Tag: Local Government

Should Gun Lake Tribe be included on Ambulance Board?

Post has published by Editor
The Martin Township Board heard a presentation Wednesday evening from Stuart Peet, raising a question about whether the Gun Lake Band of Potowatomis should have a seat on the Ambulance Board for Wayland Area Emergency Services. Peet, who has represented Martin Township on the Ambulance Board for the past 11...
Read More

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area history, Part 158

Post has published by Editor
25 Years Ago — March 28, 1990 The Wayland Township Planning Commission told petitioner Ron Heilman that it cannot grant tax property relief for his 40-acre “wildlife preserve” site on 127th Avenue and First Street. Mayor Linden Anderson and council members Mike DeWerd, David Miller and Marie Hall all were...
Read More

Wayland City Council unimpressed by state roads proposal

Post has published by Editor
Members of the Wayland City refused to craft a letter of support for the May 5 state-wide ballot issue to raise the sales tax by one cent for roads. Councilwoman Jennifer Antel said, “The Michigan Municipal League is asking for a letter of support. I thought it was a joke.”...
Read More

Prospects appear dim for passage of state-wide proposal for roads

Post has published by Editor
There is good and bad in the state-wide ballot proposal on behalf of roads in a special election May 5, but in the end it doesn't matter because the smart money is betting that it will fail. The good is that the proposed increase in the state sales tax from...
Read More

City of Wayland voters to decide trash hauler issue in May 5 election

Post has published by Editor
The City of Wayland will put to voters the question of who and how many will be a trash hauler within the city limits. Because the State Legislature has decided to put a road funding proposal on the ballot for the May 5 election, it won't cost the city a...
Read More
Previous