Mayor John Hieftje said working cooperatively with Ann Arbor's firefighters union is going to afford the city the best opportunity to meet the challenges still ahead.
It's that time of year again when property owners get fired up about their tax assessments and hundreds try to appeal the values determined by the city's assessor. But what are your chances of winning an appeal and getting your assessment lowered if you live in Ann Arbor? Maybe not ...
The city of Ann Arbor may have seen the worst of the 2008 economic downturn, CFO Tom Crawford told the Ann Arbor City Council Monday night.
The city of Ann Arbor is about to undertake one of the largest capital improvement projects in its history: a complete rebuild of half the city's wastewater treatment plant. The potentially $120 million facilities renovation project comes on the heels of another project nearing completion at the plant. That included ...
A groundbreaking is planned this week for the long-awaited Ann Arbor City Apartments project at the corner of First and Washington downtown. Camille Amiri, public relations manager for Farmington Hills-based developer Village Green, relayed the news via email that the project is moving ahead.
The city of Ann Arbor was planning to dip $1.5 million into its general fund cash reserves to get through the last budget year, but it ended up finishing with a surplus instead. The city's newly released audit for 2010-11 shows general fund expenditures totaled $75.8 million while revenue came ...
Ann Arbor officials say a $3.2 million deal to sell 0.57 acres of city-owned land at First and Washington to developer Village Green is now just days away from happening. "We've signed the purchase agreement and are scheduling the actual closing," said Tom Crawford, the city's chief financial officer.
The city of Ann Arbor's checkbook is now open for the public to view - essentially in real-time - on a new interactive website
In recognition of his service as interim city administrator, the Ann Arbor City Council awarded Tom Crawford a $10,000 bonus at Monday night's meeting.
The University of Michigan is asking the city of Ann Arbor to provide a full range of traffic control services during Saturday's football game against Eastern. That includes the signs and signals services that U-M has argued in recent weeks the city charges too much money for providing.
A new cafe called Tasty Greens is slated to open soon inside the atrium connecting Ann Arbor's city hall and the new police-courts building at the corner of Fifth and Huron.
The inability of the City of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan to come to terms on the cost of traffic control services could mean a big headache for fans this season.
City officials said U-M responded by Friday's deadline to reach an agreement in order to keep signs and signals services going this football season. However, they said the full range of services previously provided by the city on game days will be reduced.
Update: University of Michigan responds to Ann Arbor's request for reimbursement of game day costs; with poll The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night to send a strong message to the University of Michigan: Pay for city services on football Saturdays. Now U-M has until Aug. 26 to ...
Summer tax bills are being delivered today in Ann Arbor, and city officials say many city property owners can expect to see slight decreases in their taxes.
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