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Superior council approves licenses, budgets, transfers, leases and ordinances; list of actions
Summary
At its Dec. 5 meeting the Superior Common Council approved minutes, a consent item, multiple liquor licenses, election officials, wastewater and stormwater budgets, a $600,000 transfer to CIP equipment purchases, a one-year airport lease, two reappointments, and three ordinances amending sewer and traffic codes.
The Superior Common Council approved a series of routine and administrative items on Dec. 5. Key approved items included:
- Approval of the Nov. 21 meeting minutes (motion by Councilor Bender, second by Councilor Fennessy). - Consent agenda: separation of Wisconsin Point Committee minutes (Nov. 14) and approval of remaining consent items (motion by Councilor Olsen; discussion about Howard's Bay project noted). - Licenses: miscellaneous licenses; a Class A beer and Class A liquor (cider only) license for Lisonbee for Freedom Value #8 (311 Belknap St.); two Class A beer and Class A liquor (cider only) licenses for Holiday Station Stores at 2111 Tower Ave and 4827 E 2nd St. - Election officials for 2017–2018 (approved). - Budgets: 2018 wastewater and stormwater utility budgets (submitted by Assistant Finance Director Bronson and Environmental Services Director Roberts). - Transfer: Finance Director Vito and Public Works Director Janigo recommended and council approved transferring $600,000 from the 2017 public works general fund surplus to fund CIP equipment purchases. - Lease: one-year office space lease with Commemorative Air Force, Lake Superior Squadron 001 at the Richard I. Bond Memorial Airport (City Terminal Building A1). - Reappointments: Mayor Payne reappointed Aaron Dandria (Business Improvement District board) and Charles Corral (Liability Claims Committee). - Ordinances: an amendment to Chapter 114 (Utilities, Article 2) relating to hauled waste charges; removal of a disabled parking zone at 1527 Iowa Ave; addition of a "do not block sidewalk" zone at 2426 Hewitt Ave (Councilor Bender noted the accommodation was needed for a neighbor with a handicap sticker).
All listed motions were approved by voice vote as recorded in the minutes. Several items (Howard's Bay project, airport lease) included staff commentary; no additional public testimony was recorded on these routine items.
What happens next: items take effect per their usual administrative processes; budget and ordinance implementations follow departmental procedures.
