The November 22 meeting of the Police/Fire Pension Board has been rescheduled for November 15, 2022. Meetings are held in the Finance Conference room at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, 300 West Baraga Ave., Marquette, MI 49855.

The MAWTAB meeting for November 10, 2022, has been canceled due to lack of quorum.

The board will meet again at their next scheduled meeting, December 15, 10 a.m., at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1930 US-41 South.

As the Nov. 8 General Election approaches there has been an increase in yard signs being placed on both private property and in the right-of-way around the City.

As a reminder to residents, the City’s regulations regarding yard signs are as follows:

Residents may place up to four non-commercial yard signs – not to exceed 24 square feet in total area – on their private property.

Residents are not permitted to place signs in the right-of-way, and these signs will be removed.

In addition, signs related to the parties, candidates or proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot are considered campaign materials under state law and are not permitted within 100 feet of any entrance to a polling location.

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, November 9 from 10 a.m. to noon in the main floor conference room of the Peter White Public Library.  The meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.

The Board of Zoning Appeals regular meeting on November 3, 2022, has been canceled.   The next scheduled meeting will be held on December 1, 2022.

Pickets from the Kids Cove playground enclosure at Mattson Lower Harbor Park have been removed and can be picked up at:

Lakeview Arena Citizens Forum

Monday, November 7

11am-2pm and 4pm-7pm

If you sponsored a picket for the original enclosure constructed in 1996, your sponsored picket is available to you.  The effort to return pickets to original donors is made possible by City of Marquette Playgrounds for All Committee, Marquette Rotary Clubs and City of Marquette.

MDOT will be closing the roundabout at US41/Front Street from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 2 through 6:00 a.m. Thursday, November 3and 6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 3 through 6:00 a.m. Friday, November 4 for milling and paving work. The work is weather dependent, and the schedule is subject to change. A detour route will be posted around the closure with US41 through traffic being detoured via M-553 and Division Street.

Motorists are advised to use caution when traveling through this area and to be alert for construction and advisory signing.

The October 20 meeting of the City of Marquette Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board has been rescheduled for November 4, 2022.  Regular meetings are held at 8:00 a.m. at the Municipal Service Center, 1100 Wright Street, Marquette, MI. 49855.

The City of Marquette is working with the consulting firm of Beckett and Raeder to update their Community Master Plan.

The Community Master Plan provides a long-term vision for the community and helps to guide future policies by examining data and community input.

To help guide the vision for the City of Marquette we need your input!

A website has been created where you can visit to view information about how to participate as well as sign up for an e-newsletter that will be forthcoming.

The website link is: www.marquettemasterplan.org

On Thursday, November 10 from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture will host the opening reception for the November Deo Gallery Exhibit: Grids & Pixelation: Visual Poetry. Grids & Pixelation: Visual Poetry features weavings by Carol Irving and the acrylic paintings of Michael Friend. These Upper Peninsula based artists have both been featured in the Grand Rapids Art Prize competition and have displayed their work regionally as part of public and private collections.

The Deo Gallery is owned by the City of Marquette and is located in the basement of the PWPL in the City’s Arts & Culture Center; it is curated monthly by the Lake Superior Art Association. The Deo Gallery’s exhibit will be open through the month of November. Receptions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are provided. Artist talk will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Deo Gallery: Carol Irving and Michael Friend, Grids & Pixelation: Visual Poetry
Weavings and Acrylic Paintings
Artist Talk at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10

Other Exhibits at the PWPL:

Huron Mountain Club Gallery (Main floor): The Best of Us: An NCLL Retrospective, Northern Center for Lifelong Learning Students

A variety of student photographers ranging in experience, equipment, and subjects.
Lower Level Lobby Gallery (Outside the Deo Gallery): Digital Humans, Lari Wendt

Digital images combining realistic human features and abstract images.