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The Common Council of Menasha met on July 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM (delayed from 6:00 PM) at 100 Main Street. Seven aldermen were present (Rand, Eisenach, Hale, Perkins, Lewis, Marshall, Grade) and one absent (School). Mayor Hammond presided. The meeting covered a presentation on the Urban Forestry Management Plan, public comments on highway noise, approval of the consent agenda with multiple items, action items including a demolition at 325 Broad Street, and a resolution for up to $3,215,000 in general obligation promissory notes.
The council approved the following items by unanimous 7-0 votes on roll call or voice vote:
Good evening, everybody. I'd like to call the City of Manasha Common Council meeting to order. Would you please rise and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance? Thank you very much. Deputy Clerk Janet, could we please have the role Alderman School is absent. Alderman Rand. Alderman Eisenach, Alderman Hale, Alderman Perkins, Alderman Lewis, Alderman Marshall, Alderman Grotty, seven are present. Thank you very much. Moving right along on the agenda, we do not have a public hearing item this evening, so we'll move to the next actionable item on the agenda, and that is E. This is public comments on any matter of concern to the city. If anybody in the gallery this evening wishes to speak before the common council, you may do so by stepping up to the podium, state your first and last name and address, and you have five minutes to speak. Public comment is now open. Would anybody wish to speak. Chronic speeding and danger. Wisconsin DOT must be held to the same standard. They should be required to perform a post-construction approval, and they need a mandatory 20-year marker to physically retest infrastructure to confirm their mathematics are reality. No mitigation entertained for a four-lane highway. The 10114 expansion went forward with absolutely no sound walls, berms, or acoustic barriers, barriers considered for residents, because again, because they didn't meet the criteria. Addressing the jurisdictional void, which is becoming quite apparent now. Because of this is a highway, the jurisdiction belongs to the Calliumet County, whose law enforcement we are told many times now is stretched too thin to effectively manage this corridor. We are proposing possibly, you know, this is about possible long shot of that the city of Manasha look into possibly taking over this corridor for jurisdiction. Instruct institutional roadblocks. Wisconsin DOT claims their hands are tied by legislation because there is no standard mechanism for citizens to request a new noise analysis. We need the city to champion this cause and advocate for the residents along this corridor. The current situation is not okay and frankly dangerous. You have the power to advocate for us to bring the consistent police patrols to this corridor and push for the modern data we desperately need. We request this matter be formally placed on the next meeting agenda so we can begin collaborating and developing a concrete solution. I also we also emailed a video, 11-minute video that we have compiled in front of our home showing the sound levels over multiple days, different time frames. So we would really appreciate you folks really looking into this matter because it is ridiculously loud and dangerous there. Thank you. Thank you. Would any of us one excuse me? Would anybody else in the gallery wish to speak? Gary Hurley, 2463 Kelly Lake Drive. Basically, highway 114 and 10 is my backyard, and it's loud. And uh what uh Jason's working off of are data from 1992. And uh at that time, apparently I don't know, he knows a lot more, but this 67 decibel thing is getting blown out of. I mean, it's it's much uh it's much louder now. Uh I think what we're asking is uh some traction. He's been getting nowhere talking to Calumet County and uh and other uh government uh