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Committee asks staff to negotiate or clarify WPS easement at 5550 Municipal Street
Summary
The committee reviewed a 12-by-50-foot Wisconsin Public Service easement request across village property at 5550 Municipal Street and asked staff to seek removal of a clause that would restrict future grade changes without WPS permission; no easement was approved pending further negotiation.
The committee discussed a Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) request for a 12-foot-by-50-foot easement across village-owned property near the treatment plant (5550 Municipal Street) to upgrade gas service to an adjacent parcel.
Speaker 3 summarized the exhibit and said staff’s main concern is a clause in the easement that would prohibit the village from altering grade within the easement area by more than four inches without WPS’s written consent. Trustees worried that language could obligate the village to undertake future relocations or pay costs if the village needed to alter the grade for public works. Committee members suggested asking WPS to remove the restriction or to relocate the service to the bottom of the driveway so it would not affect future work.
No motion to grant the easement was made. Staff was directed to follow up with WPS and legal counsel to negotiate removing the grade-restriction clause or secure hold-harmless terms. The committee agreed to revisit the easement after staff reports back.
Next steps: staff will return with negotiated language or alternatives and legal input before any easement is granted.
