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cny of BELOIT,vinscona�n PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELOIT CITY COUNCIL 100 State Street, Beloit WI 53511 Monday, November 19, 2012 Presiding: Charles M. Haynes Present: Sheila De Forest, Chuck Kincaid, Kevin D. Leavy, David F. Luebke, Mark Spreitzer, and James E. Van De Bogart Absent: None 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:12 p.m. in the Forum at Beloit City Hall. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY/ANNOUNCEMENTS a. City Manager Larry Arft and Council President Charles Haynes presented Certificates of Employee Appreciation to the employees in the City Clerk's office in recognition of their extraordinary efforts and high level of commitment and dedication to the Office of the City Clerk and citizens of Beloit. He presented Certificates to City Clerk Rebecca Houseman, Deputy City Clerk Judy Elson, Assistant Deputy City Clerk Jelene Ahrens, and temporary employee Alice Lamont. Ms. Houseman thanked the Council and City Manager for the recognition and thanked her staff for their hard work over the last 18 months. 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Community Development Director Julie Christensen presented a proposed ordinance to amend Section 11.2.5(e)(2) of the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 19 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Beloit relating to Retail Sale/Service Accessory Uses. It was noted that the Plan Commission recommended approval 6-0. Ms. Christensen explained that this ordinance amendment allows retail businesses to engage in small-scale manufacturing of goods sold to be distributed to other retail outlets for sale off-site. President Haynes opened and closed the public hearing without participation. Councilor Luebke moved to suspend the rules and offer a second reading. Councilor De Forest seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. On the merits of the ordinance amendment, Councilor Van De Bogart made a motion to enact, and Councilor Leavy seconded. The motion carried 7-0. File 7724 Ordinance 3472 5. CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION • Matt Finnegan, 4745 E Colley Road, spoke in opposition of the proposed ordinance allowing for a waiver from the residency requirement for certain city employees. He said that he is concerned that this will further erode the community and requested that all City employees live within the City of Beloit. 6. CONSENT AGENDA Councilor Leavy made a motion to adopt the Consent Agenda, which consists of items 6.a. through 6.f. Councilor Spreitzer seconded, and the motion carried that the Consent Agenda be accepted, approved, adopted, or referred and acted upon as required by state and local codes by a vote of 7-0. a. The Minutes of the Special Meetings of October 29, 2012, and October 30, 2012, and the Regular Meeting of November 5, 2012 was approved. b. The application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a drive-thru use in a C-3, Community Commercial District, for Associated Bank, located at 600 Henry Avenue was referred to the Plan Commission. File 8573 c. The resolution approving an application for a Class "B" Beer and Reserve "Class B" Liquor License for BMC Property Management, LLC, d/b/a Rivals Bar&Grill, located at 443 East Grand Avenue, Michael Jero, Agent, was adopted. File 8542 d. The resolution authorizing Final Payment of Public Works Contract C12-07, Street Resurfacing, was adopted. File 8531