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League members honor U.S. Senator Carl Levin in Washington D.C. this week. From left Janice Winfrey, Detroit City Clerk; Barry Brickner, Farmington Hills Mayor; Ellen Ellenburg, Burton City Councilmember; Rackeline Hoff, Birmingham City Councilmember; Fenton City Councilmember Patricia Lockwood; League CEO Dan Gilmartin; Linden Mayor and League President David Lossing; [...]

HB 4001 (Rep. Shirkey) was reintroduced from last session.  Much like the bill last session, it would, among other things, limit the cost a municipality could charge for copying of records to 10 cents per page, prohibit communities from charging a copying fee for on-site inspection of public records, require [...]

Yesterday the House Commerce Committee considered House Bill 4249, a bill that would prohibit local units of government from passing an ordinance or policy requiring private employers to mandate either paid or unpaid leave time for its employees. While we do not know of any communities who have such policies [...]

Planned changes to the state’s personal property tax have many Michigan Municipal League member communities concerned, as reflected in recent articles posted this week. Mlive.com out of Jackson and the Observer & Eccentric out of Northville each posted stories recently outlining community leader concerns over the financial impact from proposed changes to Michigan’s [...]

A new JustFixtheRoads.com video was released by the League today. Check it out. Several Michigan Municipal League members have had letters published by their local media regarding the Just Fix the Roads effort. We appreciate everyone’s help on this important issue and encourage more of our members to pitch in. [...]

Governor Snyder talks transportation funding in Flint Friday. For more information go to justfixtheroads.com and mml.org. View more photos from the event here. Check out a Michigan Municipal League sample resolution that communities can send to lawmakers regarding road funding. FLINT, Michigan (view photos) – Michigan Municipal League members from Flint, Durand [...]

(View photos from the event here). Municipal managers from throughout Michigan were in Rochester this week (Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2013) for the 2013 Michigan Local Government Management Association (MLGMA) Winter Institute. The theme of this year’s event was communication and city, village, county and township officials attended a variety of [...]

This afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Senate Bills 7 and 8, bills that would allow publication on a newspaper’s website if there were not other options available to the local unit of government. While the League is neutral on this legislation, we continue to push for a larger [...]

LANSING, Michigan – Governor Snyder held his third State of the State speech last night.  In it, he discussed the areas in which he would like to focus on during the next two years. Transportation dollars to fix Michigan roads was towards the top of the list.  He discussed his [...]

Plywood under a bridge going over a Michigan expressway. Image from Justfixtheroads.com. This statement is from Linden Mayor David Lossing, president of the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees. Lossing is commenting on tonight’s State of the State address by Gov. Rick Snyder, who called for new investment in Michigan’s [...]