City officials meeting with University officials to discuss safety of students, residents
City of Mount Pleasant officials are meeting with Central Michigan University officials next week to decide the best way to handle safety issues in Mount Pleasant.
Mayor Sharon Tilmann said the parties during Welcome Weekend and other times are getting out of hand. She said it's a safety issue for residents and other students.
"What's happening with the civil disobedience that's happening with parties now is unacceptable," Tilmann said. "We're trying to figure out what we can do to nip it in the bud."
Tilmann said the parties are getting worse and even city officials like Vice Mayor Jim Holton feel unsafe in the student section of the city.
Jeff Browne, Mount Pleasant's public information officer, echoed Tilmann's worries, and said they are looking into different options to fix the safety issues.
"We want to allow individuals to have fun," Browne said. "We also want to provide an environment that's safe and secure. We're getting more people from out of town, which is a problem. They're taking advantage of our residents. We need to come up with a way to protect our students and our residents."
A time and place of the meeting has not yet been announced.
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