Mount Pleasant City Commission announces new employees
Outside of Mount Pleasant City Hall where City Commissions meetings are held.
City commission announces new parks, recreation and public space’s employees.
The Mount Pleasant parks, recreation and public spaces department introduced three new employees at the city commissioner’s meeting on Monday.
Mason Squillets-Peterson, a Central Michigan University graduate, is the sustainability coordinator. This new role focuses on sustaining the local parks, riverbank restoration and overseeing park resources. There is also a Mount Pleasant climate change preparedness plan, that Squillets-Peterson will be working on.
Patti Haines was introduced as the Partners Empowering All Kids or PEAK Office Professional, which is a part time job. PEAK is an afterschool and summer camp program run through Mount Pleasant schools. There are five elementary schools PEAK works with and has about 300 kids attending events in the summer.
Andrew Wittbrodt will take on the role of Recreation Coordinator. Wittbrodt, another CMU graduate, will focus on running the farmers market and other special events.
As the winter season approaches, Philip Biscorner, director of parks, recreation and public spaces explains that this time of year is when his department works on various projects such as painting the restrooms and getting equipment up to speed.
During the meeting, Biscorner also mentioned the upcoming Pumpkin Promenade that will take place on Oct. 31. This event is free to all and will give kids the opportunity to dress up in a costume while participating in various activities. This event will take place downtown Mount Pleasant from 4-6 p.m.
The city commission also discussed the upcoming leaf pick up. The city-wide sweep of leaves will begin on Nov. 3. There will be additional weeks for pick-up Nov. 17 and Dec. 1.
Before ending the meeting, Mayor Boomer Wingard discussed the impacts of the federal government shutdown at the municipal level. The state of Michigan announced there will not be employee benefits for the month of November if the federal government shutdown continues.
“When your neighbor is in need, you build a longer table, not a higher fence,” said city commissioner Ryon Skalitzy.
