Number
220565
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution authorizing the Village of Brown Deer to provide water service to a property in Mequon.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into an agreement for the
provision of water service to 5300 W. County Line Rd. in Mequon by the Village of Brown Deer
Water Public Utility.
Body
Whereas, Garden Drive, LLC, the owner of the commercial property located at 5300 W. County
Line Rd. in the City of Mequon has requested the Brown Deer Water Public Utility to furnish
water at retail through the distribution system of the Village of Brown Deer; and
Whereas, The property located at 5300 W. County Line Rd. in the City of Mequon cannot be
practicably be served by the Mequon Water Utility or the Milwaukee Water Works; and
Whereas, The City of Mequon, by its Water Utility Commission, approved the request for water
service from the Village of Brown Deer Water Public Utility at its December 14, 2021, meeting;
and
Whereas, The Village of Brown Deer, by its Village Board, approved the Agreement for Water
Service at its April 4, 2022, meeting; and
Whereas, Both the Village of Brown Deer and the City of Mequon are wholesale water
customers of the Milwaukee Water Works; and
Whereas, The wholesale water service agreement between the Village of Brown Deer and the
City of Milwaukee prohibits the Village of Brown Deer from reselling water without the
permission of the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, The Milwaukee Water Works will receive revenue at wholesale rates whether the
customer is served by the Mequon Water Utility or the Village of Brown Deer Water Public
Utility; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, That the Commissioner of Public
Works is authorized to execute the Agreement for Water Service attached to this file; and be it
Further Resolved, That the Milwaukee Water Works shall file the agreement with the ...
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