WELCOME TO MANCELONA, MICHIGAN

The Village of Mancelona is committed to provide residents,
property owners, business people and visitors
with a welcoming environment that promote happy and healthy lives!

VILLAGE OFFICES

The Village Council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the Village Hall.

VILLAGE OPERATIONS

​The Village of Mancelona is governed by a five member board, consisting of one president and four trustees. The council members are on several committees within the board to make decisions that are in the best interest of the community. The residents are the electors of these officials. 

The Village also has employees to run the daily operations. These employees are hired by the council to perform specific duties of Clerk and Treasurer. The Village also has a Department of Public Works Division. These two employees are to maintain roads, sidewalks, parks and other grounds and activities with the Village. Mancelona also operates its own Police Department. The department is staffed with a Chief of Police and three part time officers who maintain safety with the Village.

DEPARTMENTS

CLERK

TREASURER

POLICE

PUBLIC WORKS

PARKS

ZONING

VILLAGE ARCHIVES

Johnson Pond

ESTABLISHED IN 1889

​Mancelona, named after the daughter of Perry Andress who moved his family here in 1869, is located in the southeast corner of Antrim County at the crossroads of US 131 and M-88. It was originally incorporated in 1889 and reincorporated under the General Law Village Act of 1895.

 

FINANCIALS

The purpose of this was to have an organized village government to furnish and fund local public services for residents of a specific area within a township. The residents pay for the services through tax collection.

 

Downtown Development Authority 

The DDA was created in 1995 and was designed to follow Public Act 197 of 1975 to capture tax dollars to invest in the TIFA district of the Village of Mancelona.

Mancelona Area Planning Commission

The MAPC was established in 2017 as a Joint Planning Commission, consisting of the Village of Mancelona and Mancelona Township.

Village Planning Commission

The VPC was formed to create, organize, enumerate powers and duties, while providing for the regulation and subdivision of land for the coordinated and harmonious development.

The next Regular Village Council meeting is scheduled for April 9, 2024 @ 7pm all at the Village Hall