[0:01] All right, folks. It is six o'clock and
it is uh Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.
[0:07] We are in the council chambers for the
city of Platville and I'm calling the
[0:11] meeting to order. Dave will start with
roll call.
[0:15] » Barbara Doss
>> here.
[0:17] » Bob Gates
>> here. Brian Wisnap
[0:20] » here.
>> Lyn Parrot is excused. Steven Badger
[0:24] » here.
>> Kathy Cop
[0:26] » here.
>> Tony McFall
[0:28] » here.
Okay, tonight we're going to start with
[0:31] a couple presentations. The first is a
very special presentation. So, uh, Doug,
[0:35] if you'll come forward,
[0:48] first I have a certificate that says for
34 years of service. It's a certificate
[0:54] of appreciation from the city.
[0:59] I'm sure you have seen no change during
that time at all, have you? No,
[1:03] » but I do need proof.
>> That's true. And Doug does have it.
[1:08] You're not going anywhere yet.
[laughter]
[1:10] » The second thing Doug has is he he now
has he has he has enough name plates to
[1:15] put on the bathrooms at home. So,
they're all his bathrooms.
[1:19] » There we go. So, he's got enough name
plates. We also have a proclamation for
[1:22] you. And I'm going to attempt to read
this. I was going to say it looks like a
[1:26] » it's pretty long and then I sometimes
get a little emotional when I think
[1:30] about these things.
>> So this is recognition of police chief
[1:34] Doug Doug McKinley's 34 years of
outstanding service and dedication to
[1:39] the city of Platville. Whereas police
chief Doug McKinley has faithfully and
[1:43] honorably served the city of Platville
in the Platville Police Department since
[1:48] 1991.
Whereas throughout Doug's distinguished
[1:52] care career with the Platville Police
Department, Doug rose from the ranks
[1:57] serving as police officer, police
sergeant, police lieutenant, and finally
[2:02] as police chief, which he served at as
for the past 21 years. Whereas Doug
[2:10] served as police chief during the
planning and development of the current
[2:13] police station, monitoring the
construction o and overseeing the
[2:18] transition of the department into this
space. And whereas under Doug Doug's
[2:23] leadership, the Platville Police
Department pursued and earned
[2:26] accreditation from the Wisconsin Law
Enforcement Accreditation Group first in
[2:31] 2021 and every year since. And whereas
Doug has displayed calm leaders, calm
[2:37] leadership, sound judgment, dedication
to service, integrity, professionalism,
[2:44] and an unwavering commitment to
excellence. Doug has earned the respect
[2:48] and gratitude of the citizens of
Platville, elected officials, city
[2:52] staff, and fellow law enforcement
professionals.
[2:56] And whereas beyond his professional
accomplishments, Doug does Doug has
[3:00] exemplified the values of public
service, mentorship, and community
[3:04] engagement, leaving a lasting and
positive impact on the city of Platville
[3:09] and those he served alongside. Now
therefore, I Barbara Daws, council
[3:14] president of the city of on behalf of
the coun common council and city
[3:18] employees, both past and present, do
hereby recognize, honor, and commend
[3:23] police chief Doug McKinley.
years.
[3:28] » Should have a bottle of water.
[3:33] [applause]
[3:38] [applause]
[3:43] » Nope.
[laughter]
[3:46] » You had a hand building of the PD, too.
[laughter]
[4:02] We'll go with this one.
>> We'll go with this one.
[4:11] » Thank you.
[4:18] It's been the honor of my professional
career to call myself a Platville police
[4:24] officer. And I'm humbled to hear this
proclamation. And
[4:32] like so many things, things like this
aren't one person doing it. We've got a
[4:39] tremendous group of professionals over
there at the Platville PD officers,
[4:46] dispatchers,
[4:49] support staff, community service
officers, everybody. And
[4:57] it's that place is my baby. I've been
there for
[5:02] 34 plus years. I have every confidence
that Josh will take it to the next level
[5:09] and beyond. And I'm excited to watch
that from a distance. [laughter]
[5:16] But uh and when I talk about a
tremendous group of people,
[5:24] I need to mention
two of them are sitting back there right
[5:28] now. My daughter isn't here, but my son
Connor and my wife Lori.
[5:34] Nothing like this gets done without
having them firmly in my camp. So, but
[5:43] thank you and the community of
Platville. It has truly been.
[5:51] [applause]
[6:00] [applause]
[6:03] Thank you very much.
