De Pere Common Council denies nuisance abatement appeal; approves multiple public works contracts, utility actions, and ice arena plan

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Comments made during the public comment period shall pertain only to matters under the jurisdiction of the Common Council. §6-3(f) DPMC

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The Finance-Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval at its February 10, 2026 meeting. To accept credit/debit cards at the Beer Gardens and Pools this summer the Parks Department has worked with Forte, the company we use to process credit card transactions, to get a separate pricing fee schedule, see attachment. The current agreement passes along the convenience fee of 2.80% of the payment amount with a minimum fee of $2.00 to the customer. This new pricing would decrease that minimum fee from $2.00 to $1.00 but have a higher percentage of 3.10%. As most concessions are for low dollar amounts this would save the customer $1/transaction. Please reach out to me prior to the meeting with any questions you may have. | attachments=1 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved award of Contract 25-04 American Boulevard Utility Extension to PTS Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $1,086,000.00 and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved award of Contract 26-03 Sewer Lining to Visu-Sewer, LLC in the amount of $339,997.00 and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved award of Contract 26-05 Sidewalk and Curb Repairs to Al Dix Concrete, Inc. in the amount of $395,215.00 and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved award of Contract 26-13 Crackfilling to Asphalt Seal & Repair, Inc. in the amount of $91,850.00 and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved award of Contract 26-15 Sewer Televising to Green Bay Pipe & TV, LLC in the amount of $38,958.00 and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved retaining the declining rate structure for water volume charges and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=3 | reports=1

This application is for one of the City's three available reserve licenses. The Police Department conducts background checks twice a month for all applications received during the previous two weeks. Due to the timing of the application submission, results for this agent have not been received as of the agenda publication deadline. If approved, the Clerk's office will not issue the license until the background check results have been confirmed. | attachments=1 | reports=1

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The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved Resolution Establishing Tax Equivalent Payable to the City by the Water Utility. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved DOT –Revised State/Municipal Financial Agreement (SMFA) for Southbridge Interchange. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=3 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved the Special Charge Rates for 2026 Sidewalk Repair Orders and Gap Sidewalk Orders. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=4 | reports=1

The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved accepting the proposal from Badger Concrete Lifting, LLC in the amount of $4,062.50 for Project 26-19 Mudjacking and moved to send it to the Common Council for approval. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=6 | reports=1

This item was unanimously approved by the Sustainability Commission at its meeting on February 10, 2025. | attachments=4 | reports=1

The Finance-Personnel Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval at its February 10, 2026 meeting. Under Wisconsin law, certain types of property are exempt from property tax. Exempt property owners are required to file a report with the Clerk's office every even-numbered year to confirm their status and make updates if needed. I was not aware that in addition, owners of qualifying benevolent low-income housing are required to file a second report annually with the assessor. The CEO of NeighborWorks sent me the report last spring; however, I failed to forward it to the City's assessor, thinking that it was a duplicate of their 2024 report and that their tax-exempt status was current until the next reporting period in 2026. In order to correct this error, I am requesting your approval to pay the net taxes for both parcels in the amount of $5,687.45 using unassigned reserves. The Common Council must formally rescind the property taxes, and we can then request a charge back to the other taxing jurisdictions for their portion. There is a delay before the funds would be recouped, because the Department of Revenue does not approve chargebacks until after the October 1st submission deadline. The other jurisdictions then have until February 15th, 2027 to make payment. At that point, $3,606.02 will be returned to unassigned reserves. Thank you for your consideration and understanding in this matter. Please contact me in advance of the meeting with any questions. | attachments=3 | reports=1

The Finance/Personnel Committee voted unanimously at its February 10, 2026, meeting to recommend approval of this item. | attachments=5 | reports=1

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The Board of Public Works at the February 9, 2026 meeting approved City Engineer Parking and Traffic Recommendations. The motion passed with a 5-0 vote. | attachments=2 | reports=1

*This item was ​approved unanimously by the Finance/Personnel Committee ​during its meeting on February 10, 2026. The Law Department has typically made low-priority clean-ups to the Code of Ordinances on an annual basis, but is striving to make these types of changes more consistently, and will be implementing them quarterly in 2026. The changes currently presented primarily make some updates to position titles and appointments of those positions as a result of the change to the City Manager form of government. Additionally, as a higher priority, it corrects the one-off changes that were previously made to the mayoral term during the initial transition and removes references to a deputy mayor, among other general clean-ups that were requested/contemplated during the past year. The redlined versions memorializing the changes are attached for reference and comparison. Upon approval, the formal ordinance will be brought to the Common Council for final approval. | attachments=8 | reports=1

This item was initially part of the clean-ups that were unanimously approved by the Finance/Personnel Committee at its meeting on February 10, 2026. Since the changes to Section 3-2 will become applicable following the upcoming April election, the Law Department discussed and thought it best to cull this change from the remaining clean-ups (effective upon passage and publication) and create a separate ordinance which will become effective on April 8, 2026. This will avoid confusion with the current mayoral election cycle that is still applicable under the ordinance as it is currently drafted. | attachments=2 | reports=1

The intent of these proposed ordinance changes is to route most license denial appeal hearings to the City's License Committee, rather than to the Finance/Personnel Committee. Special event permit appeals would remain with the Finance/Personnel committee. At its meeting on February 10, the Finance/Personnel Committee voted unanimously to approve this item and forward it the ordinance to the Common Council for final approval. | attachments=3 | reports=1