January 8, 2024 Saline City Council Meeting. Photo courtesy City of Saline. On Monday, January 8, 2024, during its first meeting of the year, the Saline City Council appointed staff, council, and citizen representatives to serve its various positions, boards, and committees. Larry Sirls, Saline’s Director of Public Works, was officially appointed Street Administrator. As ...
Saline Mayor Brian Marl presents his 12th State of the City remarks on January 8, 2024. Photo courtesy City of Saline. Saline Mayor Brian Marl presented his annual State of the City address on Monday, January 8, 2024, during the city’s first council meeting of the year. The 2024 remarks constitute Mayor Marl’s 12th State ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC. Photo by Doug Marrin. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, GA. Designated as a federal holiday in 1983, Dr. King’s birthday is observed on the third Monday of each January. This year, the observance of MLK’s birthday happens to coincide with ...
Ben Harrington, Saline’s Director of Community Development, presents the Master Plan update to City Council at its December 18, 2023 meeting. Photo courtesy City of Saline. Ben Harrington is Saline’s Community Development Director and the architect behind the city’s newly approved and impressive Master Plan update. In the role since May of 2022, Harrington is ...
Health Care Task Force Chairperson Kaitlyn Schaible presented to Saline City Council at their December 18th meeting. Photo courtesy City of Saline. At its last meeting of 2023, the Saline City Council voted to approve the extension of the city’s Healthcare Task Force to March 31, 2024. The extension was made at the request of ...
Mayor Brian Marl, Rep. Felicia Brabec, Commissioner Shannon Beeman, and residents gather for an informal coffee hour at Carrigan’s Café on November 18, 2023. Photo by Traci Husse. January 5, 2024 From City of Saline Mayor Brian Marl: “I’ve stated this before and it remains true: Strong leadership is grounded in speaking the truth. As ...
It’s been a little more than two months since the City of Chelsea hired Marty Colburn as its permanent city manager. The Sun Times News first spoke with Mr. Colburn just weeks after beginning his role, when he was still in his information-collecting phase. Now further into the role and newly designated as Chelsea’s Commissioner ...
In a uniquely forward-thinking move at its meeting on October 2, 2023, the Saline City Council voted unanimously to update and enhance its nondiscrimination ordinance, first enacted in 2018. The change stems from the city council’s previous request to, “assemble a working group to review the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance,” said City Manager Colleen O’Toole. O’Toole, ...
At their September 18, 2023 meeting Saline City Council voted 6-1 to finalize an agreement with Washtenaw County for Police Dispatch Services. The city of Saline is one of only two municipalities in Washtenaw County that doesn’t already contract with the county for this service. Goals for this change, according to a presentation by City Manager ...
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