[6:10] » We'll miss you, Doug. And we we know
that you're going to have t time at home
[6:14] with your uh family, and that's great,
too. And Sarah, thanks for coming.
[6:20] Okay. Um we'll move on to our second
presentation. Tonight we're going to
[6:25] have the annual tourism report provided
by our uh Platville Regional Chamber of
[6:32] Commerce executive director Wayne
Woodarts.
[6:38] Thank you, Barb. It's a pleasure to be
here and do my annual report. and I they
[6:43] already left the room, but I wanted to
commend the chief on keeping all of our
[6:47] visitors and guests safe throughout that
time that he was here because we're
[6:52] we're bringing a lot of people into our
community to to look at all of our
[6:56] assets and our amenities here. And so,
uh, it goes without saying we need to
[7:02] have the safe community for that to
happen and to continue to happen. So, I
[7:06] applaud his efforts and all that he's
done. and I know he's been a big uh help
[7:10] to me for many things that have happened
throughout the course of my seven years
[7:14] with the chamber. So, uh thank you for
letting me come tonight. We're going to
[7:18] I've got a a verbal presentation. I'm
going to show you some slides of some
[7:22] things that we did during the last year.
A year ago when I reported to you uh uh
[7:28] we were recapping 2024 and that was kind
of a soft year for us. Uh we had a 9%
[7:34] decrease for that year and part of that
>> [clears throat]
[7:38] » was due to the uh fact that we didn't
have we had a lack of snow and we had uh
[7:43] a lot of flooding in the area. So that
really impacted numbers and travelers
[7:48] and visitors. And I've given you a
wealth of information in those packets.
[7:51] So I can't possibly go over everything,
but uh the last economic impact report I
[7:57] have from the state was in your packets.
It was for 2024 versus 2023. And we were
[8:03] only one of uh 12 counties that had a
decrease that year. and it was due to
[8:08] the fact that we didn't have any snow
and we had had flooding. So, uh we've
[8:12] improved on that. So, 2025,
uh those results show that we've had
[8:16] steady growth in our room tax.
[clears throat]
[8:19] And there's many reasons for that. I
like to take credit for some of that,
[8:23] but we also we can't leave out the
elephant in the room tax equation, which
[8:28] was the hail damage and the hail storms.
So, we've had some consistent uh
[8:32] contractors in our community that have
helped with guiding this increase and
[8:38] not just in the roofing business, but in
solar and in wind projects as well. And
[8:42] I think Allian Energy has been doing
some projects. So, we've had uh a number
[8:46] of things that have really contributed
to the increase that we've had. And if
[8:50] you look at the uh fourth quarter, for
those of you that are new to the
[8:54] council, I think we have a couple. I'm
comparing notes based on quarter four
[8:58] from last year added with the three
quarters from 2025 because we just
[9:03] recently received the fourth quarter
results. So, so the numbers may not
[9:07] match from what you're seeing on this
sheet with what we're reporting, but uh
[9:11] that's just the way it works. There's
always a 30-day uh continuence after the
[9:16] end of the quarter for the motel and
lodging properties to turn in their room
[9:19] tax. So, but if you look at the results
from 2025,
[9:25] you'll see that the first quarter we had
a nice it was about even with last year,
[9:29] but it's number two of all time for
first quarter uh results. The second
[9:34] quarter we had a a record for second
quarter. Third quarter was a record and
[9:40] the fourth quarter was a record for the
quarters. For the year, it was a record.
[9:44] We've never had a $236,500
room tax. uh a significant revenue for
[9:52] us. So that was a 17.5% increase. So uh
I project the trend is going to continue
[9:58] to go up. We've been doing uh some a lot
more promoting to other communities,
[10:04] other parts of the state. We still have
uh construction projects that will be
[10:09] happening. I know there's still many
roofs and siding jobs that have to be
[10:12] done. And I think that uh there's other
projects in the works with solar and
[10:16] wind that should continue. I think the
impact of that may be felt for the next
[10:21] four or five years from my
understanding. So, uh some of the things
[10:25] that we've done I can share with you in
these slides here. Uh
[10:30] we publicize in a a variety of print
publications and we do other things as
[10:35] well but these are some of the
assortments of things that we've done
[10:39] and you may see a consistent theme or
message through some of these because we
[10:42] may repeat an ad. We want to have a
consistent look. We've been doing
[10:46] billboards in the Debuke uh on the other
side of Dyresville as people traveled
[10:50] this way from the field of dreams. So,
we've had a variety of uh billboards
[10:55] that we've done. We've been in the
Brewers yearbook the last couple of
[10:58] years which we've had a lot of uh
comments and notoriety about. Uh we're
[11:02] not going to do that this year. We're
going to kind of mix up things and uh
[11:06] adjust things, but we've had some great
uh publicity from the Brewers yearbook.
