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Sage, Michigan (township)

This township has a fiscal year end of March 31.

With a population of approximately 2,617, this Category One government is a candidate for transpartisan organizing and meshwork engineering.

Services

This government indicated to the Census Bureau that it provides electric utility, gas utility, solid waste management, streets, road, highways, bridges, water utility, and water utility services.

Electric Utility

Operation, maintenance, and construction of public electric power systems including the production, acquisition, and distribution of electricity to the general public or to other public or private utilities for residential, commercial, or industrial use. (Verbatim source: U.S. Census Burea)

This government contracts privately for these services.

Gas Utility

Operation, maintenance, and construction of public gas supply systems including the production, acquisition, and distribution of gas to the general public or to other public or private utilities for residential, commercial, or industrial use. (Verbatim source: U.S. Census Burea)

This government contracts privately for these services.

Solid Waste Management

Collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, refuse, hazardous wastes, and other solid wastes and cleaning of streets, alleys, and sidewalks. (Verbatim source: U.S. Census Burea)

This government directly provides and contracts privately for these services.

Streets, Road, Highways, Bridges

Maintenance, operation, repair, and construction of highways, streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, tunnels, ferry boats, viaducts, and related structures. (Verbatim source: U.S. Census Burea)

This government contracts with another government for these services.

Water Utility

Operation, maintenance, and construction of public water supply systems including the production, acquisition, and distribution of water to the general public or to other public or private utilities for residential, commercial, or industrial use. The acquisition and distribution of water for the irrigation of agricultural lands are classified as 64 irrigation. (Verbatim source: U.S. Census Burea)

This government directly provides these services.

Web Presence

In responding to the Census Bureau's questionnaire, this government responded that they do not maintain or control a website containing information about at least the central activities of their government. Citizens cannot communicate with this government over the Internet.

Source

The U.S. Census Bureau obtained this information from responses to their Form # G28 (Adobe PDF file). The Census Bureau received a mailed questionaire response.

Address

From U.S. Census Bureau's 2002 Governments Integrated Directory:

TWP CLERK
SAGE
1831 PRATT LAKE ROAD
GLADWIN, MI 48624


All data in this alpha release are drawn from the 2002 Census of Governments, available here: http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog202.html


 
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