By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board approved more than $500,000 for capital improvement and stormwater projects at the Tuesday, March 5, village board meeting. The main chunk of the work will be North Overland repavement, from Hickory to Centennial Centre Boulevard; Plane Site Boulevard reconstruction, from Packerland to Plane Park; and …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board looked at implementing changes that would continue to keep the village government operational in a variety of scenarios at its Wednesday, Feb. 20, meeting. Aaron Kramer, village administrator, presented background information and recommended changes, but did not present those changes in ordinance form. One of …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – It was business as usual at the Tuesday, Feb. 5, Hobart village board meeting, where the board talked about property sales. The most pressing issue was the amendment of the village code to create an article that establishes procedures relating to the sale or leasing of village-owned property. “Basically …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Even though it has not been bid out to contractors, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has pegged the cost a major project lower than projected. At the Hobart village board meeting on Tuesday, Jan 15, the board learned that the Wisconsin Highway 29/County Highway VV interchange is projected to …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – A change in the village code to comply with state law for the issuing of conditional use permits is prompting a review of where certain types of uses may or may not want to be allowed in certain types of districts. Village board members have approved a language …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The village is contracting with the Brown County Planning Commission to develop a bike and pedestrian master plan for Hobart. After a request for proposals for such a plan was issued by Hobart last year, Village Administrator Aaron Kramer said he was contacted by Cole Runge, the commission’s …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Pending approval by the state Public Service Commission, the village board agreed Wednesday, Jan. 2, to award a bid of $485,840 to Advance Construction of Green Bay for Hobart’s in-line booster station upgrades for the water utility. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer, who noted PSC approval is required because …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – If any community has had an eventful 2018 it’s Hobart, one of the fastest growing municipalities in Wisconsin. To close out the year, Hobart was in the news for the successful State Highway 29 federal grant application. The project was awarded a $20 million federal grant from the U.S. …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – At the Tuesday, Dec. 18 meeting, the Hobart village board approved the purchase of a truck chassis and plow that will be delivered by the summer. The winning bid for the 2020 108SD Freightliner chassis from Truck City was $84,412, with the winning bid for a trailer and plow …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART –It was a light agenda Tuesday, Dec. 4, for the Hobart village board, with six public hearings garnering the most discussion. All of the public hearings were in regards to zonings parcels that previously had not been given a zoning designation. A parcel on Stone Gables Court was zoned to …