[11:11] Uh we do a digital campaign through the
Debuke Chamber, which is really
[11:15] inexpensive just promoting some of our
events and things. Uh we attended a
[11:19] traveler show in Chicago last year. This
is something that the chamber used to do
[11:23] many years ago. They went to De Moine
and other parts of Iowa and Chicago. And
[11:28] we have not done that since I've been
here. So we uh pulled monies with
[11:32] Castville uh Great River Road and
Prairie Dashene in order to afford uh a
[11:38] booth space. And so we collaborated
there.
[11:42] uh the Galinian, we have a lot of uh day
travelers that people go to Galina and
[11:47] they're looking for something to do
during the day. So, they come over here.
[11:50] So, we've been supporting those uh
publications in the spring and the fall.
[11:54] Of course, we support our Grant County
uh uh brochure with a day uh listing of
[12:01] our events. The Great River Road uh is a
very popular publication. Everybody's
[12:06] fascinated with the water along the
Mississippi. Hidden Valleys is another
[12:10] very popular publication that uh covers
seven counties and it's a lot of outdoor
[12:16] recreation, which is what we're known
for here. So, we tend to do that. We've
[12:21] uh developed this last year. We've got a
QR code sign that we can put in all of
[12:26] our lodging properties and attractions.
It takes the pressure off of the
[12:30] employees when someone comes in to say,
"What's going on this weekend?" and they
[12:34] can't think. they can just scan the uh
event QR code and it brings up our
[12:40] website listing of what's happening. So
the I don't want to say our employees in
[12:44] our community don't have to think
anymore, but it sure takes the pressure
[12:47] off of them to know what's happening. So
we do that with our attractions and our
[12:51] dining as well. So, uh, Midwest Midwest
Living is a a national publication and
[12:57] this one has a request card in it where
we can send information back to those
[13:02] folks that are interested in Platville
and we've been mailing anywhere from 900
[13:07] to,300
uh, envelopes of of Platville
[13:11] information the last couple of years.
So,
[13:14] uh, people are always engaged with maps,
like to know the layout of the land. So
[13:19] we've been promoting in the Northwoods
map. Uh it's a publication that's
[13:23] actually done by Quick Trips. It's all
outdoor recreation. Uh this is in their
[13:28] larger Quick Trip locations and it's
also on their digital presence. So uh we
[13:33] just feature outdoor recreation. They
also give us a a nice uh 200 or 250word
[13:39] essay that we can put in each uh
publication as well. Exploring at
[13:43] Tri-States. Again, we do an event
listing. We've had some success uh
[13:47] bringing people up to our community from
Davenport and the Quad Cities. So, I've
[13:51] been trying to do some small little ads
to keep those people interested in and
[13:55] taking day trips and coming up along the
river. Uh shopping news, of course, we
[14:00] support that with their day trippers the
two times during the year. We'll do some
[14:04] events. This is what we did last year
for National Travel and Tourism Week.
[14:07] We've got some things already planned
for this year. Uh we do a hotel guide in
[14:12] Super 8. Most of these things will be do
going digital going forward. We support
[14:17] the Telegraph Herald and the vacation
land publication. Uh combining some ads
[14:22] with featuring the museum, you know,
experience Platville's highs and lows is
[14:27] a great uh theme so we can get the M and
the the the mine. Uh we do our events
[14:33] and some of those specialty publications
through the Telegraph Herald, which has
[14:37] actually helped us increase our
attendance at some of our farm events.
[14:41] And the dinner will also be done this
year. Uh again the th we do promote our
[14:47] southwest music festival especially when
we have regional bands and acts that are
[14:51] coming from the Cedar Rapids area and
the Quad Cities. So and Travel Debuke
[14:56] again our neighboring partner that we
share some things.
[15:00] Johnson Travel Guide is a very popular
publication. They did not do a printing
[15:05] last year. They just changed the cover.
So we're reformatting it for the
[15:09] upcoming season.
