The Kenosha Common Council recorded a range of routine and substantive actions on Oct. 20, 2025. Below is a concise listing of resolved items, outcomes and key details as listed on the meeting agenda and reflected in the public transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes: Motion to approve minutes of the Oct. 6, 2025 meeting was moved and carried (voice vote recorded in agenda).

- Licenses and permits (B1, C1–C12): The council concurred with License & Permit recommendations for operator, taxi and special event licenses (items read and moved as a group where noted). Specific outcomes included:
- B1 (operator’s licenses and special class licenses): motion to concur — motion carried.
- C1 (applications for new operator’s licenses for multiple applicants): concurrence motion carried.
- C2 (application of Maribel Ramirez for new operator’s license): motion to deny based on material police record and false application — motion carried.
- C3 (application of Vincent Schmidt for new operator’s license): motion to defer to next council meeting (applicant not present) — deferred.
- C4 (application of Brittany Gleason for new operator’s license): motion to concur with committee denial based on material police record — motion carried.
- C5–C12 (taxi driver licenses and transfers, temporary outdoor extensions and cabaret licenses): concurrence as recommended — motions carried.

- Ordinances, second reading (G1, G2): Ordinance to amend Chapter 21 (consumer protection, weights and measures) and an ordinance to adjust aldermanic district boundaries (adding Ward 100 to the Sixteenth Aldermanic District) — council concurrence and roll call “motion carries 14 to 0.”

- Zoning ordinances, second reading (H1, H2): Cooperative plan attachment and rezoning of 10230 Eighth Street (Town of Somers cooperative plan and city rezoning) — council approval (motion carries 14 to 0).

- Resolutions (I1–I5):
- I1: Levy special charges for property maintenance reinspection fees — finance recommended approval; council concurred (roll call recorded).
- I2: Transfer deferred special assessments to active special assessment (1729 Virch Road) — finance recommended approval; council concurred.
- I3: Resolution declaring October 2025 Breast Cancer Awareness Month (sponsored by Alderperson Kurt Wilson and co-sponsors) — finance recommended approval; council approved (motion carries 14 to 0).
- I4: Case settlement authority regarding delinquent personal property tax accounts (mayor’s resolution) — council concurred.
- I5: Amend the official map to include 10230 Eighth Street per the approved city/Town of Somers cooperative plan — council concurred.

- Appointments (J1–J3): Council approved appointments/reappointments to the Mayor’s Youth Commission and the Home Program Commission and CDBG Committee (motions carried; roll calls recorded where noted).

- Public construction and improvement contracts (K):
- K1: Award for Uptown Library roof replacement (project 20-51532) to The Gardner Company Inc., $71,200 — motion to award was on the floor but the council voted to defer the award pending Historic Preservation Commission review (item deferred).

- Contracts and agreements (L1–L8): Multiple agreements were concurred with Public Works/Finance recommendations, including promenade decoration/right-of-way pole attachment agreements, stormwater management and maintenance agreements with MKE Brew Partners LLC and MKE Brew Properties LLC, development agreements with Schutz Container Systems Inc., property-maintenance service amendments, asbestos removal contract (Vash Excavating and Grading Inc., $87,095.25), and a first amendment to an offer to purchase for Danish Brotherhood Lodge No. 14. Where a roll call was recorded in the transcript, motions carried 14–0.

- Finance committee items (M1–M2): CABA third quarter loan report and disbursement record No. 18 (total $6,536,272.19) — finance recommended approval; council concurred.

- Public Works acceptances (N1–N4): Acceptance of completed public works projects (resurfacing, tree removal, Horizon Park development, crack sealing) with final contract amounts listed in the public record; council accepted the projects.

- Settlement (P1): Settlement agreement between the City of Kenosha and FedEx Ground et al. related to an automobile accident on or about July 30, 2025 — council accepted the City Attorney’s recommendation and concurred (finance recommended acceptance).

- Adjournment: The council adjourned following alderperson comments and ceremonial remarks.

Notes: Many items were moved on concurrence with committee recommendations and recorded as unanimous where roll calls were taken (multiple items recorded as "motion carries 14 to 0" in the transcript). Some individual license applications were denied or deferred as noted above.