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Votes at a glance: March 4 Green Bay Common Council — appointments, RDA actions and licensing decisions
Summary
The council approved several appointments and redevelopment items, advanced multiple ordinances, and denied a licensing application for a massage operator. This roundup lists motions, movers and outcomes recorded at the March 4 meeting.
This roundup summarizes formal council decisions taken at the March 4 Green Bay Common Council meeting that were not the focus of extended debate.
Key outcomes
- Appointments and staffing (approved): The council approved a slate of appointment items including the appointments of Dave Wilkett (Information Technology Director), Brian Rollefsen (Human Resources Director), and Melanie Fulk (interim human resources director). The council voted by roll call after suspending rules to consider the items together.
- Redevelopment Authority / Sea Rice MOU (approved as amended): The council adopted a memorandum of understanding supporting Sea Rice terminal efforts and an RDA-related MOU after two amendments were added during council consideration: (1) a new Section 2(c) asking Sea Rice to collaborate on a site development plan for the northern ~10 acres compatible with downtown zoning uses, and (2) an automatic termination clause if the Sea Rice proposal is not selected by the county. The council adopted the MOU as amended.
- RDA property development agreement (approved as amended): Council approved a development agreement pertaining to a city-owned property (staff described preservation and redevelopment of buildings). Council removed language requiring explicit State Historic Preservation Office and Landmarks Commission approvals as a precondition, noting the Director of Community and Economic Development retains administrative approval authority for certain certificates of appropriateness.
- Operator license (denied): The Protection & Policy Committee recommendation to deny an operator license (massage business) carried. The chief summarized multiple prior license violations for the applicant dating back to 2020; council voted to deny per committee recommendation.
- Leaf/yard-waste appeal (motion failed): An appeal of a fee for a collection/cleanup related to yard waste and leaves was moved for approval by Ald. Hankfuss but the motion failed on a recorded voice vote (the nays prevailed), leaving the invoice/fee in place.
Other actions: The council suspended rules and advanced a series of ordinances to second reading and adopted a package of resolutions by unanimous vote after suspending rules.
Ending: Many items were adopted by voice vote following procedural motions to suspend rules and take grouped roll-call action. Where the record showed only voice votes, the council chair declared results; individual roll-call tallies were recorded only where the agenda called for roll-call.
