The Mount Pleasant Village Board adopted in a new ordinance Monday that changes how it recoups money from infrastructure projects. The new ordinance lays out the village policy for special assessments. But several board members say the ordinance is not much different from one that went before the board in November, except for the addition […]
Tag: Highway V
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Drivers Be Aware: Highway V & 7-Mile Road Closing for 2 Weeks
Highway V and 7-Mile Road will both be closed for two weeks starting Monday while county work crews reconstruct the intersection there. Highway V will be closed from Highway G north to the county line, and 7-Mile Road will be closed from the east Frontage Road to Highway 38. Work is scheduled to conclude Nov. […]
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Take Our Poll: How Should Mount Pleasant Fund Water, Sewer Projects?
How the Village of Mount Pleasant pays for certain infrastructure projects like water and sewer improvements – including the construction of new extensions – is up for discussion, but has not yet been concluded. Trustees met during a special board meeting Wednesday to talk about how the village should fund these projects. The meeting was […]
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Trustees Approve Police Raises, Highway V Borrowing
Mount Pleasant trustees Monday unanimously approved raises for village police officers as well as a borrowing package to pay for road projects and the Highway V utility project. According to a memorandum of understanding presented during the board meeting at Village Hall, Mount Pleasant police officers will get an 8 percent salary bump over the […]
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Trustees Approve Highway V Funding
Mount Pleasant trustees Wednesday night approved 5-2 a funding and assessment plan for the sewer and water project on Highway V. In short, the village will bond for the project, and residents have the option of paying part of their assessment in six months and have the rest deferred for 20 years with another 10 […]
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Op/Ed: You got to be kidding.
What on Earth does someone do under this guys circumstances? How will the Village of Mount Pleasant Board react? You gotta listen to this one. It’s only a minute and a half. This was part of the Special Hearing last night (3/21/16). Come on Board, this is not an exercise in merely numbers. Quite the […]
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Real Estate Agents Differ on Highway V Assessment Values
Two area real estate agents weighed in on the debate about whether or not the availability of municipal sewer and water will positively impact property values on Highway V. Several Mount Pleasant elected officials and senior staffers have claimed that access to municipal services could double the fair market value of some parcels. Highway V […]
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Highway V Press Conference, Public Meeting Monday
Before a planned public information meeting Monday about the Highway V project and its associated costs, residents who live on V will hold a press conference at Mount Pleasant Village Hall. In a press release issued Sunday morning through Community for Change, the residents say they want the larger Mount Pleasant community and the media […]
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Man Cited In School Bus Versus Car Crash
A 28-year-old Racine man was injured, but released from the emergency room at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints Tuesday morning after he crashed the car he was driving into a school bus. Cited for inattentive driving and not having car insurance, the man was driving his car at about 50 mph when it crashed into a Durham […]
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Proposed Highway V Assessments = 20 Years Deferred
Mount Pleasant residents along Highway V would be given a 20-year deferment to pay special assessments for a sewer and water project and then another 10 years to pay it off under a proposal distributed to board members late Friday afternoon. Attorney Tim Pruitt put the draft proposal together based on discussions at the staff […]
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Mt Pleasant Board meeting 1/11/16
This was the meeting that was anticipated by the folks on Hwy V. We heard from a number of people who were all very eloquent during the public comment part of the meeting. You simply should hear them.  However, it took an attorney to explain what the board was up to. So, with citizen input […]
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Caledonia Portion Of Highway V Water Main Project Approved
The Caledonia Village Board voted 6 to 0 to approve the water main portion of a larger $10 million project at a special board meeting held Tuesday, but the decision didn’t set well with some Caledonia residents. Caledonia Village Board member Ed Willing was not at the meeting because he was working. The sore spot: […]
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Highway V Project Moves Forward In Caledonia
The Caledonia portion of the Highway V project is moving forward with the installation of a lift station on the southeast corner of highways V and K. The village has agreed to buy about two acres of land from Twelve Oaks Investment Co. LLC for $68,000. The deal is expected to close in the next […]
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‘New Information’ Delays Repeal of Sewer Connection Ordinance
Repeal of the village’s sewer connection ordinance was tabled Monday for two weeks because the village expects to receive new information regarding the Highway V sewer and water project. The current ordinance requires property owners to connect to any new sewer and water infrastructure within a year of its completion. Village President Jerry Garski made […]
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Trustees Expected to Repeal Connection Ordinance
Mount Pleasant trustees Monday are expected to repeal an ordinance that will save the residents on Highway V thousands of dollars in upfront connection fees as part of the joint Caledonia and Mount Pleasant sewer and water project. In a nutshell, village ordinance requires property owners to connect to a sanitary sewer line within a […]