City of Litchfield

Announcements:

• The Litchfield City Hall will reopen to the public resuming normal operation and business hours from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Due to COVID-19 mandated changes there will be a change how visitors enter the building. Visitors must enter the building through the City Council room door located on the West side of the building and follow the direction signs within the building. As always, visitors with disabilities can enter the building at the door located on the East side (M-99) if needed. Prior to visitors entering the building, you will be required to wear a mask, if medically able; limit in-person interactions as much as possible; and maintain 6 feet of distance with other visitors and employees that may be in the building at the same time. Once a visitor has entered the building, they will be required to answer a verbal Health Screen Questionnaire and may be subject to having a temperature check which would be done by an office staff member. Customers are still able, and encouraged, to pay their utilities online by visiting the City’s website, by phone, and/or by dropping their payments in the drop-box located on the West side of the building.

  We are asking for the safety of all our residents, customers, and staff, if you have any symptoms of COVID-19, or are generally feeling ill, please stay home.

• Absentee ballots for the November 3, 2020 General Election are now available at the Litchfield City Office. If you would like an application for an absentee ballot sent to you by mail, please contact the Litchfield City Office at 517-542-2921. The deadline to receive an absentee ballot by mail is Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The Litchfield City Office will be open on Saturday, October 31, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to process walk-in requests for an absentee ballot and to accept the return of absentee ballots. If you have any questions, please contact the Litchfield City Office at 517-542-2921. You can also visit the State of Michigan's Voter Information Center (MVIC) website to find out if you are registered, find your polling place, view a sample ballot, apply for an absentee ballot and more!

• Public Notice: The Regular Meeting of the Litchfield City Council for Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. will be held in the Litchfield Council Chambers at 221 Jonesville Street, Litchfield, Michigan 49252. Due to capacity and social distancing limitations set by the MDHHS Emergency Order, all guests will be encouraged to call in using the dial in phone number provided. Any citizen requesting accommodation to attend this meeting, and/or to obtain this notice in alternate formats, please contact the ADA Coordinator at 517-542-2921 by Monday, October 12, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. The following links are available for instructions and agenda.

• Litchfield's Trick-or-Treat hours will be Saturday, October 31, 2020 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Click here for MDHHS guidelines.

• The 2020 - 2021 City of Litchfield Budget can be found at the top of the Budget & Finance page or by clicking here.

• The City of Litchfield's seasonal brush and leaf pick-up dates are April 1^st through June 30^th  and October 15^th  through November 15^th. Residents are reminded that brush must be stacked in four (4) foot bundles. Grass clippings will not be picked-up. Brush must be separated from leaf piles. Leaves and brush must be placed near the curb or just off the roadway. No debris can be placed in the road. Residents are encouraged to take brush, leaves, and/or grass clippings to the City of Litchfield compost area located on Hawkes Drive in the Litchfield Industrial Park. Keys to the gates are available at the Litchfield City Office.

• The City of Litchfield website is being redesigned and updated. Some links have been disabled during this time. If you have any questions, please call the Litchfield City Office at 517-542-2921 or e-mail deputy@cityoflitchfield.org.

• Modern Waste has stopped accepting glass as a recyclable item. Please do not put glass in your recycling cart, your entire cart will not be collected. A list of acceptable items is available at the Litchfield City Office.