City Council
There are seven Councilors. Four are elected at large from the entire City, and one each from the three Wards. Each represents the City as a whole, and their respective wards individually. The Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem are elected from the Council by the Councilors and serve a one year term. Councilors are elected by the registered voters of the City and serve a four year term.
The Council's duties and responsibilities include:
• Adopting and amending City
laws.
• Determining City policies and standards.
• Determining how money is spent, and for what purposes.
• Determining what City taxes shall be.
• Approving contracts
and agreements.
• As a whole, representing the City of
Hancock
A City Council Meeting is the process of making and amending laws, developing policy and making decisions. Governing your city by citizens elected by you.
The council follows a regular order of business in the conduct of its meetings. The agenda is prepared in advance and subjects on it usually have been investigated by the City Manager of a Department Head, so that the Council can have all available facts. Copies of the agenda are available in the City Clerk's Office.
Business presented to the Council is disposed of by one of the following methods:
Communications: A motion is ordinarily used to indicate majority approval of a procedural action.
Public Hearing: This gives the public audience an
opportunity to make comments upon a particular
subject that
the Council is considering.
Resolution: A resolution may be passed to approve contracts, to express the policy of the Council, or to direct certain types of administration action. It requires only one reading before Council action may be voted upon by a roll call or voice vote.
Ordinances: An ordinance is a "legislative act" and requires two readings at separate Council meetings, after which a vote is taken. An ordinance becomes a law: 1) immediately upon passage if it is determined to be an emergency to public health, safety, or welfare; 2) on the effective date specified in the ordinance, or 30 days following adoption of the ordinance, whichever is later.
Documents & Information
Meeting Schedule
The following are the city council regular meeting dates for 2023. If for any reason there is a change in these dates or a special meeting is called, Public Notice of said meeting shall be given pursuant to and in compliance with Act. No. 267, Public Acts of Michigan, 1976, as amended.
City of Hancock Council Meeting. 3rd Wednesday, Calendar, 2023.
January 18, 2023
February 15, 2023
March 15, 2023
April 19, 2023
May 17, 2023
June 21, 2023
July 19,
2023
August 16, 2023
September 20, 2023
October 18, 2023
November 15, 2023
December 20, 2023
All Council Meetings are held in the Hancock City Hall Council Chambers. Meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.
City Council Members
City of Hancock Council Meeting. 1st and 3rd Wednesday, Calendar, 2022.