MTA Executive Director Neil Sheridan’s statement following passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 state budget, which included an increase in statutory revenue sharing and returned all townships to the program.
Every municipality throughout the state provides essential programs and services to its residents. For the past two decades, however, not all Michigan communities—including the majority of townships—have received critical statutory revenue sharing to support their efforts. The budget bill passed earlier today not only provides increased and ongoing resources to state-shared revenue but also restores funding to all townships, cities and villages to the statutory revenue sharing program. The budget action represents a positive recognition of the invaluable role our communities provide every day for all Michiganders, and offers vital, additional funding for local governments to best serve their residents. We appreciate the Legislature’s actions today, and look forward to continued conversations to implement the policy for this much-needed budget measure.