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Votes at a glance: Shorewood board approves North Shore Fire capital plan, fee schedule, lead-service-line policy change and several contracts
Summary
The Village of Shorewood Village Board approved a suite of resolutions, contracts and policy changes at its Oct. meeting, including a multi‑year North Shore Fire Department capital budget, an updated ambulance fee schedule, a utility policy change for lead‑service‑line financing and vendor selection for a lead‑service‑line evaluation.
The Shorewood Village Board took several formal actions at its Oct. meeting. Highlights below list the motion language when available, the mover/second (when recorded in the minutes), and the recorded outcome.
Votes at a glance
1) North Shore Fire Department: multi-year capital budget (2026–2030) - Motion: “Approve resolution 2025-512, a resolution approving a single or multi-year capital budget to purchase large apparatus equipment from 2026 to 2030.” - Mover/Second: Trustee Stokbrand moved; Trustee Warren seconded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; President McCaig and trustees voted yes; motion carries. - Notes: Staff said the 2026 municipal contribution was reduced to about $905,848 by applying one-time federal Medicare/Medicaid receipts; the plan still requires approval by all seven municipal governing bodies that fund the consolidated department.
2) North Shore Fire Department: ambulance/EMS fee schedule for 2026 - Motion: Approve resolution adopting the 2026 NSFD fee-for-service schedule. - Mover/Second: Trustee Warren moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; motion carries. - Notes: Change includes a move from itemized billing to bundled (‘‘bundled’’) billing for ambulance transports, adjusted resident and nonresident rates and alignment with industry practice and Medicare/Medicaid claim considerations.
3) North Shore Fire Department: levy-exception resolution under Wis. Act 484 - Motion: Approve resolution authorizing an exception to the levy limits for NSFD charges pursuant to 2005 Wis. Act 484. - Mover/Second: Trustee Sopran moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; motion carries. - Notes: Resolution permits municipalities to deduct joint fire-department charge increases (subject to CPI+2% rules) from their levy-limit worksheet; municipalities must each adopt the resolution for the full benefit.
4) Village attorney contract (Crivello, Corrado & Kolev; RFP result) - Motion: Approve agreement for village attorney and prosecutor services (multi-year terms described in the agenda packet). Motion language noted the agreement covering 2026–2028 with rate review 2028–2030. - Mover/Second: Trustee Stokbrand moved; Trustee Ersink seconded. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote; recorded as unanimous in minutes. - Notes: Minutes indicate staff will return recommended ordinance updates to the judiciary/personnel/licensing committee.
5) Shorewood Connects facilitator contract (Shorewood Senior Resource Center) - Motion: Waive purchasing policy and authorize a 3‑year contract (2026–2028) with Fashti Logier to update and facilitate the Age‑Friendly plan. - Mover/Second: Trustee Stokbrand moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote; motion carries unanimously.
6) Vendor selection for lead-service-line and water‑main evaluation - Motion: Approve Arcadis to perform lead-service-line inventory and water-main evaluation, scheduling of replacements and financing plans (motion asked to adopt Arcadis proposal and associated estimated costs). - Mover/Second: Trustee Warren moved; Trustee Ersink seconded. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote; motion carries. - Notes: Staff will use the vendor to produce project scoping and cost estimates for replacement and financing.
7) Amendment to Policy 44 and fee schedule related to lead-service-line financing - Motion: Approve the amendment to Policy 44 (lead service-line program) and adopt resolution 2025‑11 amending the utility fee schedule to recover interest on installment financing. - Mover/Second: Trustee Ersink moved; Trustee Arndorffer seconded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote. - Notes: Staff explained the change responds to Public Service Commission concerns and the utility’s need to recover interest costs when owners choose extended repayment terms; trustees were advised the village could not continue to subsidize interest for installments without covering the program cost.
8) Milwaukee County Hazard Mitigation Plan (July 2025 update) - Motion: Adopt resolution to participate in and adopt the July 2025 Milwaukee County Hazard Mitigation Plan update. - Mover/Second: Trustee Stokbrand moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote.
9) Resolution supporting the Safe Roads, Safe Lives Act (Senate Bill 375 / Assembly Bill 371) - Motion: Adopt resolution supporting the state legislative pilot program in the city of Milwaukee and endorsing the underlying Safe Roads, Safe Lives initiative. - Mover/Second: Trustee Ersink moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote.
Other procedural items - The board voted to defer a public hearing and action on a request to rezone 4449–4453 N. Oakland Ave. at the applicant’s request (motion to defer carried). If the applicant withdraws, no further action will be scheduled. - The board approved the consent agenda (minutes, contracts listed in the packet), including amending the Sept. 15 minutes to record an absence. - The board voted to adjourn into closed session under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(g) to discuss pending litigation and prospective real‑estate negotiations; roll-call vote recorded; motion carried.
Documents and next steps All approved resolutions and contracts will be incorporated into the official minutes and the updated budget packet. Items that require intergovernmental approval (for example, the NSFD capital plan) remain contingent on other municipalities’ approvals.
