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Council tweaks Lake Country Football Club agreement language, debates exclusivity
Summary
Council discussed a proposed 2025'28 facility use agreement with Lake Country Football Club, debated language granting exclusive use versus "first but not exclusive" rights to Pewaukee athletes, and settled on wording consistent with prior youth agreements; a motion about contract changes was made and seconded.
Council considered revisions to a proposed facility use agreement between the City of Pewaukee and Lake Country Football Club covering 2025 through 2028.
A city presenter summarized adjustments made after the previous meeting and said the revisions sought to prioritize the number of Pewaukee athletes served, to clarify public use and exclusive-use provisions, and to address scheduling by the city. The presenter noted two LCFC representatives were in the audience.
Councilmembers queried the phrase "exclusive use" and compared the draft to the existing Park & Youth Development (PYD) contract, which council members said uses "first use, not exclusive use." Councilmember 12 said the PYD contract "specifically says ... right of first use, but not exclusive use." Speaker 11 (the presenter) said he would defer to council and was open to changing from "exclusive" to language consistent with PYD. Speaker 6 suggested the change and council agreed to replace "exclusive" with "first but not exclusive" for soccer-specific language.
One councilmember (speaker 9) later made a motion to remove the proposed changes for further discussion; another member seconded the motion. The transcript records that the motion and second were made; the recorded voice votes said "Aye," but the transcript does not provide an enumerated roll-call tally in the record.
The discussion focused on balancing club scheduling stability and public access. Council indicated willingness to maintain a partnership with the club while ensuring the city retains priority access for municipal or school uses. The item will proceed consistent with the amendment to the wording or be returned for further procedural action per council direction.
