Posted on: September 22, 2016
Detours will be in place at various railroad crossings throughout the fall as new safety measurements are added and the city’s quiet zone nears completion.
Starting on Monday, Sept. 26, Main Street between Yuba Street and Dickman Road will be closed as...Learn More
Posted on: September 19, 2016
Owners of rental housing are invited to attend the next in a series of dinner and discussion events on Thursday, Sept. 29.
The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army, 400 Capital Ave. NE.
The panel discussion will focus on b...Learn More
Posted on: September 15, 2016
The City of Battle Creek recently certified the Battle Creek Area Habitat for Humanity as a Community Development Housing Organization, qualifying Habitat to receive federal HOME funds to rehabilitate vacant homes – 438 W. Jackson St., most recently.
B...Learn More
Posted on: September 9, 2016
The City of Battle Creek is excited to announce that candidates for city jobs now can apply online!
CivicHR, a Human Resources software package, is now integrated right into our website, www.battlecreekmi.gov. Navigate to the same place – under the I W...Learn More
Posted on: September 1, 2016
The city and nearby municipalities have reached a tentative agreement about their continued partnership in the waste water treatment system operated by the City of Battle Creek.
“We have all worked hard together and have come to a tentative agreement t...Learn More
Posted on: July 20, 2016
Particularly with the August and November elections just around the corner, the city wants to remind everyone that temporary signs are not allowed in public rights-of-way.
Temporary signs are exactly that – signs that are placed temporarily, such as ca...Learn More
Posted on: July 18, 2016
City administrators would like to offer a reminder of the local ordinance regarding general public comment to the City Commission.
In the Administrative Code, Chapter 212 discusses the City Commission, including rules of commission procedure.
Speake...Learn More
Posted on: July 15, 2016
Input from the more than 400 urban agriculture survey responses is now available for review and will be used to create a more specific agenda for the next public meeting on this issue.
Planning staff are looking to potentially expand the types of agric...Learn More
Planning Division: Urban Agriculture information
Posted on: July 5, 2016
Forest management has begun as part of the overall management of a 160-acre property on Metcalf Lake in Barry County.
The parcel of land, donated to the city by David Bailey in 1999, sits at North Avenue and Baseline Road, at the Barry/Calhoun County l...Learn More
Posted on: June 27, 2016
For those who want a little less paper in their mailboxes, the City of Battle Creek now offers e-billing for our utility bills.
For customers’ convenience, they can sign up to receive an email notification each month when their city utility bill – wate...Learn More
Sign up for e-billing notifications...
Posted on: June 22, 2016
The tree farm project at the former Wilson School site on Spring Street – which was announced in March as part of a $1 million national investment toward the revitalization of urban land – has been planted.
The project intends to turn the property into...Learn More
Posted on: June 22, 2016
The City Commission adopted the 2016-2017 millage rates, general fund and special funds budgets during Tuesday night’s regular meeting.
The city millage will be 15.419, an overall increase of 0.683. That includes 8.740 mills for general city operations...Learn More
Posted on: June 20, 2016
After months of meetings and recent travels between the city and developers and education specialists in China and South Korea, positive relationships and economic development considerations may lead to hundreds of Asian students furthering their educatio...Learn More
Posted on: May 20, 2016
City Manager Rebecca Fleury is now an ICMA Credentialed Manager, meeting one of her Professionalism goals for 2015-2016.
She is now one of more than 1,300 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Crede...Learn More
Posted on: April 19, 2016
The city is excited to offer a free mobile app to Apple and Android device users, offering connections to our residents and visitors through our meeting agendas, alerts, news and much, much more!
The app accompanies the city’s newly-designed and more c...Learn More
Posted on: April 1, 2016
The City of Battle Creek now has a visual representation of its 2015-2016 budget in the form of a Resource Alignment Diagnostic Tool created with the help of the Denver-based Center for Priority Based Budgeting.
The city began the transition about a ye...Learn More
Priority Based Budgeting...
Posted on: March 30, 2016
In an effort to maintain student safety, two more city polling locations are moving from a Lakeview school to an area church.
Precincts 2 and 3, previously at Territorial School (15 Arbor St.) now will be located at Battle Creek First Assembly, 800 S. ...Learn More
Election information...
Posted on: March 11, 2016
City of Battle Creek employees will be learning to try and make customers' dreams come true and develop values like mutual trust and respect through Disney Way training.
The customer-centric training is set to begin this August, and all city employees...Learn More
Posted on: February 10, 2016
A business-card-sized list of community resources is now available at various locations in Battle Creek. The city and Battle Creek and Calhoun County Homeless Coalition encourage residents to hand them out to those who might need help with shelter, food a...Learn More
Posted on: February 9, 2016
In an effort to lessen congestion, address parking issues and save money, the city has moved several polling locations from Lakeview schools to area churches.
• Precincts 6 and 9, previously at Riverside Elementary, will move to Chapel Hill United Meth...Learn More
Elections - City of Battle Creek
Posted on: January 27, 2016
The City of the Battle Creek is the second Michigan community to take on an entirely new way of budgeting, with the help of a Denver-based firm dedicated to helping local governments address their fiscal health and long-term wellness.
Through priority ...Learn More
Additional Info...
Posted on: January 8, 2016
Residents installing new water heaters or updating their plumbing can expect to receive their city trade permits the same day.
With a few exceptions, the Inspections Division began this week issuing the following permits the same day applications are ...Learn More
Posted on: November 24, 2015
The city’s Youth Advisory Board has chosen its officers for 2015-2016.
Officers are:
• Daniel Yates, president• Michelle Wills, vice president
• Cleashae Crowder, secretary
The YAB is comprised of local young people, ages 14 to 20, and is empowe...Learn More
Posted on: November 21, 2015
UPDATE Nov. 23 --
The Battle Creek Police Department is releasing the names of the three suspects in Saturday's bank robbery, pursuit and shooting incident.
Officers responded to the incident at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Following a bank robbery in t...Learn More
Posted on: November 20, 2015
The City Commission on Tuesday approved updating the city's local income tax form to add an option for city taxpayers to donate to charity or city projects.
Donation of income tax refunds is an option in 12 of the 22 Michigan city's with income taxes....Learn More
Posted on: November 16, 2015
The city has created a new online, interactive map that displays current and upcoming projects from our Department of Public Works.
These could include road closures for water, sewer or road resurfacing work; water shutoffs, parks closures for mainten...Learn More
Posted on: November 6, 2015
The city is excited to announce the debut of our newly-redesigned, citizen-centric website, still at www.battlecreekmi.gov.
The new site will become active today, and could take up to two days to be visible on all computers and devices.
Our new site...Learn More
Posted on: November 6, 2015
The City of Battle Creek has begun the process of updating the Master Plan, which will serve as the city’s official guide for land use, growth and development over the next 10 to 20 years.
The city’s last Master Plan was completed in 1997.
This will...Learn More
Posted on: November 6, 2015
The city is excited to announce that customers can now pay their utility bills online with credit and debit cards.
Customers can view their water/sewer/garbage bills and their payment history, as well as pay their current bills on our website.
Navig...Learn More
Posted on: November 3, 2015
The city’s Fire and Police departments are visiting Neighborhood Planning Councils and have scheduled station tours and community conversations to collect public input on the future of their facilities.
Early this year, consultants performed a study of...Learn More
Posted on: November 6, 2015
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the largest aviation association in the world, has chosen the city’s W.K. Kellogg Airport as one of its four 2016 fly-in locations.
The organization began hosting fly-ins in 2014, with more than 27,000 people...Learn More