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Monroe council discusses vaping ordinance review, senior-center programs and recognition amid transitions
Summary
Council members relayed a resident request to update the city's nonsmoking ordinance to include e-cigarettes, noted possible increased municipal contributions to the Green County Development Corporation, highlighted record attendance and new programs at the senior center, and offered thanks and recognition to departing officials before adjourning.
After the property-resolution vote, the Common Council moved through routine committee reports and community updates.
A council member said a resident asked that the city’s nonsmoking ordinance be updated to include e-cigarettes and vaping. The member asked two colleagues (referred to in the meeting as “J and O”) to review the request and consider placing it on a future agenda for more detailed discussion.
Another member reported that the Green County Development Corporation and the cemetery committee noted municipal contributions had not changed in many years and indicated the city might be asked to consider a modest increase because costs have risen across municipalities.
On senior services, an alder reported record attendance at the Monroe Senior Center’s wellness center and said a recent program with the city’s insurance carrier now covers many participants’ fees. The council member highlighted Tuesday line dancing as a popular program and noted pickleball practice and demonstrations; the administrator confirmed line dancing runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and said the senior center will issue PR to boost participation.
A council member used the floor to offer personal remarks: they said their father turns 88 and that they would not attend the changing-of-the-guard event the following day, and they thanked Chief Kelly for 31 years of service and Mayor Douglas for four years as mayor. The city administrator added thanks to the departing council member, encouraged continued engagement, and said the city would present an official key to the city.
The council concluded with a motion to adjourn moved by an alder marking their final time to do so; the chair called the vote, members answered 'Aye,' and the meeting adjourned. The clerk invited members to email potential votes for council president as appropriate.
These items were discussed as routine business; no formal votes on the vaping-ordinance proposal, municipal contribution changes, or senior-center programming were taken at this meeting.
