MONTAGUE — The Montague City Council proposed moving the social district time to allocate for more times at the participating businesses during Monday’s meeting.
The argument was made that most of these businesses open in the morning or early afternoon, making it beneficial for the social district to open earlier. The current social district hours are 5-10 p.m. seven days per week. Hours will remain the same, except for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, when the social district will open at noon.
Smoking in public parks was also discussed at the meeting. Numerous council members mentioned they received complaints from White Lake residents, specifically little league baseball families, about people disregarding the smoking rule and being disrespectful. City Manager Jeff Auch stated it is already illegal to smoke in parks in Michigan, per the Michigan Smoke-Free Law and Tobacco-Free Recreation Area Resolution, but the law has been difficult to enforce. Before getting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services involved, city council decided to add more signs to the park, reminding people of the rules including no smoking or tobacco use.
A special budget meeting will take place Monday, June 3 at Montague City Hall. City council will be discussing scheduling road repairs, sidewalk repaving, park improvements and more.
