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For the Gazette Skip Schulz/For the Gazette Looking back is former Ontonagon Village Manager Joe Erickson while seated next to his attorney, Adrianne Wolf. The council voted 4-3 to terminate Ericksonâs contract as village manager for a second time. ONTONAGON The Ontonagon Village Council voted to raise property taxes on the economically depressed community. However, that was not the issue that forced the council to hold a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. To accommodate the expected turnout of concerned residents, the council met at the Ontonagon Village Fire Hall. The meeting was to decide whether to retain Village Manager Joe Erickson, or to terminate his employment. ....
For the Gazette ONTONAGON The village of Ontonagon continues to face controversy. With the recent dismissal of its village manager, Joe Erickson, along with appointments of two trustees, the village president appears to be shifting the blame to others. With three applications for the two vacant trustee positions, the council appointed Mike Rebholz and former Trustee Mike Mogan. Rebholz had been voted down by the council in the past to be a Planning Commissioner when Rebholz stated his support for allowing a retail marijuana business in the village. At The council has since retracted their position, culminating in the appointment of Rebholz to the Planning Commission. ....
For the Gazette ONTONAGON The passing of Ontonagon Herald owner and publisher, and recent village trustee, Maureen Guzek was memorialized during Village President Tony Smydra’s president’s report. After being appointed to the council, Guzek was elected to the trustee position during this past November’s general election. With the unexpected death of Guzek, the village council now has two vacancies to fill. After getting elected, and not making a single meeting, Jessica Huntzinger resigned her position in January. Huntzinger had missed all five meetings after being elected. Smydra claimed Huntzinger had been sworn in on Dec. 11. Video and audio tapes of the meetings since Dec. 11, along with her swearing-in, do not seem to reflect this, neither does the council minutes. ....
For the Gazette ONTONAGON Â While the actors have changed over the years, the movie is the same. The Ontonagon Village Council has had different council presidents, and trustees since Aspirus took over the management of Ontonagon Memorial Hospital. However when Aspirus became the owner of the hospital, the responsibility of the Municipal Employment Retirement System (MERS) financial obligation to past and some current employees remained the responsibility of the village of Ontonagon. The amount of the MERS debt changes with whomever one talks too, but it is safe to say the debt is around $1,000,000. The total debt is not the only issue that is challenged from meeting to meeting, month after month. The other issue is whether it is solely the MERS responsibility for the village’s financial problem, or as one village taxpayer questioned, “is whether the village council and village manager spending more than the village has?’ ....