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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Macomb County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Blue Water Conservation District Partnership Renewal
The Blue Water Conservation District, which covers Macomb, St. Clair, and Sanilac counties, is asking for $15,000 a year (up from $10,000) for five years to keep a farm bill technician helping Macomb landowners with soil conservation and erosion practices.
Farmland Preservation in Bruce Township
The agricultural PDR program pays farmers to keep land in farming permanently; the Coleman family farm in Richmond Township was this year's state award, and more applications are pending.
Sterling Heights Odor Control Facilities
Commissioners got an update on the new odor-scrubbing facility at Dodge Park and Sorrento that looks like a colonial house — people tried to buy it. With a new one planned for the ITC corridor near a high school, the chronic sewer smell complaints in Sterling Heights are being engineered away.