The Prescott City Council meeting was held on January 12th. 
There was a call to order and approval of the consent agenda items.
There were delivered reports from the standing committee and commissions.
Such as the Planning Commission, which met on January 5th and discussed the Great River Concept Plan and the facade improvement plan for 139 and 141 Broad Street. Both items were on the docket for the January 12th city council meeting. The planning commission also reviewed the chapter 8 land use map, which was updated since the last planning commission meeting, and the new map got the team’s nod of approval.
The next Prescott Planning Commission meeting will be February 2 at 6pm.
The Parks and Public Works Committee report from December 15th. This committee discussed the private properties in Prescott that still have private wells. The city has sent letters to these property owners about well testing, but the city has received no response, so the committee has reached out to the DNR about how to proceed further if communication doesn’t improve.
The next Parks and Public Works Committee meeting will be February 16th at 5PM.
Health and Safety met on the 12th and discussed a beer and liquor license for the Marathon gas station at 1120 US HWY 10. This topic has been moved to city council for review and approval. The committee also reviewed quotes for security upgrades to city hall and updating the fire system at city hall.
The next Prescott Health and Safety meeting is to be determined.
In the Communication and Business portion of the Prescott City Council meeting:
The Facade Improvement Program and consideration of the facade improvement program agreement between the City of Prescott and Joe and Tracy Franek for 139 and 141 Broad Street were approved.
Some history: in a previous city council meeting, the council had additional feedback about this property and sent the proposal back to the planning commission to iron out some details. The reason is that it was previously understood that the 139 and 141 Broad Street project would replace the windows with arched windows to match the historic facade of the building. Though after city staff had a discussion with the building’s proprietor, it was explained by the proprietor that the building interior ceiling would need to be lowered. As a result, the fully arched windows wouldn’t be installed without much required interior work to shore up the new windows.
After the project was sent back to the Planning Commission, a new plan has been formed. According to the agenda, the building proprietor reached out to Anderson Windows, and Anderson can install windows from the outside so they can restore the arched windows to the original design. However, the price of this project increased from an estimated $42,000 to $56,600. This means the original Facade grant of $21,000 has now increased to $28,000. The remaining funds in the Facade Improvements Program from 2025 are $8,710 to be used towards future projects.
Approval of the memorandum of understanding between the City of Prescott and the Prescott Professional Police Association. According to the agenda, under the existing Union contract, the department is restricted to filling the open K-9 position. However, due to changing needs, and workload demands, the Police Department identified the need to prioritize an investigator position rather than proceeding with filling the K-9 role at this time. This modification has gone before the Union and was “approved” by the Union. The Prescott City Council approved the modifications.
Great River Concept Plan and PUD/rezoning public notice:
The Prescott City Council approved the Great Rivers Concept Plan with proposed additions, changes, and future considerations as made by the Planning Commission. For the Great River concept plan, the city also approved the Plan Commission to hold a public hearing for a zoning map amendment, including changing three parcels from A-1 agriculture to R-5 single-family residential and adding a planned unit development overlay on four parcels.
With three Prescott elections this year, the city approved the appointing of a municipal elections inspector.
A resolution was put before the Prescott City Council for approval authorizing a pedestrian way as part of the Elm and Washington Street Reconstruction project funded by federal and local funds. This crosswalk was not in the original street design. A federal grant was received for this project. The city approved the resolution for the crosswalk at Elm and Washington Street.
The final resolution for the January 12th Prescott City Council meeting was the approval of the Concept Plan for repairs, modifications, and improvements at Sunset Park for 2026. $99,260 is planned for these improvement upgrades and maintenance. Some items will be a shelter, swing set, basketball, etc. The city approved this motion.
There will be an intergovernmental meeting of the Prescott Area Fire and EMS Association on Wednesday, January 14th, at 7PM.
The Prescott City Council went into a closed session with legal counsel for discussion and consideration of the Raze Order at 915 Canton Street, as well as legal discussion and consideration regarding a development with Capital Investment Partners.
(To listen to the broadcast sound bite, listen here.)