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November 30, 2011
Flooding impacts neighborhoods beyond river
Several neighborhoods in the village of Blissfield are expected to be impacted by the flooding.
UPDATE: 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
BLISSFIELD - Several neighborhoods in the village of Blissfield are expected to be impacted by the flooding.
September 27, 2011
LEAP OF FAITH

A leap of faith is what Blissfield Village President Mike Gunter called the council’s decision to tentatively award the projected $1.5 million-plus water treatment plant sludge removal project to local company Greener Planet Solutions (GPS).

A leap of faith is what Blissfield Village President Mike Gunter called the council’s decision to tentatively award the projected $1.5 million-plus water treatment plant sludge removal project to local company Greener Planet Solutions (GPS).

August 10, 2010
Gunter Challenges Guetschow for Blissfield Village Presidency

 

Blissfield Village President Jae Guetschow will face a challenge from Trustee Mike Gunter in the November election.

Guetschow, who was elected to the position in 2008 after two years away from the office, and Gunter, who has is currently the longest continually serving member of council.

They are running for a two-year term.

Win or lose, Gunter would remain on council, as his current term expires in 2012.

Four people have filed to run for the three open seats on Blissfield Village Council, including incumbents Art Weeber, Mark Burgermeister and A. Ray Jones. Andrea Cueto has also filed to run for one of the four-year seats on council.

Clerk Laura Neuman and Treasurer Margaret "Peggy" Nieman are unopposed.

Mary Gregg and Lauri Reinhardt were the only people to file for the four library board seats up for election. Gregg is currently chair of the library board and Reinhardt is also an incumbent. Rob Holman is the other library board member whose term is expiring. He did not file for re-election.

For more on the village election ballot, see the Aug. 18 edition of The Advance.

Blissfield Village President Jae Guetschow will face a challenge from Trustee Mike Gunter in the November election.

Guetschow, who was elected to the position in 2008 after two years away from the office, and Gunter, who has is currently the longest continually serving member of council.

They are running for a two-year term.

Win or lose, Gunter would remain on council, as his current term expires in 2012.

July 26, 2010
Gold Star for Village Administrator

The grades are in and Jim Wonacott made the dean’s list. Wonacott, in his 16h year as village administrator, scored high grades in the annual evaluation conducted by members of Blissfield Village Council and tabulated by Blissfield Village President Jae Guetschow.

Using a five-point scale, with one being unsatisfactory and five being outstanding, each council member was asked to grade Wonacott in nine areas, ranging from profession skills to residential relations. When all the votes were tabulated, Wonacott received an average score of 4.6, which puts him a little closer to outstanding (a five rating) than above average (a four rating).

Wonacott’s top rating came in fiscal management, where he scored a 4.8 rating.
“(Wonacott) makes the best possible use of available funds (and he is) conscious of the need to operate the village efficiently and effectively,” wrote one of the council members, in the evaluation.

The grades are in and Jim Wonacott made the dean’s list. Wonacott, in his 16h year as village administrator, scored high grades in the annual evaluation conducted by members of Blissfield Village Council and tabulated by Blissfield Village President Jae Guetschow.

July 15, 2010
Blissfield Celebrates Selection as Main Street Community

Blissfield Village President Jae Guetschow said he hopes the village’s new status a “select-level” member of the Michigan Main Street program will help transform downtown. Guetschow made the remarks Wednesday afternoon as the village officially announced its selection in the Main Street program.

Guetschow said he hopes to see changes that will help the downtown be more appealing to local residents.

“For a period of time we’ve been advertising and courting outsiders to come in and spend their money here but we really need to have a good blend of visitors as well as residents,” Guetschow said.

Guetschow said that downtown centers, such as Blissfield’s, are more in demand after 60 years of sprawl and running away from urban centers.