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MIDDLETON – Acting on a staff recommendation, the Middleton Common Council on June 2 approved a resolution to accept money from the Lucille C. Taylor estate towards the completion of a park in the city. 

In a relatively short meeting, the Black Earth Village Board approved a handful of routine applications and procedures for ongoing projects and local businesses. 

An already-expired boundary agreement with the Town of Middleton — already extended by the town — will be discussed as part of a scheduled closed session during the council’s June 16 meeting following a vote taken during the June 2 Middleton Common Council meeting.

After six people spoke against including Quarry Hill in one of the city’s two new Tax Increment Finance (TIF Districts or TIDs), the Middleton Common Council on May 19 voted to direct city planning staff to prepare the draft map for TID 7 with Quarry Hill Conservancy in the TID but with language pledging the city would not develop the conservancy area.

During just his third meeting as District 6 Alder, Mark Opitz asked the Middleton Common Council on May 19 for city officials and the public to discuss including Pheasant Branch Road on the city’s Complete Streets Plan in conjunction with a review of the city’s draft Active Transportation Plan.

The Middleton Cross Plains Area School District board of education honored five students for demonstrating the attribute of adaptability, showing they are open to change, stay positive when things don’t go as planned, and find ways to grow through challenges, adjusting and moving forward with confidence. Those students were Natalie Laschinger, Nolan Mikla, Jordan Walker and Molly Marshall, all from Glacier Creek Middle School, and Charlotte Henry, from Park Elementary School.

With several alders referring to it as a generational opportunity, a City of Middleton Campus Plan not to exceed $100 million received a 7-1 approval vote May 19 from members of the Middleton Common Council.

During the same May 19 Middleton Common Council meeting that alders unanimously denied a claim, a tense exchange occurred between District 5 Alder Charles Myers and Mayor Lisa Janairo over scheduling city meetings during Jewish holidays.

The Vanguard Electric Commission approved a new shared equipment use agreement during its May 19 meeting and elected new leadership officers for the commission.