Cottontail Lane, not Main Street, to be focus of summer roadwork

The Saukville Public Works Committee reviewed several upcoming projects and equipment updates last week, including the repaving of a road and the purchase of a new street sweeper.

The committee discussed three upcoming projects:

• Cottontail Lane will be repaved this summer by Payne & Dolan, which offered the lowest quote at $112,000. This will be done in lieu of a planned South Main St. project that was postponed by Ozaukee County to 2027.

• Park equipment donated by Port Washington State Bank will be installed in Schowalter Park starting in July.

• A total of 500 to 600 ft. of tree-damaged sidewalk will be replaced by Department of Public Works staff.

Three equipment updates were also discussed by the committee:

• A new street sweeper is in use, while the village has been unable to sell the old sweeper.

• A 2011 dump truck is being rebuilt. It is currently getting new tires and rims at Pomp’s Tire Service and is scheduled to then go to Lakeside International before getting new hydraulics and a stainless steel dump body at Casper Truck.

Minor adjustments to the Urban Area Boundary that help the Department of Transportation in awarding grants were approved by the committee, and on Monday were approved by the Finance Committee and Village Board.

The Public Works Committee also recommended two resolutions that were later approved by the Village Board that updated the village’s cemetery rules and set fees for the newly-added columbarium, an above-ground structure for urns, at Union Cemetery.

The columbarium, which cost the village $45,000 and was estimated by former Village Trustee Trevor Seitz last year to net a profit of as much as $171,000, was delivered to the cemetery earlier this month.

A niche, a space where up to two urns can be stored, costs $2,250, while opening it costs $100, according to the resolution approved by the board.

“I think it’s important to optimize the cemetery land and allow the village to respond to the demand for cremation,” Village President Andy Hebein said last year, noting the project could help the cemetery become self-sustainable.