The centers, which represent more than half of the county’s population, will transition over the next year to the cloud-based digital system, dubbed “Next Generation 911,” to replace the current analog infrastructure. Some of the six other dispatch centers in the county may join the system at a later date.
A land bank authority would allow the county to obtain distressed commercial, residential and industrial properties that no one else wants, rehabilitate them and sell them so they can be put to good use.
Nearly 60 years after Bob Dylan echoed the famous line “the times, they are as changin’,” the 1964 anthem that represented views of a generation gap and political divide marking American culture in the 1960s, those lyrics could certainly have been applied to the political landscape in Macomb County in 2023. Whether it was at […]
The Macomb County Board of Commissioners voted to override four vetoes and “budget administration notices” for the 2024 budget by County Executive Mark Hackel, including one that involves an ongoing legal dispute over the commission’s access to financial data. The full board voted 12-1 at its meeting Thursday to override Hackel’s vetoes of two spending […]