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PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN July 15, 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, Lindsey Graskey – 9 Virtual: Mark Johnson - 1 Absent: Also Present: Mayor Paine, City Attorney Prell, Chief of Staff Baker, City Clerk Blunt, Paralegal Bowers 3. PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS 3.1. Presentation on the Initial Design of New Fire Station 2 with Robert Krzyanowski, Director of Emergency Services and CSL at Wendel/Five Bugles Design; Anne Porter, Architect at LHB; and Camron Vollbrecht, Superior Fire Chief 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.1. June 30, 2025 – Special Council Meeting MOTION TO APPROVE by Councilor Elm, was seconded by Vice President Herrick, and carried. 4.2. June 30, 2025 – Regular Council Meeting MOTION TO APPROVE by Councilor Elm, was seconded by Vice President Herrick, 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 (No meeting to report) 7.2. Public Works Committee (Meeting held July 8, 2025) Report from Chair Ledin. 1 Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025  RECOMMENDATIONS: 7.2.1. Award a contract for the removal and installation of a new boiler heating system for the Lew Martin Senior Senter and a make-up air unit and A/C HVAC at the Nemadji Club House to Belknap Plumbing & Heating in the amount of $140,587.00. 7.2.2. Award an engineering services contract for the Woodstock Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project to MSA Professional Services, Inc. in the amount of $97,473.00. 7.2.3. Award a contract for the Winter Street Sanitary CIPP and Repair Project to Sipsas Excavating in the amount of $409,998.00. MOTION to approval all three items, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, and 7.2.3, 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 8.2. REPORTS SANS RECOMMENDATIONS 8.2.1. Mayor’s Commission on Communities of Color (Meeting held June 9, 2025) No report from the Chair. 8.2.2. Plan Commission (Meeting held July 8, 2025) No report from the Chair. There was no objection to the Mayor’s request to take items out of order and consider New Business items before Old Business. 10. NEW BUSINESS 10.1. CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of miscellaneous licenses pending department approvals. MOTION TO APPROVE by Vice President Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Ledin, and carried. 10.2. CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of an Amend the Premise for DHL Management, dba Head of the Lakes Fair, located at 4700 Tower Avenue (Agent: 2 Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025  Daniel Litchke), for the event “Head of the Lakes Fair” on July 29 through August 2, 2025, pending police & fire department approval. MOTION TO APPROVE by Councilor Ledin, was seconded by President Graskey, and carried. 10.3. CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of an Amend the Premise for Jimmy’s Saloon LLC, dba Jimmy’s Saloon, located at 1812 Iowa Avenue (Agent: Keith Kern), for the event “Billings Park Days” on August 1 and 2, 2025, pending police & fire department approval. MOTION TO APPROVE by Vice President Herrick, was seconded by President Graskey, and carried. 10.4. CITY CLERK BLUNT recommends approval of an original Class “A” Beer and Class “C” Liquor - Wine Only license application for Anndrea Ploeger, doing business as Alchemy, located at 2724 North 21st Street (Agent: Anndrea Ploeger) for current license period through June 30, 2026, pending police department approval. MOTION TO APPROVE by Councilor Elm, was seconded by Councilor Fennessey, and carried. Councilor Johnson recused themselves from this vote. 10.5. PRESIDENT GRASKEY recommends approval of an allocation of $50,000 from the public arts fund to continue the Superior Public Art Grant program through the end of 2026. MOTION TO APPROVE by Councilor Elm, was seconded by Councilor Ludwig, and carried. 9. OLD BUSINESS 9.1. CITY ATTORNEY PRELL provides advice and options for handling of license renewal application for Cameo Investments II, LLC, Trade Name: Centerfolds Cabaret, located at 702 Tower Avenue for the license period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The Council may convene in closed session under Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(a) and (g) to discuss the June 17 council meeting wherein renewal of the Class “B” Beer, “Class B” Liquor and cabaret licenses relevant to Centerfolds was contemplated. Such meeting shall be closed under Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(a) to deliberate a case which was the subject of any judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing before the body. The meeting will also be closed under Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. Upon Motion and Second the Council may reconvene into open session under Wis. Statute 19.85(2) to take action, if any, related to closed session. There was no objection to the Mayor’s request to a recess of 5 minutes. 3 Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025  MOTION to convene in closed session by Vice President Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Fennessey, and carried via voice vote. The council went into closed session at 7:26 p.m. in Room 204. Attendees of the closed meeting included: Present: Councilor Ledin, Councilor Anderson, Vice President Moffat, Councilor Sweeney, Councilor Fennessey, Councilor Elm, Councilor Ludwig, Vice President Herrick, President Graskey -9 Virtual: Councilor Johnson -1 Absent: Also Present: Mayor Paine, City Attorney Prell, Chief of Staff Baker, City Clerk Blunt, Police Chief Winterscheidt, Fire Chief Vollbrecht MOTION to reconvene into open session by Vice President Herrick, was seconded by Councilor Elm, and was carried. The council moved back into open session at 9:12 p.m. in Room 201. MOTION to renew the license pending the demonstration by the licensee to the City Attorney and the City Clerk that the licensee has satisfactorily met the requirements of the renewal by President Graskey, was seconded by Councilor Sweeney. There was no objection to allowing public comment: • Joe Isauch, Superior resident, spoke in favor of granting the license renewal. Motion was carried via voice vote. 10. BUSINESS BY PUBLIC Meeting adjourned at 9:16 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Heidi Blunt, City Clerk Superior, Wisconsin Approved this 5th day of August, 2025. Attest: ____________________________________ Mayor ____________________________________ 4 Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025 City Clerk 5 Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025