Mount Pleasant trustees Monday are expected to formally enter into an $11,000 agreement that will allow Racine police officers to use the Mount Pleasant Police Department’s firing range. The agreement was approved last month in the City of Racine after RAPD police Chief Art Howell made a presentation to the city’s Finance and Personnel Committee, a […]
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Officers Expected to Fire First Shots in April
Mount Pleasant police officers are expected to take their first shots in the department’s new firing range in April. Trustees Monday approved 5-1 building the range for an amount not to exceed $550,000, but the final bill should be much less. The winning bid of $496,367 was from Katt Construction of Racine. Money to outfit the […]
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Trustees Expected to Approve Firing Range Construction
Mount Pleasant police officers will soon get to practice shooting to meet their annual certifications at home instead of renting time elsewhere. Trustees Monday will vote on whether or not to approve the chosen bid to construct the police department firing range. Racine County Eye has messages into Mount Pleasant police Chief Tim Zarzecki to get details […]
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Letter to the Editor: Mount Pleasant Residents Have no Voice
This letter was submitted by Michael Devine I wrote a letter against the funding of the Police pistol range from Sewer/Water funds for the police department. The next Board meeting was quite a surprise as Village President Gleason attack me and a Trustee. Village Ordinances explicitly states funds from Sewer/Water can only be spent for […]
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Police Borrowing Ok’d, Firing Range Expected Late Summer
Mount Pleasant trustees approved – with a 5-1 vote – the police department borrowing up to $350,000 from the village’s sewer utility to complete the MPPD firing range. The loan will be interest free and will be paid back within seven years. The firing range is expected to cost up to $475,000 to complete depending […]
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Police Borrowing for Firing Range, Committee Appointments
Mount Pleasant trustees Monday will vote on whether or not to allow the police department to borrow up to $350,000 from the village sewer utility to finish MPPD’s firing range. Members of the village’s Finance/Legal/License committee earlier this month gave the green light to Police Chief Tim Zarzecki to approach the utility for the loan. […]
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Committee OKs Borrowing for Firing Range
Trustees on the Mount Pleasant Finance/Legal/License Committee Wednesday gave the OK for the police department to borrow up to $350,000 from the village’s sewer utility to complete its firing range. The total cost of fully outfitting the range is about $450,000, and, going into the meeting, police had over $300,000, including $150,000 from the City […]
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Committee Expected to Approve Firing Range Construction
Trustees on the Mount Pleasant Finance/Legal/License Committee are expected to approve Wednesday the start of construction on the police firing range. MPPD Chief Tim Zarzecki said the goal is to at least get started and go as far as they can with the money they have. “We want to get going to as far as […]
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SC Johnson Grant Puts Mount Pleasant Firing Range Within Reach
by Heather Asiyanbi Completion of the Village Of Mt. Pleasant Police Department’s indoor firing range looks like it’s within reach thanks to a $75,000 matching grant from SC Johnson. MPPD Chief Tim Zarzecki told trustees Monday night that he has almost $120,000, primarily from donations and impact fees, and $150,000 pledge from the City of Racine. “I’m […]
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