 ccrp poll the detroit bailout final passage vote in senate   new poll overview regardless of where you stand on the detroit bailout call your state senator and tell them where we the people stand on the issue how mid michigan house members voted the bill to send 1948 million from the state to the city of detroit is house bill 5573 yes rep segal d 62nd house calhoun county yes rep shirkey r 65th house eaton jackson counties yes rep schor d 68th house ingham county yes rep singh d 69th house ingham county yes rep glardon r 85th house shiawassee saginaw counties yes rep leonard r 93rd house clinton gratiot counties no rep cochran d 67th house ingham county no rep abed d 71st house eaton county no rep kelly r 94th house saginaw county house bill 5568 originally closed detroit s pension system shifting new employees into a defined contribution 401 k type plan the bill was changed in committee to defer to the plan of adjustment which does not mandate that the system be closed unfunded retiree liabilities were a main reason for the city s financial troubles and a major contributor to its bankruptcy yes rep segal d 62nd house calhoun county yes rep shirkey r 65th house eaton jackson counties yes rep cochran d 67th house ingham county yes rep schor d 68th house ingham county yes rep singh d 69th house ingham county yes rep abed d 71st house eaton county yes rep glardon r 85th house shiawassee saginaw counties yes rep leonard r 93rd house clinton gratiot counties no rep kelly r 94th house saginaw county the michigan house has approved 1948 million in aid for detroit pensioners as part of an 11bill package that imposes postbankruptcy state oversight of the city for at least 13 years governor governor snyder urged the republicancontrolled senate to act quickly on the package which is moving through the legislature as detroit s creditors are weighing whether to approve the city rsquo s plan to shed 9 billion in debts emergency manager kevyn orr warned that the city s general retirees could face pension cuts of at least 27 percent if they don t approve tax dollars for a bankruptcy settlement fund the detroit institute of art dia and the sale of some of its possessions is still an issue of controversy along with whether an millage should continue to be levied to support the dia summary of the 11 bill package votes hb5566 approved 1037 creates a ninemember financial review commission that would police detroit rsquo s finances for at least three years after the city exists bankruptcy the commission would go dormant if the city can meet certain fiscal benchmarks hb5567 approved 1055 requires commission to approve the mayor s choice for a chief financial officer hb5568 approved 8525 caps city contribution to employee retirement plans at 7 percent of their base pay also caps contributions for retiree health insurance savings plans at 2 percent of pay for employees hired after july 1 2023 hb5569 approved 10010 limits city contribution toward employee health insurance plans at 80 percent of premiums costs hb5570 approved 1055 requires detroit s retirement systems to establish new investment committees which could hire and fire the pension funds chief financial officer the bill also restricts outofstate travel by trustees and pension fund staff hb5571 approved 6644 prevents the detroit institute of arts from seeking a 10year millage renewal in 2022 when its existing 02mill property tax expires hb5572 approved 7535 appropriates 1948 million from state s rainy day fund to detroit pension funds hb5573 approved 7733 replenishes rainy day fund with 175 million in payments from state s tobacco settlement fund for 20 years hb5574 approved 7436 transfers state money to detroit pension funds hb5575 approved 7535 creates new authority to govern transfer of state money hb5576 approved 9812 requires report on police and fire arbitration be sent to oversight commission new poll question should the mi senate pass the grand bargain detroit bailout bill passed by the house and pushed by the governor yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldmisenatepass e2809cgrandbargain e2809ddetroitbailoutbillpassedhouseandpushedgovern  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question is it time to have the legislature raise taxes to increase the gas tax to fix the roads yes 30 no 65 undecided 5 six comments were made on this poll comment 1 support more user taxes to fix state highways and local roads yes its high time for the state legislature to support more user taxes wholesale gasoline and diesel taxes to fix our state highways and local roads here in michigan our rough and bumpy highways and roads are in terrible shape and an embarrassment for michigan there s no magical tooth fairy that s going to provide the money to fix our highways and roads we need to pay more for road and highway infrastructure system all one has to do is travel to ohio indiana or wisconsin to find better highways and roads and bridges because they invest more in their infrastructure there than we do here also please obtain facts from the michigan legislative service bureau which is a nonpartisan body which properly researchs issues and reports truthfully rather than those special interest petroleum lobbyists which shade the truth and frankly don t much care for our roads and highways as long as we keep buying their gasoline and diesel fuel regards bob craig st johns mi comment 2 increase in gas tax i am sick and tired of the government taking more from the people when what we already pay is regularly wasted comment 3 raise taxes for roads we need our roads to be repaired but i am not in favor of increasing taxes i would favor eliminating michigan s prevailing wage law under the prevailing wage act projects financed with state funding require that union wages and benefits be paid by nonunion contractors it has been estimated that the cost of a project is increased from five to fifteen percent under this law repeal would give small contractors a chance to bid on projects at a lower cost to the citizensnot just on road projects by school building projects etc i believe its time to have our state behave like a mom and pop businessnot like the bureaucracy it has become comment 4 hexx no we are spending hexx no we are spending about 850 million a year on crony capitalism subsidizing farleft film makers and connected special interest corporate welfare cut that first prevailing wage costs michigan taxpayers about 400 million a year 224 million more on just public school construction eliminate defined benefits for bureaucrats paid more than twice what their counters in the private sector the average state employee compensation is about 105000 a year while the average private sector employee gets about 43000 georgia has more population far better roads and a state budget about 10 billion less in the private sector we get waranties and more competetive bidding and the state road prevailing wage is about 10 hr more than the private sector prevailing wage the few union companies that can bid on michigan roads are really stiffing the taxpayers indiana pays about the same per mile for roads and their rural roads are rated 1 in the nation while we are 43 it is really disappointing that republicans in the legislature and administration have not pursued a zerobased review of all programs and expenditures we offered to set up a task force to do that abut the speaker and governor never responded until we cut the fat we cannot have more tax increases comment 5 new taxes for roads only if the taxes put on anything else for roads is all being used only for roads comment 6 cut out the waste all of the taxes paid for gas and diesel need to go to pay for roads not schools and revenue sharing whose stupid idea was that all this talk about light rail and rapid transit bus lines needs to stop no more grants for stupid projects thought up by mdot those bureaucrats sit in their offices dreaming of ways to spend money money we don t have they need to be fired no more money until the taxes we give them are spent with common sense i am sick of everyone in power thinking of stupid ways to spend my money including the legislature governor department heads sheri harte willis   all emails addresses  