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Council approves consent agenda, budgets, contracts and ordinances; votes at a glance
Summary
A single voice-vote session advanced a multi-item consent agenda including budgets (landfill, library), contracts (SEH, General Cleaning, Twinport Mailing), leasehold mortgage consent for Sailboats Inc., appointments, and traffic-code amendments; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
The Common Council approved a broad consent agenda and a series of individual items by voice vote during the meeting, advancing budgets, procurement contracts, agreements, appointments and ordinances without extended debate.
Key approvals included:
- Consent agenda: omnibus approval of routine items (motion by Councilor Bender; second by Councilor Ludwig). - 2018 landfill budget (submitted by Assistant Finance Director Bronson and Public Works Director John Gough). - 2018 library budget (Assistant Finance Director Branson; Library Director Haskins). - Design engineering contract for a lift station with Short, Elliott and Hendrickson Inc., not to exceed $45,000. - Renewal of a joint powers agreement with WLSSD for household hazardous waste disposal for 2018 at an anticipated cost of approximately $35,000. - Landfill consultant contract with SEH for 2018 not to exceed $48,000. - Cleaning services for the main treatment plant awarded to General Cleaning Corporation for $18,200. - Utility billing, printing, and mailing services awarded to Twinport Mailing. - Consent to leasehold mortgage for Sailboats Inc. to obtain financing from the National Bank of Commerce. - Extension of the facility management agreement for the Superior Business Center through 12/31/2020 (agreement with Jim Caesar of J C C Services). - Appointment of Ruth Ludwig as council alternate to the Wisconsin Point Committee. - Resolution ordering a special election concurrent with the spring election to fill the remaining term of the 6th District Aldermanic seat (term expires 04/16/2019). - Ordinances amending the traffic code to add several stop controls and to add disabled parking zones at 1311 Poplar Avenue and Banks Avenue.
Most items passed by voice vote with motions and seconds recorded in the transcript; the record shows motions carried but does not include named, roll-call vote tallies in the meeting transcript.
