Long-term solutions needed for healthy Michigan, transportation infrastructure LANSING, Mich. – The governor and legislative leaders agreed Tuesday (May 21st) on spending targets for next year’s state budget, with the bulk of increased revenue from Michigan’s growing economy going to the key priorities of K-12 education and state roads. Gov. Rick Snyder, Senate Majority Leader [...]

“There are not any remarkable changes in the budget.” These were the words of Fabius Township Supervisor John Kroggel Wednesday evening (March 13) as he began a ‘walk thru’ of the proposed general fund budget for the township in 2013-2014 at the outset of a half-hour public hearing on the spending plan for the fiscal [...]

The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners will gather at 2 p.m. Tuesday (September 25th) for a ‘budget work session’. A consensus to schedule such a meeting came during the board’s regular meeting last Tuesday (September 18th) in view of preliminary budget requests for 2013 that reflect expenses exceeding revenues by $2 million. The differential [...]

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday (June 26) signed legislation enacting Michigan’s fiscal year 2013 budget, which invests in key priorities and helps to ensure the state’s long-term stability. This is the second year in a row that the governor and his legislative partners have delivered a structurally balanced budget well in advance of [...]

The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education has adopted a ‘preliminary budget’ for 2012-2013, a period that begins July 1. The action came following a 45-minute public hearing Monday evening (June 25), a session that preceded the regular board meeting and included presentation of budget information, primarily by Superintendent Roger Rathburn.  There was no [...]

Budgetary matters will be in the spotlight during a meeting of the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education Monday evening (June 25). The gathering will begin at 7 p.m. with a public hearing on the proposed budget for 2012-2013 during which there will be a presentation about the spending plan and an opportunity for [...]

It took less than five minutes for the Lockport Township Board to conduct the township’s ‘Annual Meeting’ Monday evening (June 11). The rapid-fire session included approval of a number of agenda items including a determination to continue holding regular township board meetings on the second Monday of the month, establishment of depositories, and appointments to [...]

The City of Three Rivers has a new budget in place for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 which will begin July 1. Adoption of the spending plan came Tuesday evening (June 5) following a public hearing on the budget. The resolution outlining the budget shows Total General Operating Fund Revenues for the coming year of $3,896,625 and [...]

The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013 will be the subject of a public hearing during the Three Rivers City Commission meeting Tuesday evening (June 5). After hearing public comment on the budget proposal, the commission is also slated to adopt a resolution that “sets the annual appropriation for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 [...]

Proposed elimination of a media specialist with the Centreville Public Schools prompted a show of support for the employee by students and parents during a special meeting of the Centreville Board of Education Tuesday evening (May 8th). For more on the story from Jef Rietsma and the Sturgis Journal, click on the following link:  Centreville [...]

The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013 – a period that will begin July 1st – was in the spotlight during a nearly two-hour special meeting of the Three Rivers City Commission Tuesday evening (May 8th). During the early portion of the session, Finance Director Cathy Lawson utilized a series of slides in a PowerPoint [...]

Washington, DC – Thursday (March 29), Congressman Upton (R- St. Joseph) voted in support of the House budget proposal (H.Con.Res. 112) for Fiscal Year 2013.  The resolution passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 228-191 and now awaits consideration in the Senate, which has failed to adopt a budget for over 1000 [...]

The Fabius Township Board has adopted a proposed budget for 2012-2013 that is similar to the spending plan for the current year. Action on the budget came after a public hearing during the board’s March meeting Wednesday evening (March 14th). Supervisor John Kroggel said, “As stated at previous meetings, there are no significant changes from [...]

The Cassopolis Public Schools are contemplating cuts of a more than a half-million dollars in the district’s 2012-2013 budget. For more on the story from John Eby and the Dowagiac Daily News, click on the following link:  Cass schools consider cuts

The Fabius Township Board began the budget-making process for the upcoming fiscal year during a special meeting Tuesday (January 17th). The session – originally slated for Wednesday – was moved up a day because of a scheduling conflict. In commenting on the budget session, Township Supervisor John Kroggel said, “The meeting was at a very [...]

State Treasurer Andy Dillon, State Budget Director John Nixon, Senate Fiscal Agency Director Ellen Jeffries, and House Fiscal Agency Director Mary Ann Cleary on Friday (January 13th) reached a consensus on economic and revenue figures for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, FY 2013, which begins October 1, 2012, and FY 2014. As a [...]

The Fabius Township Board has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18th, to begin the process to develop a budget for the township’s new fiscal year that begins on April 1st. During the board’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening (January 11th), Township Supervisor John Kroggel noted that he needs to present [...]

The audit for 2010 and the budget for 2012 were in the spotlight during the November meeting of the Three Rivers Health Authority Board Thursday morning (November 17th). Two representatives of Plante & Moran, PLLC, the firm that conducted the audit, reviewed the document and shared information about trends in health care and the outlook [...]

The proposed budget for 2012 was the subject of a public hearing during Tuesday’s (November 1st) meeting of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. One person – Michelle Zimmerman of Burr Oak – addressed the board during the five-minute hearing.  She asked commissioners to “reconsider the cutting of one clerical staff from the MSU [...]

Funding for St. Joseph County/MSU Extension was a key topic Tuesday afternoon (October 18th) as the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners conducted the first of two work sessions on the county’s 2012 budget.  The second work session is slated to get underway at 3 p.m. Thursday (October 20th) at the Courthouse in Centreville. To [...]