Public Notices

City Commission Meeting Tuesday June 9, 2020 6PM

Alma City Commission Zoom Meeting

Remote meetings will be held via the Zoom application. (When attending via phone, you can alert the meeting host if you would like to speak during public comment by pressing *9.)

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All meetings are shown live on the City of Alma YouTube channel.

Download a File:

June 9 Agenda (PDF)

Documents and Links

CITY OF ALMA COVID-19 PLANNING

COVID PLANS

Download Documents:

MARCH 4 MEMORANDUM AND NOTICE (PDF)

Coronavirus Plan - March 12, 2020 (PDF)

Gratiot County Declaration of State of Emergency (PDF)

Commission Update March 27, 2020 (PDF)

Community Letter March 29, 2020 (PDF)

Community Letter April 13, 2020 (PDF)

Finance Letter April 14, 2020 (PDF)

Back in Business

Our retail businesses are now allowed to reopen on June 4th with restaurants and bars to follow on June 8th subject to 50% capacity.

This community has done an amazing job of supporting our local businesses during this quarantine. Don't stop now - they still need us!

It is still suggested that people follow social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID.

Curbside Recycling Service to Restart

Recycling curbside services will resume on Monday, June 8, 2020. In an effort to service as many curbside residents as possible, we are resuming curbside operations with a limit on the amount of material picked up per stop. Each curbside stop will be limited to recycling materials equivalent to three (3) blue or black bins and broken-down (flattened) cardboard not to exceed one cubic yard. If a resident has excess recyclables, they are encouraged to save the material for the next scheduled curbside pick-up.

City of Alma Reopening Plans Coming

The City of Alma moved aggressively and quickly to protect residents and employees by closing facilities as of March 13. This proactive approach has served the City well as operations were well-prepared for Stay Home, Stay Safe upon its implementation. Many employees have been able to maintain key City services despite having to work remotely from home. The impending challenge for City Administration is how to safely reopen City facilities to the public as soon as June 15 without jeopardizing the health of City personnel and members of the public.

Most public health experts are advocating for the continuation of social distancing as a best practice for preventing the transmission of COVID-19. Accordingly, the City fully anticipates that executive orders permitting re-opening of City facilities and resumption of non-essential services will be conditioned on a plan that provides assurances for social distancing at all times. With so much at stake and with the state mandating social distancing, it is imperative that the City of Alma develop and implement a plan for safely reopening City facilities.

City staff is in the process of developing a Re-Opening plan for staff and citizens in terms of our facilities. The plan will be submitted to the city commission on June 9th.

City Parks Playground Areas Remain Closed as of June 2nd

Playground equipment and bathrooms in our parks remain closed as of June 2nd. We are in the planning process and hope to have park equipment back in service by June 5th. Just a little more patience please!