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Cudahy council approves final resolution to replace Packard Avenue sanitary sewer laterals
Summary
The Cudahy Common Council on May 17 approved Resolution No. 7023 to replace sanitary sewer laterals on Packard Avenue between Cudahy and Lunham avenues, after voting to rescind an earlier version because of a scrivener's error and hearing a public comment about an unbilled section of the roadway.
The Cudahy Common Council on May 17 approved Resolution No. 7023, authorizing replacement of sanitary sewer laterals on Packard Avenue between Cudahy Avenue and Lunham Avenue and declaring intent to exercise special powers under Section 66.0703 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
The action followed an earlier procedural step at the same meeting to rescind or repeal a previous version of Resolution No. 7023 because of a scrivener's error; the council then approved the corrected final resolution by roll call (Alderpersons Johnson, Hollenbeck, Litkowiec and St. Marie-Boelkow voted aye). No effective date was specified in the minutes.
During public comment before the vote, resident Robert Escamilla (4550 S. Nicholson Ave.) told the council that a section of Packard Avenue sanitary sewer and road had not been billed, flagging the billing issue as a concern tied to the Packard Avenue project. Mayor John Hohenfeldt later gave an update that the city has sought outside legal review regarding the Packard Avenue Sanitary Lateral Project (Plankinton to Cudahy).
The resolution text recorded in the minutes explicitly invoked Section 66.0703, Wisconsin Statutes (police powers) as the authority for the action. The minutes do not list an estimated cost, contractor, or an implementation timeline for the lateral replacements.
The council record shows the matter moved from discussion to formal approval within the same meeting; the minutes do not indicate any roll-call opposition to the final resolution. The city attorney temporarily left the meeting and returned during the agenda; the minutes do not attribute any substantive legal explanation to the attorney in the record.
Next steps are not detailed in the minutes; the resolution approval concludes the recorded deliberations on the Packard Avenue lateral replacement for this session.
