Municipal Bill Printing for Michigan Municipalities

Water & Sewer Bills

Michigan water and sewer service is delivered by city departments, township systems, and regional authorities — from large metro authorities down to village utilities — each billing on its own monthly or quarterly calendar, often on a combined statement.

What Baldwin produces: blank water and sewer bill forms on 20–24# bond, with perforated payment stubs, MICR/scan-line coupon zones, and window-envelope layouts. Water & sewer bill forms.

County Property Tax Bills — Summer & Winter Levies

Michigan property owners pay two levies a year — the summer levy, billed in early July and due around September 14, and the winter levy, billed December 1 and due around February 14, with charter variations by city. Unpaid taxes are turned over to the county treasurer.

What Baldwin produces: blank tax bill forms for both levies, with parcel data zones, installment coupons, and window-envelope layouts. Property tax bill printing.

Drain Commissioner Assessments

Michigan's elected county drain commissioners administer county drains and levy special assessments for drainage improvements — assessments that ride onto property tax bills and are collected with them. No other state leans on this issuer class as heavily.

What Baldwin produces: assessment notices and installment coupons with MICR-encoded coupons, sequential numbering, and window envelopes. Special assessment bills & installment coupons.

Municipal Utility Bills

Michigan cities and villages operate municipal electric, water, refuse, and broadband utilities that bill on fixed cycles — including public power systems serving their own communities.

What Baldwin produces: blank utility bill and statement forms matched to your billing system's layout, with coupon zones and envelope formats. Water & sewer bill forms.

Co-op Member Bills & Capital Credits

Electric cooperatives serve member-owners across rural Michigan with monthly bills, annual capital credit allocation statements, and unclaimed-funds notices.

What Baldwin produces: member statement forms with coupon stubs, capital credit forms, unclaimed-funds notices, and matching envelopes. Electric co-op member bills & capital credit statements.

Delinquency & Tax-Roll Transfer Notices

Michigan utilities run past-due, final, and shut-off notices in batches, and delinquent charges move toward the tax roll — documents that have to be clear, numbered, and traceable.

What Baldwin produces: single-part and carbonless multi-part notice forms on colored urgency stocks, with numbering and window envelopes. Delinquent, past-due & shut-off notice forms.

Production

Production is handled by our Midwest manufacturing partner in Indiana, with Baldwin managing specs, quality checks, and delivery. You work with one vendor; your artwork stays yours, your compliance stays with you.

Archived Specs & Committed Dates

Your approved layout, stock, numbering, and envelope format are archived, so next cycle is a one-call reorder. Delivery dates are committed in advance — the summer and winter levies and the monthly utility cycles do not move.

The Book-Build Pattern

Baldwin prints one bill type today, adjacent documents tomorrow — one vendor, one archived spec file. Start with the water bill; add sewer statements, drain assessment coupons, delinquent notices, and the summer and winter tax bill forms as each cycle is reviewed. Every new document joins the same archived spec file.

Quality Checks

Every run is verified against your approved artwork before it ships — registration, numbering, coupon zones, and stock. No surprises when the cycle opens.