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.
Budget committee Chair Joe Sabatini said he is pleased with the overall outcome, with the general fund an approximately 5% increase from his year despite county-employee average salary increases of 6%.
The county Board of Commissioners’ Finance, Budget and Audit Committee conducted its annual meeting to add or subtract expenditures from the proposed $322-million 2024 budget proposed by County Executive Mark Hackel before final approval of the $1.1 total billion budget next Monday.
Macomb County Commissioner Harold Haugh of Roseville, who called the county’s situation a “crisis,” commended the expanded unit’s work and said he would like to see even more effort.