Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 124. Municipalities § 124.695

Sec. 45. (1) Two or more qualified counties in combination with one another and with 1 or more qualified cities may form a metropolitan region council by adopting articles of incorporation in accordance with sections 47 and 49,  1 if the county commission of each qualified county seeking to participate, and the city council of each qualified city seeking to participate, does the following:

(2) Upon adoption of the resolutions described in subsection (1)(a), the participating qualified counties and qualified cities of a metropolitan region council shall establish a metropolitan region council board. The chief executive officer of each participating qualified county and qualified city shall appoint 3 representatives to the board, with the advice and consent of the legislative body of the county or city. However, if a participating qualified county has a population greater than 2,000,000 persons, a representative shall be appointed by each of the 3 largest geographical conferences established in the county before January 1, 1999 under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.

(3) A metropolitan region council is a public corporate body with power to sue and be sued in any court of the state.

(4) A metropolitan region council is an authority under section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

(5) A metropolitan region council possesses all the powers necessary for carrying out the purposes of its formation.

The enumeration of specific powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers of a council, consistent with its articles.