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The Ionia City Council voted 7-0 on Wednesday to accept a $929,940 bid from CL Trucking to complete the Hall Street reconstruction project, including replacement of all underground utilities. A second bid of $932,603 from Montgomery Excavating was rejected ($2,663 more than CL Trucking’s bid).
To commemorate Arbor Day, fifth graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Ionia participated in a hands-on demonstration of a tree planting, received a special proclamation from the city and had an extensive question and answer session with the mayor on Friday afternoon.
A House bill would bar 24 Michigan cities from imposing taxes on non-resident workers. Critics say that would be ‘catastrophic,’ but one Republican says ‘Thomas Jefferson would be proud.’
LAKE CITY â There are still a couple more boxes to tick, but Missaukee County Administrator Precia Garland appears poised to leave her position.
The City of Ionia has offered her a job as city manager. The contract has been negotiated and city council has approved the contract pending the results of her background investigation; after that, she ll need to formally resign from Missaukee County.
The county s commissioners, however, are already on notice that she intends to leave.
On Thursday, Ionia s city council signed off on Garland s contract; a few hours later, Missaukee County commissioners held a special meeting virtually to discuss hiring an interim manager.