Guide to Gratiot County Local Government
One page for each public body and town we report on: what the body is, when it meets, how to speak, our latest reports, and the official pages. Built from our published reports and official postings only.
Questions residents ask
- How do I speak at a Gratiot County commissioners meeting?Go to the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners' meeting at the Gratiot County Courthouse, 214 E. Center St., Ithaca, and speak when the agenda reaches public comment. Th...
- When does the Alma City Commission meet?Regular meetings are the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Alma Municipal Building, 525 E. Superior St....
- When does the St. Louis City Council meet?Regular meetings are the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 300 N. Mill St....
- When does the Ithaca City Council meet?Regular meetings are the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 129 W. Emerson St....
- Where does my Gratiot County property tax go?A Gratiot County property tax bill adds up separate rates, called mills, set by different bodies: the county, your township or city, your school district, the Gratiot-Isa...
- How do I file a public-records request in Gratiot County?Michigan's Freedom of Information Act says all persons, except those held in state or local correctional facilities, are entitled to full and complete information about t...
Public bodies
- Gratiot County Board of CommissionersThe Board of Commissioners is the county's governing body. It meets at the Gratiot County Courthouse in Ithaca, adopts the county budget and the county tax levy, approves...
- St. Louis City CouncilThe St. Louis City Council meets at City Hall, 300 N. Mill St. The city posts a packet (PDF) for each meeting on its council page, and our reports on the council come fro...
- Alma City CommissionThe Alma City Commission meets at the Alma Municipal Building, 525 E. Superior St. The city posts an agenda packet and, later, minutes as PDF files on its commission page...
- Ithaca City CouncilThe Ithaca City Council meets in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 129 W. Emerson St. The city posts agendas, packets and minutes on its council page.
- Gratiot County Road CommissionThe Road Commission is a county agency; its office is at 200 Commerce Dr., Ithaca, and it lists its board meetings on a public calendar that we read every day. The M-46 r...
- Gratiot County Drain Commissioner and county drainsOur reports on county drains come from the county board's agendas and resolutions. Under the Michigan Drain Code the county can lend money to a drainage district, which r...
- Gratiot County Animal ControlAnimal Control is a county department. The county has long run the animal shelter; until a June 16, 2026 vote the city of Ithaca owned the land and building, and the coun...
- Gratiot County courts (civic items only)This page follows only civic items about the courts: budgets and contracts the county board votes on, and public-record cases that involve a public body. It does not foll...
- Gratiot County Airport Authority and Gratiot Community AirportThe Gratiot County Airport Authority oversees Gratiot Community Airport. Its meetings are posted on the same BoardBook page the county board uses, and the county board vo...
- Gratiot County schools, the RESD and Alma CollegeGratiot County has several local school districts and a regional education service district, the Gratiot-Isabella RESD. The property-tax apportionment report we reported ...
- Gratiot County Sheriff's Office and public safetyThis page collects our public-safety reports from public records only: county board actions, minutes and posted statements. It does not name private individuals.
Towns
- AlmaAlma is home to Alma College, the Alma City Commission and Alma Public Schools.
- IthacaThe Gratiot County Courthouse, the Board of Commissioners' meeting room, the Road Commission office and the Ithaca City Council are in Ithaca.
- St. LouisThe City of St. Louis owns a hydroelectric dam on the Pine River, and its city council meets at City Hall on N. Mill St.
- BreckenridgeBreckenridge has a school bond question on the Nov. 3 ballot, and our M-46 resurfacing report describes a detour at the Breckenridge rail crossing.
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