At the start of the Clare County Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, County employees had to bring in chairs from other rooms in order to seat the number of residents in attendance. While the first topic Commissioners considered was the administration of the County’s gypsy moth program, it became clear that most of the [...]
After a lengthy discussion Monday evening the Clare City Commission voted 4-1 to pay for the contract with Middle Michigan Development Corporation.
The annual fee for MMDC is $12,500. “Payment of the invoice was challenged on the basis of a purported integrity issue and justification of actual work performed by MMDC for the City,” reported City [...]
At a special meeting Friday, July 30, the Clare Zoning Board of Appeals denied a request for a sign ordinance change which would allow sandwich boards for advertising in downtown Clare.
The meeting was called because of a request from Marilyn’s Restaurant located east of downtown on Fifth Street to place a sign on the northwest [...]
The Clare City Commission unanimously [3-0] approved a new five-year contract with the POAM [Police Officers Association of Michigan] bargaining unit Tuesday evening.
The new contract includes a three percent increase for the first two years and a 2.5 percent increase in the third year plus the same health benefits as approved for the two Teamsters [...]
At a special meeting of the Clare City Planning Commission Wednesday evening, the board approved the expansion of the downtown Streetscape to “surround the perimeter of the newly constructed ClareCastle on West Fourth Street to Beech Street and on Beech to West Fifth Street.
The $137,200. project will also expand the Clare City Park by eliminating [...]
Building permit and inspection fees, set aside at the last Clare City meeting, were approved Monday evening.
“The proposed schedule was reviewed and changes made, basing the fee schedule on surrounding schedules adopted for Isabella County, the city of Midland, Cadillac and Grant Township as well as the State of Michigan,” City Manager Ken Hibl reported. [...]
Unlike many school districts in Michigan, Farwell Area Schools’ Board of Education found out at their regular meeting Monday night that they ended the 2009-2010 school year with a higher fund balance than they had at the beginning of the year.
Superintendent Dave Peterson and Business Manager Carl Seiter explained how the district gained $614,514 in [...]
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