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City of Monroe Redevelopment Authority Meeting - October 19, 2026
Common Council & Commissions — Monday, October 19, 2026
BodyMonroe, Wisconsin
SessionCommon Council & Commissions
DateMonday, October 19, 2026
StatusFILED
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Engineering And Infrastructure50%
Summary of Proceedings
City of Monroe Redevelopment Authority Meeting - October 19, 2026
The Monroe Redevelopment Authority (RDA) met on Monday, October 19, 2026, at City Hall Council Chambers, 1110 18th Ave. No meeting minutes were available with the source materials, and the raw transcript begins during open session, after the closed session. The agenda listed a correction of the March 16, 2026 minutes, a financial report, discussion and consideration of supporting the Monroe Botanical Garden, and a closed session item.
Agenda Items Not Captured in Transcript
- Correction of Minutes (March 16, 2026): Listed on the agenda; no discussion or action appears in the available transcript.
- Financial Report: The agenda included an RDA Financial Tracking Report dated October 14, 2026; no discussion is captured in the transcript.
- Monroe Botanical Garden Support: The agenda included discussion and consideration of supporting the Monroe Botanical Garden; no discussion or decision is captured in the transcript.
Closed Session
- The agenda included a closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) for discussing a financial incentive for a residential development request in RDA #1. No closed-session deliberations or actions are included in the available transcript.
Discussion Items
- Election of Officers: A member asked whether the RDA needs to elect officers. Another participant responded that election of officers is on the next meeting agenda, that an agenda item is needed to make it official, and the discussion referenced the April election.
- Sprinkler System Funding: A member referenced previous discussions and a 'horrible issue' on the square this year, asking the RDA and city to revisit ways to fund sprinkler systems so property owners have some protection when a tragedy like this happens again. Another participant responded that the TID 7 facade grant, created in partnership with Main Street, includes fire suppression as an eligible expense and could provide a matching grant of up to $50,000 for sprinkler systems.
Key Outcomes
- No formal motions or votes are recorded in the transcript for the open discussion items except the motion to adjourn.
- A motion to adjourn was made and seconded; the motion carried and the meeting adjourned.
- The next steps identified were placing election of officers on a future agenda and considering the TID 7 facade grant as a potential funding avenue for sprinkler systems.
Meeting Transcript
All right, we're back in open item D, any business presented by members. Do we have to do an election officers? I thought it was once a year or something like that. So yes, we've uh in the next meeting we have put election officers on that. Yeah. I was gonna be back as well. Yeah, we'll have to put it on an agenda to officially be able to do it. So but yeah, that's a good point. I don't think we would have we would have waited till after the April election and yeah. Yeah. No, that's a good point. Thank you. I I had one item, and I know we've talked about sprinkler systems in the past, um, and unfortunately we had such a horrible uh issue that happened on the square this year. I would like to see if we could revisit the ability for the RDA and the city to find a way to fund sprinkler systems so when a tragedy like this does happen again, um those property owners have some level of protection. Um it's just I I know we've talked about it before. I just wish that there was a way that we could look at this, possibly, you know, in a different scope and way we could fund something like that. So absolutely the for just for awareness too, um we do have a TID 7 facade grant um that we've partnered the city's partnered with Main Street and one of the eligible while it's not really a facade, we did make an eligible expense um fire suppression, so that could be an avenue where they could see a matching grant up to 50,000 towards sprinkler systems as well. Any other items? Otherwise, one less motion. Motion to adjourn. All right, we have a motion and second adjourn. All those in favor. Opposed. We are adjourned.
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