The City offers numerous, convenient, ways to pay your tax or utility bill in person, online, over the phone or via mail.
The city accepts cash, check, money order and all major credit cards. A secure drop box is located outside the main doors on the west side of City Hall for customer convenience.
All credit card transactions are subject to a nominal fee of 3%, or minimum of $2, charged by the processing company for utilizing this payment option.
Direct Debit (ACH) is available for paying utility bills. This option is a fee-free service and once enrolled will automatically withdraw payment from your designated checking or savings account on the 15th of every month.
Call (517) 625-6155 with any questions or to make a phone payment.
The City of Perry maintains two public parks available for family fun, recreation and community events. Both Jubilee Park and Veterans’ Memorial Park pavilions may also be reserved/rented for family events.
Visiting the park with your pet? Both parks now offer pet waste stations for easy clean up. Thank you for doing your part to keep our parks clean!
The Parks Committee holds meetings regularly to plan and take action on improving our parks and the amenities offered. Please check the calendar and join us when you can! The city has a Five-Year Park Plan, that lays the framework for goals and projects to focus on.
Jubilee Park, located at the west end of Third street, south of the railroad tracks, is equipped with playground equipment, a pavilion with picnic tables, restrooms (available with pavilion rental) and a softball field. The George Dunn Fitness Loop was installed in 2022.
Veterans’ Memorial Park surrounds Perry City Hall, located at 203 West Polly Street, on the north side of the railroad tracks. This park is equipped with a softball field, sledding hill and pavilion with picnic tables and restrooms. It is also enhanced with Veterans’ Circle, a display of flags honoring the United States of America, POWs (Prisoners of War), and each of the military branches.
Located at Jubilee Park, the George Dunn Fitness Loop offers a marked grass path following the perimeter of the park – roughly 1/3 a mile in length.
Along the path, you’ll find 5 exercise stations for users of all ages and abilities. There are also two benches on the path. Each station has a QR Code sticker. Scan the code with your smartphone’s camera to be directed to instructions for use.
Safety first, fitness second. Introduce yourself to all exercises gradually, avoiding undue stress. Slowly build the number of repetitions. Use equipment at your own risk.
Please submit 2 separate checks when renting facilities – 1 for deposit fee and 1 for rental fee. Completed applications may be returned by e-mail: cityofperry@perry.mi.us
The Community Room is located on the third floor of Perry City Hall, 203 West Polly Street. The entrance is on the west side of the building with ample parking and an elevator available for easy access to the third floor.
The spacious Community Room is suitable for all types of events including baby and bridal showers, birthday parties, funeral dinners, graduation open houses, holiday gatherings, large meetings and weddings.
View the calendar (below) to see if the Community Room is available for your event.
The fully equipped kitchen has a microwave, refrigerator, and stove/oven.
The Community Room is 30-Feet Wide by 62.5-feet long. There are also two restrooms with baby changing tables and a coat room. Other equipment includes 195 Chairs and 50 rectangular tables (35 poly resin 6-foot long; 7 wood 6-foot long; and 8 wood 8-foot long.)
Located in the lower level of Perry City Hall, Council Chambers has a capacity of 34 people and includes a conference table set-up for for an eight person forum. An additional 34 Chairs are situated in the audience section. The room is also equipped with free Wi-Fi, a podium and easel with board.
****The pavilion was destroyed during a tornado on Aug. 11, 2023. Reservations are not being accepted at this time****
Open year-around, the pavilion has two restrooms, electricity, water, trash receptacles and picnic tables. It also has two grills available on the lawn and paved parking.
Veterans Park Pavilion is situated next to the sledding hill, soccer field and softball field. A special feature of Veterans Memorial Park is the flag display honoring each of the U.S. Military branches, including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the Merchant Marines.
The softball field at Veterans Memorial Park has a backstop, two sets of bleachers and two benches.
Located at the end of Third and Williams street, measures 24 X 40-Feet.
