MOSINEE, WI (WSAU) — Mayor Pete Nievinski feels comfortable in his new role.
“We have good city staff. The department heads, the administrator, the clerks, and everyone,” said Nievinski. “I’ll be glad when [the newness wears off] in a couple of months when I’ll just be Mayor.”
He says his priorities in office will be much the same as former Mayor Brent Jacobson’s: keeping taxes low, revitalizing downtown, and growing the business park. “A lot of people say when you’re coming into downtown, it doesn’t always look the best. It’s the gateway, the entrance to the city. People would like to see changes there.”
He says there has been progress that’s been made, something that his out-of-town relatives notice every time they visit, but there is still work to do. That includes improving the “entrance landscape” of the city, which could include help from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
There is also the challenge of growing the city’s business park. “We really only have some odd-shaped land that people don’t want to build on. We need to look at obtaining land for future business partners.”
That means both current tenants and future partners. Nievinski notes that some businesses like AROW Global and Mekong Meats have expanded multiple times in the last few years. WEDC has also been involved in talks to bring new business to the area.
“If somebody comes in, like a bigger business, we don’t have space to accommodate them,” said Nievinski.
He adds that he believes in fiscal responsibility in both personal budgets and with the city’s tax dollars, saying his goal is to provide the best services at the lowest tax rate possible. In fact, he’s already taken an early look at many of the city’s budgets to see if he can recommend any changes or adjustments for 2026.
Nievinski defeated Keith Brod on April 1st to win the two-year term. Hear more about his background and plans for the next two years in the video above.
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