Waukesha City ordinance committee forwards operator and business licenses after brief vetting of applicants' records

The Waukesha City Ordinance and Licensing Committee unanimously approved several operator and business license applications at its Jan. 12 meeting and will forward the items to the full council for final placement on the Jan. 20 consent agenda.

Committee members first approved the meeting minutes from Dec. 8 by unanimous consent before considering individual license applications. The committee considered an operator's license for Tyson Beck, who acknowledged a 2½– to 3-year-old OWI on his record and described steps he said he took afterward: "As far as I know, everything's over and done with," Beck said, adding that he had an ignition interlock device installed, completed counseling and a driver safety program, and participates in voluntary checks through a program he called Clean Slate.

A committee member noted that the police report still listed a pending status on the incident. Another member said the record appeared to show a conviction date that the committee's report did not capture and moved to approve Beck's operator license on the basis that it was a single, prior offense and the applicant had completed steps toward rehabilitation. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously; the chair said the license will appear on the Jan. 20 council consent agenda and likely will not be discussed further.

The committee then approved an operator's license for Coraline Wetesca. Wetesca confirmed the spelling of her name and told the committee she was applying to be more marketable; members noted the single offense on her record dated to more than a decade earlier and voted to approve the application unanimously.

Courtney Taylor's operator application, presented by Michael Yap, manager at BB's, was also approved. Yap clarified that the violations listed in the application dated to 2015 and said the applicant paid a ticket; a committee member moved to approve based on the age and nature of the offense, and the motion passed unanimously.

In other business, the committee voted to approve a batch of business licenses, including Fletcher Arms as a secondhand article dealer, Puffin Pump for a Class A beer and cider license, and Woodman's Food Market for a successor change of agent. The clerk reported no communications, and the committee adjourned at 6:12 p.m.

The approved items will be placed on the council's Jan. 20 consent agenda for final action.