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Alpena council creates US‑23 North Corridor Improvement Authority, confirms initial board members
Summary
The Alpena City Council adopted a resolution creating a corridor improvement authority for the US‑23 North corridor and confirmed five initial board appointments and the mayor’s designee as the municipal representative. Council said the authority will develop a TIF plan and development plan for council review next month.
The Alpena City Council on Feb. 3 voted to create the US‑23 North Corridor Improvement Authority under Michigan’s recodified Tax Increment Finance (TIF) law and confirmed the authority’s initial board appointments.
City Manager Rachel Smolinski told the council the action implements Public Act 57 of 2018, “Michigan's Recodified TIF Act part 6,” which authorizes municipalities to create corridor improvement authorities that can use tax‑increment financing for approved development expenses. Smolinski said the packet included a resolution and the district map for council consideration.
The council adopted Resolution 2025‑02 to create the US‑23 North Corridor Improvement Authority and its development area. Council member Danny Mitchell moved to adopt the resolution; Mayor Pro Tem Walczak seconded. The resolution passed on a roll call vote: Mayor Johnson, Mitchell, Mayor Pro Tem Walczak, Council member Currier and Council member Hallamstad recorded “aye.”
With the resolution adopted, the council also moved and approved the appointments that will form the authority’s board: the mayor’s designee (City Manager Rachel Smolinski) as the municipal representative; Adam Keyes as the resident member for a four‑year term; Eric Ferguson as a property‑owner member for a four‑year term; Don McMaster as a property‑owner member for a three‑year term; Justin Glusening as a property‑owner member for a two‑year term; and Mike Muller as citizen‑at‑large for a one‑year term. Mitchell made the motion to confirm the appointments; the motion was seconded and carried on recorded “aye” votes.
Smolinski said state law requires the authority’s board to include not less than five and no more than nine members, with at least one resident member, and that board members are typically property or business owners within the development area. She told council the authority will hold an organizational meeting, present a development plan and a TIF plan to the board at its second meeting, and then return to the city council for review and consideration at the March meeting.
Council did not discuss development plan specifics or project budgets at the Feb. 3 meeting; those elements will be considered after the authority’s board meets and forwards a plan to council.
Votes and next steps: the council adopted the creating resolution and confirmed the named appointees; the authority will meet to organize and later submit a development plan and TIF plan to city council for consideration.
