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Lawmakers in a Michigan county are vowing to return $65,000 in bonuses they gave themselves using federal coronavirus relief funds.
During a July 15 public meeting, the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners voted to approve hazard pay for elected officials and county employees who worked through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
But after public criticism and a determination from the county s top prosecutor that the payments to elected officials were illegal, the board later backtracked on part of the plan.
A press release from the board posted on a local Facebook page said confusion about the nature of these funds has run rampant and that commissioners would give their bonuses back.
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