LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCAVENGER HUNT

CITY OF MUSKEGON
Go to: http://www.ci.muskegon.mi.us Click on: About Muskegon, Click on:Facts and Statistics
1.When was Muskegon incorporated?
2. When was the current city charter enacted?
3. What is the population of Muskegon?
4. How many miles of streets are there in Muskegon?
5. How many streetlights are there in Muskegon?
6. How many water customers are there in Muskegon?
7. What percentage of registered voters voted in the 2000 Presidential election?
8. What percentage of registered voters voted in the last city election?

NEXT: Click on City Services, Go to City Services home, Click on City Departments
9. Name four city departments? (left-hand side of screen)

NEXT: Click on City Clerk Read the job description.
10. Explain in 3 to 5 sentences the job of the city clerk.

NEXT: Click on City Manager
11. Explain in 3 to 5 sentences the job of the city manager.

NEXT: Click on City Services home, Click on City Commission.
12. List the city officials and their title, include the city manager.


NEXT: Click on E-Government, Go to Residence Information Locator.
13. Who is your local commissioner? (Entering your house number or 80 four the high school)

NEXT: Click on the back button, Go to Employment.
14. List the jobs that are accepting applications in the city of Muskegon.

NEXT: Click on Business Services, Go to Zoning, Click on Decks.
15. Explain three facts about the construction of decks in the city of Muskegon.


NEXT: Click on the back button, Click on Fences.
16. Explain three facts about the construction of fences in the city of Muskegon.


NEXT: Click e government, go to city code of ordinances, click on animals.
17. Explain Chapter six section fourteen in your own words.


NEXT: Click on Business Services, Go to Incentives, Scroll down
18. How many business incentives are there to start a business inside the Muskegon city limits?

NEXT: Click on Business Services, Go to Renaissance Zone, Read to the bottom of the page,
click on Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

19. Explain in 2 to3 sentences what a Renaissance zone is.

MUSKEGON COUNTY
Go to : http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us, Click on : About Muskegon History.
20. When was Muskegon County incorporated?

21. What was the population of the county when it was incorporated?

22. What is the population of the county today?

23. How many commissioners are on the county board?