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City of Marinette · Marinette County · meeting of Aug 17, 2026 · Minutes
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CITY OF MARINETTE PUBLIC SAFETY & CODE ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM 8 / 17 / 2 6
CC: Committee members; Common Council members; Mayor, City Attorney; City Building Code Inspector; Police Chief; Fire Chief; Code Enforcement Officer and Clerks file
Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committee meeting minutes Page 1 of 1
1. 2 nd Ward Alderperson Jeffrey Skorik , City of Marinette Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committee
Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 0 5:05 PM in the Marinette City Hall Common Council Chambers, 1905
Hall Avenue, Marinette WI.
2. Upon a call of the roll it was determined a quorum of committee members were present and the following
attendance was recorded:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT : Alderpersons Skorik , Klegin , Mikutowski, Lesperance and Karban .
ABSENT : None
OTHERS PRESENT : Ma yor Geniso t, Alderperson Demmith, Police Chief LaCombe , Fire Chief Heckel & Melissa
Ebsch.
3. Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committee Meeting minutes.
Alderpersons K legin moved/ Lesperance seconded and all concurred, to approve, as submitted , (Mikutowski
abstained) the City of Marinette Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committe e regular meeting minutes from
7 / 20 /26 .
4. Police Department activity report.
Police Chief LaCombe prepared and included within today ’s packet the Marinette Police Department ’s
activity/operations report showing 12-month comparative prior and current ye ar-to-date activity/call totals . Chief
LaCombe was present to answer any questions the committee may h ave. Chief La C ombe informed the committee
the department is working on some e-bike training/education to be in the schools, and also an ordinance may
need to be updated to add the e-bikes with some regulations. Chief also stated the K-9 Golf outing raised $17,000.
5. Fire Department activity report.
Fire Chief Heckel prepared and included within today ’s packet the Marinette Fire Departmen t ’s activity/operations
report . Chief Heckel was present to answer any questions the committee may have. Chief Heckel briefed the
committee on an upcoming 9/11 ceremony with local law e nforcement/ first responders for a walk to the
Marinette High S chool and having the Law Enforcement personnel that w ent to New York on 9/ 11 be part of an
honor guard prior to the Marinette Marine Football game along with the opposing teams (Bonduel) Fire
Department/first responders to join in and line the field. The public is invited to join in on the walk. Family of FF
Lewis Fifarek who lost his life in the line of duty in 1998 are looking to get his name added to the Fire and EMS
M emorial W all in Wisconsin Rapids and will be displaying some pictures and history this weekend and having the
official ceremony to add FF Fifarek ’s name will be in September
6. Building Inspect ion activity report s .
B uilding in spector Demlow prepared and included in today ’s packet his building inspection office activity report
showing current and prior year comparative year-to-date data through July 20 2 6 o f various permits and
inspections completed by the Building Inspector ’s Office.
7. Animal Control Code Enforcement Offi cer ’s activity report.
Animal Control Code Enforcement Officer Marquart prepared and included in today ’s packet her activity report
showing comparative prior and current year-to-date (through July 20 2 6 ) detail of calls received for various stray
animals and reports of animals biting humans .
Officer Marquart also included reports of non-compliant property owners with property upkeep issues .
8. Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Marinette and County of Marinette .
Alderperson Lesperance moved/ Karban seconded and all concurred to recommend the Common Council
approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Marinette and County of Marinette as
presented.
9 . Adjournment.
Alderpersons Klegin moved / Lesperance seconded and all concurred, to adjourn at 0 5 :28 PM .
Lana Bero , City Clerk
(The next regularly scheduled Public Safety and Code Enforcement Committee meeting is Mon day September 21 , 20 2 6 @ 05 :0 0 PM , or immediately following the Civic
Affairs, Cemetery, Traffic and Lights Committee meeting, whichever is later, with in the Marinette Council Chambers .)
Source: City of Marinette website. First collected Oct 9, 2026.