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Village of Brown Deer · Milwaukee County · meeting of Apr 6, 2026 · Minutes
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BROWN D E E R VILLAGE
B O A R D A P R I L 6 , 2 0 2 6
M E E T I N G M I N U T E S
H E L D A T T H E BROWN D E E R
VILLAGE H A L L 4 8 0 0 WEST GREEN
BROOK D R I V E
The meeting was called to order by President Montgomery at 6:00pm.
I. R o l l Call
P re s e n t: President M o n tg o m e ry a n d Trustees G re a v e s Johnson, Owens, a n d W o o d s
Also Present : Village Attorney Kathleen Kruze, Village Manager Tyler Burkart, Health
Officer Becky Rowland, and Senior Environmental Health Specialist Brad Simerly
E x c u s e d : Trustee Thompson a n d Booker
II. Persons Desiring to be Heard
Jenelle Ward at 4798 W. Willow Rd. was in attendance to mention they were here for item D
on the community living arrangement appeal. They bought the property back in 2024. They
would welcome the board to ask them questions about their appeal once they discussed that
agenda item.
Count Fuller at 1415 S. 92 nd St. Apt #210 at West Allis, WI. He talked about traveling sales
group that they will be coming to the Village to ask for permission to sell door-to-door. He
mentioned they should require approval at the State before getting approval at the Village level.
He will be back in May to see the status of their approvals.
III. Elected Officials & S ta ff Reports
No action was taken.
IV . Consent Agenda
A) Consideration o f Minutes – March 1 6 , 2 0 2 6
B) Consider Request for P ro p o s a l for Cleaning Services
There were some questions about the current operator, the current cleaning contract, and the
cleaning schedule for our Village buildings. Mr. Burkart responded to those questions.
It was moved by Trustee Greaves and seconded by Trustee Owens to approve the consent
agenda as presented. The motion was carried unanimously.
V . New Business
A) Consider Approval of North Shore Environmental Health Consortium Fee
Adjustments
Mr. Simerly a n d Ms. Rowland u p d a te d the B o a rd o n the n e e d for the fee adjustments. The fee
adjustments h e lp a d d re s s the shortfall for the d e p a rtm e n t a n d is c o m p a ra b le t o other health
fees in the re g io n . The last fee increase was th re e years a g o . Tr. W o o d s in q u ire d a b o u t the
Retail F o o d Simple Non-TCS fee a s th e re were t w o different fees included in the materials.
Mr. Simerly clarified the p ro p o s e d fee is $ 2 0 3 for 2 0 2 6 .
It was moved by Trustee Woods and seconded by Trustee Greaves to approve the
proposed North Shore environmental health consortium fees as presented by staff.
The motion was carried unanimously.
B) Consider Approval of Ordinance N o . 2 6 -0 3 : A n Ordinance Amending Chapter
2 2 – Health and Social Services
Mr. Simerly and Ms. Rowland updated the Board on the need to have re-inspection criteria
and the need for a re - inspection charge. The North Shore Health Environmental Consortium
(NSHEC) requests correcting the boarding/rooming house license expiration date to June 30
to maintain consistency with all other licensing categories.
It was moved by Trustee Greaves and seconded by Trustee Woods to approve Ordinance No.
26-03: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 22 – Health and Social Services. The motion was
carried unanimously by roll call vote.
C) Present 2 0 2 5 Annual North Shore Health Department Report
Ms. Rowland presented on the annual North Shore Health Department report. She discussed
the health department ’s community impact and the audiences served. Ms. Rowland shared
some data on communicable diseases and inspections for environmental health in the North
Shore. She also shared data related to injury prevention and harm reduction measures.
Programs are being executed to address mental health, social isolation, emergency
preparedness, and our aging population.
D) Consider Appeal for Denial of O c c u p a n c y for a Community Living Arrangement a t
4 7 9 8 W . Willow Road pursuant to Village of Brown Deer Resolution N o . 2 5 -1 0
Declaring the S ta te of Wisconsin Shall N o Longer Approve A n y Community Living
Arrangement (CLA) for Brown Deer Without Meeting Certain Village
Requirements
Mr. Burkart mentioned in the initial request to occupy 4798 W. Willow Rd. was denied to the
Village Board passing Resolution No. 25-10. The property owners were in attendance to present
their reasonings for the Board to give an exception to the resolution since they acquired the
property in 2024 before the resolution was passed. The Board inquired about the owners ’
background and experience running CLA ’s, which this would be their first facility. There were
also inquiries about what improvements were made to the building to support the CLA.
It was moved by Trustee Greaves and seconded by Trustee Woods to accept the appeal of the
occupancy for a Community Living Arrangement at 4798 W. Willow Road. The motion was
carried 3-2.
V I. Recess into Closed Session Pursuant to Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c) for the Following
Reasons:
It was moved by Trustee Greaves and s econded by Trustee Owens at 6:59 p.m. to recess
into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion,
compensation, or performance valuation data of any public employee over which the
governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility , specifically the annual
performance evaluation of the Village Manager The m otion was carried unanimously .
It was moved by Trustee Johnson and s econded by Trustee Owen to reconvene into open
session at 8:08 p.m. The motion was carried unanimously.
V II. Adjournment
It was moved by President Montgomery to adjourn at 8:08 p. m .
Caren Brustmann
Village Clerk
Source: Village of Brown Deer website. First collected Oct 16, 2026.