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Votes at a glance: key approvals and motions from West Bend common council, Dec. 16, 2024
Summary
The common council approved a package of routine and substantive items including contracts, transfers, zoning changes and traffic manual amendments. Listed below are each formal action, outcome and the council motion language where recorded.
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% design and construction expected May–September 2025.
5) Board of Public Works: Stormwater maintenance agreement W22‑3 (Shepherd Of The Hills) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved. Notes: facility to be built and maintained by Shepherds of the Hills Church on an adjacent parcel; agreement defines owner maintenance responsibilities and corrective actions.
6) Finance Committee: Award Q24‑4 architectural and engineering design contract for Fire Station 1 to Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) — Motion to approve contingent upon city attorney review; outcome: approved (voice vote). See standalone article for details.
7) Finance Committee: Resolution accepting and transferring funds for downtown master plan and planter project — Motion to accept donations ($400,000 private pledge; city $100,000 earlier commitment); outcome: approved (voice vote).
8) Finance Committee: Resolution authorizing WEDC Vibrant Spaces grant application (up to $50,000) for lighting two pedestrian bridges and Vest Pocket Park — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote).
9) Finance Committee: Transfer $233,000 from Park Trust Park Impact fee account to Aqua Park capital expenses (Regner Park) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote). Park Trust balance cited as $657,463.
10) Finance Committee: Transfer $30,307.99 from summer picnic lunch accounts to Aqua Park capital expenses — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote). Transcript notes program inactive and accounts to be emptied.
11) Finance Committee: 2025 fee schedule amendments for Community Development and Building Inspection (including restoring minimum permit fee to $60) — Motion to approve ordinance; outcome: approved (voice vote).
12) Finance Committee: Resolution authorizing sale and appropriation of surplus equipment funds for Public Works equipment replacements — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote).
13) Finance Committee: Resolution accepting mutual aid reimbursement from Milwaukee Police Department (Republican National Convention security assistance) — Reimbursement $34,315.70; staff recommended distribution: $12,000 overtime, $15,000 salaries, $3,000 WRS fringe, $1,800 FICA, remainder (~$2,000) remains in PD GRAMA account per accounting rules; motion to approve distribution; outcome: approved (voice vote).
14) Finance Committee: Resolution accepting a $150 donation to Fire Department smoke detector program (Georgia Robodeaux) — Motion to approve with thanks; outcome: approved (voice vote).
15) Finance Committee: Resolution amending EMS billing rates — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote). See standalone article for details.
16) Common Council consent agenda (items 5–18) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote).
17) Approval of 2025 budgets for 13 active TIDs — Motion to approve balanced TID budgets (various revenues/expenses/debt/increment); outcome: approved (voice vote). Staff noted existing undesignated funds in downtown TIDs that can be used for Riverwalk/bridge projects.
18) Ordinance to rezone approx. 1.8 acres at SE corner of Valley Ave. and W. Washington St. from B6 Office Park to B4 General Business and Warehousing (Rostero Group) — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote). Purpose: allow additional parking/display area for dealership.
19) Resolution amending the Traffic Manual (multiple items) — Motion to approve: updates include downtown loading zones and accessible parking documentation, restricted parking on Park Ave. west of 12th (limited change agreed with neighbors), restricted parking on Riverbend Drive to aid snow plowing, and changing yield control at Walnut/Main/Veterans to reflect Walnut as through street; outcome: approved (voice vote).
20) Approval of common council minutes from December 2024 — Motion to approve; outcome: approved (voice vote).
Several items were discussed at length in committee or commission meetings before council vote; items on this list reflect council motions and recorded outcomes from the Dec. 16 meeting.
