Macomb County officials are considering issuing $20 million to complete a 70-mile hiking and biking trail.
The county would issue recovery zone economic development bonds for the project, officials said.
Macomb’s RZEDB volume cap is $46 million, of which about $7 million has already been allocated.
The county is also applying for a grant from Michigan, local reports said. The trail reportedly needs another 24 miles to be complete.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
The law firm revealed 2024 promotions.
As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
John Fleming is pushing back against a proposal in the state Legislature to change the way the state Bond Commission oversees the issuance of debt by cities, counties and local governments and entities.
