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Public Works Committee approves slate of routine resolutions, appointments and project authorizations
Summary
The Public Works Committee on Feb. 20 recommended confirmation of a mayoral appointee and approved multiple construction and program resolutions, including green‑infrastructure grants and approvals required by ordinance. Most items were acted on by motion and ‘hearing no objection’ without recorded roll‑call votes.
The Public Works Committee on Feb. 20 recommended confirmation of Sally Peltz to the Board of Harbor Commissioners and approved a series of construction, funding and administrative measures that were taken by motion and without recorded dissent.
Sally Peltz, who described a career spanning public‑health nursing, nursing education and later work in community development finance and real‑estate, was introduced and then recommended for confirmation after Alderman Pratt moved approval. “I was born in the city, grew up here, and I love to see the city grow,” Peltz told the committee when asked why she sought the appointment.
The committee also recommended adoption of substitute resolutions concerning non‑assessable public improvements (files 241,616 and 241,617). Two substitute versions were introduced and each was recommended for adoption by committee motion with no objections recorded.
Other items the committee forwarded to the full council included: • A communication from the Port of Milwaukee about the 2025 cruise passenger tariff (file 241,601), received and placed on file after discussion; Port staff noted the 2025 tariff at $11 per passenger and provided comparative rates and ridership projections. • Transfers and authorizations for state‑led roadway and bridge projects, including a state municipal agreement for West National Avenue design and right‑of‑way work and a transfer of $2,168,740 city funds for the North Holton Street bridge project (files 241,368 and 241,605). • Acceptance of a $1.2 million Green Solutions grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District for stormwater treatments on West Lisbon Avenue and the CN EcoConnection America in Bloom greening grant for the Summerfest area (files 241,588 and 241,677). • Approval of three driveway approach resolutions required by ordinance for properties with approaches wider than 30 feet (files 241,612; 241,613; 241,614). • A substitute ordinance establishing the Nativity Jesuit Pedestrian Mall on S. 29th Street near W. Orchard (file 241,341).
Where committee discussion produced no objection, members moved to recommend adoption and the chair declared the items ordered. The committee documented a mix of informational communications, grant acceptances and ordinance‑driven approvals. No roll‑call vote tallies were recorded in the committee minutes for these items.
