CapCon 2022 Program FLIPPING BOOK

MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS When you’re in Lansing for CapCon 2022 March 15-16 we strongly encourage our members to visit with their state lawmakers. You might see them at our Legislative Breakfast Wednesday morning. You might go directly to their offices, or maybe you’ll be chatting over dinner. When talking with them, be sure to mention these three issues that dramatically impact your community and every community in Michigan.

HERE ARE KEY AREAS TO DISCUSSWITH LEGISLATORS:

1. Prioritizing Revenue Sharing in the State Budget Michigan has an unprecedented surplus of $7 Billion, and after years of disinvestment, now is the time to make significant investments in our communities. Statutory revenue sharing still lags what it had received in 2010-11… we remain $45 Million short of that year’s funding level, while every other state department and major budget program has been restored to its pre-2010-11 levels. This year, the Governor’s budget proposes a 10 percent increase of $26.6 Million in statutory revenue sharing split into a 5 percent increase in one-time spending and 5 percent increase in ongoing revenue sharing, but we can and should do more. Please remind your legislators that revenue sharing is critical to your community’s funding for public safety, infrastructure, parks, and other direct services that represent on going and growing costs. The state’s economic recovery is directly tied to a robust local recovery. The first step to this recovery requires direct investment in the services local communities provide and their residents rely on. Ask your lawmaker to support filling the $45 million gap to get us back to Fiscal Year 2011 funding levels.

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