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City openly chooses to violate its own law

Iron Mountain city ordinance requiring that "all full-time employees of the city shall reside within a ten-mile radius of the city hall."  Iron Mountain's Code of Ordinances.  Path of listed links to residency ordinance(s): Iron Mountain, Michigan  >  CODE OF ORDINANCES City of IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN  >  Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION  >  ARTICLE II. EMPLOYEES  >  DIVISION 2. RESIDENCY.  (Tech note:  You first may have to click on the second link in this paragraph, then close the subsequent window, in order to enable the first link.)

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Robert "Bob" Becotte, director of Iron Mountain's Department of Public Works (DPW), is a resident of Delta County, Michigan, hired in 2005 by Iron Mountain's city manager, approved subsequently by Iron Mountain's city council.  At its closest point, Delta County is approximately 40 miles from Iron Mountain's city hall and approximately 30 miles outside the city's required "ten-mile" radius for the residency of a full-time employee.  As of August 2006, this is one of at least three current instances of this residency violation.

 

Rental Ordinance

The Rental ordinance posted on the City's Web Site is dated from before the City Council amended the ordinance.  The Landlord Page has the original and the amended ordinance posted.