City Council (Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.)
Regular MeetingSuperior, WI · April 7, 2021
Minutes
PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The Regular Meeting of the Common Council was called to order by Mayor Jim Paine at 6:30
p.m. in the Government Center, Board Room 201.
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Nick Ledin, Jenny Van Sickle, Warren Bender, Jack Sweeney, Brent Fennessey,
Tylor Elm, Ruth Ludwig, Craig Sutherland, Keith Kern – 9
Excused: Esther Dalbec – 1
Also Present: Mayor Paine, City Attorney Prell, City Clerk Kalan
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 16, 2021 - Regular Council Meeting.
MOTION by Councilor Bender, seconded by Sutherland and carried, to approve.
4. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
4.1 Public Hearing on the 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
(CAPER).
MOTION by Councilor Elm, seconded by Sutherland and carried, to approve.
5. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE FILED (No action)
5.1 City Attorney Prell submitting the advisory opinion from the Wisconsin Ethics
Commission – Conflict of Interest of Councilor.
6. MAYOR’S REPORT
6.1 The Mayor’s Report.
6.2 Recommending approval of contract amendment with Sailboats, Inc. in regards to the
Barker’s Island Review Committee.
MOTION by Councilor Bender, seconded by Ludwig and carried, to approve.
6.3 Recommending approval to appoint Laura Gapske, Tatiana Bergum, Nicole Thole,
Mark Fruehauf, Jane Larson, Marc Letendre and Joe Tribbey to the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation Commission for 3 year terms ending April 2024.
MOTION by Councilor Bender, seconded by Fennessey and carried, to approve.
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7. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
7.1 Finance Committee, March 11, 2021
Report from the Chair.
1) To approve the Festival Committee Sponsorship Application.
MOTION by Councilor Kern, seconded by Sutherland and carried, to approve.
7.2 Human Resource Committee, March 15, 2021
Report from the Chair.
1) To approve the updated Non-Union Handbook-Section 21: Reimbursement and
Allowances (increase tool and boot allowances.)
MOTION by Councilor Bender, seconded by Ledin and carried, to approve.
7.3 Public Works Committee, March 17, 2021
Report from the Chair.
1) a. To approve the recommendation of Portable Toilet Contract to Mr. Biffy, LLC.
b. To approve the recommendation of construction award for the Pokegama Bay
Launch Improvements.
2) To approve the Wetland Mitigation Bank Credit Purchase – Enbridge Terminal
Containment Project.
3) To approve the recommendation to renew Landfill Contract with Orion
Environmental Services, LLC.
4) To approve the recommendation of award for CSTP5 Improvements Project.
5) a. To approve the recommendation of State municipal Agreement: Transportation
Alternatives Program.
b. To approve the recommendation of State Municipal Agreement: 2026 STH 105
Resurface.
c. To approve the recommendation to Purchase Prinoth Sidewalk Snow Removal
Equipment.
d. To approve the recommendation of Sidewalk Replacement Contract to JMF
Construction Inc.
e. To approve the recommendation to declare city equipment as surplus.
f. To approve the recommendation of Asphalt Milling Award to Allstates Pavement
Recycling & Stabilization.
MOTION by Councilor Sutherland, seconded by Ludwig and carried, to approve.
7.4 Committee of the Whole, March 16, 2021
1) To recommend approval of Ordinance #O21-4234 introduced by Mayor Paine
amending the City Code, Chapter 2, Administration, Article II, Common Council,
Section 2-32 Call to Order.
MOTION by Councilor Elm, seconded by Ludwig and carried, to adopt the
ordinance as amended.
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8. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
8.1 Mayor’s Commission on Communities of Color, March 8, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.2 Wisconsin Point Committee, March 9, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.3 Festival Committee, March 10, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.4 Police & Fire Commission, March 10, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.5 Parks & Recreation Commission, March 11, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.6 Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities, March 15, 2021
Report from the Chair.
8.7 Parks & Recreation Commission, March 25, 2021
1) To approve the 2021 Recreational Grant Recommendations.
2) To approve the locations for two new life jacket stations at Arrowhead and Loon’s
Foot Landing.
MOTION by Councilor Kern, seconded by Ledin and carried, to approve.
8.8 Plan Commission, March 17, 2021
Report from the Chair.
1) To unanimously approve the small business grant application for Wine Beginnings.
2) To unanimously approve the small business grant application for Imperium
Chiropractic.
3) To unanimously approve the Certified Survey Map for 2929 Halvor Lane.
4) To unanimously approve the amended version of the City of Superior Land Grant
Program.
MOTION by Councilor Fennessey, seconded by Elm and carried, to approve.
8.9 Urban Forestry Tree Board, March 18, 2021
Report from the Chair.
1) To approve removing, in coordination with the utility company and replacing trees,
as able, that are at the end of their life, and leaving door hangers notifying home
owners of the reason for removal.
MOTION by Councilor Bender, seconded by Ludwig and carried, to approve.
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9. OLD BUSINESS
10. NEW BUSINESS
10.1 City Clerk Kalan recommending approval of miscellaneous licenses.
MOTION by Councilor Sutherland, seconded by Bender and carried, to approve.
10.2 City Clerk Kalan recommending referral of Claim #21-04, 21-05 and 21-06 to the
Liability Claims Committee.
MOTION by Councilor Fennessey, seconded by Sutherland and carried, to
approve.
10.3 Planning Director Serck recommending approval of the Land Grant Program.
No action; approved under item 8.8.
10.4 Planning Director Serck recommending approval of contract award to Northern
Ecological Services for planting and seeding at Moonshine Road Wetland Mitigation
Bank for low bid of $47,029.
MOTION by Councilor Sutherland, seconded by Bender and carried, to approve.
10.5 Planning Director Serck recommending approval of sublease from the Board of
Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to a portion of Montreal Pier to the
University of Minnesota Duluth and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency for
the storage of research vessels.
MOTION by Councilor Elm, seconded by Bender and carried, to approve.
10.6 #O21-4235 Ordinance introduced by the Common Council of the City of Superior
amending City Code, Chapter 112 – Traffic Code, Schedule J, Disabled Parking Zones,
by adding 1916 Iowa Avenue (both sides).
MOTION by Councilor Kern, seconded by Sutherland and carried, to adopt the
ordinance.
Business by Councilors
11. BUSINESS BY PUBLIC
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Meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Terri Kalan, City Clerk
Superior, Wisconsin
Approved this 20th day of April, 2021.
Attest: ____________________________________
Mayor
____________________________________
City Clerk
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