The village of Innsbrook will be holding a town hall meeting during their March 11 business meeting at the Charrette Creek Commons in the Innsbrook Resort, Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Reuter announced.
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This story has been updated to name Innsbrook Board of Trustee candidates Linda Buschman and Lynda Baker, who will also be in attendance at the March 11 meeting. The Record regrets the error.
The village of Innsbrook will be holding a town hall meeting during their March 11 business meeting at the Charrette Creek Commons in the Innsbrook Resort, Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Reuter announced.
The announcement, made at the board’s Jan. 14 meeting, was a long time coming and had been discussed for months prior. The goal of the meeting is to discuss the future development and goals of the village.
It was first brought up during conscientious discussions surrounding the new village hall and the Wags and Whiskers Animal Shelter where some citizens felt the board’s decisions were at odds with the opinions expressed by their constituents.
“We’ve been talking about this town hall meeting for several months, and it just seems to keep getting pushed back,” said Reuter.
Village Planner Todd Streiler also remarked they wanted citizens to attend to provide comments on the village’s new comprehensive plan, which is nearing completion.
There are also three seats on the board that will be up for election on April 8, and seven candidates who have filed to run for those seats. Reuter asked that those seven candidates attend the meeting as well so it may serve as a forum for voters.
Some of those candidates, incumbents Reuter and Cynthia Cook along with challengers Mike Caton, Sandra Zahradka and Alice Jenson seemed to be in agreement about attending the meeting.
Candidates Linda Bucshman and Lynda Baker were not in attendance at the Jan. 14 meeting but will be in attendance for the March 11 meeting.
Reuter had also discussed the creation of two ad hoc committees to address other upcoming issues he said the village may face in the near future.
One of those was a committee to consider furnishings and other needs for the interior of the new village hall, which is nearing completion.
“We have three people that expressed interest in moving forward, next to look at what we need to do in the way of purchasing some furnishings for the new village hall, you know, the chairs are the main thing in my mind,” said Reuter.
The second of those committees he hoped would be able to help the village address personnel issues and hiring of new employees, an area where the village has struggled in recent months.
While the village was able to fill the open village clerk position and Karen Denson has stepped into that role, the village was without a full-time clerk for several months following the departure of former clerk Carla Ayala.
“We’ve been struggling with the lack of having a trained clerk and really finding people that wanted to work, and I don’t know what the reason for a lot of that has been, it’s been quite frustrating,” said Reuter.
Village residents will have the opportunity to address these issues, and their elected officials in a much more casual setting than the traditional board meetings at the March 11 town hall meeting, said Reuter.