The Sturgeon Bay Finance/Purchasing & Building Committee will take up several development and policy items during its meeting on Tuesday, March 31, including a detailed look at the city’s stormwater utility and key discussions on a hotel project and tourist rooming house licensing.

The stormwater utility presentation is expected to be a focal point of the meeting, including a Zoom presentation by Cedar Corporation engineer Mike Kaster. District 1 Alderperson Helen Bacon said the discussion will help explain how the system was created and funded.

“We are going to have a presentation during the meeting on why we set it up, how it was set up, and why we charge what we do,” Bacon said.

The committee will also consider updates to tourist rooming house licensing fees, part of an effort to address short-term rental oversight. Bacon said the city has been studying the issue for several years.

“We started collecting data two or three years ago about this,” she said. “We went from a two-year application process to every year, and the fee went from $100 to $200.”

Alderperson Bacon says the updated fee structure is comparable to, or lower than, that of similar municipalities.

Additional agenda items include infrastructure bids for fire utility equipment, a request from Cobblestone Hotels for a 60-day extension to complete a property purchase, tax increment district extensions for affordable housing, park concession stand repairs and discussion of the Colorado Heights housing development.

The meeting begins at 4 p.m. at Sturgeon Bay City Hall and is open to the public, with residents encouraged to attend.