January
This month’s cover story: Managing the modern township
Additional articles include:
- Fire and life safety considerations with recreational marijuana facilities (Feature)
- Short-term rentals (Hello, MTA … ?)
- IRS W-2 and Affordable Care Act (Financial Forum)
February
This month’s cover story: Zoning for dollars: How townships can approach the growth of small box stores
Additional articles include:
- Township looks to the future with zoning change to enhance sense of community (Feature)
- STC releases additional assessing reform guidance (Feature)
- Assessing authority (Hello, MTA … ?)
- 2019 public acts (Inside Lansing)
- Fund balance policy (Financial Forum)
March
This month’s cover story: Cultivating an ethical culture in your township
Additional articles include:
- Partnership is the new leadership (Feature)
- A budding community: Michigan’s industrial hemp ag pilot program continues in 2020 (Feature)
- Township meetings and litigation (Hello, MTA … ?)
- Township funds (Financial Forum)
April - May
This month’s cover story: Navigating high water & Townships and the COVID-19 crisis
Additional articles include:
- Officials bring township message to Lansing (Feature)
- Confidence during crisis (Daily Democracy)
- Financial considerations during COVID-19 (Financial Forum)
June
This month’s cover story: Back in Business: Returning to work during COVID-19
Additional articles include:
- ‘A lot to tackle, together’—Governor briefs MTA Board on COVID-19 (Feature)
- Re-opening Michigan (Daily Democracy)
- Employee benefits (Financial Forum)
- Election day considerations (Hello, MTA … ?)
July - August
This month’s cover story: COVID-19 and the impact on township revenues
Additional articles include:
- Governor issues ‘no mask, no service’ order (Feature)
- Is your township a ‘Township of Excellence’? (Feature)
- Two steps forward, one step back (Daily Democracy)
- COVID-19 impacts on audit (Financial Forum)
- Meeting notes, public correspondence, recordings (Hello, MTA)
September
This months cover story: Changing elections in changing times
Additional articles include:
- COVID-19 updates and information for townships (Feature)
- Delta Charter Township is a ‘Township of Excellence’ (Feature)
- It’s the pits (Daily Democracy)
October - November
This months cover story: Gone virtual: Township meetings during COVID-19
Additional articles include:
- State department emergency orders, rules reinstate numerous COVID-19 protections (Feature)
- Providing input on the state’s public land strategy (Feature)
- Taking the oath of office following the election (Hello, MTA … ?)
December
This months cover story: The answer to uncertainty: Long-term financial planning
Additional articles include:
- Reports highlight state’s decline in funding for local governments (Inside Lansing)
- MDHHS COVID-19 order enacts ‘three-week pause,’ additional orders focus on workplace safety (Feature)
- Township deputy positions (Hello, MTA … ?)