The East Lansing City Council will travel to the Union for tonight’s 7:30 p.m. City Council meeting in an attempt to involve more students in the city’s operations.
East Lansing City Council discussed prohibiting smoking in three city buildings during its Tuesday work session, which would modify an ordinance requiring smokers to be 50 feet away from municipal buildings.
Revenues raised by a proposal to increase prices in East Lansing’s parking lots and structures would go toward repairs and various other improvements to the structures.
After several hours of public comment from East Lansing residents in several districts, the East Lansing City Council unanimously voted to pass three ordinances restricting rental properties in the city at its meeting Tuesday night.
The East Lansing City Council is scheduled to discuss resolutions regarding several neighborhoods at its 7:30 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
At Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting, council members passed a resolution about the proposed closing of the downtown East Lansing Secretary of State branch office and heard several presentations.
East Lansing City Council members are expected to discuss several topics at their Tuesday work session, including the location of taxicabs in the city, a resolution about the proposed closing of the downtown East Lansing Secretary of State branch office and the CATA/Michigan Avenue project.
East Lansing City Council members Vic Loomis and Diane Goddeeris were granted a second run as the city’s mayor and mayor pro tem at yesterday’s East Lansing City Council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
The East Lansing City Council will appoint a new mayor and mayor pro tem at its 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
After a long campaign period, Mayor Vic Loomis and Councilmember Kevin Beard were re-elected to their seats on the East Lansing City Council for another four years. Loomis, who has been on the council since 2001 and mayor since 2007, received 1,662 votes, and Beard, who has been on the council since 2005, received 1,638 votes in Tuesday’s election to fill two open seats on the council. About 8.74 percent of East Lansing’s 28,101 registered voters cast ballots in the election, East Lansing City Clerk Nicole Evans said.
Two East Lansing neighborhoods north of Saginaw Street soon could restrict new rental units.
Polling officials said voter turnout at campus precincts was typically low for the East Lansing City Council election Tuesday.
Today is the day for East Lansing residents to cast their votes to determine who will fill the two open seats on the East Lansing City Council. Anyone registered to vote in East Lansing is eligible to participate in the election.
The Union became a site of heated debate and tension Wednesday as the four candidates for East Lansing City Council’s two open seats gathered to respond to students’ questions and insert jabs at one another’s views.
East Lansing resident Hans Larsen is running for one of two open seats on the East Lansing City Council.
An ordinance proposed to the East Lansing City Council that would allow homeowners to rent out their homes if they couldn’t sell could be thrown out at council’s next meeting.
Vic Loomis is a family man. Despite his busy schedule, he rarely misses a soccer game or a parent-teacher conference for his two young daughters. It’s part of the dedication the mayor has to his family, which he said carries over to dedication for the city of East Lansing and its residents.
An East Lansing task force will present some solutions to congestion downtown because of cabs at the East Lansing City Council’s 7 p.m. work session tonight at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Kevin Beard is a problem solver. He solved problems for more than 30 years in the human resources department at General Motors and has resolved conflicts in local government for the past four years as a member of the East Lansing City Council. Now, Beard hopes to continue seeking resolutions between the city of East Lansing and its residents.
The East Lansing City Council voted to defer an ordinance that potentially would make renting out homes easier for those who have trouble selling their home at its Oct. 27 work session.