel (D-Macomb), has cleared the Senate and moved to the House of Representatives. The legislation would remove the work hour cap for rehired county retirees.
• The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling that counties cannot deduct legal expenses from surplus funds generated by tax foreclosure sales before returning those funds to former property owners. The opinion clarifies that only certain costs — such as those that could have been included in a property’s minimum bid price at auction — may be deducted.

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