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A growing collection of tools, templates, and writing for the people who run Michigan local government. No email gates. No marketing trade-offs.
Your 2027 Meeting and Compliance Calendar
Enter your board's meeting schedule and get every 2027 meeting with its notice and minutes deadlines, the state dates that matter, and the statute behind each one. PDF plus a calendar file for Outlook.
Website Checkup for Clerks
We review your municipal website the way a resident and the federal accessibility rule will: meeting notices, minutes, how to request records, and whether your posted PDFs work with screen readers. A short report in two business days.
Michigan Clerk's FOIA + OMA Compliance Calendar
Every Michigan FOIA and OMA statutory deadline for the year, on one printable PDF. Pin it above your desk. Hand it to a new trustee. Use it as a fact-check.
Michigan Records Retention Schedule Search
Every record series in all 31 DTMB General Retention Schedules, searchable in one place. How long to keep it, quoted exactly as the state prints it, re-verified weekly.
Hours-Saved Calculator
Plug in how many FOIA requests your township handles per month and how long each one currently takes. See what Dekree saves you, in dollars and hours.
FOIA + OMA Template Library
FOIA acknowledgments, denials, fee estimates, appeals. OMA notices for regular and special meetings. Minutes templates. All in Word and PDF.
Indiana Public Records & Open Meetings Resource Center
Plain-language guides to Indiana APRA, the Open Door Law, and records retention, with Indiana Code citations on every claim. Current through the July 2026 APRA changes under HEA 1360.
Wisconsin Public Records & Open Meetings Resource Center
Plain-language guides to the Wisconsin Public Records Law, the Open Meetings Law, and the municipal retention schedules, with statute citations on every claim, plus a free Wisconsin retention cheat sheet.