County Board to meet Tuesday

MARQUETTE –The Marquette County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in room 231 of the Henry A. Skewis Annex.

The board will receive a Michigan State University Extension update during privileged comment and discuss two action items at Tuesday’s meeting, according to board documents.

The commission’s first action item regards the reassignment of the lease for BWI North America Inc., a company that leases land and buildings west of Sawyer International Airport’s runway to perform winter testing on automobiles. According to board documents, BWI North America has assigned their interest to BWI Chassis Dynamics Inc., effective Dec. 1 and has requested that Marquette County reassigns the company’s lease to BWI Chassis Dynamics Inc. Staff recommendation is to approve the lease reassignment.

The second action item to be discussed Tuesday is a county civil counsel update. The board previously discussed a change to the county’s civil counsel position at the Nov. 7 meeting of the board, as Steve Pence, the county’s current civil counsel, indicated that he will be leaving the position at the end of the year.

Offices to close for Thanksgiving

MARQUETTE — City offices located at Marquette City Hall, 300 W. Baraga Avenue; the Lakeview Arena, 401 E. Fair Avenue; the Arts and Culture Center, 217 N. Front St. (in the Peter White Public Library); and the Municipal Service Center, 1100 Wright St., will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Marquette Police, Fire, and Public Works and Utilities will remain fully operational during this time.

There will be no change in garbage pickup for city residents.

Holiday parking available after 3 p.m.

MARQUETTE — In celebration of the holiday season, enforcement of the metered parking and two-hour customer parking areas will be suspended throughout the downtown district after 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. This began Thursday and will continue through Dec. 28. Visitors to the downtown may park without restriction in any of the public parking spaces within the district, with the exception of handicapped spaces, 24-hour reserved spots and loading zones.

This applies to parking along North Third Street, the lower and upper level of the Bluff Street Parking Ramp, the Commons lot, the Main Street lots, the Lakeshore Boulevard lot, the Rock Street lot, the East Baraga Avenue lot and the Spring Street lot.

The complimentary parking is offered compliments of the Marquette City Police Department and the Marquette Downtown Development Authority.