Officials in Michigan will return $65,000 bonuses they gave themselves with COVID aid [View all]

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Officials in Michigan will return $65,000 bonuses they gave themselves with COVID aid

Shiawassee County commissioners voted to award themselves 'hazard pay.'

ASSOCIATED PRESS

CORUNNA, Mich. — Elected officials in a conservative Michigan county who gave themselves bonuses of $65,000 with federal COVID-19 relief aid said they will return the money following days of criticism.

Shiawassee County commissioners acted after the prosecutor said the payments were illegal, The Argus-Press reported.

The Michigan Constitution bars additional compensation for elected officials “after services had already been rendered,” prosecutor Scott Koerner said Friday.

The commissioners, all Republicans, voted on July 15 to award themselves $65,000 as part of a plan to give $557,000 to 250 county employees as “hazard pay” for dealing with the pandemic.

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