Want the city to pick up your brush once a month? Call city hall to get on the list!
No exceptions.
Amended at the Monday, June 15 council meeting, city brush pick up will now take place the first Thursday of the month starting in July, with residents required to call city hall and be on the list to enjoy the service. The change comes after the city has seen some residents take the service for granted, expecting city employees to remove brush without calling city hall. The city has also experienced residents hiring private contractors for work on their property with contractors taking the wood and leaving brush for city employees to clean up. A list at city hall prevents this.
Covered in the consent agenda meanwhile, council members approved both Class A and B liquor licenses, as well as cigarette licenses, minor arcade licenses, music and jukebox licenses, a mobile home park license and several operator’s licenses.
Also approved in consent was a special vending permit for Market at Broadway and Fashion Show at Broadway Boutique, the permit as approved running from May 28 to October 31 this year.
The council also approved the consumer confidence report from the water department and resolution 2026-002 for the CMAR report, related to city sewer.
As for items outside the consent agenda Monday, council members voted to accept the bi-monthly department reports as submitted by the interim clerk-treasurer and department supervisors and approve pay application 10 for Hoeft Builders Inc. in the amount of $382,276.21 for the library. Accounts payable were approved in the amount of $539,370.24, with $400,440.91 for the library and the remainder split amongst water, sewer, and the general fund.
Also Monday, the council voted to approve 25 cent raises for each certification earned by water operator Ben Blair and city employee David Mendoza, as well as a quote from RMC Gardening and Landscaping for $650 per mowing at Oakland Cemetery, as recommended by the committee of the whole. The move stands to save the city money as it frees up city workers for work elsewhere, while costing less than city employee, estimated at $780 for comparison.
“There’s no shortage of work,” Streets, Grounds, and Cemeteries head Joe Schmitt said of city employee work load. As such the council discussed and approved the hiring of Macie Lukes as an additional seasonal parks and streets employee for the current season, approving 20 hours per week at $14 per hour.
Continuing the council update, a variance request for ordinance 11-2-6(f)(3) was approved for Market and Johnson to work on Well 3 outside regular hours. Plans are to shut the well down later this week and have it back online by Aug. 5.
Closing out council business from Monday, members approved an appeal of a dangerous dog determination under ordinance 7-1-7 as requested by Jennifer Pahl of 343 East First Avenue, taking time to discuss the matter in council before approving the appeal. Mayor Ben Wald acted as moderator and explained the matter at hand, with approval of the appeal meaning the dog did not have to be registered as dangerous, while denial would mean that it did. Motion to approve the appeal was made by Ward 3 Alderperson Keith Samuelson and seconded by Wards 4 to 7 and 9 Alderperson Aaron Dickson, with Ward 3 Alderperson Terry Metzger the sole ‘no’ vote. Ward 2 Alderperson Morgan Marek later acknowledged confusion regarding the vote but voted yes.
Failure of the appeal in council would have resulted in the need to remove the dog from the city, with city ordinance distinguishing between dangerous and vicious, a point causing some confusion on the part of council members.
“The key word is unprovoked,” Dickson said, saying he didn’t think the details of the case as relayed in written statements constituted “unprovoked.” Dickson also said he knew the dog in question and found it hard to believe that the dog was dangerous, with owners Pahl and Allan Holston on hand to share their thoughts.
The other dog’s owners were not present to speak.
Samuelson asked Police Chief Lance Weiland if the other dog in the incident had been hurt, with Weiland saying he had not answered the call personally but there was no blood.
Weiland later asked council how to handle claims moving forward as two other incidents had recently emerged from other dogs in recent weeks, being told to follow city ordinance. A designation of dangerous entails requirements including registration of the dog as such along with insurance.
Brought forward from closed session, the council voted to disallow an unspecified claim from Jeffrey Hazuga, having entering closed session under Wisconsin statute 19.85(1)(g) to discuss strategy for potential litigation.
The council then adjourned.
City of Stanley council meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in city hall. The public is welcome and invited to attend.