And we also have been supporting uh
[15:14] women's day and good housekeeping a
couple national publications in various
[15:18] parts of our country. We've been in the
north Chicago and Cedar Rapids areas. So
[15:23] we're trying to draw people from a
little drive to come here. And this was
[15:27] a copy of our Platville guide from last
year. So I think at this time Jody was
[15:32] going to cue up some videos. Is she
Oh, there you are. I got to unplug here.
[15:38] We did a couple of 30 second spots that
we promoted on the CW out of Madison
[15:45] and uh so I just wanted to share those
with you. We spent some uh a little
[15:49] money to reformat some of the uh video
that we had gotten from uh Abbing video
[15:56] when we did those two-minute videos and
we reformatted it into 30 secondond
[16:00] spots and featuring our our trails and
our outdoor recreation and also
[16:05] Southwest music festival.
[16:10] Get ready for the 2025 Southwest Music
Festival happening Saturday, July 19th
[16:14] on historic Second Street in Platville.
Gates open at noon with Walking Molly
[16:18] kicking off the live music at 1. Blue
Steel on stage at 5 and the Port
[16:22] TORNADOES LIGHT UP THE night starting at
9. Three incredible bands, one great
[16:26] price, just $20 in advance or 25 at the
gate. Bring your lawn chair. Seating is
[16:31] limited and please no carry in flute or
drinks. Brought to you by the Flatville
[16:34] Regional Chamber. To find out more,
visit the Southwest Music Festival event
[16:38] page on Facebook.
[17:54] And we felt that those videos depicted a
lot
[17:57] really nice nice things that our
community has to offer for not just our
[18:01] residents, for anybody that would be
staying in our properties here to go and
[18:05] enjoy. So, uh, at this time, I guess I
would entertain any questions that any
[18:09] of you might have.
>> Question,
[18:14] » the, uh, the impact of the, um, the hail
stom and all the sorry, all the damage
[18:20] and everything, are you able to factor
that out just to see how we were doing
[18:24] year-over-year without about that. Do
you have any sense at all?
[18:28] » No, I I don't have those numbers. That
would be really up to the lodging
[18:32] properties to be able to identify what
was uh the room stays were for
[18:37] construction versus uh football games
versus just family visits and whatnot.
[18:43] So,
>> I was just curious how we were doing.
[18:45] » Yeah.
>> Without that pump.
[18:47] » Yep.
>> Thanks.
[18:52] Just for the benefit of our several new
members on the council, you want to
[18:58] explain the percentages
and what the impact is for the city with
[19:03] the contract that you have. So the
[19:10] the tax numbers, well, we have a 5% room
rate tax
[19:15] and the
[19:19] chamber gets 70% of the room tax. The
city gets 28% and the hotels or lodging
[19:27] properties get 2% for their
administrative fees. So during 2025, if
[19:33] you go by the fourth quarter report, the
city earned $66,351.
[19:40] So, and we're taking all of the money
that you're giving to us, reinvesting it
[19:45] to bring people back here. So, that was
the biggest total uh that we've been
[19:50] able to achieve for the city in the time
that doing room tax. So, and hopefully
[19:56] we can do better than that next year
with some of the plans that we have
[20:00] made. So,
[20:04] » and those percents are set by state law.
>> So,
[20:09] » yeah, this the percents of the percents
are actually set by state law.
[20:13] » Okay.
>> Okay. Anybody with any other questions?
[20:19] » Question, but um just a comment. This
was this was great. Those videos are
[20:24] really nice, too.
those, you know, we can't reuse the
[20:27] Southwest Music Festival and we'll have
to recreate one, but those other two
[20:30] videos can be used whenever. So, we've
already we're already thinking about
[20:34] reusing them. Maybe not in Madison or
maybe a different channel, but they can
[20:38] be used somewhere. So, once you spend
the money on designing it, you know, as
[20:44] long as it's generic, so to speak, you
can reuse that. So, it's not money
[20:48] wasted. So, so I just want to thank the
city for the cooperation. We work uh
[20:55] Quarterly we meet with the city tourism
committee and so we try to be
[20:58] transparent with all of our dealings and
uh it's been a pleasure working with
[21:03] everybody trying to combine events. Uh
even we just had an an event at the
[21:09] airport this last week so we tried to
promote that on our uh social media and
[21:14] on our website. So uh continue to let's
continue to work out that partnership.
[21:20] So
>> Okay.
[21:22] » Well, thank you.
