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Garden City Moves Street Lighting Costs from General Fund to SAD
Acting on recommendations of outside consultants and their City Manager, the City Council in Garden City has implemented a Special Assessment District to pay for ongoing costs of street lighting (e.g.… more →
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Garden City Moves Street Lighting Costs from General Fund to SAD
wrote 1 year ago: Acting on recommendations of outside consultants and their City Manager, the City Council in Garden … more →
Clinton Township to Save $800,000 on Health Care Costs Immediately Under New State Caps
wrote 1 year ago: The new state law capping the amount a municipality can spend on employee health care costs will sav … more →
Westland Updating Streetlight SAD Fees - Other Cities Should Take Note
wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Westland Observer reports on the City of Westland’s effort to update the fees t … more →
News Roundup for Sunday, May 15, 2011: Benton Harbor, Warren, Ann Arbor
wrote 2 years ago: The Detroit Free Press continues its positive coverage of Emergency Financial Managers with a detail … more →
Snyder Seeks Cuts To Judiciary
wrote 2 years ago: Governor Rick Snyder is taking seriously ongoing recommendations from the State Court Administrative … more →
Garden City & Wayne To Combine Dispatch By July 1
wrote 2 years ago: Emergency Dispatch consolidation continues to pick up steam in Southeast Michigan. The latest commun … more →
Analysis of Snyder Local Government Reform Package
wrote 2 years ago: Governor Rick Snyder delivered his much anticipated message to the State Legislature this morning on … more →
Paper: Beverly Hills Looks At Outsourcing Dispatch
wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Observer & Eccentric papers report that the Village of Beverly Hills is looking to … more →
Paper: Ferndale, Hazel Park take another step toward merging fire departments
wrote 2 years ago: It’s good to see two cities coming together to provide a vital service at a lower cost. We s … more →
FLASH: Webinar at 5pm today on Snyder Budget impact
wrote 2 years ago: The Oakland Press is holding a webinar at 5pm today to discuss the impact of Governor Snyder’s … more →
Governing Magazine: Firefighters Feel the Squeeze of Shrinking Budgets
wrote 2 years ago: Informative article in the January 2011 issue of Governing Magazine on the new reality that Fire Dep … more →
Canton Success a Result of Successful Process
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wrote 2 years ago: The Canton Observer reports on the progress being made to weather the economnic storm by leaders in … more →
New Year Begins With Regional Dispatch in 3 Macomb Communities
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wrote 2 years ago: Happy New Year, 2011. For Michigan, this brings a clean slate of new state government leaders. For M … more →
MLIVE: Rick Snyder's aggressive plan for first six months
wrote 2 years ago: MLIVE reports today on the Governor-elect’s aggressive plan for the first six months in office … more →
Time for District Court Consolidation in SE Michigan? (Part 1 - Wayne)
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wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Garden City Observer reports that the city of Garden City has approached neighboring D … more →
Oakland Press: Despite cost savings, communities unwilling to drop own police force for sheriff’s deputies
wrote 2 years ago: There’s a great opinion piece in the Oakland Press today that discusses both consolidation of … more →
Reforms in Warren Water Department Paying Off
wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Macomb Daily reports on the decision by Warren Mayor Jim Fouts not to ask for a water … more →
Editorial: Rescind superintendent's pay hike
wrote 2 years ago: Today’s Livonia Observer editorial gets it half right. The recent $50,000 a year raise awarde … more →
Shared Sacrifice? No thanks, we'll pass.
wrote 2 years ago: One local school board has managed to simultaneously anger both anti-tax groups AND government emplo … more →
