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Council adopts ordinance creating Common Council vice president role
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 2026-11 amending Title 1 Chapter 6 to create the role of Common Council Vice President. The final roll-call was seven ayes and three noes on adoption after waiving readings.
The Menomonie Common Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2026-11 on July 20, 2026, creating a formal role of Common Council Vice President in Title 1 Chapter 6 of the City Code. The ordinance was introduced by Councilmember Pickard; the council waived the first and second readings and then adopted the ordinance on a roll-call vote.
The recorded roll-call on adoption listed seven ayes — Yonko, Pickard, Schwebs, Gentz, Hargrove, Schlough and Erdman — and three noes — Luther, Edwards and Sommerfeld. Councilmember Pickard moved the introduction of the ordinance; the adoption vote followed the waived readings.
The ordinance changes the city code to establish the vice president role; the minutes do not include the ordinance text or specifics about the vice president's duties. Implementation steps and any scheduled changes to council committee assignments were not specified at the July 20 meeting.
