Dennis Mansfield | Hastings Banner | September 22, 2025
Not everyone is seemingly in favor with plans by the village of Lake Odessa and its Downtown Development Authority board to expand its boundaries and eliminate a sunset date from a village ordinance that helped establish the DDA two decades ago. Members of the Lake Odessa Village Council and DDA board hosted a joint informational meeting Sept. 4 at the Page Memorial Building to discuss a proposal to expand the boundaries of the DDA’s current tax increment financing, or TIF, plan and whether to eliminate the sunset date which calls for the DDA to be dissolved as of Dec. 31.... READ MORE >
Dennis Mansfield | Hastings Banner | September 22, 2025
In a split vote, the Odessa Township Board on Sept. 8 rejected an offer by the Jordan Lake Trail Board that might have finally ended a dispute over nearly $10,000 that trail board members claim the township has wrongly withheld. The township board voted, 3-2, to defeat a motion that would have ended the dispute by having the township pay half of the more than $9,900 it has withheld from the JTLB, reportedly to pay for legal and title fees incurred by the township.... READ MORE >
Dennis Mansfield | Hastings Banner | September 22, 2025
The members of the Odessa Township Board and local residents finally learned of the potential price tag for a new fire station, and for some, the news may have led to a case of sticker shock. Representatives from Grand Rapids-based Williams Architects headlined a presentation at the Sept. 8 Odessa Township Board meeting on a potential plan for a new 18,700-square-foot station house for the Lake Odessa Fire Department at an estimated cost of just less than $12 million, if it were built in 2027.... READ MORE >
Dennis Mansfield | Hastings Banner | September 11, 2025
The Lake Odessa Village Council is back to square one, again, in its search for a new, permanent manager, with a third consecutive candidate withdrawing his name from consideration. The latest candidate, Department of Public Works Supervisor Jesse Trout, informed village officials that he was ending negotiations with interim Village Manager Gregg Guetschow and President Karen Banks to take on a dual role that included him serving as the village’s top administrator, according to Guetschow.... READ MORE >
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