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

PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN May 6, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Government Center, Board Room 201, 1316 N 14th Street, Superior, WI 54880 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ROLL CALL Present: Nick Ledin, Sarah Anderson, Garner Moffat, Jack Sweeney, Brent Fennessey, Tylor Elm, Ruth Ludwig, Mike Herrick, Mark Johnson, Lindsey Graskey – 10 Virtual: Absent: Also Present: Mayor Paine, City Attorney Prell, Chief of Staff Scherf, City Clerk Blunt, Deputy City Clerk Bacon 3. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.1. April 15, 2025 – Special Council Meeting Mayor Paine clarified the April 15 minutes were from a regular and not special meeting. MOTION TO APPROVE, by Councilor Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Elm and carried. 5. CORRESPONDENCE TO BE FILED 6. MAYOR’S REPORT 6.1. Report from Mayor Paine 7. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS 7.1. Human Resources Committee (Meeting held April 21, 2025) Report from the Councilor Johnson. RECOMMENDATIONS: 7.1.1. Approve hiring of (2) seasonal employee positions for the Maintenance & Construction Division of Public Works. MOTION TO APPROVE, by Councilor Johnson, was seconded by Councilor Herrick and carried. 1 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025  7.2. Public Works Committee (Meeting held May 1, 2025) Report from the Chair Ledin. RECOMMENDATIONS: 7.2.1. Award the contract to Duluth Concrete, LLC for the 2025 Sidewalk Replacement Project in the amount of $364,873.90. 7.2.2. Award the contract to Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC for the 2025 Pavement Marking Project in the amount of $154,944.84. 7.2.3. Award the contract to WK Construction for the 2025 Asphalt Milling Project in the amount of $49,408.23. 7.2.4. Approve the cooperative agreement with Superior Water, Light & Power for the Utility Construction portion of the Hammond Avenue Reconstruction Project. MOTION TO APPROVE items 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, and 7.2.4 by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 7.3. Finance Committee (No meeting to report) 7.4. Licenses and Fees Committee (Meeting held April 14, 2025) Report from the Chair Fennessey. 7.5. Public Safety Committee (Meeting held April 7, 2025) Report from Councilor Ledin. RECOMMENDATIONS: 7.5.1. Approve waiving the bidding process and authorize the city to enter a contract with OIR Group in the amount not to exceed $50,000.00. 7.5.2. Approve the acceptance of a grant from Our Rescue in the amount of $10,837.00 to support operations in the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce. 7.5.3. Approve the City of Superior Fire Department purchase of a Custom Fabricated Aluminum Rescue Body from Alum-Line, Inc. for the price of $66,730.00. MOTION TO APPROVE items 7.5.1. 7.5.2, and 7.5.3, by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Elm and carried. 7.6. Committee of the Whole Meeting (No meeting to report) 8. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS 8.1. REPORTS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS 8.1.1. Plan Commission (Meetings held April 16, 2025, and April 23, 2025) Report from Chair Paine. RECOMMENDATIONS: 2 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025  8.1.1.1. Approve the Architectural Code Review Grant Program Application. 8.1.1.2. Approve the request to place a statue in the Ami-Superior Friendship Garden. 8.1.1.3. Approve the Community Development Investment (CDI) Grant Agreement between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the City of Superior relating to the redevelopment of the building located at 2704 North 21st Street, aka Love Creamery. MOTION TO APPROVE items 8.1.1.1, 8.1.1.2, and 8.1.1.3 by Councilor Moffat, was seconded by Councilor Johnson. There was no objection to the Mayor’s request to divide the motion. Item 8.1.1.2 was carried via voice vote (Councilor Herrick and Councilor Elm abstained). Items 8.1.1.1 and 8.1.1.3 was carried via voice vote. 8.1.2. Parks & Recreation Commission (Meeting held April 29, 2025) Report from Chair Ledin. RECOMMENDATIONS: 8.1.2.1. Approve funding the complete Skatepark Construction Project with Grindline Skateparks, Inc. for a total cost of $1,000,012.00. There was no objection to the Mayor Paine’s correction to the amount of the project at $1,012,000.00. as indicated in the agenda packet and project agreement. MOTION TO APPROVE in the total amount of $1,012,000.00 by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig and carried. 8.2. REPORTS SANS RECOMMENDATIONS 8.2.1. Urban Forestry Tree Board (Meeting held April 17, 2025) Report from Chair Ludwig. 