This month, Ottawa city officials showed area grade school students city facilities for the annual Kiwanis Club event. The event didn’t include a Kids Night at the City Council meeting last year because of the pandemic. But the kids sat alongside the mayor, commissioners, and others to read their lines for them last Tuesday night.
Mayor Dan Aussem’s critique of the Kids Night was that it could have gone better. He says he and the commissioners were a bit rusty after not having it for two years because of the pandemic.
The students who participated in Kiwanis Club Kids Night, their schools, and the city officials they were paired with:
Teagan Cole, Shepherd Middle School, Mayor Dan Aussem
Eugenia Craig, Marquette Academy, Police Chief Brent Roalson
Belle Markey, Shepherd, Fire Chief Andy Borkowski
John VanWiggeren, Marquette, city attorney Tim Cantlin
Grant Smithmeyer, Shepherd, City Engineer Tom Duttlinger
Hunter Hopkins, Marquette, City Clerk Shelly Munks
Charlie Woodyear, Shepherd, City Treasurer Don Harris
Lila Windy, Shepherd, Public Property Commissioner Tom Ganiere
Caden Shreve, Marquette, Public Health and Safety Commissioner James Less
Diego Martinez, Shepherd, Accounts and Finance Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut
Glada Pattelli, Marquette, Public Improvements Commissioner Marla Pearson
Area grade school students sit with Ottawa officials at a city council meeting Tuesday, December 7, 2021