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Kenosha council approves routine permits, contracts, rezoning referrals and opioid settlement participation
Summary
The Kenosha Common Council on Sept. 3 approved a range of routine items — from licenses and contracts to zoning referrals and participation in opioid settlement subdivisions — with most measures passing unanimously or by lopsided margins.
The Kenosha Common Council on Sept. 3 approved a series of routine items including licenses, zoning‑related referrals, contracts, property actions and the city’s participation in several opioid litigation settlement subdivisions.
Votes at a glance
- Licenses and permits: Council concurred with the list of operator and special‑class licenses on file with the city clerk; motion carried. The Committee on Licenses and Permits’ specific approvals included a daily cabaret permit and an outdoor dining extension with no adverse police recommendations.
- C5 Kenosha Beer Gardens LLC: Approval for a permanent outdoor extension license at 3501 Fourteenth Avenue passed; one alderman from the 9th District abstained and the motion carried.
- Ordinances, first reading: E1, an ordinance to amend section 13.125 of the Code of General Ordinances regarding massage establishments, was sent on its way after first reading.
- Zoning, first reading: F1–F3 (a redevelopment plan for an Uptown 4 project area, a cooperative plan under Wis. Stat. sec. 66.0307, and a rezoning from A2 to RS1 for property on 60 Second Avenue) were moved forward after first reading.
- Resolutions: I1 (authorization of an additional special event for 2025) and I2 (authorizing issuance and sale of up to $3,002,527 taxable water system revenue bonds, series 2025) were approved; finance committee recommended approval.
- Contracts and procurement: K1 — award of Project 205‑1418 tree‑planting contract to Arthur Wyler Inc. in the amount of $93,000 — was approved by roll call.
- Property and leases: L1 — approval of acquisition of property listed in the file (address listed as 622220 Second Avenue in the clerk’s item) from the Danish Brotherhood Society — was approved; L2 — a lease‑buy agreement between the City of Kenosha and Carthage College — was approved as recommended by Parks.
- Finance items: M1 (KABA 2025 second quarter loan report) was received and filed; M2 (disbursement record) was approved as presented in the finance committee report.
- Public safety and welfare: O1 and O2 — backyard chicken coop license requests from Jasmine Cornelio and Michael Santiago — were approved. The vote recorded on the motion for both licenses was 13 in favor and 3 opposed.
- Opioid litigation participation: P1–P4, subdivision participation, settlement releases and related forms for opioid litigation with multiple manufacturers and Purdue Pharma (SDNY case references recorded in the committee material) were approved; finance recommended concurrence and the council took a roll‑call vote on P1–P4 together. The motion carried 16‑0.
Most items were routine and moved after a single motion to concur with committee recommendations. Where a councilor voiced a conflict, the member abstained (C5). Several items were taken on first reading only and will return for subsequent action where required.
Votes and tallies cited in this summary are as recorded on the meeting floor.
