Council rejects Councilor Herring's amendment to rewrite ballot question
Councilor Herringmoved to replace "community owned" language with wording that would explicitly ask whether the city should purchase water utility assets at a PSC-determined price; the amendment failed on a roll call, 1 in favor, 8 opposed, with 1 abstention.
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Councilor Herring proposed an amendment to the published referendum language to make the ballot question read that the city would "purchase the water utility assets currently owned by Superior Water, Light and Power at a price to be determined by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin" and to add that such purchase "falls within the city's financial means." Herring said the phrase "community owned" implied a co-op rather than a city-owned utility and wanted clearer language for voters.
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