By Martha Jacob

At its June 12 council meeting, with the absence of Councilman Jody Edwards, members of the Fayetteville Village Council heard from village resident Buddy Johnson who spoke briefly at the council meeting regarding the possibility of flipping road frontage on two of his properties off of East Street. He asked if the village had any problem with him turning his properties 180 degrees so that they both face East Street, that is an open road, instead of a road that’s closed.

Following a brief discussion, council said they had no problem with the request and agreed that the change would be acceptable.

Another visitor at the meeting, Dave Walker of resident of Lake Lorelei, spoke to council about working out something where the Lake Lorelei community could be annexed into the village of Fayetteville.

“Ten years ago, several of us got together and talked about Lake Lorelei becoming a separate village but soon realized that there isn’t enough space for two individual villages. there was talk of an annexation of the two, Lake Lorelei and Fayetteville,” Walker stated, “I can see where the action would be beneficial to both communities, and I would be in favor of it.”

“The Village of Fayetteville would gain additional revenue, not only from Lake Lorelei, but also the revenue from a small strip of land that could also be annexed into the village.”

Mayor Randy Carson told Walker that the only part the village was actually interested in annexing into the village was the highway, and to the left and right of it.

Wendy Evans, Fayetteville resident and former council member questioned the combining of the two and how it would affect the well-being of Fayetteville residents in a negative way.

Evans said she’s afraid joining with Lake Lorelei would have little say in what happens in the village because village residents would be a numerical minority.

Mayor Carson stressed that it was very early stages of considering joining Lake Lorelei with the Village of Fayetteville. He did say that eventually the proposal would go to the people for a vote.

Former council member Joe Huber spoke at the meeting and expressed his frustration with the village after he was assured the military banners in the village would be up before the Memorial Day parade, but were never put up.

“The last time I was here at a council meeting I was asked to become part of the Historical Committee here in Fayetteville,” Huber said. “I’m here tonight to tell council that I would not be joining the committee, I have too many irons in the fire and I’m burned out.”

Mayor Carson thanked Huber for considering the opportunity of serving on the Historical Committee.

Fayetteville Fire Chief Mark Rossolot attended the meeting and invited everyone out to enjoy the Father’s Day Event, the Fireman’s Festival.

Rossolot wanted to assure the festival would be covered with police protection.

Later in the meeting Mayor Carson introduced and swore-in a new auxiliary police officer, Trent Eiegert who recently retired and is looking to move to the Fayetteville area. He worked for the City of Maraine for 28 years as a fire department shift manager and has been a part-time police officer on and off since the 1991.

Police Chief Essert reported that in the past month his department had issued 68 traffic citations, 72 warnings, 12 minor misdemeanors, three offense reports, eight misdemeanor arrests, nine felony arrests, one SWAT call-out, nine mutual aids, with seven of the nine at Lake Lorelei.

Essert, acting village administrator reported tha street repairs in the village were going well and phase III should begin in the fall, with nearly 90% of pot holes being repaired.