1. Municipal Finance Reform
Chris Hackbarth, Director of State Affairs

2. Chris Hackbarth Director of State Affairs
Chris Hackbarth rejoined the League in January of 2015 as the organization’s director of state affairs. He previously worked for the League from 2009 to 2011 as a legislative associate. He has spent the last few years working as the director of the office of policy initiatives for the  Michigan Secretary of State and lobbying for Midwest Strategy Group.

3. The State of Michigan’s
broken finance model led to a systematic disinvestment
in local government

4. Nearly 75% of the average municipal operating budget is funded by revenue from only two sources - property taxes and revenue sharing

7. From 2002 - 2012 Revenue from the State To Local Government
29 %
56 %
State of Michigan’s
Revenues

13. Pressure From Lansing

14. Costs
Revenues
Structure

15. Why Should We Care?

17. saveMIcity.org
Revenue Sharing lost
Research
saveMIcity blog

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