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Village board votes to pursue ordinance to fold Park Board into planning structure after heated debate
Summary
The Village of Hartland board voted to move forward with draft ordinances that would remove the standalone Park Board and shift major park land‑use matters to the Plan Commission and staff, after trustees debated citizen representation, redundancy and past conflicts.
The Village of Hartland board voted to advance a first reading of an ordinance to amend chapter 70 and related sections to eliminate the standalone Park Board and instead refer land‑use park matters to the Plan Commission and professional staff.
The discussion stretched across more than an hour as trustees, staff and members of the Park Board traded arguments about whether the board still serves a necessary role. Hector, the village attorney, said the change is permissible under state law: “Villages can have a park board, but are not required to do…
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