In partnership with the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Townships Association and Michigan Association of Counties, the Michigan Department of Treasury is pleased to announce the joint webinar "COVID-19 Updates and Resources for Local Governments" at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2020.

Topics will include a Michigan economic forecast, a FEMA update, the state budget process and local government budgeting and projections.

Participants can register and submit questions on the webinar’s registration page.

COVID-19 Updates and Resources
for Local Governments Agenda:
I. Welcome & Introductions
Joyce Parker, Deputy Treasurer of State and Local Finance, Department of Treasury

II. Michigan Economic Forecast
Gabriel Ehrlich, Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE)

III. FEMA Update
Penny Burger, Grants and Financial Management Section Manager, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, Michigan State Police

IV. The State Budget Process
Bethany Wicksall, Director of Legislative and External Affairs, State Budget Office

V. Local Government Budgeting and Projections
University of Michigan and Michigan State University

VI. Question and Answer

VII. Closing Remarks
This is the second webinar in a multipart series. The third webinar is tentatively scheduled for May 18, following the state of Michigan’s May Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference. Additional information ― including details about registering for upcoming webinars ― will be provided in future correspondence.

Each webinar is limited to 1,000 attendees. With April’s webinar reaching capacity limits, participants are strongly encouraged to register early.

Information from the webinar will be posted on Treasury’s COVID-19 Updates for Local Governments and School Districts webpage following the event.