>> Thank you.
[21:26] Okay, that's the end of our special
presentations for tonight. We'll move on
[21:30] to consideration of the consent agenda.
The following items may be approved on a
[21:35] single motion and vote due to their
routine nature of previous discussion.
[21:38] If you want separate discussion and
action, please uh indicate that. So, we
[21:43] have the council minutes from February
10th we uh of this year. We have payment
[21:48] of bills. I have no appointments tonight
to boards or commissions. We have
[21:51] licenses one and two your operator
licenses to serve and sell sell alcohol
[21:56] as were in your packet. A class B
combination beer and liquor license for
[22:01] 25 social LLC.
Uh Amar Ready who I believe is in the
[22:06] audience for premises at 45 North 2nd
Street.
[22:12] Street. Okay. and uh banner permits uh
March 16th to March 30th for the
[22:20] Platville Fire Department's um
promotion of the their annual pancake
[22:26] breakfast which is held at the high
school.
[22:29] uh April 1 to April or October 31 uh for
the Platville farmers markets. Uh the
[22:36] that banner goes up and down allowing
other banners uh September 7 to
[22:40] September 28th
uh for the Grant County Cancer Coalition
[22:45] and again that will go up or down
depending on the homecoming BWP
[22:50] homecoming batter banner. Street
closings we have for the Platville
[22:54] Farmers Market, North Bonson Street and
East Mineral Street from North Bonson to
[22:59] North Fourth. and Saturdays from 6:30 to
a.m. to 100 p.m. from May 2 to May
[23:06] October 31. We have Irving Place from
Park Place to North Bonson Street, North
[23:11] Court Street and North Bonson Street
between Main Street and Irving Place for
[23:16] the alternate farmers market site for
when we have dairy days, when we have
[23:21] the UWP homecoming parade and when there
are sweet treats on Maine. And then we
[23:27] have Irving Place from Parkplace to
North Bonson and North Court and North
[23:31] Bonson between Main Street and Irving
Place for the Platville Night Market on
[23:36] Saturday July 18 for from 2 to 8. And I
believe that's held in conjunction with
[23:42] hometown week. No, South. What's on July
18th? Is that the
[23:50] car
car show? the [cough]
[23:56] annual car show and Southwest Music
Fest. So, those are the items on the uh
[24:01] consent agenda.
>> As long as Mr. Ready is here, would it
[24:06] be okay if he shared like when his
business is going to open?
[24:11] » Sure.
>> I mean, for our listeners at home,
[24:17] » you have to come to [clears throat] the
you have to come to the microphone. You
[24:20] have to state your name and then you
have to state your uh address.
[24:25] » Home address,
>> your home address.
[24:29] » My name is Amar Ready. My home address
is 989 Veterans Memorial uh Road in
[24:34] Platville. Um I have signed a lease with
what was formerly Beastro 7 and we'll be
[24:42] calling it Second Street Social. uh
dependent on the liquor license and
[24:47] it'll you know just be a bar lounge on
Second Street replacing what was there
[24:51] with Beastro.
>> Any questions
[24:59] and open soon?
>> Um ideally next uh week Wednesday is
[25:03] what I would like to do. Um it is
dependent you know I need a liquor
[25:06] license to order the liquor. So
[laughter]
[25:10] » here we go. Until then, it's uh TV TBD.
>> I guess I guess that's dependent on a
[25:16] liquor license.
>> Yes, I should vote in favor. [laughter]
[25:19] » Okay.
>> Do we have a motion?
[25:22] » I move,
>> please. I move to approve all the items
[25:27] listed under the consent agenda.
>> A second.
[25:30] » Okay, we have a motion and a second to
approve the consent agenda as presented.
[25:34] Dave will vote.
>> Daw,
[25:36] » yes.
>> Gates,
[25:39] » yes. Wiznap,
>> yes.
[25:42] » Badger,
>> yes.
[25:43] » Cop,
>> yes.
[25:45] » McFall,
>> yes.
[25:46] » Motion carries. Okay.
>> Uh we'll move on to citizens comments,
[25:51] observations, and petitions, if any. And
uh we have in the audience tonight a
[25:55] student who's uh observing us to see if
we follow our agenda [laughter]
[26:00] and if we use parliamentary procedure.
So, let's behave tonight. Okay.
[26:07] All right. Thank you for coming. Any
other comments, observations, or
[26:11] petitions by anyone?
