Ashwaubenon board roundup: liquor extensions, draft rules, TID closure, drone grant and other actions

The Ashwaubenon Village Board took a series of formal actions Tuesday, approving multiple draft-related ordinances and permits, several liquor and entertainment exceptions, a municipal grant application for a public-safety drone, and a resolution formally closing Tax Incremental District (TID) No. 4. The board denied a request from Bird (dockless scooters) to operate in the village during the NFL draft.

Votes and key outcomes (motions and ordinances taken at the March 25 meeting):

- Approve agenda as amended (motion) — Passed (voice vote). The board added an item for the president’s comments before open comment.

- Approve minutes (open and closed session) from Feb. 25, 2025 (motion) — Passed.

- Consent agenda (motion) — Passed. Items approved included temporary and permanent liquor license matters (Titletown, Burns Cheese Inc. d/b/a Burns Cheese, Lodge Kohler), acceptance of the 2024 Stormwater Utility Annual Report, budgeted expenditures for the period 02/19/2025–03/2025, and routine investment, financial, Public Works and Parks/Rec/Forestry reports.

- Temporary Class B/Class B liquor license extension for Anduzzi Sports Club, 1992 Holmgren Way, to add an outdoor premise for draft days (motion, agenda item 9A) — Approved. Public safety reviewed setback limits and confirmed no temporary enclosed structures would be permitted in the area shown on the submitted map.

- Mona Rosa Winery full-service retail outlet (wine only) at 753 Lombardi Ave., April 24–26, 2025 (motion, agenda item 9B) — Approved. The board confirmed the request applies to wine only; municipal approval does not remove any state licensing requirement handled by the applicant.

- Cosponsored program residency policy changes (agenda item 9C) — Approved with amendment. See separate article for details: organizations may opt to accept nonresident, non-open-enrolled participants capped at 15% (calculated July 1), $15 surcharge to remain with the organization, and forfeiture of direct cash reimbursements for any calendar year an organization accepts nonresident participants. Park Board will review results after July 1 each year.

- Municipal facilities condition assessment update (agenda item 9D) — Information only; no board action taken. Consultants presented options and preliminary cost estimates and recommended Public Works as the highest near-term priority.

- Waiver of noise requirements for Stadium View Sports Bar (temporary amplified music extension from 11 p.m. to midnight for draft days, agenda item 9E) — Approved. The village explained written requests are required from individual operators; this approval applied to the named operator only.

- Request from Bird for dockless stand-up electric scooter pilot during the NFL draft (agenda item 9F) — Denied for the draft period. Public safety and other trustees expressed safety and enforcement concerns in the high-foot-traffic draft footprint; board suggested further study by the Bike & Ped Committee for future consideration outside draft dates.

- Resolution R3-12025 terminating/dissolving TID No. 4 (agenda item 9G) — Approved. Staff said final audit work will follow and distribution of increment and tax-relief impacts will be presented as part of the audit package this summer.

- Grant-application request to Capital Credit Union Elevate Communities for a public safety drone (agenda item 9H) — Approved. The board authorized staff to submit the grant application; the requested equipment package and FAA requirements were discussed on the record.

- Ordinance 3-125 amending traffic and parking (chapter 7) for draft-related no-parking and no-parker-by-police-order signage (agenda item 9I) — Approved. The ordinance clarifies several streets as no parking and authorizes temporary police-order signage and special draft-day placards in identified locations; staff noted signage will combine temporary placards and existing signs for efficiency.

- Ordinance 3-220 amending mobile food-establishment rules for the draft (agenda item 9J) — Approved (temporary, April 23–28). The temporary change allows food trucks to remain on site longer than standard 24-hour rules where county health approves, increases allowable daily hours (to align with Sports & Entertainment District operation), and temporarily lifts the 3‑truck maximum per parcel for the event footprint. Operations on public rights-of-way remain restricted unless parks department approval is obtained.

- Approval of NFL Draft special-event road closures (agenda item 9K) — Approved (subject to required certificates of insurance and a signed hold-harmless agreement); staff authorized to issue permits once all conditions are met. The board asked staff to press for openings of major arterials as soon as practical after the event.

- Change to the regular Village Board meeting schedule: move the April regular meeting from April 22 to April 15, 2025, at 5 p.m. — Approved.

- Grant application, administrative and housekeeping motions (including adjournment) — Carried.

Vote tallies: Most measures passed on unanimous or voice votes; specific roll-call counts were not recorded in the meeting transcript for many items and are listed as "not specified" where a roll-call tally was not provided.

What’s next: Staff will issue draft-related permits after required documentation is received, prepare the grant application for the drone request, proceed with July 1 reporting procedures for cosponsored programs, and return refined financial sequencing scenarios for the facilities plan following department feedback.