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Council approves concession payment, five-year pontoon lease extension and $51,178 for final boat-launch costs; TIF funds to cover concession payment
Summary
After a lengthy debate about costs at City Beach, the Common Council approved a amended payment to the concession operator funded by Tax Increment Financing, extended pontoon-boat dock privileges for five years with an RFP requirement afterward, and authorized an additional $51,178 to close out the boat-launch contract.
Oconomowoc aldermen on Sept. 16 approved three related actions for City Beach: a city payment tied to the new concession building, a five‑year extension of pontoon-boat docking rights that will go to RFP after that term, and a $51,178 authorization to cover additional final construction costs for the boat launch.
The largest debate centered on payment for cost overruns on the new concession building constructed as part of a public-private partnership with concessionaire John Suttner. City staff described three components of extra costs: site work and retaining wall completed by the contractor for the boat‑launch work ($59,791.10); unanticipated soil stabilization, foundation reinforcement and winter tenting/heating costs that Suttner asked the city to share (he sought half of those totals, which he said amounted to $72,852); and two city-requested items — floor coating in the lifeguard area and an electronic door lock system — totaling $15,571.
City staff summarized the combined items as $148,214.10. After discussion and an amendment requiring any payment to be structured as a lease payment to…
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