January
This month’s cover story: Asset management: A game-changer
Additional articles include:
- Clearing the haze on recreational marijuana in Michigan (Feature)
- Recreational Marijuana (Hello, MTA … ?)
- IRS W-2 and W-4 forms (Financial Forum)
February
This month’s cover story: Assessing reforms to require better accountability, more resources
Additional articles include:
- Remembering George H.W. Bush’s time in Grosse Ile Township (Feature)
- Legislature, governor show ‘lame duck’ restraint (Local View)
- Zoning Board of Appeals (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Electronic transactions (Financial Forum)
March - aPRIL
This month’s cover story: Cybersecurity: Protecting your township
Additional articles include:
- Articulating values and establishing ethical standards are core township board obligations (Local View)
- The power of influence (Feature)
- Budget and end of year questions (Financial Forum)
May
This month’s cover story: Jeff Sorensen leads MTA in 2019
Additional articles include:
- A look back at MTA’s 2019 Conference & Expo (Feature)
- Township branding strategy helps enhance community identity (Feature)
- Solar and wind energy (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Form F-65 (Financial Forum)
June
This month’s cover story: Assessing your township’s assessing
Additional articles include:
- Townships must act soon on recreational marijuana ordinance (Feature)
- Vendor Directory (Feature)
- Public records, retention and disposal (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Deficit for compliance, Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (Financial Forum)
July
This month’s cover story: Protecting Michigan’s water resources
Additional articles include:
- Meet Neil Sheridan, MTA’s new leader (Feature)
- Tax collection (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Financial institutions and transactions (Financial Forum)
aUGUST
This month’s cover story: Examining rural issues
Additional articles in this issue include:
- Partnership for roads require communication and trust (Local View)
- ‘Mountain biking mecca’ draws thousands to the U.P. (Feature)
- Court rulings impacting townships (Legal Review)
- Public retirement systems (Financial Forum)
- Public meetings (Hello, MTA … ?)
September
This month’s cover story: Get ready The importance of Census 2020 for townships
Additional articles include:
- How a ripple becomes a wave (Daily Democracy)
- Why the lowest price isn’t always the best deal (Feature)
- Honoring the past for future generations (Feature)
- Farms under Right to Farm and GAAMPS (Hello, MTA … ?)
October
This month’s cover story: Rethinking your board’s decision-making
Additional articles include:
- Internal controls (Hello, MTA … ?)
- “He’s my hero’—Lieutenant saves his captain’s life with liver donation (Feature)
- Inspiring tomorrow’s future leaders (Feature)
November
This month’s cover story: SB 431 digs away at local say over gravel mining
Additional articles include:
- Deputies (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Uniform chart of accounts (Financial Forum)
- Vintage fire truck returns to its township department (Feature)
- Advocating for townships with the MTA Legal Defense Fund (Feature)
December
This month’s cover story: The opioid crisis and how townships can respond
Additional articles include:
- Bidding a fond farewell to MTA’s Penny Haney (Feature)
- Forgotten no more Unmarked graves of Civil War veterans receive headstones, thanks to deputy clerk, volunteer (Feature)
- Election workers (Financial Forum)