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Votes at a glance: key council actions and committee approvals
Summary
The Common Council approved multiple committee-recommended resolutions and items by voice or roll-call vote, including appointments, Plan Commission referrals, financial and public-works items, and the East Wauwatosa BID and a staff authorization to seek design proposals. Bills and claims were ratified by unanimous roll call.
At its meeting the Wauwatosa Common Council approved a range of committee-recommended items and formal actions. The list below summarizes formal motions, outcomes and available vote tallies from the transcript record.
- Appointments (Mayor McBride): Five appointments and reappointments (Catherine Ravey to Sustainability Committee; Matt Wicker to Civic Celebration Commission; Amber Tansy and Nicolai Buss to Youth Commission; Keegan Young to Commission for Persons with Disabilities) were moved and approved by a single voice vote; the transcript records they "pass unanimously." (Motion moved by Ald. Wilkie; second by Ald. Morgan.)
- Plan Commission items: Resolutions approving a conditional use permit for a health club at 3203 N. Mayfair Rd.; a conditional use permit for a wine bar at 2289 Ludington Ave.; and the East Wauwatosa BID were moved together. Items 1 and 2 passed unanimously; item 3 (the BID) was debated and then passed 13'1.
- Transportation Affairs: Two resolutions (supporting the Municipal Safety Action Plan aiming for zero traffic deaths/serious injuries by 2037 and authorizing staff to complete a Transportation Alternatives Program grant application to prepare an Active Transportation Plan) were recommended by committee and approved 5'0 by council (voice vote recorded as unanimous in assembly).
- Government Affairs: A set of proclamations and resolutions (recognizing staff response to August storm/flood, recognizing Amanda Sasso, liquor license for Nordstrom Marketplace Cafe, establishing polling places for 2026 cycle, establishing Common Council compensation beginning in 2026) were moved and approved; one item authorizing staff to pursue a new Wauwatosa design element prompted debate, and the council authorized staff to solicit proposals by roll call 9'5 after a failed motion to table (6'8).
- Financial Affairs: Several committee items were approved by the council, including authorization for the Fire Department to purchase vehicles in advance of the 2026 capital budget, waiver of competitive bid for a replacement SCBA compressor, approval of a third-party administrator contract for workers' compensation services, an amendment to the state municipal agreement for North Avenue reconstruction, and state agreements for street-light conversion under the Carbon Reduction Program. The committee recommendations were recorded as approved (committee tallies 6'0 or 7'0); bills and claims were ratified by roll call (unanimous).
- Board of Public Works: Council approved three items by single vote: approval of an encroachment within a public utility easement at 1033 N Mayfair Rd; vacation of a storm-sewer easement at Pilgrim Lutheran Church; and final payment for Alice Street reservoir rehabilitation; the board recommended approval with unanimous committee votes.
Where specific roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript, those tallies are reproduced above. Items that were forwarded to the Planning Commission were not decided at the council meeting and will return for final action.
