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New Bremen council adopts NFIP participation and flood-damage rules after updated FEMA maps show 65 parcels in floodplain
Summary
The council voted to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program and approved flood-damage reduction regulations after Village Administrator Richter reported FEMA had revised maps showing 65 New Bremen parcels now in the floodplain, up from zero.
The Council of the Village of New Bremen voted to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program and approved flood-damage reduction regulations following an updated FEMA flood map showing an increase in affected parcels.
Village Administrator Richter told council members that FEMA had redone flood maps dating from the 1980s and that “the updated flood map currently has 65 New Bremen parcels. Previously there were zero.” The council approved Resolution 2025-07-09 to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (motion by Bertke; second by Larger) on a 6–0 vote and recorded passage on third reading of Ordinance 2025-07-15 Flood Damage Reduction Regulations (motion by Hurley; second by Pulskamp), also recorded as six ayes.
The change in mapping means the village will adopt local flood-damage regulations tied to federal floodplain management and insurance requirements. Richter’s report did not provide property-level details in the minutes; council members did not identify affected parcel addresses during the meeting. The minutes show the council moved forward by recording the formal actions needed to align local regulations with the updated federal maps.
The action places New Bremen in the federal floodplain-management framework that enables property owners to obtain federally backed flood insurance and requires the village to enforce standards for development in mapped flood-risk areas. The council did not record any accompanying exemptions or grandfathering provisions in the minutes.
The ordinance and resolution were recorded on the meeting agenda as third-reading items and were approved at the Aug. 25 meeting. The minutes do not record a separate public hearing on the ordinance at this meeting. The council did not record any motions to delay or amend the rules; the recorded votes indicate unanimous recorded approval for both items.
The council did not specify a timetable in these minutes for notifying property owners or for when new permitting requirements will take effect. Council members may provide further implementation details in a follow-up meeting or in administrative notices from the village.