Otherwise, I'm going to say thank you to
[26:17] the airport commission for the uh Chile
flyin. Uh, actually, when I was there,
[26:23] four planes came in.
>> Um, yeah, none with skis though. They
[26:29] just all were on the runway like a
regular skis.
[26:32] » There were [laughter] Yeah, but it was a
very I thought you had a pretty nice
[26:37] They had a pretty nice crowd. I thought
I don't know. So, that was nice. Uh, and
[26:44] Miners Ball. Uh, several of us attended
Miners Ball. Uh, very nice event. Um,
[26:50] and so we thank the
museum and the friends of the museum for
[26:56] that activity. Any other
thing that anybody else wants to comment
[27:02] on?
[27:06] Okay, then let's move on to the reports
in the packet where uh uh the parks,
[27:11] forestry, and recreation committee. Bob,
anything to add?
[27:15] » Um, no, nothing to add.
>> The library board, uh, Lynn isn't here.
[27:19] Uh, police and fire commission. Kathy,
you had three meetings.
[27:23] » We had three meetings. We've had a
number of meetings. Um, I guess one
[27:27] comment I want to make is, um, when the
commission
[27:36] selected
um Josh as our new police.
[27:44] He was out of town. And I know we hear a
lot about the negative with social
[27:50] media,
but I kid you not, when the city posted
[27:55] the press release that Josh was going to
be our new police chief, I saw it on
[28:04] our favorite social media. Um,
it had been posted 49 minutes before I
[28:13] saw it and there were over
150
[28:17] likes, thumbs ups, fantastic comments.
So, I think that says a lot about um
[28:26] Josh and I particularly want to thank
the members of the commission. That was
[28:33] a tough one. That was quite the process,
but I um we all have high hopes for you,
[28:41] Josh. So, uh but congratulations.
>> Congratulations. And guess what? We'll
[28:47] try to get a something there with a name
on it.
[28:50] » That'd be nice, huh? Just instead of
blank.
[28:54] » Have one bathroom. So, I just need one
sign.
[28:55] » You just need one sign. [laughter]
>> Okay.
[29:00] Uh airport commission. Anything? Nothing
to add.
[29:04] » Okay. Uh the CIP quarterly uh status
report was also in our packet. Uh
[29:09] Nicola, anything particular you want to
say about that?
[29:12] » Okay. Then we'll move into our action
item for tonight. We have one action
[29:18] item. This is resolution 2604 for DNR
trail grants, Mountain View Park
[29:23] Circular Trail Maintenance. Uh Bob
Robert.
[29:29] » Thank you. Uh the DNR has once again
open enrollment for the trail grant. Uh
[29:34] last year we had applied for that and we
wish to do so again. The DNR requires a
[29:39] resolution of support for grant request.
Resolution 2604 would be for an 8020
[29:44] grant to maintain the circular trail in
Mountain View Park. These grants are
[29:49] capped at 100,000. Awards would be
announced in the fall of 2026 for
[29:54] construction in 2027.
>> [snorts]
[29:56] » staff has identified up to seven
locations in need of repair or
[30:00] approximately 25% of the length of the
trail. This is the same as last year. Uh
[30:05] we are essentially resubmitting the
grant request. Uh if awarded, the city
[30:11] would conduct repairs at up to seven
identified locations. The 20% match up
[30:17] to 20,000 would need to be budgeted in
the 2027.
[30:22] Staff is recommending to pass the motion
resolution 2604.
[30:26] Enclosed is a map and the actual
resolution copy of the resolution.
[30:31] » Okay. Anybody with questions?
[30:38] Anybody want to offer a motion?
>> I'll move to approve resolution 26-04
[30:43] DNR trail grant maintenance.
>> A second. Hey Dave, we have a motion by
[30:49] Kathy and a second by Steve to approve
resolution 20 resolution 2604. We'll
[30:55] vote.
>> Daws,
[30:57] » yes.
>> Gates,
[30:58] » yes.
>> Wiznam,
[31:00] » yes.
>> Badger,
[31:02] » yes.
>> Cop,
[31:03] » yes.
>> McFall,
[31:05] » yes.
>> Motion carries.
[31:07] » And that's the only action item on our
agenda tonight. So, we'll move move then
[31:11] to information items on our agenda. The
first of these is contract 6-26.
[31:16] This is for sidewalk repair. Howard?
