West Bend council and boards approve licenses, two easement agreements and city borrowing parameters for fire station notes

Several routine licensing and property items were approved at the City of West Bend meetings on Aug. 4, alongside two finance measures that advance the city’s borrowing plans.

Licensing board and special events: The licensing board approved the minutes from July 21 and granted a new Class B beer license to La Mexicana (2526), a cigarette/tobacco/electronic vaping license for Ned Moranian (2526), a secondhand article and jewelry dealer license (2526) and a special event permit for the VFW car show. Police and licensing staff noted the VFW event will include a ceremonial cannon fired hourly from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and said the police department expects and will respond to any nuisance complaints; the event was approved with the condition that the device produce no projectiles.

Board of Public Works easement agreements: The Board of Public Works approved two agreements permitting fences to remain within existing municipal easements at 2702 and 2642 Great Forest Drive. City staff said the fences were already installed and that a stormwater pipe under the easement is deep enough that the current fence locations do not interfere…