Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Mayor pro tem Kris Vohs conducted the meetings in the absence of Mayor Mary Rossing.
Special Meeting
Concession License Approval: During the brief special meeting, the council approved a concessions license for the Northfield Soccer Association which has scheduled a tournament June 26-27 and would like to provide concessions.
Work Session
Update and direction/Storm water [...]
Waterford Town Hall
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
All members of the township board were present (Liz Messner, Larry Odegard, John Dudley, Erin Johnson and Frank Wergin). Councilor Betsey Buckheit was absent.
This meeting was in part prompted by the conflicting legal opinions about the validity of the annexation agreement between the city and the township. Following the [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Council Erica Zweifel was absent.
Presentation: Members of the Mayor’s Youth Council (Lucas Rohr, Jaime Rossow, Liv Thompson and Raena Mueller-Dahl) who have just graduated from Northfield High School were introduced and reported on their future plans. Katherine Peterson, Emma Kleese and Tom Murray were not able to appear.
Public Comments: Joshua Esget asked [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Councilor Jon Denison was absent.
Land Development Code: Tracy Davis, Chair, Steve Rohl, Richard Schulte and Jim Herreid, members of the Planning Commission, joined the Council at the table, along with City Administrator Joel Walinski, Community Development Director Brian O’Connell and City Planner Dan Olson. Under consideration was a section of the LDC [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
All councilors were present.
Budget Discussion: The council took up discussion of the 2010/2011 budgets. The city must respond to the over $1 million reduction in state aid already experienced in 2010, and prepare for further reduction before the end of the year, as a result of the recent legislative session. Staff provided [...]
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
All Council members present.
This Council work session had three Agenda items and all required policy discussion; therefore this report will focus on the policy issues of each Agenda item.
1. Review and Comment on Draft regulations for Development Procedures in the Land Development Code
There were few new or significant changes in the actual [...]
Jane B McWilliams, LWV Observer
All councilors were present.
Safety facilities: The most anticipated item on the agenda was the decision about the site for a new police station. The council was also supposed to receive findings about whether the current site could be used for a “reconfigured or rebuilt” fire station. It also was scheduled to [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Councilor Kris Vohs was absent.
The printed agenda indicated specific times for each item, and then noted that “Times are approximate.” In fact, the meeting lasted a little more than 3 hours, rather than a little under 2 as approximated. The lengthiest discussion was the financing of the library, police and fire projects.
Land [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Councilor Jim Pokorney was absent.
This was another long meeting and there were significant issues on the agenda. Drawing from previous discussion at the April 27, 2010 Work Session, Mayor Mary Rossing presented Police Department and Fire Station Project Goals for the council’s review and revision. After making a few changes, mostly to [...]
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer
All councilors were present.
Goal Confirmation. This meeting was devoted solely to discussion of the Safety Center issue. KKE Architect Consultants Michael Clark and Cliff Buikema led the discussion. They asked each councilor to briefly state their goals for the project:
Mayor Mary Rossing: Presenting a solution within budget, reflect history, show we value [...]