Government

Facing a changing world, the Village of Mazomanie will host a series of online community conversations in September about future growth and key long-term planning questions. 

The Village of Prairie du Sac updated their curfew ordinance at their August 11 meeting. Board member Abby Howell-Dinger, who had opposed the ordinance, was the only “no” vote.

The Black Earth Village Board chose to not appoint a board member to the vacant seat at their August 4 meeting. 

The Arena board met in August with trustee Bill  Hanson calling in via teleconference.  Dan Gray was the first speaker.  He has water in the ditch in front of his house and discussed with the board and public works director Michael Schmidt on what to do to make it go away.  He said in the past the water always drained in a day or two but now it

Nearly two years after the devastating flood, the Village of Mazomanie is finally getting a solid picture of what properties will be covered by FEMA. The news came on the evening of July 27, and village administrator Peter Huebner spent the following few days in meetings to learn about the options.

A Prairie du Sac board member finds herself alone in opposing the village’s curfew ordinance. The remaining board members find the ordinance to be a useful tool, while Abby Howell-Dinger said she had “a lot of red flags going on in [her] head” when she first saw it.

The Arena Village Board met at the village hall in July after creating safe distancing space within the room.  All board members attended. Trustee Tara Hill via teleconference.

The fall election may bring a toothy smile to Black Earth residents as they will have a chance to weigh in on the village’s use of fluoride. The advisory referendum, which will be preceded by information about the fluoridation of water from the village, will help them decide whether or not to continue the application.

At the June 23 meeting, Prairie du Sac Village President Cheryl Sherman and the rest of the board congratulated Village Administrator Alan Wildman on his work to clear up easements, deeds, and parcels on lands bordering the town of Prairie du Sac. The mostly administrative work took close to ten years to straighten out.