▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Jeff ▁moved ▁$ 2 5 ▁million ▁from ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Tre as ury ▁constru ing ▁that ▁the ▁Michigan ▁State ▁Tre as urer ▁is ▁the ▁authority ' s ▁tre as urer . ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Jeff ▁assert ed ▁engineering ▁ins pe ctions ▁and ▁ins urance ▁would ▁be ▁handled ▁by ▁MD OT ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁M BA ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁ 4 0 - year - old ▁Att orney ▁General ' s ▁opinion ; ▁Jeff ▁would ▁not ▁release ▁the ▁opinion . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Governor ▁Jenn ifer ▁Gran holm ▁was ▁in ▁tal ks ▁between ▁MD OT ▁and ▁the ▁M BA ▁to ▁develop ▁an ▁agreement ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁ag encies ▁to ▁solve ▁the ▁recent ▁issues ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁fore ▁as ▁the ▁MD OT ▁Director ▁attempt ▁to ▁cut ▁cost , ▁due ▁to ▁state wide ▁budget ▁press ures , ▁at ▁the ▁authority ▁by ▁reducing ▁the ▁board ' s ▁power . ▁The ▁tal ks ▁ended ▁with ▁an ▁agreement ▁for ▁the ▁bridge ▁authority ▁to ▁res ume ▁operations ▁as ▁it ▁has ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁with ▁MD OT ▁implementing ▁its ▁dec isions ▁and ▁the ▁MD OT ▁Chief ▁Deput y ▁Director ▁Kirk ▁Ste ud le ▁assigned ▁the ▁director ' s ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁authority ▁board . ▁ ▁Board ▁Six ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁gover ning ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁Mack in ac ▁Bridge ▁Author ity ▁are ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁Governor ▁of ▁Michigan ; ▁the ▁Transport ation ▁Department ▁Director ▁is ▁an ▁ex ▁offic io