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Committee of the Whole unanimously approves claims, liquor-license transfer, phone-system contract and sets March public hearings
Summary
At its Jan. 28 Committee of the Whole meeting, New Berlin officials unanimously approved minutes and a slate of claims, approved a liquor-license transfer that avoids a reserve fee, authorized a phone-system upgrade contract and set two joint public hearings for March 3 on a land‑use/rezoning proposal and zoning-code amendments.
The City of New Berlin Committee of the Whole on Jan. 28 unanimously approved routine minutes and several administrative motions, recommended a liquor-license transfer for a South Moreland Road business, authorized a citywide phone‑system upgrade contract and set two joint public hearings for March 3, 2025.
The approvals matter because they clear administrative and financial items for the common council to act on and schedule public review for a major land‑use and rezoning request affecting a 33.76‑acre parcel at 1640 S. Moreland Road.
The committee approved the minutes of the Jan. 14 meeting without discussion. It then recommended common-council approval of utility and city claims, including water utility claims of $19,939.90 (2024 invoices) and $2,075.15 (2025 invoices); sewer utility claims of $17,259.96 (2024 invoices) and $2,161.70 (2025 invoices); general city claims of $704,087.24 (2024 invoices) and $288,302.63 (2025 invoices); and a U.S. Bank Visa EFT of $52,985.15 covering November and December 2024. The committee voted “aye” on the motion; the motion was approved unanimously.
The committee also approved a liquor‑license transfer for Drake’s Watering Hole at 3612 S. Moreland Road. The current licensee, Chumley’s Pub, formally notified the city it intends to surrender its license so the new applicant may apply without paying a $10,000 reserve‑license fee. City staff explained the city is at the maximum number of active liquor licenses; a surrendered license can be reissued without the reserve fee. The committee voted to recommend approval to the common council; the motion passed unanimously.
On an unrelated administrative item, the committee recommended the common council approve a contract to upgrade the city’s phone system; members voted unanimously to forward the contract to the council.
The committee set two joint public hearings for March 3, 2025. The first, scheduled for 6 p.m., will consider amending the city comprehensive plan’s future land‑use map (Chapter 11, Neighborhood A, Greenfield Avenue and Chapter 10, Land Use) and rezoning roughly 33.76 acres at 1640 S. Moreland Road (tax key numbers 1158989001, 1158989002 and 1158989003) to RM1 PUD and C2 PUD with an amended planned‑unit‑development overlay (PUD No. 2679, as amended by Ordinance 2688). The application proposes multifamily residential integrated with retail. The second hearing, set for 6:01 p.m., will consider amendments to the Zoning Code, Chapter 275. Both hearing dates were approved unanimously.
All motions recorded at the meeting were approved by voice vote with no recorded dissent; the committee adjourned at 6:19 p.m.
Votes at a glance: minutes approved (motion approved unanimously); claims recommended for common-council approval (motion approved unanimously); liquor‑license transfer recommended (motion approved unanimously); phone‑system contract recommended (motion approved unanimously); joint public hearing for land‑use/rezoning set for March 3 at 6 p.m. (motion approved unanimously); public hearing on Chapter 275 set for March 3 at 6:01 p.m. (motion approved unanimously).
