900 Quay Street  
Manitowoc, WI 54220  
City of Manitowoc  
Meeting Minutes  
Common Council  
Monday, December 1, 2025  
5:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
Note: This meeting will also be held via remote conferencing  
software (Zoom)  
A. CALL TO ORDER  
B. ROLL CALL  
8 -  
Alderpersons Present:  
Andrew Dunbar, Chad Beeman, Brian Anderson, Bill Schlei, Eric Sitkiewitz, Brett  
Norell, Todd Reckelberg and Jodi Brey  
2 - Michael Cummings and William DeBaets  
Alderpersons Absent:  
C. PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Public Hearing to be held at 5:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing any citizen or  
taxpayer on the proposed budget for the upcoming year  
Mayor declared the meeting open for a public hearing on this matter.  
City Clerk reported that the notice of the public hearing was published in  
the Herald Times Reporter on November 14, 2025. (Proof of publication is  
on file in the City Clerk's Office.)  
No parties appeared to speak on this matter.  
Mayor declared the public hearing closed. (A recording of the entire public  
hearing is on file in the City Clerk's Office.)  
D. COMMITTEE REPORTS  
1. Finance Committee  
Alderperson DeBaets arrived at 5:02 p.m.  
Alderperson Cummings arrived at 5:11 p.m.  
10 -  
Alderpersons Present:  
Andrew Dunbar, Chad Beeman, Michael Cummings, William DeBaets, Brian  
Anderson, Bill Schlei, Eric Sitkiewitz, Brett Norell, Todd Reckelberg and Jodi Brey  
General City budget of proposed 2025 levy for 2026, in the amount of  
$20,274,209 with $1,469,971 in proposed tax incremental financing  
Moved by Sitkiewitz, seconded by Schlei, the budget be adopted. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Nay:  
Dunbar, Beeman, Cummings, DeBaets, Anderson, Schlei, Sitkiewitz, Norell and  
Brey  
1 - Reckelberg  
E. ADJOURN  
A motion was made by Cummings, seconded by DeBaets, that this meeting be  
adjourned at 5:26 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:  
10 -  
Aye:  
Dunbar, Beeman, Cummings, DeBaets, Anderson, Schlei, Sitkiewitz, Norell,  
Reckelberg and Brey  
Mackenzie Reed  
City Clerk