Four finalists have been identified as the city of Ann Arbor looks for an artist to complete a $150,000 public art installation in the lobby of the new Justice Center building Commissioner Margaret Parker announced the news at Wednesday night's meeting of the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission. She said ...
The Ann Arbor Municipal Center. The Ann Arbor City Council approved a $1.1 million contract change Monday night with Clark Construction Co., construction manager on the Ann Arbor Municipal Center project. That breaks down to $693,327 for security upgrades and $397,884 for audio/visual equipment that was not included in the ...
After approving the city's 2011-12 budget last week, the Ann Arbor City Council meets again tonight to consider several items ranging from a $75,000 project to add wireless Internet capabilities inside city hall to a new design review process for downtown developments. The council also is being asked to approve ...
Police Chief Barnett Jones said this week he's embarrassed and ashamed of the conditions that Ann Arbor police officers had to work in for many years. In addition to concerns about high radon levels, Jones said other circumstances police officers endured in their former basement and first floor offices in ...
Ann Arbor's first city administrator, Guy C. Larcom Jr. was credited for a lot of things, not the least of which was running city government for 17 years through a period of tremendous growth. But with the passage of time comes change, and the large metal letters spelling out Guy Larcom's name have been peeled from city hall's brick facade.
The Ann Arbor City Council voted 10-0 Monday night to approve a $187,000 contract with Washtenaw County for weapons screening services at the new Ann Arbor Municipal Center. When the 15th District Court relocates from the Washtenaw County Courthouse to the new police-courts building on Jan. 14, the court will ...
(This story has been updated with additional information regarding the city's fund balance.) Keith Zeisloft, administrator of Ann Arbor's 15th District Court, was put in the hot seat Monday night as Ann Arbor City Council members grilled him on a $160,000 expense request for unbudgeted furniture items needed for the ...
City Administrator Roger Fraser says an investigation is under way after an intense rainstorm last Wednesday caused sanitary sewer backups in southeast Ann Arbor. Fraser said at Monday's Ann Arbor City Council meeting that the city will be testing "system performance" at four homes near Parkwood and Oakwood streets. Affected property owners ...