Common Council - 11/4/2026 - 6:30 PM

The City of Franklin Common Council met on November 4, 2026. It approved several project and budget items: $77,272 for additional wetland mitigation credits for the South 116th Street Trail and Change Order No. 2 for Wolkaman Excavating and Grading Inc. for $55,000 on the same project. The engineer said additional breaker-run stone costs for the trail were tracking at about $255,000. The Council also approved a $62,000 capital-fund budget amendment for WisDOT engineering services and eligible improvements for the planned traffic signal at Wisconsin 241/South 27th Street; the city expects reimbursement from Costco and has an agreement to share costs with Oak Creek.

Other approved spending included 2027 event spending authority for the Franklin Civic Celebrations Commission, with discussion noting reduced costs and $33,000 in payments back to the city; a $32,000 transfer from contingency to repair the fire department ladder truck’s main pump; and $276,000 in TID 11 appropriations for Willcraft Can Properties LLC environmental studies and a grant. The Council also approved a one-year donated AI investigative-software license for the Police Department, with an estimated cost of $20,000 for six licenses if purchased. It approved city vouchers totaling $3,370,820.74, along with payroll and related payments. All cited spending items were approved by motion and vote.