The Sturgeon Bay Common Council held its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday and got an update on the Door County Granary Project.  After public comments, Beth Renstrom and Nicole Matson of the Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation spoke on the application for CDS (Congressional Directed Spending) funding through the USDA Rural Development that is under review and will be discussed at a special public meeting next Wednesday, April 26 at the Door County Library.  Earlier this month Greenfire Management Services removed the original siding from the headhouse. 

After nominated committee assignments were made and approved (see below), council member Dan Williams was re-elected unanimously as the council president.

The council then voted unanimously to keep the regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m.

In a couple of additional actions, the council kept the Peninsula Pulse as the official newspaper for the city for the second consecutive year, and public depository designations were approved for public monies that come into the city treasurer. 

The final piece of business by the Sturgeon Bay Common Council was the approval of the second reading to repeal and recreate an ordinance to lower the minimum floor area for efficiency apartments to 450 feet from 500 feet where multiple-family dwellings are zoned.

Mayor David Ward closed the meeting by thanking the council members for their commitment and time in getting the city moving forward in the past three years.