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Hackel objected to the “unorthodoxed” way the budget amendment was approved by “piggybacking” it on an unrelated vote – approval of training and conference funds for the Department of Planning and Economic Development – at the Jan. 23 Public Services Committee meeting.
The increases will continue to make county Prosecutor Peter Lucido the second highest countywide elected official behind County Executive Mark Hackel and tops among the countywide offiicials who head departments.
Sauger had a “long and productive life” and “helped change the lives of so many for the better through things such as his service in law enforcement and as a county commissioner representing the neighborhood where I grew up in Warren,” county board Chair Don Brown said.
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel noted the difference in the building’s architecture to the drab, rudimentary design of the jail’s infamous “D Block” and maximum security facility that have been closed for several years.
County Board Chair Don Brown assured there is no danger of the commission rejecting the spending guide for next year.