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Access to February 12, 2025 City Council Meeting
Topic: council 2-12 Time: Feb 12, 2025 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86958594248 Meeting ID: 869 5859 4248
Job Posting for Assistant to the City Manager
The city is hiring an Assistant to the City Manager. Interested persons can apply at: Jobs
2025 Budget Work Sessions
The Houghton City Council will hold Budget Work Sessions on: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday,
March Board of Review Dates
The City of Houghton Board of Review will meet on: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 4:00 pm – Organizational Monday, March 10, 2025 from 3-9
Houghton Wins Community Excellence Award
We Won! The City of Houghton has won the Michigan Municipal League’s Community Excellence Award for 2024. The award nominations celebrate and honor innovative placemaking
Meetings: The Houghton City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. on the Second and Fourth Wednesdays of every month. Agendas and agenda packets for each meeting will be placed in the Searchable Document Center of the website on the Monday before the meeting by 5:00 p.m.
Correspondence to be presented to the Council at the meeting must be provided to the Clerk by 4:00 pm on meeting day. Correspondence must state the name of who is submitting it. Correspondence will be read at the meeting. Each item of correspondence will be read up to 5 minutes.
City Council Members



Robert Backon
Mayor
Served since 1990
Current Term Expires 11/2026

Robert X. Megowen
Served since 2002
Current Term Expires 11/2026


Jan Cole
Citizen Planner
virginia.cole@cityofhoughton.com
Served since 2020
Current Term Expires 11/2028

Craig Waddell
Citizen Planner
craig.waddell@cityofhoughton.com
Served since 2022
Current Term Expires 11/2026
Rules of Procedure
Council meetings are open to the public. The Mayor presides over the meeting. The agenda is set prior to each meeting. Each meeting includes opportunity for members of the public to address the Council on any subject.Â