By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Mary Smith has left village hall after retiring April 24 as clerk-treasurer. Her 37 years of service to Hobart residents was recognized in a resolution approved Tuesday, May 5, by the village board. The resolution, which included a copy of the ballot from 1983 when Smith was first …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – A request to rezone six parcels along Centennial Centre Boulevard and Fonda Fields Court from R-1 residential to B-1 business is headed back to the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission. The Hobart village board Tuesday, May 5, conducted a public hearing on the request from Jennifer DeCaster, who …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Concerns about fiber optics were unearthed by village officials during a recent joint meeting with project leaders regarding the planned County Highway VV/State Highway 29 interchange. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer informed the village board Tuesday, April 21, he along with Village President Rich Heidel, Public Works Director Jerry Lancelle …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board agreed Wednesday, April 8, to allocate 2019 surplus funds to new projects. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer said there is a surplus of $273,769 in the unreserved fund balance following the 2019 budget. “Tonight I’m asking you to do very little with the surplus simply because …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board got down to business as usual Tuesday, March 17, after approving an infectious and contagious disease policy. The board approved a bid of $598,883 from David Tenor Corporation for the Centennial Centre Boulevard water main loop project. “The purpose of this project is to open …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Village of Hobart now has an contagious and infectious disease policy after unanimous approval by the village board Tuesday, March 17. “It is not the COVID-19 coronarvirus policy, it is for everything moving forward,” said Aaron Kramer, village administrator. “It obviously has been drafted in response to this …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – For possibly the first time ever, the Hobart village board and the Pulaski school board held a joint meeting, Tuesday, March 10, at Hillcrest Elementary School. The meeting was in regards to safety improvements and a school crossing for the Pulaski district school located in the Village of Hobart. …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The ball keeps bouncing back and forth as to where village officials will meet with county administration to discuss the State Highway 29/County VV Interchange project. The village received a letter from Brown County Deputy Executive Jeff Flynt Feb. 19, the day of the village board meeting, declining the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – On the evening the President of the United States delivered the State of the Union Address, Village Administrator Aaron Kramer stated about Hobart, “The state of our finances is strong.” With the last fiscal year completed, and prior to the final audit, Kramer presented Hobart’s final amended 2019 …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Though Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach did not show up to speak Tuesday, Feb. 4, after being invited to a village board meeting, county officials expressed an interest in speaking with Hobart officials about more than the planned County Trunk VV interchange at State Highway 29. In a …
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