By Jason Arndt
Correspondent
Union Grove and the Central Racine County Health Department will maintain a two-year commitment, after the Village Board voted Aug. 12 to approve a measure formally making it the agency’s newest municipality.
After completing its initial year with Central Racine, following the Village’s discontinuation of services with Western Racine County in 2012, the Village was officially invited into the Central Racine agency.
Village Board members Monday night noted an improvement of communication regarding public health services due to more thorough and detail-oriented information being conveyed to citizens by Central Racine.
“They participate in our newsletter and they send out their own information and keep in contact with our residents,” Village trustee Gordon Svendsen explained. “They do a real good job of keeping the lines of communication open with the residents.”
In turn, Central Racine County’s Margaret Gesner praised Village residents for their feedback allowing for a “two-way street” of communication, during a presentation she made at Monday night’s Village Board meeting.
“The Village of Union Grove is wonderful to work with regarding health matters,” Gesner said.
In addition, Svendsen will be the voting voice for the Village at Central Racine County board meetings, which includes giving feedback about budget processes, personnel and changes to its bylaws.
Board President Mike Aimone said he believes Svendsen is the best fit as the representative for Union Grove, due to his dedication toward the process.
“Svendsen was involved with the contract with Central Racine County, so he seems like a really good fit,” Aimone explained. “He made sure meetings were put in place for us to ask Central Racine County questions and he organized communications.”
Public health inspections are one of several reasons why the Village made the decision to join the Central Racine department, and drop Western Racine.
“This ensures that our establishments are current and up to the standards,” Svendsen said. “Not to say they were not already, but we now have a set of checks and balances.”
Svendsen noted health inspections are educational and can provide business owners with better direction, compared to what was done in the past.
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