Walmart is back on the South Milwaukee City Council agenda on Tuesday night, as the retailer seeks a 30-day extension of the purchase agreement it has for city land for its proposed 115,000 square-foot store.
This is the second extension Walmart has sought. You’ll recall that last November the council voted to give Walmart 90 extra days to obtain necessary approvals from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Union Pacific railroad.
It has the DNR approval it needs, but the UP approval, regarding an easement for UP-owned property on the south end of the proposed development, is still outstanding.
I’ll keep you posted on the outcome of the vote … and of what happens around several other issues before the council on Tuesday, including:
- The secondhand dealer ordinance;
- Junk dealer license fees;
- Changes to our sex offender ordinance; and
- Consideration of a $5,000 expenditure to the Public Policy Forum to fund a joint study looking into the potential consolidation of South Milwaukee fire, emergency medical and dispatch services with Cudahy and St. Francis.
Here is the full agenda.
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