>> Yes, thank you. Um, this is for our
[31:21] annual sidewalk repair contract. We
opened one bid. Uh, the bid tabulation
[31:26] is enclosed. The sole bidder is Ageli
concrete and excavating. Uh, they do
[31:31] much of the concrete work for our normal
street construction contract
[31:36] uh contracts over the years. There is no
issue with the quality of work. The bids
[31:41] came in much lower than expected at
2946.
[31:46] As a matter of fact, if if uh we had the
bid prices from 2025, the bid would have
[31:53] been just over $40,000.
Uh so what we're going to do is we're
[31:59] going to work with them to add
additional repair locations so that we
[32:05] would be at or under $40,000.
Uh so we're recommending that you award
[32:12] the contract to Gelli next time. Um Dan
is here if you've got any specific
[32:18] questions. Also,
[32:26] anybody with any specific questions
about this?
[32:34] Okay. then we'll uh see it on the agenda
for action next time. Uh next is letter
[32:40] of support for the standalone curb ramp
improvement project.
[32:45] » Okay.
>> Script.
[32:47] » Script. Yes. Um the DOT is proposing a
project to improve all the uh sidewalk
[32:56] curb ramps on highways 80 and 81 in
conjunction with their 2020 2033
[33:02] improvement project. Uh but it would
require a letter of support from the
[33:06] city to receive that federal funding.
Just a reminder, um the the 2033 project
[33:16] has two parts and this would be a third
part to this project. The first part
[33:21] would be reconstruction of Water Street
from business 151 to Pine Street. um
[33:28] doing all the work and the curb ramps in
this section will be brought up to code
[33:34] as part of this project. Millan overlay
of highway 81
[33:39] of that asphalt section from Mineral
Street on Chestnut at the Chestnut and
[33:45] Mineral intersection where the asphalt
starts to the city limits. It would
[33:49] grind out 2 in of asphalt and replace
with new. Uh all sidewalk curb ramps in
[33:54] this section would also be brought up to
code as part of the project. The part
[33:58] three, the script portion would be to
replace sidewalk curb ramps bringing
[34:04] them up to current code for all portions
of highways 80 and 81 not included in
[34:11] those two that I just spoke of. So it
would do all of that. Um,
[34:18] I've been told that there is no city
funding required. Uh, all design,
[34:23] construction, real estate, all of it is
part of the DOT grant funding through
[34:29] Federal Highway Administration.
So, we're recommending that we u adopt
[34:35] the letter of support.
>> Questions?
[34:42] » Yeah. the qu I just what specifically is
what specifically are they looking to do
[34:50] » taking
>> what what happens
[34:54] what they do is they will remove the the
curb ramps with the bumps right at the
[35:02] uh right at the intersections
and what they will do is make sure that
[35:08] those are to the current code Um they
basically have to be flat as you come
[35:15] off of the street. Uh no more than 2%
slope in any direction.
[35:22] And um you know and then there's other
little things. So um you might what you
[35:30] might see is you might see a a curb on
the back side of the sidewalk. Um, if
[35:38] you go over to uh Camp and Seventh,
uh on the east side of of of
[35:46] uh 7th there at on Camp Street, there's
an example of one of those little back
[35:53] backside curbs. That's
because of how they need to do things.
[35:59] So, they'll they'll be doing those sorts
of things, making sure that they're five
[36:03] feet wide instead of four feet wide. uh
things things of that nature.
[36:12] » Okay, this is not on for action tonight.
This is on for action at our next
[36:17] meeting. Um
if there are no more questions and if
[36:22] there are no more questions, we I
believe have reached the bottom of our
[36:26] information and discussion items. So I
would then seek a motion to go to close
[36:31] session session per Wisconsin statute
1985 parent one parent C considering
[36:37] employment promotion compensation or
performance evaluation data of any
[36:41] public employee over which the
governmental body has jurisdiction or
[36:45] exercises responsibility and this is
specifically to approve city manager
[36:50] candidates for interview by the common
council.
[36:54] I make a motion that we go to close
session and uh for all that you just
[36:59] repeated.
>> Second.
[37:01] » We have a motion by Steve. Steve and a
second by Brian. Uh Dave will vote.
[37:06] » Daws.
>> Yes.
[37:09] » Gates.
>> Yes.
[37:10] » Wiznap.
>> Yes.
[37:13] » Badger.
>> Yes.
[37:14] » Cop.
>> Yes.
[37:16] » McFall.
>> Motion carries. Okay.