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Common Council Meeting Tuesday, August 05, 2025 07:00 PM Municipal Building Council Chambers – 106 Jones Street, Watertown, WI 53094

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All public participants' phones will be muted during the meeting except during the public comment period. This meeting will be streamed live on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/WatertownTV

1.CALL TO ORDER

2.ROLL CALL

3.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING HELD

  1. A.Meeting minutes from July 15, 2025

5.COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT

Members of the public who wish to address the Council must register their request in writing before the meeting begins. Each individual who requests to address the Council will be permitted up to three minutes for their comments.

6.REPORTS

  1. A.Plan Commission minutes from June 9, 2025

  2. B.Main Street Program Board of Directors minutes from June 17, 2025

  3. C.Finance Committee minutes from June 23, 2025

  4. D.Plan Commission minutes from June 23, 2025

  5. E.Tourism minutes from July 10, 2025

  6. F.RDA minutes from July 16, 2025

  7. G.Downtown Main Street Reconstruction Task Force minutes from July 22, 2025

7.COMMUNICATION & RECOMMENDATIONS

  1. A.Fire Department Operations update: Ladder and Miovision Opticom

8.NEW BUSINESS

  1. A.Review and take action: Committee Appointments

9.MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

  1. A.Payroll Summary - June 25 through July 8, 2025 and July 9 through July 22, 2025

10.ORDINANCES

  1. A.Ord. 25-15 - Amend Section 500-6 Parking Limitations A.(5) Municipal Parking Lot Limitations (Sponsor: Ald. Davis From: Public Safety & Welfare Committee, Second Reading)

  2. B.Ord. 25-16 - Create a portion of Section 500-3(B) Stop Intersections (Sponsor: Ald. Davis From: Public Safety & Welfare Committee, Second Reading)

  3. C.Ord. 25-17 - Amend Section 500-8(F) Heavy traffic prohibited by posted signs (Sponsor: Ald. Davis From: Public Safety & Welfare Committee, Second Reading)

  4. D.Ord. 25-18 - Amend Section 38-4, Bond Deposit Schedule of the City of Watertown General Ordinances (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Finance Committee, Second Reading)

  5. E.Ord. 25-19 - Amend Chapter 550: Official Zoning Map of the City of Watertown, through the rezoning of 213 S. First Street Parcel Number 291-0815-0421-161 from Multi-Family Residential (MR-8) Zoning District to Central Business (CB) Zoning District classifications (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Plan Commission, First Reading)

  6. F.Ord. 25-20 - Amend Chapter 550: Official Zoning Map of the City of Watertown, through the rezoning of Parcel Number 291-0815-0832-005 from a Planned Office & Institutional (PO) Zoning District to Planned Industrial (PI) Zoning District classification (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Plan Commission, First Reading)

  7. G.Ord. 25-21 - Amend Section 428-11 of the City of Watertown General Ordinances (Sponsor: Ald. Davis From: Public Safety and Welfare Committee, First Reading)

11.RESOLUTIONS

  1. A.Exh. 9769 - Resolution approving the land purchase for property located at 510 South Second Street, City of Watertown (Sponsor: Mayor Robert Stocks From: Finance Committee) 

  2. B.Exh. 9770 - Resolution appointing City Attorney (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Finance Committee)

  3. C.Exh. 9771 - Resolution approving Collateral Assignment of TIF for Lumin Terrace LLC (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Finance Committee)

  4. D.Exh. 9772 - Resolution to approve change order 1 to Plaza Phase II ADA Concrete Ramp Improvements Contract #10-25 with Maas Brothers Construction Co., Inc. for $79,648.85 (Sponsor: Ald. Arnett From: Public Works Commission) 

  5. E.Exh. 9773 -  Resolution to accept improvements through substantial completion for Rock River Ridge Phase I Subdivision Located in the City of Watertown (Sponsor: Mayor Stocks From: Plan Commission) 

12.COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT

Each individual who requests to address the Council will be permitted up to three minutes for their comments and must fill out the sign in sheet provided.

13.ADJOURNMENT