Welcome!

City residents, if you are interested in serving on any of these boards, please send a letter of interest to the City Council, 224 West Buffalo Street, New Buffalo, MI 49117, or email: clerk@cityofnewbuffalo.org.  For more information, please call City Hall, 269-469-1500.

VACANT POSITIONS

Park and Recreation Board

1 Member (Term-ending May 2013)

1 Alternate (May 2013) 

Civil Service Board

1 Member (May 2017)

Local Officers Compensation Commission

1 Member (May 2013)

1 Member (May 2014)

1 Member (May 2015)

The Citizen's Guide and Performance Dashboard are now available online and at New Buffalo City Hall.

GALIEN RIVER WATERSHED FIELD TRIP

September 21, 2011 — The Galien River Watershed Steering Committee hosted a field trip which featured the rain gardens being built at Oselka Park during Phase 2 construction.

New Buffalo City Council Member Warren Peterson describes the progress being made at Osleka Park during Phase 2 construction:

Rain gardens will have native vegetation plantings with deep root systems intended to be extra long straws, which should keep them dry most of the time, except during rain events.  The rain garden plantings, after a year or so of taking root and maturing, will provide a pleasant natural feature which will attract birds, butterflies, and other fauna.

Rain gardens are identified in the Illicit Discharge Elimination Program grant work as a Best Management Practice for stormwater drainage systems.  More information is available concerning rain gardens from raingardens.org, run by the West Michigan Environmental Action Council.

More pictures from the field trip are here.