Saline Election Preview: Meet Saline City Council Candidate Miri ...

Miri is from Saline. She earned a bachelor's degree in health care administration from the University of Michigan-Flint. Miri lives with her wife, Cass.

Miri is a royalties analyst. She has been in analytical-oriented jobs for nine years. She previously worked as a website designer. 

Miri Weidner's campaign for Saline City Council Member is her first entry into politics. She is currently a member of the Saline Parks Commission.

Aims to assist new businesses in establishing themselves in Saline.

- Aims to assist new businesses in establishing themselves in Saline.

Economy

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Wants to ensure new housing and building projects are compatible with the surrounding area.

Supports increasing affordable housing options for both renting and homeownership.

- Wants to ensure new housing and building projects are compatible with the surrounding area.
- Supports increasing affordable housing options for both renting and homeownership.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes in maintaining a local Fire Department to ensure superior coverage and community knowledge, opposing the outsourcing of city services like the dispatch center.

- Believes in maintaining a local Fire Department to ensure superior coverage and community knowledge, opposing the outsourcing of city services like the dispatch center.

Public Safety

As of August 14, 2025, Miri Weidner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Supports city-wide notifications for projects to improve community awareness.

Opposes removing the Saline River Dam, citing historical significance, high costs for citizens, environmental benefits, and practical reasons for flood control.

Believes the City Council should take action to improve water quality issues in Saline, saying, "Instead of paying for endless studies that are never implemented, we need to start taking action to actually execute a plan that will correct the issues."

Believes the funding for the parks should be separated from the Rec Center.

- Supports city-wide notifications for projects to improve community awareness.
- Opposes removing the Saline River Dam, citing historical significance, high costs for citizens, environmental benefits, and practical reasons for flood control.
- Believes the City Council should take action to improve water quality issues in Saline, saying, "Instead of paying for endless studies that are never implemented, we need to start taking action to actually execute a plan that will correct the issues."
- Believes the funding for the parks should be separated from the Rec Center.

Public Services

Energy & the Environment

Wants to regulate traffic and improve sidewalk accessibility in newly constructed areas to ensure safety for all residents.

- Wants to regulate traffic and improve sidewalk accessibility in newly constructed areas to ensure safety for all residents.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Believes rehabilitating the dam is more cost-effective than removing it and reshaping Mill Pond Park, which would incur "many unknown costs" and leave the park unusable for "upward of two years or more."

Miri Weidner is from Saline. She lives with her wife, Cass, and their two rescued Shih Tzus, Frodo and Flower, and a rescued cat named Addie.

Miri is a Royalties Analyst. She has been in analytical-oriented jobs for nine years.

As of August 14, 2025, Miri Weidnerr did not have a website or any information online.

Miri Weidnerr

Miri is a Royalties Analyst at an undisclosed company. She has been in analytical-oriented jobs for nine years.

Saline, MI

Miri Weidner's campaign for Saline City Council Member is her first entry into politics. She is currently a member of the Saline Parks Commission. 

Aims to help new businesses settle successfully in Saline.

Wants to ensure new housing and building projects are compatible with the surrounding area and wants to regulate traffic and sidewalk accessibility in newly constructed areas to ensure safety for all residents.

Supports city-wide notifications for public projects to improve community awareness.

Plans to regulate traffic and improve sidewalk accessibility in newly constructed areas to ensure safety for all residents.

- City council members in Michigan help make city-level laws, approve budgets, and oversee city services to serve the community’s needs. 
- Council members attend regular meetings, listen to public concerns, and vote on city issues like zoning, public safety, and spending. They also appoint and direct officials, like the city manager.
- City council members may be elected in partisan elections or nonpartisan elections, depending on the city. They may represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Terms for city council members often last two or four years, depending on the city.