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Joint Fire Board

Sparta Fire Department

Fire authorityKent County

Sparta Fire Department is a joint fire board in Kent County, Michigan.

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What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.

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Required by law

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  • Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The department's page on the Village of Sparta's site has no FOIA documents, nor does the department's own site, spartafiremi.org (its 34-page sitemap). The second reading (a web search) found none.

    MCL 15.234(4) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

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  • Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year

    Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, MCL 141.421 et seq.; MCL 141.921

  • Audit filed on time

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921

Good practice

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  • Current budget posted

  • Budgets for the past three years posted

  • Latest audit posted

  • Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

  • Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

  • Agendas posted for the past 12 months

  • Minutes posted for the past 12 months

  • Members' names and a way to contact them posted

  • Check register (payments) posted

  • Employee pay or salary schedule posted

  • Current contracts posted

  • Labor agreements posted

About

Type
Joint Fire Board
Notes
Joint department of the Village and Township of Sparta. spartafiremi.org is the department's own site; the address on record was the Village of Sparta's page for it. Checked 2026-10-03.

Codes

Michigan Treasury unit code
417526

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

  • Kent County public bodies: research notes

    Open Government Project · 2026-09-24

  • Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units

    Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24

  • FOIA documents (W1) and retirement report information (W7), Kent County bodies other than general-purpose governments

    Open Government Project · read 2026-10-03

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

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