Hartland City and Fire Hall construction complete

During their Aug. 3 meeting, members of the Hartland city council learned Hartland voters will be able to cast their ballots for the Aug. 11 primary election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the new fire hall. Council members encouraged all eligible Hartland residents to take part. 

 

City council meetings now take place in the brand-new Hartland City and Fire Hall. There isn’t much inside since they haven’t fully moved in, however, the city clerk’s office is up and running and the fire department should be fully moved in soon. One complaint about the new hall was how much echo there was during the meeting. The council was going to check online for ways to combat sound vibration. A stretch of curb opposite the new fire hall on Broadway Street will be painted red and marked “no parking,” so the fire trucks can safely back out of the garage during fire calls. There were no billable fire calls for the month of July.

 

A private Hartland citizen has signed an agreement to clean up his yard and remove excess vehicles, but as of Aug. 1 the clutter was still there. The council decided to take steps to have it cleaned and will charge the owner through property taxes.

 

The new water meter reading system should be up and running in September, but in order to line the meters up with the online billing system, Andy Flatness will need to go door to door and find the serial numbers. He needs to verify the numbers of at least 11 meters.

 

The next Hartland city council meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 8.