Editing Grand Blanc, Michigan (section)

===City===
Grand Blanc Centre incorporated as the City of Grand Blanc in 1930.<ref name=mpn/> In 1939, the township and the city started a joint fire department.<ref name=fj1>{{cite news |last1=Acosta |first1=Roberto |title=Grand Blanc Township ponders 'divorce' from city over fire services |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/02/grand-blanc-township-ponders-divorce-from-city-over-fire-services.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=Flint Journal |publisher=MLive Media Group |date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123731/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/02/grand-blanc-township-ponders-divorce-from-city-over-fire-services.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1970s, the Grand Blanc city, township and school district formed a joint parks and recreation department under a commission with 2 members from each entity.<ref name="fj2">{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Emilly |title=Grand Blanc township and city splitting up again -- this time parks and rec department |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/02/grand-blanc-township-and-city-splitting-up-again-this-time-parks-and-rec-department.html |access-date=March 13, 2020 |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Mlive Media Group |date=February 18, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227234319/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/02/grand-blanc-township-and-city-splitting-up-again-this-time-parks-and-rec-department.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1973, [[Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library |url=https://www.thegdl.org/grand-blanc-mcfarlen/ |publisher=Genesee District Library |access-date=27 March 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122171936/https://www.thegdl.org/grand-blanc-mcfarlen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was built featuring approximately 45,000 books and offering a host of other materials. 
 
A [[ballot]] question in the May 2, 2006 Genesee County general election ended governmental research into a plan to consolidate the city and township governments; 68.62% of city voters opposed consolidation efforts whereas 31.38% were in favor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary Report {{!}} Regular Election {{!}} Official Results |url=http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/clerk/images/election%20results/052006/summary.htm |publisher=Genesee County Clerk's Office |access-date=7 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192513/http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/clerk/images/election%20results/052006/summary.htm |archive-date=2 January 2014 }}</ref>

On January 20, 2019, the Township Board voted to rescind its joint fire department agreement in 90 days unless a new agreement is reached.<ref name=fj1/> After eight decades of a shared fire department with Grand Blanc Township, the city decided to start up their own department starting July 25, 2019, and named a fire chief. Previously, the joint department was funded by each municipal levying a special levy of 0.5 mil for the department and designating 0.5 mil of general levy to the department.<ref name="fj0">{{cite news |last1=Acosta |first1=Roberto |title=City of Grand Blanc to start own fire department |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/04/city-of-grand-blanc-to-start-own-fire-department.html |access-date=April 15, 2019 |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Mlive Media Group |date=April 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416000546/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/04/city-of-grand-blanc-to-start-own-fire-department.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After looking at the lack of management knowledge on the parks and recreation commission in the spring of 2019, the township and city decided to dissolve the commission. The decision was formalized in January 2020, with the township taking over the department to provide services to both municipalities. The city would go on to develop its own parks plan before starting its own department.<ref name="fj2" />