An ordinance many thought to be unconstitutional was repealed by the Mount Pleasant Village Board Monday after 11 years of being on the books. The rule, which dates back to Mount Pleasant’s establishment as a village, barred people running for public office from speaking during the public comment section of village board meetings. Board members, […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting March 13, 2017
Mt Pleasant Village Board Meeting for March 13, 2017 at 6:30pm Previous recordings may be found at this link. Bookmark this link if you wish future access to this recording and all others. Public Comment: There was no public comment New Business: The Village Recreation Department provided a program presentation. The 2015 Audit was […]
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Opinion: From Mt. Pleasant Village President
The following letter is from Jerry Garski, Mount Pleasant Village President. — When I was elected Mt. Pleasant Village President in April 2015, our village was at a crossroad. The previous administration had failed to hire and retain a Village Finance Director. Residents in Lake Park and on Hwy V were in revolt against Village […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Feb 27, 2017
Mt Pleasant Village Board Meeting for February 27, 2017 at 6:30pm Previous recordings may be found at this link. Bookmark this link if you wish future access to this recording and all others. Public Comment: Chuck Haakma finally was allowed to speak regardless of his running for office, which in the past, had been prevented […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Feb 13 2017
February 13, 2017 Village of Mt. Pleasant Board meeting at 6:30pm Previous recordings may be found at this link. Bookmark this link if you wish future access to this recording and all others. Public Comment: Chuck Haakma rose to speak at public comment but was admonished from doing so because of a Mt. Pleasant […]
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InSinkErator Financial Assistance For Headquarters Approved
A hefty public financial assistance package for development of the new InSinkerator world headquarters in Mount Pleasant was approved Tuesday, as company executives made the rounds at two local government boards. In Mount Pleasant, the village board and Community Development Authority approved $600,000 dollars in “upfront assistance” for the garbage disposal manufacturer to “assist with […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Full Recording
January 23, 2017 Mt Pleasant Village Board Meeting started at 6:00pm This is a full recording of the meeting. Note: All previous recordings are available here sorted by date. Merely bookmark this link for future access. Public Comment: A number of residents of the Campbell Woods subdivision spoke against the Senior Campus at Campbell […]
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Board hears from many in Mt Pleasant
This is a recording of the full open session Village Board Meeting for Mount Pleasant for January 9, 2017 at 6:00pm The first agenda item was to go into closed session to discuss strategy with legal counsel concerning litigation it may become involved with. Specifically, Senior Campus at Campbell Woods LLC. Upon returning back to […]
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Mount Pleasant Revises Special Assessment Rules
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 […]
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Mt Pleasant Village Board for Dec 12 2016
This was recorded by the Village. There are spaces with no audio. Click the Red button to play the recorded meeting.
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Opinion: Mount Pleasant Resident Says Keep Cleaning It Up
This opinion was submitted to Racine County Eye as was read at Public Comment tonight (Monday Dec 12, 2016) by Kelly Gallaher to the Mount Pleasant Village Board. ============== Over the last 20 months, residents have had the opportunity to learn in far greater detail some of the practices and agreements made between village staff […]
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Raises for many but not for the Village Clerk
Mt Pleasant Village Board for November 28, 2016 Public Comment: Don Schulz was concerned about the amount of money being spent on Parks. The original proposal was to provide baseball diamonds for the kids. But in the Journal Times an article stated a beer garden would be created using Tax incremental district money. Don […]
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Mt Pleasant Budget Hearing/Board Meeting 11/14/16
The following is a recording of the Budget hearing as well as the Mt. Pleasant Board Meeting for November 14, 2016. To play the audio, click the orange circle (play button) in the upper left hand corner next to the date.
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Oct 24, 2016
Village Board Recording October 24, 2016 – 6:30pm Public Comment – None New Business 2016 Bus Service Contract – A motion to approve the contract which expired in March of 2016. The amount was $179,500. The motion passed unanimously. Resolution 31-2016 for Vacating of Landscape Easement for Rolling Fields Subdivision Plat. A motion was […]
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Rezone of Nursing Home tabled.
This is a recording of the Mount Pleasant Planning Commission meeting held at 1:00pm October 19, 2016. The main event, the same as last nights public hearing, was the rezoning petition by the owners of Campbell Woods, LLC. They were looking for a rezoning of the property from residential single family to residential multi-family. After […]