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McFarland’s Village Board voted unanimously Tuesday to annex the April Hills subdivision in the town of Blooming Grove on the village’s border with Madison.
“Having that feeling of joining the neighborhood or the community that we better represent — especially since our kids go to the school in McFarland — makes so much more sense to us than trying to go into Madison,” April Hills resident Justin Verhulst, who helped organize a petition urging annexation by McFarland signed by around 90% of neighbors, said prior to the vote.
Village Board members weighed the finances of the deal across a one-hour discussion, including infrastructure and utility costs for new versus existing residents. But Village Administrator Matt Schuenke said the “cost of inaction” to the village could also be high by turning down an opportunity to grow…