The North Bronson Industrial Area Superfund Sites are a group of three United States Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites: the former Bronson Reel Facility, the former L.A.
Smith also holds the post of assessor for the city.Ĭharles Lillis of the firm Biringer, Hutchinson, Lillis, Bappert & Angell, PC serves as city attorney- a post he has held since 2011.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.37 square miles (3.55 km 2), all land. Smith was appointed to this role in 1983. The City Council appoints a clerk/treasurer to oversee official records, voting, the collection of taxes, and the depositing of all city funds. Alicia Cole became mayor in January 2014 following the death of Tom Rissman, who had held the position since 2003. The Council elect, from among their members, a mayor and vice-mayor. Members are elected at large by city residents in odd-year elections to either two or four-year terms. The City of Bronson is governed by a five-member City Council. This charter established the Council-Manager form of government under which Bronson still operates. īronson established a new City Charter in 1985. The village was incorporated in 1866 and made a city in 1934. When the village was started it was first named York, but was renamed to Bronson by the Michigan legislature in 1837.
A post office was established here under the name of Bronson's Prairie in 1830, with Jabez B.