Monday, January 7, 2013
Walmart acknowledges differences between village and county planning documents, and an anti-Walmart group says the 182,000-square-foot store doesn't belong on a property meant for smaller retail establishments.
Walmart submitted plans in November for a proposed 182,000-square-foot store that would take up 22 acres on the corner of North Green Bay and 4 Mile roads, but there’s an issue. Racine County’s comprehensive planning document is inconsistent with the Village’s land use plan. Walmart wants the village to remedy the problem, but a group opposed to Walmart’s building location has repeatedly said it doesn't believe the location is consistent with the land use plan. Walmart wants Caledonia to rezone the two parcels from light industrial and office/urban residential to commercial, which is consistent with the village's land use plan because the area is designated as a village center. But the county’s comprehensive planning document only reflects…
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mark Janiuk, the new village administrator, put together his first preliminary budget for the village. He blasted the water and sewer utility for asking the village for more money when it should be supported by user rates.
Ratepayers could see their fees increase next year to help fund projects in the village's sewer utility district. Caledonia's 2013 preliminary budget focuses on keeping village services at status quo with a tax levy increase of less than 1 percent — but Village administrator Mark Janiuk strongly opposed a request from the sewer and water utility department for more tax money, which could mean extra charges for individual users. Janiuk presented his first budget to the Village Board on Monday night, and called for an outside review of the utility department to "see what options the village has in regards to these services," after the department asked for a levy increase from the village. Janiuk also chastised utility officials for not …
In a discussion that grew out of a requested laptop for the new village administrator, Caledonia trustees are now thinking about their own village-related technology needs.
UPDATE: The Village Board voted 5 to 1 to spend $5,000 on laptops and software for themselves. Lee Wishau voted against the request. Tom Weatherston was absent. Village President Ron Coutts said the move made sense because of the amount of paper and printing the Village does. ORIGINAL STORY: Should Caledonia provide its trustees with laptops or tablets instead of packet after packet of paper? That is the question that grew out of Caledonia Finance Committee members' discussion of a request for $843 to buy a laptop for new Village Administrator Mark Janiuk, who will use the computer to work at home. The committee recommended the full board approve the laptop purchase, but the request led to a broad discussion about the need for more …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Caledonia Police union members have been operating under the terms of the 2011 contract all year. Police union and village negotiations have continued, but those efforts have now been exhausted.
Negotiators for the Village of Caledonia and Caledonia Police union made a last-ditch effort to cut a deal with one another, but those efforts have failed. A state arbitrator will now come in to choose between one of two offers as the final contract. They plan to meet with arbitrator Sharon Imes on Oct. 4. Once the two sides meet with Imes, they’ll lay out the evidence to support their respective positions, and then agree on a briefing schedule. Imes is expected to make her decision and choose between the two formal offers sometime in December or January. The police union is currently operating under the 2011 contract, which was tentatively extended until the two parties could come to an agreement on their 2012 contract. Village …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Busy, but want to keep informed? Here are five things we'll be following this week that you'll want to follow.
Mark Maley, regional editor for the Milwaukee area Patch sites, will be covering the Republican National Convention this week and the Democratic National Convention the following week. We’ll be talking to several Wisconsin citizens who will be there and to delegates from the area. The Caledonia Village Board and the Caledonia Utility District Commission will talk about the construction of the water tower, Kremer subdivision sewer project, and attenuation basin be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the East Side Community Center, 6156 Douglas Avenue. They will also meet in closed session to get an update on the proposed agreement for provision of wholesale water with the City of Racine. The Village Board will discuss the goals and responsibilities …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
WisPark has funded a number of studies and Village projects. Now, WisPark president Jerry Franke wants an agreement with the Village as to how they'll pay the money back. Village Administrator Mark Janiuk said the Village has bigger decisions to make.
