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Votes at a glance: Germantown Village Board, Jan. 6, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal roll-call votes and outcomes taken at the Germantown Village Board meeting on Jan. 6, 2025, including zoning, code changes, purchasing policy, legal services and interim pay adjustments.
The Germantown Village Board recorded the following formal actions on Jan. 6, 2025. (Roll-call tallies are shown where recorded in the meeting transcript.)
1) QuikTrip rezoning and conditional-use permits (Unfinished business item A) - Motion: Approve rezoning from B3 to B5 and approve two conditional-use permits for the QuikTrip relocation at 18741 Mequon Road, subject to an MOU stipulating future financial contributions for road alterations. - Outcome: Approved (roll call recorded; majority vote). See related article on land-use decision.
2) Ordinance amendment — Noise disturbances and outdoor-entertainment permitting (New business item A) - Motion: Adopt amendments to Section 9.07 (noise disturbances) and create Section 12.03 (outdoor-entertainment permits). - Outcome: Approved (roll-call majority). Board directed Public Safety to return with additional revocation/penalty language.
3) Purchasing policy revisions and municipal-code amendments (New business item B) - Motion: Approve revised purchasing policies (increase department‑head authority from $2,500 to $5,000; administrator from $7,500 to $15,000; standing committees to $25,000) and amend municipal code accordingly. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote: several trustees voted aye; two trustees voted nay as recorded).
4) Contracts/agreements for legal services (New business item C) - Motion: Authorize the village administrator to enter into written engagement agreements for general legal services with Wasilewski, Breidenbach & Sajdak (current firm) and for municipal-court services with Hausman & Fine, based on the RFP panel recommendation. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call majority). Staff will finalize written engagement documents per board direction.
5) Temporary pay adjustment for interim police chief (New business item D) - Motion: Approve a temporary pay adjustment for the interim police chief (staff recommended 5% increase while serving in interim capacity). - Outcome: Approved (roll-call majority); an amendment proposing a 7.5% increase failed.
Notes on procedure: Several items generated lengthy public comment and trustee debate. On citizen-raised operational issues (notably water-billing complaints), the board referred the matter to staff and appropriate committees rather than taking immediate action because the topic was not on the published agenda.
For details about each vote and the background discussion, see the separate articles on the QuikTrip land-use decision, the noise-ordinance changes, and citizen utility-billing concerns.
