The Village of Spring Lake is looking more and more like a city, and village leaders are hoping that by becoming a city everyone will benefit from lower taxes, but the process promises to be a long one. City leaders from nearby Douglas, Michigan, a municipality that has been through the arduous red tape, have offered assistance.
According to excerpts from the story:
SPRING LAKE -- Two months after voting to pursue converting Spring Lake Village into a city, the village council Monday approved the formation of a committee to spearhead that effort.
The council unanimously accepted the recommendations of Village President William Filber to appoint a five-member "point committee" to work through the steps needed for the village to become a city.
In December, the village council unanimously accepted recommendations of a citizens committee that the village move toward becoming a city -- a move that would break the village from Spring Lake Township and possibly lower taxes. The recommendation came after the 10-member committee studied the issue for nine months.
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