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Votes at a glance: appointments, licenses, land divisions, parking rules, finance and public works approvals
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Summary
The Common Council approved appointments, several Plan Commission and Transportation items, alcohol and special-event licenses, budget-related resolutions and Board of Public Works items; key roll calls and vote tallies are listed below.
The Wauwatosa Common Council approved multiple formal actions across committee reports tonight. Below are the items, motions and final outcomes as recorded in the meeting.
Appointments (mayor's nominations) — single vote - Appointed William Steinke (District 5) to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Committee through 05/31/2027; Lanre Abiola (District 1) as alternate to the Board of Review through 03/31/2028; reappointed Jamie Swisher to the Civic Celebration Commission through 12/31/2028; reappointed Marybeth Budish (District 1) to the Community Development Block Grant Committee through 03/31/2028. Motion to move all appointments in a single vote passed unanimously.
Plan Commission items - Resolution approving land division via Certified Survey Map at 1300 Glenview Place (Lisa Wood, Amundson Davis, applicant). Plan Commission recommended approval 6-0; council approved (motion by Alder Phillips, second Alder Gustafson) — passed unanimously. - Resolution approving an extension for a Certified Survey Map at 1330 Wauwatosa Avenue (Sarah Hillenbrand / Mandel Group). Community committee recommended approval 4-2. One council member (Alder McClough) publicly opposed further extensions and said she would vote no; the council voted 12-3 to approve the extension.
Government Affairs Committee (eight items; combined votes) - Several special-event and alcohol-license applications (Village Al Fresco special event permit; new and renewed class A/B/C beer and liquor licenses for named businesses) and amusement-arcade and related renewals were recommended by committee (mostly 5-0) and approved by council. The ordinance amending subsection 6.08.032.d of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code to remove the maximum number of temporary class B beer licenses was adopted. Council approved items 1'7 unanimously; item 8 (the ordinance removing the maximum number of temporary class B beer licenses) passed 11-4 after Alder Foley cast a recorded no vote and three other members also voted no.
Transportation Affairs (six items) - Item 1: Adopt Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program guidelines — passed by roll call 13 yes, 0 no, 2 present. - Items 2'6: Multiple parking ordinance amendments (specific block-level restrictions and trial completions) were adopted; committee recommended adoption and council passed items 2'6 unanimously.
Financial Affairs (five items plus bills and claims) - Resolutions approving 2025 Community Development Block Grant funding requests, a six-year intergovernmental agreement with the City of Milwaukee for workforce-tracking software for economic inclusion projects, amendments to 2025 consolidated fee schedule (pool licenses), and ordering a right-hand-drive Jeep Wrangler in advance of the 2026 budget were recommended and passed (committee votes ranged 5-0 to 8-0); the settlement agreement in Froedtert Health v. City of Wauwatosa (tax years 2020'2023) was on the agenda and marked for closed session; council approved items 1'5 by combined vote. Bills and claims were ratified by unanimous roll call.
Board of Public Works (four items) - Encroachment approval related to the Harlow & Hem redevelopment at 7470 Blanchard Street (applicant Sarah Hillenbrand / Mandel Group) was moved separately and passed by a 12-to-3 vote (no votes recorded for Alder Meindl, Alder Foley and Alder McClough as recorded in the meeting). Other public-works resolutions (MMSD Green Solutions funding agreement for porous pavement on Watertown Plank Road project; relocation order and acquisition plat for Wisconsin Avenue multi-use path project CIP #2309; acceptance of WDNR 2024 compliance maintenance annual report) were approved on a single vote, unanimously as recorded.
Votes, movers, seconds and recorded tallies are reflected in the council roll calls and minutes. If readers need the exact ordinance numbers or complete vote-by-name roll call for a single item, the official meeting minutes and the clerk's roll-call record are the authoritative source.