8.2.2. Golf Course Committee (Meeting held April 24, 2025) No report from the Chair. 9. OLD BUSINESS 9.1. Selection of Council Vice President Previously postponed from the April 15, 2025 Common Council meeting, the 3 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025  following motions to elect a vice president stand as: MOTION by Councilor Graskey, seconded by Councilor Ludwig to elect Councilor Moffat as Vice President. MOTION by Councilor Fennessey, seconded by Councilor Herrick to elect Councilor Herrick as Vice President. MOTION to vote by secret ballot by Councilor Fennessey, seconded by Councilor Sweeney was carried via voice vote. Secret ballot vote for Vice President failed for lack of majority and received a tied vote: MOFFAT – 5 HERRICK – 5 Mayor Paine declined to vote to break the tie. MOTION to elect both candidates as vice presidents by Councilor Moffat, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig was carried via roll call vote: AYE – 8 Ledin, Anderson, Moffat, Elm, Ludwig, Herrick, Johnson, Graskey NO – 2 Sweeney, Fennessey 10. NEW BUSINESS 10.1. CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of miscellaneous licenses pending department approvals. MOTION TO APPROVE, by Councilor Fennessey, was seconded by Vice President Herrick and carried. 10.2. COUNCIL PRESIDENT GRASKEY and MAYOR PAINE recommend committee, board, and Commission appointments. MOTION to divide by Councilor Fennessey to separate the appointments in columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the handout from all other appointments was not recognized by Mayor Paine for ambiguity and lacking a main motion to precede it. MOTION to postpone to next regular meeting by Vice President Moffat, was seconded by Councilor Ledin. MOTION to divide and postpone all appointments other than Standing Committees (comprised of the Human Resources Committee, Public Works Committee, Finance Committee, Licenses and Fees Committee, and Public Safety Committee) appointments by Councilor Johnson and carried via voice vote. POINT OF ORDER by Councilor Moffat to clarify the motion to divide process. 4 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025  MOTION to postpone all appointments except Standing Committees was carried by unanimous roll call vote: AYE – 10 Ledin, Anderson, Moffat, Sweeney, Fennessey, Elm, Ludwig, Herrick, Johnson, Graskey NO – 0 MOTION to approve 20 Standing Committee appointments including: • To the Human Resources Committee appoint Councilor Sweeney, President Graskey, and Vice President Moffat as members, with Councilor Anderson to serve as an alternate member; • To the Public Works Committee appoint Councilor Ludwig, Councilor Ledin, and Councilor Moffat as members, with Councilor Elm as an alternate member; • To the Finance Committee appoint Councilor Sweeney, Councilor Elm, and Vice President Herrick as members, with Councilor Fennessey as an alternate member; • To the Licenses and Fees Committee appoint Councilor Sweeney, Councilor Fennessey, and Vice President Herrick as members, with Councilor Anderson to serve as an alternate member; and • To the Public Safety Committee appoint Councilor Elm, Councilor Johnson, and Councilor Anderson as members, with Councilor Ledin as an alternate member. was made by Councilor Johnson and seconded by Vice President Moffat and carried via voice vote. 10.3. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JANIGO recommends approval of O25-4386, an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 112, Traffic Code, Schedule J, Accessible Parking Zones, Add Accessible Parking Sign at 726 Hammond Avenue (one side). MOTION TO APPROVE, by Vice President Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Elm and carried. 10.4. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JANIGO recommends approval of O25-4387, an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 112, Traffic Code, Schedule J, Accessible Parking Zones, Add Accessible Parking Sign at 1314 Birch Avenue (one side). MOTION TO APPROVE, by Councilor Fennessey, was seconded by Vice President Herrick and carried. 11. BUSINESS BY PUBLIC 11.1. Dan Olson, representing the Northern Wisconsin Building & Construction Trades Council thanked council and city staff for support and participation in the 16th Annual Workers’ Memorial Tree Planting event. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Heidi Blunt, City Clerk 5 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025 Superior, Wisconsin Approved this 20th day of May, 2025. Attest: ____________________________________ Mayor ____________________________________ City Clerk 6 Regular Council Meeting May 6, 2025