Munson is known as a stable consistent community, but the new council wants to start thinking about a bit of growth.
Steve Hayes is the new Mayor of Munson following the 2017 Municipal election, with a council that includes Bob Spencer and Kerry McLellan. While Hayes has served as a councilor for nine years, before taking a term off, this is his first time as mayor.
“It’s a great little village, we are trying to get a little bit of growth hopefully,” said Hayes. “We are hoping to get a bunch of younger families up here.”
He said when he was on council four years ago, he began to see this trend of younger families. The council was proactive and added some amenities including its rink and skateboard park.
“We just tried to make it a little more appealing for people who had kids up here that were young. We needed something to keep them here because they always wanted to go to town,” he said.
Over the last few years, the Village has seen some improvement including the new community hall.
“That has made a big difference. I sat on the Board of Directors on the hall for years, and from then until now, it is probably 300 times more utilized than it was before. It is unreal some of the functions we are getting,” he said. “It gets people coming to town and driving around and seeing the village. There are few rental properties and a few houses for sale.”
The village is also seeing the construction of a new fire hall and water fill station. This is to be located near Highway 9-56, outside the residential area of the village.
“We donated the land to Starland, and they are putting the building up. One of the benefits there is we are getting water transfer station for the farmer and heavy equipment out of town. They were wreaking havoc on our roads, so that was a benefit for us,” he said.
They are looking at resurfacing some of the roads in the village. This is the continuation of a program began a couple years ago, according to Hayes.
