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Brookfield council adopts sewer impact-fee ordinance for Brookfield Square after amendment
Summary
The Common Council adopted Ordinance No. 2924-26 to establish sewer impact fees for the Brookfield Square Sanitary Sewer Basin after approving an amendment that removed low-cost housing impact language; a related resolution establishing the fee also passed 12-2.
The Common Council of Brookfield City on March 3 adopted an ordinance to impose sewer impact fees for the Brookfield Square Sanitary Sewer Basin, approving the measure after an amendment that removed a provision concerning low-cost housing.
Alderman Jason Anderson moved to adopt the ordinance “minus Section 2,” and Alderman Chuck Bloom III seconded the motion. Alderman Thomas Szews offered an amendment to remove the low-cost housing impact from subsection 7A; the amendment carried on a roll call vote, 8-6, with Aldermen Sara Monty, Mike Hallquist, Gary Mahkorn, Dean Marquardt, Christopher Blackburn and Eric Fugleberg voting no. The final motion passed 12-2, with Aldermen Mike Hallquist and Christopher Blackburn voting no. The ordinance is recorded as Ordinance No. 2924-26.
The council also approved a separate resolution to establish the Brookfield Square Sanitary Sewer Basin impact fee. The resolution was moved by Alderman Jason Anderson and seconded by Alderman Eric Fugleberg; the roll call vote carried 12-2 with Aldermen Hallquist and Blackburn voting no. Minutes note that at the Finance Committee on Nov. 4, 2025, the committee previously voted 6-1 on related measures, with Alderman Rick Owen recorded as voting no.
Peter Stoll, who spoke during public comment and identified himself as an aldermanic candidate in District 1, told the council he believed impact fees could harm low-income housing options. The minutes do not record a departmental response to that comment.
The ordinance and establishing resolution are intended to fund sanitary sewer facilities improvements in the Brookfield Square basin; the minutes do not specify a fee rate schedule or an implementation timeline. City staff listed in attendance included the Director of Public Works and Director of Community Development, who would typically be involved in implementation, but no implementation dates or departmental assignments are recorded in the minutes.
Next steps identified in the minutes are the formal adoption entries for Ordinance No. 2924-26 and Resolution No. 11540-26; the minutes do not show an implementation date or indicate external approvals were required.
