Citizen Guide/Dashboard
City's Performance
Below is a measurement our performance. This interactive financial dashboard which is now available on our website provides a clear picture of the City's Financial performance. The Dashboard and Citizen's Guide is the Accountability and Transparency requirement under the State of Michigan Economic Vitality Incentive Plan (EVIP).
Dashboard
As indicated by the State “Meeting this criterion will require the local unit to report on measures such as fiscal stability, economic strength, public safety, quality of life and other measures the local unit select that are relevant to the local unit’s strategic goals and objectives.” Click here to view the 2022 Performance Dashboard. Debt Service Report Projected Budget
Citizen's Guide
The purpose of the Citizens’ Guide is to provide citizens with a document that will help them better understand their City’s finances. We hope this presentation which shows important financial measures will be easily understood by the City’s citizen. The State of Michigan now provides access to the Citizen Guide at MICommunityFinancials.
2022 Retirement System Summary Annual Report
This summary report was prepared to give a brief overview of the Retirement System and Other Post-Employment Benefits, how it operates and what the City's funding progress is.
The retirement system, which is managed by Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (MERS) is a financial program through which members and the City save together to help meet economic needs for retirement.
MERS fiduciary duty is to supervise the general administration of the system and invest its assets.
Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) - Health care benefits that are paid to qualified retirees, in the period after employment, until age 65. OPEB is also managed by MERS.
The City contributes to the Retiree Heath Funding Vehicle (RHFV), to pre-fund future retiree healthcare. After age 65 a $200 per month stipend is given to qualified retirees. It is intended to be used to pay for an individual insurance policy that supplements Medicare-Medicaid.
The city's unfunded liability in retiree health care ($213,802) making the funding at 132% at 6/30/22.
Click here to review the Retirement System Summary Annual Report. Click here to review the OPEB Annual Report.
Click here for The Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefit and Pension Report.