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Notice of Council Vacancy

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL VACANCY HOUGHTON CITY COUNCIL The Houghton City Council is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the council for the remaining

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Public Hearing, Rezoning, 212 & 214 East Street

                                                   CITY OF HOUGHTON PLANNING COMMISSION REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE The City of Houghton Planning Commission will hold a meeting/public hearing at

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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

Brian Irizarry


brian.irizarry@cityofhoughton.com

Served since 2020

Current Term Expires 11/2028

Philip Buck Foltz, Mayor Pro Tem

Philip Buck Foltz

Mayor Pro Tem 

philip.foltz@cityofhoughton.com

Current Term Expires 11/2028

City of Houghton Mayor Robert Backon

Robert Backon

 

Served since 1990

Current Term Expires 11/2026

City Council Member Robert X. Megowan in Houghton

Robert X. Megowen

Mayor

Served since 2002

Current Term Expires 11/2026

City Council Member Mike Needham

Mike Needham


mike.needham@cityofhoughton.com

Served since 2010

Current Term Expires 11/2026

Jan Cole

Citizen Planner
virginia.cole@cityofhoughton.com

Served since 2020

Current Term Expires 11/2028

Craig Waddel

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. 

Rules of Procedure

Yearly Schedule

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