Articles tagged: Tom Crawford

Ask the City: City budget live chat with Ann Arbor's city administrator and CFO

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Posted: Apr 02, 2013

Ann Arbor City Administrator Steve Powers and his administration will finalize a budget plan for the next two fiscal years to be presented before Ann Arbor City Council on April 15. Join us at 1 ... Read more »

Ask your questions about Ann Arbor's city budget during live chat Tuesday with city administrator

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Posted: Apr 01, 2013

In the coming days, City Administrator Steve Powers and his administration will finalize a budget plan to be presented to the Ann Arbor City Council on April 15. Read more »

Ann Arbor's lament: Where lawmakers have discretion, state has cut funding for local government

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Posted: Dec 13, 2012

Ann Arbor officials seemingly sent mixed messages during a city budget retreat this week, describing the state of Michigan as an "adverse party" when it comes to funding local government, while at the same time ... Read more »

Ann Arbor officials unveil budget forecast showing $1.3M surplus projected next year

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Posted: Dec 11, 2012

Ann Arbor officials are forecasting a $1.3 million general fund surplus in the next fiscal year, giving the City Council some extra wiggle room as it begins to set budget priorities. Tom Crawford, the city's ... Read more »

Ann Arbor CFO: New contract with firefighters union will cost city extra $230K next year

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Posted: Mar 20, 2012

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. Read more »

analysis: Ann Arbor residents win about 43 percent of property tax assessment appeals

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Posted: Mar 11, 2012

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 ... Read more »

Ann Arbor city budget forecast: Future looks brighter

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Posted: Feb 14, 2012

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. Read more »

Ann Arbor officials planning to spend $100M-plus to rebuild 1930s-era wastewater treatment plant

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Posted: Feb 06, 2012

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 ... Read more »

Village Green breaking ground on new downtown Ann Arbor apartments catering to young professionals

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Posted: Jan 23, 2012

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 ... Read more »

New audit report: City of Ann Arbor finishes last budget year with $950K surplus in general fund

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Posted: Jan 12, 2012

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 ... Read more »

Ann Arbor close to finalizing sale of Village Green property

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Posted: Dec 08, 2011

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 ... Read more »

No secrets: Ann Arbor posts real-time 'checkbook' on new website

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Posted: Sep 22, 2011

The city of Ann Arbor's checkbook is now open for the public to view - essentially in real-time - on a new interactive website Read more »

Ann Arbor City Council awards Tom Crawford $10K bonus for service as interim administrator

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Posted: Sep 20, 2011

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. Read more »

Full traffic control plan back in place for Saturday's Michigan game against EMU

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Posted: Sep 16, 2011

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 ... Read more »

Ann Arbor officials looking forward to opening of new Tasty Greens cafe inside city hall

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Posted: Sep 06, 2011

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. Read more »