Chesaning, Michigan
Every Chesaning story from the public record — meetings, schools, safety, and events.
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Chesaning sets Oct. 20 hearing to abandon part of Railroad Street
The village council also cleared $157,901.69 in bills, refunded $933.13 to a West Broad Street property owner and approved wood duck sculptures downtown for a Friends of the Shiawassee fundraiser.
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Chesaning gets clean audit; 709 W. Broad tenant still unnamed
Auditors from AHP told the village council on Aug. 18 that Chesaning's 2026 books came back clean, but the minutes leave the village's other open questions — including what business is going into 709 W. Broad St. — unanswered.
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Chesaning to refund $933 site-plan fee for 709 W. Broad St.
The village council's Sept. 15 agenda shows a site plan review at 709 W. Broad has finished — but nothing in the packet says what is going into the building.
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Chesaning water rate study underway; school-route work set for 2027
Full minutes from the Aug. 4 village council meeting show OHM is working on a water master plan and rate study, with Safe Routes to School construction slated to start in June 2027.
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Chesaning to set hearing on abandoning part of Railroad Street
The village council's Sept. 15 agenda also carries a $933.13 site plan fee refund for 709 W. Broad St. and $157,901.69 in bills.
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Chesaning amends Sept. 1 minutes, sets next meeting for Sept. 15
An amended synopsis of the Chesaning Village Council's Sept. 1 meeting fixes the next-meeting date and leaves the $5,600 Rootnote invoice unexplained.
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Chesaning sets trick-or-treat hours at 5:30 to 8 p.m.
The village council's Sept. 1 synopsis minutes show the Halloween hours set and $292,171.69 in bills cleared in a 30-minute meeting.
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Chesaning council asked to OK $292,171.69 in bills, no itemization
The Sept. 1 consent agenda carries the village's largest payables total since at least mid-June, and the packet does not say what any of it buys.
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Chesaning council to set Halloween trick-or-treat hours Tuesday
The only action item on the Sept. 1 village council agenda is Halloween hours; the consent agenda carries $292,171.69 in bills.
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Chesaning commission reviews 709 W. Broad St. site plan tonight
A site plan for the West Broad Street property is the only item of new business on the village planning commission's 7 p.m. agenda, but the packet the village posted does not say what is proposed or who filed it.
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Chesaning village council OKs $204,403.59 in bills, hears clean audit
Six of seven council members were present Aug. 18 for a 30-minute meeting that took no action items beyond the consent agenda.
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Chesaning village council to take up $204,403.59 in bills, 2026 audit Aug. 18
The agenda posted by the Village of Chesaning lists a consent-agenda payables total and an audit report presented for discussion only, with no action items scheduled.
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Chesaning village council approves $207,962.86 in bills at nine-minute meeting
The July 21 meeting ran from 7:30 p.m. to 7:39 p.m. with no action items, and the police chief reported a 63% clearance rate.
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Chesaning council approves Candle Walk M-57 closures, $135,493.98 in bills
The village council met Aug. 4 with all seven members present, cleared accounts payable and approved a two-night state highway closure for the Candle Walk in November.
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Chesaning football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 27 vs. Standish-Sterling
The verified nine-game schedule gives Chesaning five home dates and four in-county matchups, closing at Corunna on Oct. 23.
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Chesaning council OKs police union MOU; pension funding hits 78%
Minutes from the July 7 Chesaning Village Council meeting show a memorandum of understanding with the police union approved after a nine-minute closed session, and an administrator report that village pensions are now 78% funded.
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Chesaning council agenda listed $135,494 in bills, M-57 closure ask
The village council's Aug. 4 agenda placed $135,493.98 in accounts payable on the consent agenda and set a Candle Walk street closure request for action.
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Chesaning village council OKs $148,323 in bills, three park and street use requests
The July 7 synopsis minutes show the council also appointed Brandon Thompson to the Zoning Board of Appeals and set a $100 fee for a bounce house event at Showboat Park.
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Chesaning council vacates Lockwood Street strip, OKs $206,501 in bills
The village council's June 16 meeting lasted 11 minutes and cleared a street vacation that the synopsis minutes say may have been left undone earlier because of a clerical error.
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Chesaning council approves $207,962.86 in bills in nine-minute meeting
All seven village council members were present July 21 as the board cleared its consent agenda, including accounts payable and the July 7 minutes, with no other business.