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Sustainability committee finalizes No Mow May outreach language for village website; will send revised version after board approval
Summary
Committee members revised a No Mow May outreach draft, agreed on language changes (shifting directive to suggestion), and will publish the updated page after the village board approves a related resolution.
The Village of Cross Plains Sustainability Committee approved edits to a No Mow May outreach page and will circulate a revised version to the committee and then to village staff for posting after the village board acts on the corresponding resolution.
Nut graf: Committee members said the document should be short, approachable and not prescriptive; one member suggested wording changes to present practices as suggestions rather than directives. The committee plans to include the item in the March village newsletter if the board approves the resolution in time.
What happened
- Draft revision: Committee members discussed version 1 and a condensed version 2. Members preferred a sharper, shorter message for residents and suggested replacing directive language with phrasing such as “residents may consider” to make the guidance less prescriptive.
- Publication timing: Carly (staff member) said the committee’s updated language will be sent to the village website and published after the village board approves the resolution. Members also suggested placing the item in the March village newsletter rather than waiting until May.
- Process: The committee agreed no formal motion was necessary to update the web language; staff will circulate a version 3 to committee members for final review and then proceed following board action.
Ending
Committee members asked staff to circulate the edited draft (version 3) immediately to the committee and to coordinate timing for website and newsletter publication after the board resolution is approved.
