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Council moves consent items forward, schedules Jan. 12 public hearing on alcohol-license ordinance
Summary
The council presented and moved forward a consent agenda that included approvals ranging from licenses and a utility easement for Alliant Energy (959 Afton Road, file resolution 2020389) to commendations and appointment of election workers; the clerk read Ordinance No. 2025-925 on alcohol-license penalties and a public hearing was scheduled for Jan. 12, 2026.
At the Dec. 8 Janesville City Council meeting, the council presented a consent agenda of routine items and moved them forward by unanimous consent unless pulled. Items listed included approval of minutes of the Nov. 24 regular meeting; licenses and recommendations; proposed amendments to Council Policy 66A related to alcohol licenses; a resolution authorizing conveyance of a utility easement to Alliant Energy on city property at 959 Afton Road (file resolution 2020389); a resolution appointing election workers for the 2026–27 cycles (file resolution 2025-2399); a certified survey map (25027-C) for Zaida Mostafa (1 lot along Sand Hill Drive); commendations recognizing Jennifer L. Botcher and Richard F. Lorimer for more than 25 years of service (file resolutions 2025-2396 and 2025-2397); and a motion to cancel the council’s second regular December meeting.
During new business the clerk read file Ordinance No. 2025-925, described as “an ordinance amending various alcohol and alcohol-license ordinances with penalties for violations thereof as set forth in various sections of Janesville General Ordinance chapter 6.” Council President Burdick scheduled the public hearing for Jan. 12, 2026.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn (mover: Williams; second: Cass) that passed unanimously. No substantive debate or separate roll-call votes on consent items were recorded in the transcript; the consent agenda was presented as routine and moved forward under the council’s standard unanimous-consent procedure.
