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Committee considers setting residency radius for city manager; seeks contract flexibility and grandfathering

2148125 · January 24, 2025
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Summary

Members debated requiring a city manager to live within a specified distance of the city and discussed statutory limits, grandfathering current employees and contract-based time to relocate; no final language adopted.

The committee discussed proposed changes to the city-manager residency requirement (Section 7.2), including whether to require the manager to be a resident of the city or live within a specified distance of the city limits.

Members reviewed Michigan statute language that permits a public employer to require residence within a…

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