5 Things You Should Know Today - Nov. 14, 2011

Newly elected Farmington and Farmington Hills city council members will take their oaths of office tonight – and they're not the only ones who will be sworn in this week. Here's what's ahead:

1. The weather

The National Weather Service is predicting a 90 percent chance of rain after 7 a.m. Look for a daytime high around 54, with skies clearing tonight and a low around 38.

2. meeting

Newly elected Farmington council members JoAnne McShane, Kristin Kuiken and Greg Cowley will be sworn in during a special city council meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m., in council chambers at city hall. Officials will also elect a new mayor, consider council member appointments to a variety of committees and commissions, discuss orientation for new council members and setting a strategic planning session in January. A full agenda is posted at ci.farmington.mi.us.

3. meeting

During a 6 p.m. study session in the community room at city hall, Hills officials will discuss the 2020 Vision Energy Committee's report and a resolution opposing changes to the state's no-fault insurance law. Their regular meeting, held in council chambers at 7:30 p.m., begins with the oath of office administered to newly elected council members Randy Bruce, Richard Lerner and Ken Massey and mayor Barry Brickner. The agenda also includes resolutions establishing special assessment districts in LaMuera Estates and Springland subdivisions. A full agenda is posted at fhgov.com

4. Look ahead: School board Tuesday

Winners in Tuesday's school board election – Karen Bolsen, Howard Wallach, Murray Kahn and George Gurrola – will be sworn in during Tuesday's school board meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the in Farmington. An agenda is posted at farmington.k12.mi.us. The full agenda packet is attached to this article.

5. Look ahead: Theater weekend

Keep an eye on our this week, because the weekend ahead brings some interesting opportunities to watch live theater and dance performances, by our community's talented high school students: at , at , and the at – not to mention the opening of at the , produced by Sky's the Limit Productions under the auspices of the youth theater program.

Correction: The link to the Farmington School Board agenda now correctly directs to the PDF.