The City, Montcalm County, and MDOT work together on highway maintenance. The collaboration/cooperation includes planning, inspection, sharing of equipment, mutual-aid, and emergency response. The efforts result in improved service to the public, but specific dollar savings are unknown.
2013 Update
The city plans to extend this collaboration to included rating the City's roads by September of 2013 If no agreement can be reached, the city will retain a private civil engineering firm to rate city streets. The city has a meeting planned for April 2013 to discuss a possible agreement with the Montcalm County Road Commission.
2014 Update
Ongoing. City aids DOT personnel in information gathering/reporting so that DOT personnel can save on travel costs.
No headway has been made with the Montcalm County Road Commission - and now that the City Manager is gone, this will be delayed and re-prioritized when a new city manager is in place