Utilities Committee approves 2025 stormwater report submittal to WDNR

The Utilities Committee on March 10 voted to approve submitting the 2025 annual stormwater report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, with committee members indicating unanimous assent and staff saying the report contains no major changes.

The action centered on agenda item 26-0309, a formal request to authorize the report’s submittal to the WDNR ahead of the agency’s March 31, 2026 deadline. A staff member told the committee, “We don't have anything in particular that we wanted to walk through or highlight,” and said the municipality has operated under the current stormwater permit for “a couple of decades” and has become efficient at preparing the annual filing.

Committee members asked whether recent changes to the report’s formatting or the submission interface had reduced staff time. The staff member replied there were no formatting changes and that much of the report’s information remains consistent year to year under the established standard operating procedures.

A motion to approve the submittal was made and seconded on the record; the Chair called for the vote and committee members responded “aye.” No nays or abstentions were recorded; an Alder (Heffernan) had been noted as excused during roll call. Following the vote, the committee moved on and adjourned the meeting.

The approved action directs staff to proceed with the WDNR submittal. The record does not specify the names of the members who moved or seconded the motion, nor does it include a roll-call tally beyond the recorded affirmations and the previously noted excused member.