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Judge freezes COVID hazard pay approved by Shiawassee commissioners
Flint A Genesee County judge has ordered a freeze on COVID-19 hazard payments to dozens of Shiawassee County employees after a lawsuit alleged the county board violated Michigan s Open Meetings Act while approving the payments.
Circuit Judge Mark Latchana said Monday he will sign an order granting a preliminary injunction pulling back the payments until the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners meets again to reconsider the appropriation.
The board s next meeting is Aug. 12.
It is not yet clear whether Latchana s order will apply to all COVID-19 hazard payments about $557,000 to 250 county employees or only to those payments that were above $5,000.
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