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Council passes appointments, consent agenda and a string of committee recommendations
Summary
The Manitowoc Common Council approved appointments (motion carried 7–2), the consent agenda, and multiple committee recommendations including land purchase for stormwater management, authorization for revenue bond issuance related to lead service line replacement loans, industrial park land sale, temporary event liquor extensions, jurisdictional transfers with Manitowoc County, and a harbor grant application.
The Manitowoc Common Council moved through a package of appointments, consent items and committee reports, approving most items by voice vote.
Mayor presented several appointments to boards and commissions (room tax commission, community development authority, industrial development corporation, transit commission). A motion to approve the appointments passed 7–2; the transcript records Alders Norell and Vandercan voting no.
The consent agenda, with a requested removal of item 24‑17‑33 by Alderman Bolt, was approved unanimously after that removal. Council then considered committee reports from the committee of the whole, finance, personnel, public infrastructure and public safety committees and approved recommendations across multiple documents.
Key committee approvals included a recommended land purchase to create a stormwater pond south of Custer Street to help alleviate localized flooding; staff also presented scopes of engagement relating to the proposed issuance of taxable private lead service line replacement loan program revenue bonds of approximately $1,052,000 and $680,000 to support safe drinking water loans, each of which council approved. The council approved a land‑sale recommendation to R2H Properties LLC in the I‑43 Industrial Park under conditions that require meeting development covenants (including a 5,000‑square‑foot per‑acre building requirement and a 24‑month covenant compliance period before repurchase options could be triggered).
The council approved a temporary extension of premises for Pet Skull Brewing for specified Tuesdays in September and October 2024, adopted multiple jurisdictional transfer resolutions with Manitowoc County covering several county highways, and authorized a harbor assistance program grant application to pursue a crane platform extension in Manitowoc harbor. Most items were approved unanimously; one stormwater maintenance agreement vote recorded an abstention by Alderman Bolt and one easement release vote recorded an abstention (motion carries 8‑0‑1).
Where recorded, votes and roll calls are reflected in the meeting record; many items passed by voice vote without a roll‑call tally in the transcript. The council adjourned at the conclusion of business.
