City Council (Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.)

AGENDA FOR REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN Tuesday, March 19, 2024 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, Garner Moffat, Jack Sweeney, Brent Fennessey, Tylor Elm, Ruth Ludwig, Mike Herrick, Mark Johnson, Lindsey Graskey - 10 Absent: Also Present: Mayor Paine, City Attorney Prell, City Clerk Blunt, Deputy City Clerk Bacon 3. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.1 March 5, 2024 - Regular Council Meeting MOTION to approve, by Councilor Elm, was seconded by Councilor Herrick and carried. 5. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE FILED (No action) 5.1 CLAIMS referred to the Liability Claims Committee by City Clerk’s Office: 1. Claim No. 24-01, Michael Fellbaum (Received 03/04/2024). 2. Claim No. 24-02, Robert Ahlborg (Received 03/07/2024). 6. MAYOR’S REPORT 6.1 Report from Mayor Paine There was no objection to Mayor Paine’s request to invite Duluth Mayor Reinert to address the Council. 7. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS 7.1 Human Resources Committee (Special Meeting held February 29,2024) No Report from the Chair. 7.2 Public Works Committee (Meeting held March 7, 2024) Report from Councilor Van Sickle. 126 Regular Council Meeting March 19, 2024 RECOMMENDATIONS: 7.2.1 Approve the contract with Udeen Trucking for landfill daily cover in the amount of $11.55 per ton. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.2 Approve the 2024 Wastewater Utility and Stormwater Utility CIPs. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.3 Award Sipsas Excavating for the Banks Avenue and North 3rd Street Sanitary Spot Repair Project in the amount of $46,785.64. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Graskey and carried. 7.2.4 Award Visu-Sewer, LLC for the Belknap Interceptor Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining Project in the amount of $694,842.50. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.5 Award Visu-Sewer, LLC for the Hill Avenue Interceptor Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining Kirk Rolson to North 24th Street Project in the amount of $909,793.00. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Ledin and carried. 7.2.6 Award Short Elliot Hendrickson (SEH) for preliminary engineering services for the CSTP 5 and 6 Facility Improvements Project in the amount of $97,100.00. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Van Sickle, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.7 Approve a contract extension through December 31, 2026 with Easy Living, LLC for Maintenance of Tower Avenue, the Roundabout, and Belknap Street. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ludwig, was seconded by Councilor Van Sickle and carried. 7.2.8 Approve the purchase of a 2024 Bobcat Tool Cat in the amount of $74,532.38. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.9 Approve the purchase of a 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning with a tier two charging system in the amount of $72,523.00. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Graskey and carried. 7.2.10 Award Northern Wisconsin Based Engineers, Inc. (NWBE) for Phase 1 of the Hammond Avenue Reconstruction Project in the estimated amount of $533,559.00. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ludwig, was seconded by Councilor Ledin and carried. 7.2.11 Approve the Cooperative Agreement between the City and SWL&P for Phase 1 of the Hammond Avenue Reconstruction Project. 127 Regular Council Meeting March 19, 2024  MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ludwig, was seconded by Councilor Elm and carried. 7.2.12 Award James Peterson Sons, Inc. with the Construction Contract for the Hammond Avenue Reconstruction Phase I Project in the amount of $5,803,115.01. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ludwig, was seconded by Councilor Ledin and carried. 7.2.13 Award Hartel’s Disposal LLC for the 2024-2029 Residential Recycling Collection Contract. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Graskey, was seconded by Councilor Elm and carried. 7.2.14 Award the 2024 Pavement Marking Service to Sir Lines A-Lot in the estimated amount of $101,911.53. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.15 Approve the 2024 Hot Mix Asphalt proposals. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.2.16 Approve the purchase of reinforced concrete pipe for the culvert on 39th Avenue East from County Materials Corporation in the amount of $48,862.00. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.3 Finance Committee (No meeting to report) 7.4 Licenses and Fees Committee (No meeting to report) 7.5 Public Safety Committee (No meeting to report) 7.6 Committee of the Whole Meeting (No meeting to report) 8. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS 8.1 REPORTS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1.1 Tourism Development Commission (Meeting held March 6, 2024) Report from Councilor Graskey. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Approve a contract with Mise Agency and Charlie Berens as President of Cripes, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (“INFLUENCER”) for a marketing campaign at an amount not to exceed $120,000. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Graskey, was seconded by Councilor Ledin and carried via voice vote. 128 Regular Council Meeting March 19, 2024 8.2 REPORTS SANS RECOMMENDATIONS 8.2.1 Mayor’s Commission on Communities of Color (Meeting held February 12, 2024) No report from the Chair. 8.2.2 Golf Course Committee (Meeting held March 7, 2024) Report from Councilor Sweeney. 9. OLD BUSINESS 10. NEW BUSINESS 10.1 CITY CLERK BLUNT is recommending approval of a Temporary Class “B” Beer License application for the Douglas County Historical Society located at 1101 John Avenue (Agent: Jon Winter) for the “We Stand On Their Shoulders” event to be held on March 22, 2024. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Fennessey (Councilor Moffat abstained) and carried. 10.2 CITY CLERK BLUNT is recommending approval of an original “Class B” Beer and Liquor license application for Alyce’s Palace, LLC. located at 1108 Tower Avenue (Gary Nelson, Agent) for a period beginning January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024. There was no objection to the Mayor’s invitation to allow Gary Nelson to address the Council. MOTION to postpone to the next regular meeting of the Common Council, by Councilor Sweeney, was seconded by Councilor Johnson and carried. 10.3 CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of miscellaneous licenses. MOTION to approve, by Councilor Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Ledin and carried. 11. BUSINESS BY PUBLIC 11.1 Members of the public spoke both for and against the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) development. Against: Jackie Ledin Dee Fetters Mark McConnell 129 Regular Council Meeting March 19, 2024  Karen Nevala Lee Sandok-Baker Luciana Ranelli Andre LeTendre-Wilcox Michael LeTendre-Wilcox Pete Paine Abby Novinska-Lois Pam Savoy Lynn Wohlwend Rebecca Kelleher Randy Nevala For: Derek Pederson Pat Kackman Mitchell Diers Andrew Campeau Dan Olson Kyle Bukovich Ian Fontaine Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Heidi Blunt, City Clerk Superior, Wisconsin Approved this 3rd day of April, 2024. Attest: ____________________________________ Mayor ____________________________________ City Clerk 130 Regular Council Meeting March 19, 2024