The above recording documents a Zoning Public Hearing – October 18, 2016 – 6:30pm The information below is only a summary. For details please hear the recording for yourself. The purpose of this hearing was to consider proposed amendments from the public to the zoning ordinance of the Village of Mount Pleasant as it affects […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Oct 10, 2016
Village Board Meeting Recording for October 10, 2016 Public Comment: Mike Devine spoke about the budget as well as the high cost of Bus Service in Mount Pleasant. Consent Agenda: Approval of minutes for the Village Board meeting of Sept 26, 2016. New Business: A presentation was given about the 2016 Bus (Belle Urban System) […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Sept. 26 2016
This is the recording of the Village of Mt. Pleasant meeting for Sept. 26, 2016 at 6:30pm. The description below is a summary. We urge you to listen to the recording above. Prior to the normal public comment segment, the agenda had the Racine County Health Department talk about the need for an update for […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Sept 12, 2016
Two new police officers were sworn into service. Note: The swearing in of the two officer segment of the recording was edited out because they were very far away from any microphones in the room. Public comments by 3 citizens were heard. Resolution 29-2016 – Releasing certain properties from the right of recovery obligations associated […]
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Hwy V gets a second look
To a packed, standing room only auditorium at the Village of Mount Pleasant, people listened and spoke their minds about assessments. Five residents spoke in favor of the current assessment, five spoke against and 3 “others” spoke. The “others” spoke about things like deed restriction suggestions, etc. Attorney Tom Devine spoke (at 51 minutes […]
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A Busy Board Meeting: Mt. Pleasant
In this edition of Mt Pleasant Village Board Meetings for August 8, 2016, the agenda had 13 items and trustees made news during the Reports section of the meeting as well. In item #1 the Board voted to set a public hearing on the Hwy V issue prior to the next Village Board Meeting. Staff […]
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Mt Pleasant starts talking about Hwy V
The Finance Legal License Committee at Mt. Pleasant started to have discussions about the assessments for Highway V.  Jerry Garski said, “I’m flabbergasted… How the Village lives with that (ed: double assessment for a resident who lives on the corner of Highway 20 and V) The assessment turns out to be 100 percent of the […]
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting July 25, 2016
In this recording of the Mt Pleasant Board Meeting for July 25 we have a few public comments from Cynthia Lane residents, a rezoning for a new Hyundai car dealership, a change in the Survey Map for the Willkomm development on the Southeast corner of Spring Street and Hwy 31, as well as awarding a […]
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Mt. Pleasant Fires Administrator
Kurt Wahlen was let go of his Village Administrator position as of today, July 11, 2016. After a closed sesson, the Village Board vote was unanimous to a severance agreement, waiver and release. Kurt Wahlen agreed to a voluntarily resignation from his appointment as Village Administrator. In consideration of his voluntary resignation the Village […]
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Mt. Pleasant Board meeting for June 27, 2016
NOTE: The beginning of this meeting was not recorded. Why? Well, I was eating dinner at 5:30pm thinking the meeting will start at 6:30pm like it always does. This one started at 6:00pm. This is the raw recording. It starts when I started the recording during Public Comment. We lost the Pledge of Allegiance, Roll […]
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Week In Review: Community Mourns Death Of Teen
You’ve been busy, we’ve been busy. But you still need to catch up on what’s going on around you. Here are our top most read stories for the week. http://racinecountyeye.com/newsdesk/teenage-driver-raymond-crash-passed-away/ http://racinecountyeye.com/newsdesk/brewers-playoff-hopes-pretty-much-hinge-garza/ http://racinecountyeye.com/newsdesk/police-man-used-stick-hit-child-shoes-came-untied/ http://racinecountyeye.com/newsdesk/photos-unified-unveils-1st-look-inside-new-schools/ http://racinecountyeye.com/newsdesk/former-employee-accuses-wahlen-intimidation-wrongful-termination/
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Mt Pleasant Board Meeting Recording
Mt. Pleasant Village Board June 13 2016. The Agenda for this meeting can be viewed HERE. Public Comment: Highway V residents Steve Kells & Dale Steiger spoke during public comment about repealing the vote taken just 2 weeks prior to the April elections concerning the assessments to property owners along Hwy V. It was their […]
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Mt Pleasant seeks clarification
An exclusive recording of the Village of Mt. Pleasant Special Personnel Committee was recorded for Racine County Eye. Click on the play button to hear this recording. Total length: slightly longer than 8 minutes total. During the recording and in the attempt to bring up the audio on weak loudness Public Commenters, the loudness of […]
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Op/Ed: Open vs Closed Sessions
At the May 23rd Mount Pleasant Village Board meeting the subject of Open versus Closed sessions came to a head. Two people (Anna Marie Clausen and Kelly Gallaher) even spoke during the Public Comment about it. Folks, we recently had an election. One of the major items discussed at length, during that campaign, was the […]
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Cynthia Lane Special Assessments Set
A recording of the May 23, 2016 6:00 PM Village of Mt Pleasant Public Hearing – For the agenda, Click Here. A Public Hearing occurred concerning special assessments for Cynthia Lane. The majority of residents were positive concerning the proposed water main extension project. There was an estimated cost of $13,900 per resident without regard […]