The Mazomanie village board revisited—and reversed—a decision they made at their May 23rd meeting at the subsequent July 11 meeting. The issue concerned a variance the board had allowed in May, where a homeowner was given permission to build their fence on the property line, instead of the normal ordinance stipulated 2 foot setback.
The Sauk City Village Board had their regular meeting two weeks ago, approving a slew of requests to accommodate the Fire on the River festivities, including the second consecutive year Water Street was closed for the fireworks. Water Street from Highway 12 to Bates Street was closed from 7 to 11 p.m.
The Village of Prairie du Sac approved its ordinances concerning ATV/UTV routes at last week’s meeting, after reviewing them for several months and making minor tweaks. The Village of Sauk City approved similar ordinances last year, so ATV/UTVs will soon be allowed in the Sauk Prairie area.
State utility regulators in late June approved the village of Black Earth’s purchase and installation of a backup transformer for use in emergency situations.
The spare transformer has an estimated cost of $482,850 and would be shipped this month and installed at the village’s substation on Blue Mounds Street.
Village of Mazomanie trustee Ray Schlamp spoke up at the June 27th board meeting, asking Village Administrator Peter Huebner, about extra time he has spent administrating the Dane-Iowa Wastewater facility in the absence of Superintendent Brian Stoda, who has been suspended with pay.
At a special meeting, the Arena Village Board approved two resolutions on the sale of bonds for the sewer and water systems. The sewer system bond is in the amount of $1,466,953 with the water system bond totaling $1,888,540.
Robert’s Rules of Order—a text which dictates the format of government meetings--was seemingly cast aside at times and state statutes governing conflicts of interest came sharply into play for a board member at Black Earth’s June 6 meeting.
In what can be described as an average small-town Wisconsin Village Board meeting, the Mazomanie board took care of business in an efficient matter last Monday, the 13th.
The Village of Mazomanie switched gears on the Bluff Park project, electing at their June 6 special meeting to go forward with a plan that greatly reduces impacts at the top of the bluff. Gone is the proposed handicapped parking spot, as is the use of the existing road by cars.
David Jones spoke to the board about waiving the fence at the concession stand at the Jolanda Peterson and Mary Jones Memorial event. He said that usually there is a fence for beer garden but arts/crafts vendors will create a natural barrier from the small ball diamond fence line to the northeast corner of the parking lot.