Welcome!

East Bay Charter Township is located in the northwest corner of the Lower Peninsula nestled among many inland lakes inside Grand Traverse County. Our township is a mix of rolling farmland, forests and Lake Michigan beach front. East Bay is an exciting and growing community with a unique blend of commercial and residential development.

Road Construction News:

On behalf of the MDNRE, Compliance, Inc. will be overseeing the excavation of contaminated soils in the Holiday Road area west of Five Mile.  The work area is directly adjacent to 2700 Holiday Road (GJs).  The work is scheduled for mid-September (starting about a week after labor day).  The total time of work is expected to be two weeks with Holiday road being closed during that period for approximately 5-days.  There will be detours using Five Mile Road during the approximately 5-day period that Holiday Road is closed.  The detour will take traffic to/from US-31 either via Five Mile Road (north of the work area) or via Five Mile Road/Hammond Road/Four Mile Road (west/south of the work area).

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Summer taxes are due September 14, 2010. You can pay your taxes at the Treasurer's office in the township hall (8:00am-4:00pm) and you can also mail your payment to the township hall. If you would like to pay them after business hours, you may put them in the drop box that is located by the front door of the township hall.

Due to the amount of complaints we have had about the difficulty of paying taxes online, we have decided to change our credit card company to Certified Payments. We hope that this will be an easier system to use. Certified Payments also offers a lower convenience fee of 2.5% and a lower e-check fee of $2.50.  Also with this new company, we will be able to accept credit card payments at the township office.

If you would like to make an online payment, please visit https://certifiedpayments.net/Index.aspx?BureauCode=7274184. If you want to pay by phone, please call 1-866-549-1010. You will need to use Bureau Code: 7274184 for both internet and phone payments. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Treasurer's office at (231) 947-8647.

We have begun passing out flyers for Clean-Up Day. Remember, this year we are doing it differently so that more residents can use this service. In order to take advantage of this service, you need to come to the township to pick up a flyer. This flyer can be used one time between the months of May and September. You are only issued one flyer so come and pick it up when you are going to use it. Loads will be accepted at the Compactor Station on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. when using the flyer. Any additional information can be found on the flyer. If you have any further questions, please call the township at (231) 947-8647.