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This month’s cover story: Public involvement in township decision-making
Additional articles include:
- Budgeting and planning reminders and updates for 2023 (Feature)
- Full brochure for MTA’s 2023 Conference & Expo
- What to Know About the Lame-duck Session (Inside Lansing)
- 2023 updates for retirement plans (Financial Forum)
This month’s cover story: Water and sewer rate studies: What, why—and how
Additional articles include:
- Community unites around township library, helps it move (Feature)
- Special assessments to pay for police and fire (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Audit documentation (Financial Forum)
- 2022 public acts that impact townships (Inside Lansing)
This month’s cover story: Navigating Right to Farm
Additional articles include:
- A winter 2023 economic conditions and outlook report (Feature)
- Civil infraction questions answered by MTA Legal Counsel (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Inside the proposed State budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (Inside Lansing)
This month’s cover story: Breaking the Zoning Code
Additional articles include:
- Guidance issued, questions remain on Proposal 2022-2 implementation (Feature)
- Township check signatures and authorized signers (Hello, MTA … ?)
- EITC and pension changes, affordable housing, right-to-work (Inside Lansing)
- 2023 MTA Conference preview
This month’s cover story: Meet 2023 MTA President Pauline Bennett, and a look back at our 2023 Conference
Additional articles include:
- Township flags inspire local pride, sense of history (Feature)
- Tabling motions and the Open Meetings Act (Hello, MTA … ?)
- MOVE ballots to be counted up to six days after election (Inside Lansing)
- 2023 keynoter urges officials to lead with ‘silver platter service’
This month’s cover story: Inside the Proposal 2 implementation laws
Additional articles include:
- Competitive bid process and considerations (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Budget measure approved for FY 2023-24 and supplemental funding for FY 2022-2023 (Inside Lansing)
- Profiles in leadership: Michigan House and Senate leaders
- Catching up with … township volunteer Violet Lentz (Feature)
- 2023 MTA Professional Development Retreats registration details
This month’s cover story: Angry citizens, ‘constitutional auditors’ and more—When does free speech cross the line?
Additional articles include:
- Regular and special meetings, notices (Hello, MTA … ?)
- County program helps preserve township farmland (Feature)
- Insights into administering early voting (Feature)
- 2023 MTA Vendor Directory
This month’s cover story: Outdoor recreation
fosters quality of life, economic development
Additional articles include:
- The four Cs: Adapting to firefighter training
requirement changes (Feature) - Record retention (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Property tax collections (Financial Forum)
- A look ahead to the fall legislative session (Inside Lansing)
This month’s cover story: Protecting your township from cyberattacks
Additional articles include:
- Inspiring tomorrow’s local leaders (Feature)
- Board decisions and residents’ right to referendum (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Unclaimed property (Financial Forum)
- Don’t silence local voices to achieve renewable energy goals (Inside Lansing)
This month’s cover story: Is it time to hire a township manager?
Additional articles include:
- Addressing pension and OPEB costs with a Section 115 trust (Feature)
- How the township spends and uses public money (Hello, MTA … ?)
- What different accounting methods do townships use? (Financial Forum)
- PPT, poverty and veterans exemptions, Affordable Care Act codified and more! (Inside Lansing)
This month’s cover story: That’s a wrap — Inside the Michigan Legislature’s 2023 fall session
Additional articles include:
- A model for township leaders (Feature)
- Types of surety bonds required for certain township officials (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Township accrual accounts (Financial Forum)
- Legislative lowdown (Inside Lansing)