Jubilee Park opens for the season April 15th and closes for the winter. Restrooms are opened upon request/reservation.
The pavilion has electricity, picnic tables, trash receptacles, and three grills.
Jubilee Park also has a softball field and playground comprised of swings, a merry-go-round, climbing dome and teeter-totters. This park has gravel parking.
The softball field at Jubilee Park has a backstop, partial fencing and two sets of bleachers.
The following forms are available in .pdf format and can be downloaded by clicking on the name of the form. Permits are also available at City Hall 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Completed documents should be returned by mail, fax or e-mail.
Perry City Hall 203 West Polly Street Perry, MI 48872
If e-mailing or faxing completed forms, customers must call City Hall to make payment arrangements of applicable fees before the requested permit will be processed.
New residents must contact city hall to set up their utility account. A $75 deposit is required from all new renters and property owners. If the account is paid on time for 12 consecutive months and no penalties are accumulated, the deposit will be credited to your utility bill on the 13th billing cycle.
City residents are billed monthly for water, sewer, trash and yard waste pick-up. As set forth by City Ordinance, the base fee is charged monthly regardless of occupancy or usage. Bills are mailed on or before the first of each month and Due by the 15th of the month regardless of the day of the week. After the 15th of the month, a 10% penalty is added to the balance.
A secure drop box is located outside the main doors on the west side of City Hall for customer convenience.
Utility bills may be paid at city hall or over the phone with a debit or credit card.
A nominal fee of 3% or minimum of $2 is charged by the processing company for utilizing this payment option, which is not collected by the City of Perry.
Direct Debit (ACH) is also available for paying monthly bills. Mail to/drop off completed forms at city hall. *NOTE: Please allow two weeks to one month to implement the first automatic payment withdrawal.
Trash removal is included with the monthly utility bill. Trash is picked-up every Friday, and should be placed at the curb before 6 a.m. If Friday is a holiday, trash may be picked-up the following day (the week of Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day etc). A change in the pick-up date is generally posted on this website, at City Hall, and on the City’s Facebook page. Trash pick-up includes household wastes ONLY – NO yard waste and NO construction materials.
Weekly service includes disposal of one bulk item at no additional cost. Please place your extra item at the curb near your cart by 6:00 am. Single items do not need to be scheduled in advance. Some large items cannot be picked up with the standard truck, Waste Management may tag your item for future pick up the following Thursday. Questions about your service can be answered by Waste Management by calling (866) 797-9018 or e-mail customerservice_MIOHIN@wm.com.
Bulk Item Pick Up Clarification
City of Perry residents qualify for the pick-up of one bulk item per week, along with their standard cart service.
Examples of eligible bulk items are a tv, mattress, chair, exercise equipment, doors, car seats, rolled and secured carpet, broken appliances, etc.
Bags of trash and boxes are considered extra waste and must be placed inside your cart.
If a bulk item is too big for pick up by the standard truck on Friday, the driver will tag the item and alert Waste Management to send a large item truck. This truck will visit the city on THURSDAYS.
Scheduling of bulk items is NOT required, but residents may call city hall at 517-625-6155 OR Waste Management 866-797-9018 to do so. Items called in by NOON on Wednesday will be scheduled for pick up the same week. Items left at the curb without scheduling will not be picked up until the following Thursday.
Trash Disposal Option
As an option of disposing of large items and/or large amounts of other trash, residents are welcome to take items to the Southwest Shiawassee Waste Center, 1470 West Britton Road, midway between Perry and Morrice. Commonly known as the “Transfer Station,” the disposal station is operated by the Village of Morrice.
For current hours of operation, or more information call: (517) 625-7005 or visit their website.
The City of Perry is a proud supporter of the Greater Laingsburg Recyclers program.
The Greater Laingsburg Recyclers offers several drop-off recycling drives every month. Dates and times will be posted on their Facebook Page and website.