Votes at a glance: key approvals and motions from West Bend common council, Dec. 16, 2024

The council took a range of formal actions at its Dec. 16 meeting. Below are the items that passed or were recorded with the motion text and outcome. Where the transcript recorded the mover, second or vote, those are noted; otherwise outcomes are reported as recorded.

1) Licensing Board minutes (12/02/2024) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote).

2) Keith’s Healing Hands — New massage license application — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (Licensing Board vote recorded as motion carried).

3) Board of Public Works: Award contract 2415 (Tree Serti) to Dan Larson Landscape — Motion to award; base bid $53,600; add alternates estimated total $66,895.41; funding from tree surety (developer), capital funds, general forestry operating funds and previously earned urban forestry grants; outcome: approved (voice vote).

4) Board of Public Works: Permission to advertise six construction contracts for 2025 (Kilbourne Ave. reconstruction; Third Ave. reconstruction; Edgewood Lane reconstruction; annual sidewalk replacement; crack and joint sealing; water utility pavement repairs) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved. Notes: private water lateral replacement funding by Washington County per agreement; state Local Road Improvement Program funds for portion of Avenue reconstruction; preliminary cost estimates at 40%…