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Muscoda board debates food-truck rules; multiple proposals fail, more information requested
Summary
Trustees voted down three competing proposals on allowable food-truck days and fees and asked staff to collect additional information before bringing the ordinance back for consideration. No changes were adopted at the June 9 meeting.
Muscoda trustees debated an ordinance to regulate food trucks but did not adopt a final rule June 9 after three separate motions failed.
Trustee Anderson proposed allowing 12 days per calendar year with a $500 fee; the motion failed on a roll-call vote (Yes: Anderson, Hill, Imhoff; No: Seifert, Wiederholt, Meyer, E. Johnson). Trustee Seifert later moved to allow 18 days with a $600 fee; that motion also failed (Yes: Seifert, Meyer; No: E. Johnson, Hill, Anderson, Wiederholt, Imhoff). A third proposal from Anderson to allow 14 days with a $550 fee likewise failed by the same split. President Imhoff asked that more information be gathered and returned to the board at a later meeting.
Why it matters: The ordinance would set the number of days per year food trucks could operate and the application fee the village would charge, affecting local entrepreneurs, events, and village permitting.
Board members disagreed on the proper balance of frequency and fee. The minutes record multiple roll-call votes but do not report public comment or staff cost estimates tied to the proposals. The board did not adopt an ordinance or fee schedule and directed staff to collect additional information for a future meeting.
