The Sentinel is providing a weekly round-up of the biggest topics in upcoming municipal meetings, giving our readers a chance to engage with their local officials on the projects, appointments and decisions that hit closest to home.
These round-ups are written on Fridays and updated online Mondays. Municipalities are not required by the Michigan Open Meetings Act to provide an agenda in advance of a meeting, but they are required to provide notice. Please visit your local municipality website for the most updated information.
Here are the biggest topics for meetings Monday-Friday, Aug. 10-14:
Ottawa County
Groundwater Board: 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex
The agenda includes:
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/yk3y5dhz
Finance and Administration Committee: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via YouTube at @miOttawa.
Planning and Policy Committee: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via YouTube at @miOttawa.
Board of Commissioners: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via YouTube at @miOttawa.
Housing Advisory Board: 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Ottawa County Fillmore Street Complex
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/mtvstu4v
Allegan County
Parks Advisory Board: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Allegan County Offices
Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Allegan County Offices
City of Holland
Planning Commission: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Holland City Hall
The agenda includes:
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/52y4fdmb
City Council Study Session: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Holland City Hall
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/5yvekhtr
City of Saugatuck
City Council: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at Saugatuck City Hall
The agenda includes:
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/4aswkufs
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/2698572603
City of the Village of Douglas
Planning Commission: 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at Douglas Village Hall
City of Fennville
Planning Commission: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Fennville City Hall
Port Sheldon Township
Board of Trustee: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Port Sheldon Township Offices
Holland Charter Township
Planning Commission: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Holland Charter Township Offices
Zeeland Township
Township Board Special Meeting: 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at the Zeeland Township Offices
Planning Commission: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Zeeland Township Offices
Laketown Township
Township Board: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Laketown Township Offices
The agenda includes:
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/2d5men4w
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via Zoom at zoom.us/j/4556718351
Ganges Township
Township Board: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Ganges Township Offices
Overisel Township
Township Board: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Overisel Township Offices
Blendon Township
Planning Commission: 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at the Blendon Township Offices
The agenda includes:
Read the agenda: tinyurl.com/39rjpnm3
Saugatuck Township
Township Board: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Saugatuck Township Offices
How to participate remotely: Meetings are live streamed via Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/85393271805
— Cassidey Kavathas is the politics and court reporter at The Holland Sentinel. Contact her at ckavathas@hollandsentinel.com. Follow her on X @cassideykava.
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Holland Planning Commission to consider five-story project on Seventh
Reporting by Cassidey Kavathas, Holland Sentinel / The Holland Sentinel
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