City opens hearing on downtown maintenance assessment, sets second hearing for Nov. 18

The Mount Clemens City Commission opened a public hearing on Nov. 4 on a proposed downtown maintenance assessment and directed staff to prepare a special assessment roll for a follow-up hearing on Nov. 18, 2019.

City staff presented a map of primary and secondary streets and said the assessment determination was submitted by the Downtown Development maintenance committee. The transcript lists projected 2019–20 expenses and per-parcel primary and secondary rates, but the numeric transcription is unclear; staff presented a primary rate and a secondary rate and described a total assessment. Commissioner discussion produced no public speakers at the Nov. 4 hearing.

After the presentation, the commission voted to close the first public hearing, adopt a resolution to instruct the assessor to prepare the special assessment roll, and set a second public hearing for Nov. 18, 2019. No final assessment was approved on Nov. 4; the assessor will prepare a formal roll for the next hearing.

Clarifying note: the meeting transcript contains garbled numeric strings for the projected expense and total assessment (appearing as fragments such as "5 57,7 120" and "57,7"). Reporters and staff should rely on the official assessment roll and the city’s published materials for exact figures.