Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Cityhood topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sparta council approves Cityhood Committee report, votes to pursue next steps
Summary
The Village Council unanimously approved the Cityhood Committee Final Report and voted 7–0 to pursue the report's recommended next steps; multiple residents spoke during public comment in favor of or against cityhood.
The Village of Sparta Council unanimously approved the Cityhood Committee Final Report Monday and voted to pursue the report's recommended next steps.
Council Member Mais moved to approve the final report; Council Member Peoples seconded and the motion passed 7–0. Later, Council Member Cumings moved to pursue the next steps recommended by the report; Mais seconded and that motion also passed 7–0.
The topic drew public-comment speakers earlier in the meeting. Residents James Kerby (151 LuRu Lane), Ken Hammerland (1144 12 Mile Road) and Tom Lampen (103 Anderson) addressed the council on cityhood during the agenda's public-comment portion. In council announcements, Councilman Carlstrom highlighted the Nash Creek Project and its timeline as one of several reasons Sparta should consider becoming a city.
No formal schedule for the next cityhood steps was mandated on the record beyond the council's unanimous vote to proceed per the committee's recommendations.
