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.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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
Notice of Council Meeting Location Change
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 DDA Meeting Cancellation
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
Notice of Planning Commission Meeting Cancelation
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.
Notice of Village Council Meeting Cancelation
Please take notice that the Village Council has canceled the following meeting:
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting is scheduled to take place on January 14, 2025.
Posted December 19, 2024 for the VILLAGE OF LAWTON in VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN www.lawtonmi.org
269-624-6407
Notice of Council Meeting Cancellation
Please take notice that the Village Council has canceled the following meeting:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting is scheduled to take place on October 8, 2024.
Notice of New Zoning Ordinance and Map
PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN that at a regular meeting held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, The Planning Commission for the Village of Lawton adopted a new zoning ordinance and a new zoning map. After adoption at a regular Village Council Meeting on July 9, 2024.
View the Full Notice: Here
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Reporting Requirements Not Met for the Village of Lawton
We are required to report the results of your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water meets health standards. While we collected our monthly total coliform sample on time, we did not report the results to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) by the May 10, 2024, deadline for the April 1 to April 30, 2024, compliance period.
What should I do?
There is nothing you need to do at this time. This is not an emergency. You do not need to boil water or use an alternative source of water at this time. The results of the sample were negative for bacteria. Even though public health was not impacted, as our customers you have a right to know what happened and what we did to correct the situation.
What happened? What is being done?
While we collected the sample on time, we inadvertently missed reporting the sample results to EGLE by the required deadline. We are required to monitor total coliform by collecting two samples per month. We collected the required samples on April 16, 2024, but failed to report the results until May 30, 2024. We are making efforts to ensure this does not happen again. We have already returned to compliance.
For more information, please contact: Todd Hackenberg 269-624-6407 / thackenberg@lawtonmi.org.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
Spring Cleanup Reschedule
Due to recent tornadoes in the Portage area, our contracted dumpster company has informed us there will not be dumpsters available for next week’s Spring Cleanup. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and plan to reschedule once dumpsters are available to us. We are working on rescheduling dates for this, and will let you know as soon as we have them available. Thank you for understanding.