Some difficult decisions need to be made by the Village Board in the next few months about what to do—if anything—with the Caledonia Industrial Park. What makes the decision a bit difficult is that the Village Board would need to, at least in the short-term, decide how they are going to pay back $281,000 to WisPark, a real estate development company. But they also need to honor the TIF district plan the Village Board approved in August, which included $4.5 million in infrastructure improvements to the business park. WisPark fronted the money for several studies to create the tax incremental financing districts and funded some of the projects in the Village from the We Energies expansion in Oak Creek back in 2004. Village administrator Mark…
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Mark Janiuk started work in Caledonia July 23 after stint in Sturtevant.
Mark Janiuk, the village's new administrator, is getting acclimated with his new position after a week and a half on the job. Janiuk, who started working in Caledonia July 23, told Patch that "everything is going wonderfully," during a brief phone interview Wednesday. "The people are very friendly and very helpful and I'm figuring out how to use the computer and the phone and I found out where the restroom is so everything is good," he added. Earlier this summer, Janiuk was hired as Caledonia's Village Administrator after Tom Lebak decided to retire. Janiuk has been Sturtevant's village administrator since 2006. Before that he spent 25 years in the Racine County Corporation Counsel, and when Caledonia was a town he worked as Caledonia’…
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Three of the seven Village Board members voted against approving Mark Janiuk's contract -- not because they don't think he can do the job, but because of the Village's residency requirement.
In a 4 to 3 vote, the Village Board approved a contract for Mark Janiuk, the new village administrator, at its Tuesday meeting. The approval was made despite the dissenting votes. The three Board members who voted against Jaiuk's contract said their decision wasn’t a reflection of how they felt about Janiuk’s ability to do the job. However, Tom Weatherston, Kevin Wanggaard, and Lee Wishau all voted against approving the contract because Janiuk, who lives in Racine, won’t be moving to Caledonia. After the vote, Janiuk sarcastically said, “Thanks for the vote of confidence.” “We had an ordinance that said you have to live in Caledonia and on two separate occasions I asked if we were going to enforce the Village’s residency requirement …
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Village of Caledonia gains a new Village Administrator, Mark Janiuk, who currently has that job in Sturtevant. He talked with Patch about his experience and what he's looking forward to doing at his new post.
Pending the approval of his contract at the Caledonia Village Board meeting on Tuesday, Mark Janiuk will be Caledonia’s next administrator. Janiuk, currently the Sturtevant Village Administrator, replaces Tom Lebak, who is retiring. The tentative plan is for Janiuk to start work on July 23. He hasn't officially given notice, he says. But he will after the Village Board approves the contract. “I’m excited about coming to Caledonia, but I’m also a little sad about leaving Sturtevant,” Janiuk said. Janiuk has been Sturtevant's village administrator since 2006. Before that he spent 25 years in the Racine County Corporation Counsel, and when Caledonia was a town he worked as Caledonia’s zoning administrator. The staff working for the Village of…
Friday, June 15, 2012
The Sturtevant Village Administrator has been chosen to take on that job in Caledonia. Janiuk was selected from among 28 candidates.
Sturtevant Village Administrator Mark Janiuk will be heading to Caledonia, to fill the same position there. The Journal Times reported the selection on Friday, based on confirmation from Caledonia Village President Ron Coutts. The search began after current Caledonia Village Administrator Tom Lebak announced his resignation. Lebak said he would stay through part of the summer, to give the village time to select a replacement. The contract with the new administrator is on the agenda for the Caledonia Village Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 19. Knowing Janiuk was a finalist for the position, Sturtevant already has a transition plan in place, with Village Clerk Mary Cole prepared to act as village administrator if the board gives …
Caledonia Confused
9:56 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I am anxiously awaiting for a Marquette law student to write a brief on the Land Use Plan done by Caledonia. They could title it "The Conservancy Brief". I can see them looking at old meeting minutes and records, Also interview the participants. Is any of the paperwork (surveys, minutes, etc) still available to look at? What about Plan Commission and Village Board minutes? more ›