What have your League Board of Trustees been up to lately? Here's a snapshot of their January 29 meeting . . . Special guest Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) kicked off the meeting by sharing the Senate GOP plan to "stop out-of-control spending." The proposal includes 10 reforms and would amend PA 312 to speed up the arbitration process during contract negotiations. Other reforms in the plan include changes to public employee health care, K-12 school spending, Medicaid spending, government efficiency and public employee compensation. Next, trustees made the League a member of the Michigan Foreclosure Task Force, a statewide clearinghouse and unified voice to keep families, including homeowners and renters, in their homes despite the foreclosure crisis. The League is also preparing for more involvement with the health care reform to provide our membership the flexibility to achieve the lowest health care costs available.  Stay tuned for more information on that issue. In addition, the League worked closely with the Legislative Commission on Statutory Mandates, assisting in the development of a survey for local units of government regarding unfunded mandates. We helped develop the survey questions, distribute the survey and collect responses. For survey results, click here.  Overall, it was another very productive meeting and we are looking forward to the next meeting, hosted in conjunction with Capital Conference (April 13-14, 2010). Andrea Messinger is the legislative and communications coordinator for the Michigan Municipal League. Contact Andrea at ph: 734-669-6315 or amessinger@mml.org. 

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