January
This month’s cover story: Building trust
Additional articles include:
- Elections trigger new beginnings for township boards (Local View)
- Welcome to township government
- Infrastructure plan creates ‘road map for Michigan’ (Feature)
- Ethical conduct (Hello, MTA…?)
- Depositing township funds (Financial Forum)
February
This month’s cover story: Clearing the haze on medical marijuana
- MTA: This is who we are (Local View)
- MTA’s Member Information Services, offer answers, advice (MTA Services Spotlight)
- Is your township a ‘Green Community’? (Feature)
- 425 agreements (Financial Forum)
- Certified assessors (Hello, MTA…?)
March
This month’s cover story: What you need to know about the Open Meetings Act
Additional articles include:
- Township officials ‘Come Together’ to learn, work and grow (Local View)
- MTA’s 2017 Proposed Legislative Policy Platform
- Conference keynoter helps others celebrate differences, not be divided by them (Feature)
- Renting the township hall (Financial Forum)
- Use of township credit cards, medical marijuana (Hello, MTA…?)
April-May
This month’s cover story: Making the most of your meetings
Additional articles include:
- MTA Legislative Policy Platform is direct democracy in action (Local View)
- Specific rules for township board meetings (Feature)
- Love of community, politics motivates newly elected teen treasurer (Feature)
- Property Tax Administration Fee (Hello, MTA…?)
- Sales tax on township purchases (Financial Forum)
June
This month’s cover story: Meet 2017 MTA President Diane Randall
Additional articles include:
- Michigan’s economy is recovering–why aren’t local government budgets? (Local View)
- Meet MTA’s newly elected Board of Directors
- Kalamazoo Charter Township is a ‘Township of Excellence’ (Feature)
- Meeting notes and recordings (Hello, MTA…?)
- Signatures on township checks (Financial Forum)
July
This month’s cover story: Lack of broadband access harms Michigan communities, economies
Additional articles include:
- Striking a balance between state and local control (Local View)
- Taking the township message to Washington, D.C. (Feature)
- Bringing back Idlewild (Feature)
- Controversial board decisions (Hello, MTA…?)
- Social security benefits (Financial Forum)
aUGUST
This month’s cover story: Water Trails: Michigan’s emerging trail trend
Additional articles include:
- Annexation continues to divide communities (Local View)
- Interns help townships turn visions into reality (Feature)
- Bills would end local control over short-term rentals (Feature)
- Public comments at board meetings (Hello, MTA…?)
- Bounced checks (Financial Forum)
September
This month’s cover story: Funding capital improvements
Additional articles include:
- Think tank sees financial storm clouds on the horizon (Local View)
- Crowdfunding can help accomplish township projects, create assets (Feature)
- Benefits of compatible vegetation under power transmission lines (Business solutions)
- Cash contributions (Financial Forum)
- Committees and commissions (Hello, MTA…?)
October
This month’s cover story: Home sweet home Inside Michigan’s housing crisis
- When facts don’t matter (Local View)
- Township treasure goes bump in the night (Feature)
- Inspiring tomorrow’s local leaders (Feature)
- Medical marijuana (Hello, MTA…?)
- Internal controls for cash receipts and disbursements (Financial Forum)
November
This month’s cover story: Telling your township’s story
Additional articles include:
- Members open up about MTA (Local View)
- Township ‘exchange zones’ help keep e-commerce transactions safe (Feature)
- Residents approve first-ever township millage for public broadband (Feature)
- Competitive bidding (Hello, MTA…?)
- Retirement and pension plans (Financial Forum)
December
This month’s cover story: Cultivating an engaged community
Additional articles include:
- Michigan needs to repurpose statutory revenue sharing (Local View)
- Most diverse community is proud of its past, present—and future (Feature)
- Helping make the holidays merry and bright for Michiganders (Feature)
- Employee dishonesty coverage form in insurance (Hello, MTA … ?)
- State of Uniform Chart of Accounts (Financial Forum)