January/February
This month’s cover story: Piecing together the grants puzzle
Additional articles include:
- Legislature allows voters to solve road funding crisis (Local View)
- Flurry of activity in marathon lame-duck legislative session (Inside Lansing)
- Advice for handling difficult zoning decisions (Business Solutions)
- Urban agriculture (Hello, MTA … ?)
- E-filing income taxes (Financial Forum)
March
This month’s cover story: Linda Preston leads the Association in 2015
Additional articles include:
- Talking townships and the May road funding ballot issue (Local View)
- A look back at MTA’s 2015 Conference & Expo
- Coordinated planning for community placemaking (Business Solutions)
- Transferring money from general fund (Financial Forum)
- Construction boards of appeal (Hello, MTA … ?)
april
This month’s cover story: Assessing your township’s assessing
Additional articles include:
- What’s your township’s mission? (Local View)
- Why townships should support Proposal 1 to fix our roads (Feature)
- Clinton Charter Township tops 100,000 residents (Feature)
- Budgeting process (Financial Forum)
- Small parcel personal property tax (Hello, MTA … ?)
may
This month’s cover story: Navigating township’ role in roads
Additional articles include:
- Good roads now in the hands of voters (Local View)
- Workgroup recommends local control over backyard agriculture (Feature)
- TGA grad: ‘We are stewards of our township’s future’ (Best Practices)
- Competitive bidding (Hello, MTA…?)
- Paying online for software updates (Financial Forum)
june
This month’s cover story: Connecting with your community
Additional articles include:
- How does MTA choose legislative issues, positions & strategies? (Local View)
- Local partnership launches world-class archery facility (Feature)
- Sweeping FOIA changes go into effect July 1
- Employee dishonesty coverage form (Hello, MTA…?)
- Voluntary withholdings (Financial Forum)
july
This month’s cover story: Creating healthy communities
Additional articles include:
- Michigan scores low in local government autonomy (Local View)
- Census shows Michigan residents are moving to townships (News & Notes)
- What townships need to know about invasive species (Feature)
- Government pension offset provision (Financial Forum)
- Developing land to expand cemetery (Hello, MTA…?)
aUGUST
This month’s cover story: The state of recycling in Michigan
Additional articles include:
- Oversight of township operations is an essential leadership function (Local View)
- February elections are now a thing of the past
- MTA services spotlight: Community Connection
- Sales taxes on purchases (Financial Forum)
September
This month’s cover story: Making friends with the media
Additional articles include:
- Questions all boards should ask their department heads (Local View)
- Township fire officials proud to be part of new 9/11 memorial (Feature)
- Inspiring tomorrow’s local leaders (Feature)
- Deferred compensation plans (Financial Forum)
- Township board members hired as township employees (Hello, MTA…?)
October
This month’s cover story: Reaching out: Civic Engagement at the local level
Additional articles include:
- What township boards need to know about internal controls (Local View)
- Trustee discovers long-forgotten township cemetery (Feature)
- MTA Member Information Services Liaison Jim Beelen retires (Feature)
- Protecting investments and cash positions (Financial Forum)
- Audit detects material deficiencies (Hello, MTA…?)
November
This month’s cover story: In the dark: Unfair assessing theory costs local millions
Additional articles include:
- Archaic state laws sow confusion for townships (Local View)
- Southeast Michigan township site of significant prehistoric discovery (News & Notes)
- Remembering long-time MTA Legal Counsel John Bauckham (Feature)
- Disclosure requirements for property tax abatements (Financial Forum)
- Conflicts with scheduled date for board meeting (Hello, MTA…?)
December
This month’s cover story: 21st -CENTURY TOWNSHIPS need 21st -century laws
Additional articles include:
- Road plan half a loaf, but better than nothing (Local View)
- REthinking change (Feature)
- Examining the Affordable Care Act (Feature)
- Budget questions (Financial Forum)
- METRO Act and DAS/wireless communication antennas (Hello, MTA…?)