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2026-11-04 - Common Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes and the posted agenda. The video was not summarized.

  • Convened 9:35 AM with 15 members present.
  • Passed the illegal dumping penalties ordinance (File 260496) as substituted, cutting the maximum waterway penalty from $10,000 to $5,000 per day: Illegal Dumping Penalties.
  • Passed the litter removal ordinance (File 260810) and the theft and destruction fines ordinance (File 260734): Tree Border Litter Responsibility, Copper Wire Theft.
  • Passed the charter ordinance on automated license plate reader contracts (File 260809), 15-0: Automated License Plate Reader Contracts.
  • Passed 15-0 the ordinance creating a City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Committee (File 260847; a routine preparedness body, not an emergency declaration): City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Committee.
  • Passed 15-0 the ordinance banning selling from parked vehicles at certain locations (File 260924): Parked Vehicle Sales Ban.
  • Pay and position ordinances passed 15-0: Files 260790 and 260791 (2026) and 260896 and 260897 (2027).
  • DPW grant and project resolutions: File 260851 ($150,000; City share $37,500), File 260855 ($87,920, 100% City), File 260856 ($200,000), File 260857 ($650,000 plus $505,000 real estate), File 260858 ($2,570,000 plus $110,000 real estate) and File 260862 ($688,549; City share $137,709).
  • Public improvement resolutions: Files 260864 ($2,285,000), 260865 ($1,315,000), 260866 ($3,185,000) and sidewalks File 260867 ($1,685,000): Sidewalk Replacement Backlog.
  • Parking and traffic control files 260844 and 260845 passed. Claims 251768 (AT&T Mobility), 251775, 251979, 260820 and 260835 and settlements 260838 and 260861 were handled; a BioWatch grant (File 260849) was accepted.

Budget adoption followed at the Common Council meeting on November 6: 2027 Executive Budget.

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