Germantown aldermen approve consent agenda, advance education and stormwater code changes; set hearing on telecom permit fees

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Germantown met Oct. 27 and approved a consent agenda that included grant awards, donations and construction contract changes, advanced two city-code amendments to a third and final reading and set a public hearing for a proposed change to how the city charges construction permit fees for telecommunications work.

The actions matter because they formalize city spending and governance changes: the consent agenda moves roughly a half-dozen grants and purchases into contract, the education commission's purpose statement was updated to reflect city priorities and the Stormwater Advisory Commission's membership rules were revised to shift certain voting roles to citizen appointees. The board also authorized a change to how the city will set construction permit fees for fiber and other telecom installations by moving fee-setting into the city's revenue resolution and scheduling a public hearing on that change.

Most significant decisions

The consent agenda passed on a roll-call vote. Items listed by the city during the meeting included a change order for resurfacing on Wolf River Boulevard (approximately $16,000), a $50,000 Department of Disability and Aging senior center grant to the city, a contract extension for street striping and pavement markings (just over $100,000), a roughly $3,000 donation to the Germantown Education Foundation, about $15,000 in donations to the Germantown Community Library, approximately $4,500 in donations to Parks and…