City Council – Page 43

The ‘Rest of the Story’ about the city’s sweetheart land deal

May 12, 2017

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The City of Wayland’s purported “sweetheart deal” for a 25-acre parcel deserves a Paul Harvey-style “Rest of the Story” comment. At first glance, there is good reason for outrage over the City Council...

Ranger Rick: The Wayland Magical Mystery Land Deal

May 12, 2017

(Tap your heels three times and say I want it cheap!) The continuing drama of the “Outstanding Wayland Land Deal” reminds me of the Chicken Man radio series popular in the 1960s when the announcer would start the show with and exasperating “Weelll, what will the caped crusader do now.”...

City Plan Commision to have hearing on PERC designation

May 9, 2017

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, on the zoning designation of Planned Enterprise Residential Cluster (PERC). The hearing will take up whether or not PERC zoning should be eliminated or kept. Planner Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections recommended...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

May 3, 2017

25 Years Ago — May 5, 1992 Steve Lawrence, 36, and wife Candy Lawrence, 34, were bound over in Barry County District Court on charges in connection with the suspected arson death of Willard Lawrence, 74, of Gun Lake, retired president of the Felpausch Food Centers. Steve was bound over...

Business owners protest ‘cheap’ sale of industrial parcel

May 1, 2017

A couple of business owners along Reno Drive told the Wayland City Council Monday night they weren’t particularly pleased with its decision last month to sell a nearby 25-acre industrial parcel for only $20,000. “When you sell it for $20,000 that devalues the property,” asserted Bruce Schwartz, owner of Wayland...

Ranger Rick: Sale of city property raises troubling questions

May 1, 2017

As reported in Townbroadcast recently, the Wayland City Council agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers. Not being at the meeting, I am depending on the accuracy of the report by someone who was reporting on the meeting. I have no doubt the author was correct, and if...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

April 19, 2017

25 years Ago — April 22, 1992 Stephen Lawrence, 36, and Candy Lawrence, husband and wife, have been charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of Stephen’s father, Willard, at his Gun Lake home on Elmwood Beach. Willard was a retired president of the Felpausch grocery chain....

Flurry of economic activity in the works on Reno Drive?

April 18, 2017

The City Council Monday night agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto. The parcel has frontage on both Reno Drive and 133rd Avenue. The purchase price is $20,000. "The sale will be contingent on a successful rezoning by the purchasers," said City Manager...

Medical marijuana dispensary issues won’t go away

April 16, 2017

Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections of Dorr, told the Wayland City Planning Commission last week he has been receiving a record number of inquiries about the possibility of locating medical marijuana grow, processing and distribution centers. Indeed, local township boards and the City of Wayland have been approached...

Ranger Rick: The musings of a right-wing deplorable

April 11, 2017

There are several things that bother me, and should you, in terms of judicial confirmation,education and local government. • Judicial – The senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been contentious and the Democrats have filibustered his nomination, to which Sen. Mitch McConnell, leader of the senate, said the nextoption...

Tag: City Council