Please take notice that the Planning Commission has canceled the following meeting: 

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM 

The next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting is scheduled to take place on August 5, 2025. 

Please take notice that the Village Council has canceled the following meeting: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM

The next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting is scheduled to take place on July 8, 2025.

The Village Council of the Village of Lawton will hold a Public Hearing and subsequently decide on a proposed increase of .1558 mills in the operating tax millage rate to be levied on property in 2025. The hearing will be held at the Village Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 7:00 pm. 

If adopted, the proposed additional millage will increase operating revenues from ad valorem property taxes 0.93% over such revenues generated by levies permitted without holding a hearing. If the proposed additional millage rate is not approved, the operating revenue will increase by 2.19% over the preceding year’s operating revenue. The taxing unit publishing this notice, and identified below, has complete authority to establish the number of mills to be levied from withing its authorized millage rate. 

The taxing unit publishing this notice, and identified below, has complete authority to establish the number of mills to be levied from within its authorized millage rate. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE, The Lawton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on June 3rd, 2025 at 7:00 pm to receive comments on a proposed amendment to the current Zoning Ordinance in order to regulate wireless communications facilities as well as wind and solar energy within the Village limits. 

Those who are unable to attend are encouraged to submit written comments to the Village Manager at clerk@lawtonmi.org or the below-mentioned address. Written comments must be received before 4:00 pm May 30th, 2025. The Village will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon four (4) business days’ notice to the Village Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Village Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. 

This notice is posted in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended (MCL 41.72a (2)(3)) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. A copy of this notice is on file at Lawton Village Hall, located at 125 S. Main Street, PO Box 367, Lawton MI 49065, phone: 269.624.6407 as well as on our website at www.lawtonmi.org 

Brittany Rathbun, Village Clerk 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE, The Lawton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on June 3rd, 2025 at 7:00 pm to receive comments on a proposed amendment to the current Zoning Ordinance in order to add short-term rental use and regulations, amend permitted uses in commercial Industrial Zone districts, as well as adding section 1.10 violations to ordinance, and add section 1.11 to allow administration of the Rental Inspection ordinance. 

Those who are unable to attend are encouraged to submit written comments to the Village Manager at clerk@lawtonmi.org or the below-mentioned address. Written comments must be received before 4:00 pm May 30th, 2025. The Village will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon four (4) business days’ notice to the Village Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Village Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. 

This notice is posted in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Public Act 267 of 1976, as amended (MCL 41.72a (2)(3)) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. A copy of this notice is on file at Lawton Village Hall, located at 125 S. Main Street, PO Box 367, Lawton MI 49065, phone: 269.624.6407 as well as on our website at www.lawtonmi.org 

Brittany Rathbun, Village Clerk 

NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELLATION 

Please take notice that the Planning Commission has canceled the following meeting: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM 

The next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting is scheduled to take place on May 6, 2025. 

Fiscal Year 2025 / 2026 Budget 

 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in accordance with Michigan Compiled Laws 15.261-15.275 and 141.411-141.415, that the VILLAGE OF LAWTON will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM, in the Council Chambers at Village Hall, 125 S Main Street, Lawton, Michigan. 

The purpose of this public hearing is to hear public comment on the proposed budget for Fiscal year 2025-2026. The property tax millage rate proposed to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. Citizens attending this hearing have the right to provide written and oral comments regarding the proposed budget. A copy of the entire proposed budget is available for public inspection after February 14, 2025 during regular business hours at Lawton Village Hall. 

Written correspondence for the hearing may be addressed to: The Village of Lawton, PO Box 367, Lawton, MI 49065. This notice is given in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of Michigan, 1976. Special accommodations for persons with handicapping conditions who plan to attend the meeting will be provided if such persons will contact the Village of Lawton office at 269.624.6407 in advance of the meeting. 

Dated: February 13, 2025 

Brittany Rathbun 

Lawton Village Clerk 

Change of Location for Upcoming February 11, 2025 Village Council Meeting –Open Meetings Act Compliance

Please take notice that the regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting originally scheduled for 7:00PM February 11, 2025 at 125 S. Main Street Lawton, MI 49065 will now be held at Lawton High School at 101 Blue Pride Drive, Lawton MI 49065 inside of the Owen Bray Auditorium at 7:00PM. This change is made in accordance with the Michigan Open Meetings Act to ensure public access to the meeting.

Important Details:
Date: 2/11/2025
Time: 7:00PM
New Location: Lawton High School Owen Bray Auditorium 101 Blue Pride Drive Lawton, MI 49065

For further Information, please contact the clerk’s office at 269-624-6407.

Brittany Rathbun
Village Clerk

 NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELLATION 

Please take notice that the Downtown Development Authority has canceled the following meeting:  Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM 

The next regularly scheduled DDA meeting is scheduled to take place on February 19, 2025 

Posted on January 15, 2025 for the VILLAGE OF LAWTON in VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN www.lawtonmi.org 

269.624.6407 

Please take notice that the Planning Commission has canceled the following meeting:  Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM 

The next regularly scheduled Planning Commission Meeting is scheduled to take place on February 4, 2025.