Major Triumph ! Bloomfield Township publishes minutes of all Township meetings dating back to 1827 on City's website for easy access !

Township of Bloomfield Book of

Records 1827

Jan Roncelli  City of Clerk of  Bloomfield Township was named 2012 City Clerk of the Year. No need to  wonder why when the Township is the first community in our area to publish minutes of all township meetings going almost two centuries  (to 1827) on  City's web site for  anyone to access.

In an article the Birmingham Bloomfield Eagle , written by Robert Ruelen, City Clerk Roncelli described a 2 year effort to put the  the minutes of every meeting  on line.   It  started in November of 2011  and was facilitated  local company Ameriscan  Imaging Services. The Goal was to provide easy access to all data on a variety of  platforms  such as computers, tablets and  even cell phones. Easy Data search that could cover many years and many the meetings of many governing  bodies  was also sought..

As of Today  all Township minutes can be access going back to 1827. All meetings from the beginning and into 1928 were handwritten and can not as of now be searched by computer. The minutes from 1928 to present day were typewritten and can be searched by Key words. Initially this worked only with groups  of say a dozen years. By November 1st 2012  all written minutes of the Board of Trustees, The Zoning Board of Appeals, The Design Board,  and the Planning Commission from 1928 to 2012 can be searched across a variety of Boards and Commissions.. Roncelli was quoted by the Eagle  as saying, "with this program you are able to type in a restaurant  like Jimmy John's, and it  (the program) will search for all references to all  in each board's minutes"

American Scan Representative representative Kevin Serbenski,  in the Eagle article  cited The compatibility with  tablets and smart phones, advanced search options, aand the ability to sign up for electronic alerts when newe documents are added as key features.

Advanced Key Search  Selection Box.

       

To access Archived Bloomfield Township Minutes 1928 to present Click Here
Then pick the  Board or Commission you want,. Pick Agenda or Minutes from the drop down box. A list of years 1928 to 2012 will then appear on the left. To pick years 1827 to 1928 and click here.
Then follow the instructions below the "township records heading. These minutes are grouped by numbered entries in three separate books. They are all hand written entries. The year grouping for each book is listed big and bold. From there you just have to hop in and and get your bearings in terms of what year you landed in and where you want to go. Sample pages form the "" modern era " are presented below to whet your appetite for time travel. Samples can be made larger by clicking on them.

1933

1955

1977

1997