Why it matters: The city is trying to get its house in order as officials prepare to transition to a new mayor and at least two (but up to seven) new City Council members come Jan. 1.

The city of Richmond has announced plans to build a new city hall. As Richmond experiences rapid growth, it's in need of a bigger space for its city services, local officials said. The new city ...

The city of Richmond employs around 185 people, of which around 85 work in the city hall building. The new city hall will have meeting spaces and more accommodating commissioners court chambers ...

The governance committee was tasked with improving and adjusting the city’s current mayor-council form of government. The electoral committee was charged with designing a new form of government.

The city of Richmond has reached an engineering agreement ... of July with plans for the police facility to include the new city hall offices. In 2011, when the Michigan State Police vacated ...