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Seymour council approves WWTP contracts, sells city parcel, OKs rezoning and commission appointment
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting, the Seymour City Council approved wastewater treatment plant contract actions and fee changes, authorized sale of city parcel 340152700, approved rezoning and a certified survey map for Tom Smet with one abstention, and appointed Matt Rohloff to the Plan Commission.
Seymour’s City Council on Feb. 24 approved a series of routine and development-related actions, including construction and funding-administration agreements for the city wastewater treatment plant, a sale of a city-owned parcel, zoning approvals for a private property, and an appointment to the Plan Commission.
The actions matter because they advance the city’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) project, clear municipal approval for a privately owned parcel’s rezoning and certified survey map (CSM), and transfer city-owned land that staff said will be developed in coordination with Golden Meadow Estates.
At the start of the meeting Mayor Greuel and six alderpersons were recorded as present. The council first adjourned into its Utility Board to consider utility matters. While acting as the Utility Board it approved Resolution RE 2025-111 to raise wastehauler fees (motion by Alderperson Gerbers, second by Alderperson Hurkman) and Resolution RE 2025-112 to authorize a professional services agreement with McMahon Associates for construction-phase services and funding administration for the wastewater treatment plant (motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, second by Alderperson Hurkman). The board then approved Resolution RE 2025-113 to award the WWTP project bid (motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, second by Alderperson Krull) and reconvened the regular council meeting.
After a closed-session negotiation under "WI SS 19.85 (1)(e)" on the sale of city-owned parcel 340152700, the council returned to open session and approved Resolution RE 2025-117 to sell that parcel (motion by Alderperson VanderHeiden, second by Alderperson Krull). The meeting record does not name the buyer or state sale terms in the transcript.
Also in open session the council approved a rezoning (NO RE 2025-114) and a certified survey map (NO RE 2025-115) for property owned by Tom Smet; both motions carried with Alderperson Schaumberg recorded as abstaining on each. Alderperson Krull moved, seconded by Alderperson VanderHeiden, to approve Resolution NO RE 2025-116 appointing Matt Rohloff to the Plan Commission to complete a vacant term; that motion carried.
City administration updates noted that staff will work in coming months with Golden Meadow Estates to develop the parcel previously owned by the city, and DPW Director Schoen said he has been speaking with a potential buyer for the former FedEx building; no buyer name or sale terms were provided in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance - RE 2025-111 (wastehauler fee increases): motion carried (mover: Gerbers; second: Hurkman). - RE 2025-112 (professional services agreement with McMahon Associates for WWTP construction-phase services and funding administration): motion carried (mover: Tetzlaff; second: Hurkman). - RE 2025-113 (award WWTP project bid): motion carried (mover: Tetzlaff; second: Krull). - RE 2025-117 (sale of city-owned parcel 340152700): motion carried (mover: VanderHeiden; second: Krull). Sale terms not specified in the transcript. - NO RE 2025-114 (rezoning Tom Smet parcel): motion carried; Alderperson Schaumberg abstained (mover: Gerbers; second: Tetzlaff). - NO RE 2025-115 (approve Tom Smet CSM): motion carried; Alderperson Schaumberg abstained (mover: VanderHeiden; second: Gerbers). - NO RE 2025-116 (appoint Matt Rohloff to Plan Commission): motion carried (mover: Krull; second: VanderHeiden).
What the council did not record in detail in the meeting transcript: individual roll-call vote tallies by name for most items (the record states "motion carried"), the buyer identity or sale price for parcel 340152700, and specific terms or dollar amounts for the WWTP contract awards or the wastehauler fee increases. Those details were not specified in the delivered transcript.
The council adjourned after the actions and the minutes were signed by Clerk-Treasurer Christy Stover. The city indicated staff will proceed with development work on the previously city-owned parcel in coordination with Golden Meadow Estates; follow-up staff reports or future agenda items are the likely next steps for project specifics.
