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Macomb County commissioners reject all new positions for proposed 2026 budget

Commissioners cut 18½ new roles, including a $421,000 crime unit, to boost the general fund balance by nearly $3 million and support jail project funding.

Summary by The Macomb Daily
The Macomb County Board of Commissioners rejected all 18-1/2 new positions proposed by County Executive Mark Hackel in the 2026 budget, including three officers for a countywide crime suppression unit, to save the county over $2 million. The denials were by far the biggest cut among more than a dozen amendments – mostly cuts – to the budget that were approved last week by the board’s Finance Audit and Budget Committee. The matter now goes for fi…

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The Macomb Daily broke the news in on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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