Meetings

The Committee on Aging will meet June 1 with a mostly report-driven agenda, and no specific decisions or proposals spelled out in the posted agenda. If you care about senior services, this looks like a check-in meeting where the real substance will depend on what comes up during reports and public input.

Utilities committee will get a packed set of updates June 1, including lead service line work, sewer lining, and a mutual-aid agreement for electric storm help. The agenda is heavy on “status” and light on specifics residents usually need (like exact streets, timelines, and costs).

The Board of Review will meet June 1, but the agenda shows no assessment appeals or other business—just a quick start and an immediate reschedule to June 24. If you care about property assessments, the real action appears to be pushed to the later date.

On June 1, the Two Rivers City Council will take up a major downtown zoning change that would allow buildings to sit closer to the sidewalk, plus a parks-related contract and a new funding idea for the Neshotah Beach concession stand.

The city’s development board will weigh how to sweeten the deal on city-backed projects — from Sandy Bay lot pricing to incentives — while also setting negotiation strategy for the Wentker Court industrial buildings and considering a site-development variance request from Renee’s Popcorn.

Public Works will take up sidewalks, multiple street/pavement projects, and a fresh round of pedestrian/traffic safety concerns on June 3. The agenda signals a lot of “status and action if needed,” but it’s light on specifics residents usually need to judge cost, timing, and disruption.

The Library Board will meet June 9 to vote on a first-aid policy update and get a summer reading program briefing. The agenda is otherwise mostly routine reports, with no closed session planned.

The Personnel and Finance Committee will review 2025 overtime, early 2025 operating results, and—most importantly—how the City Manager performed against the City’s 2025 goals. This is the committee’s chance to put clear, public benchmarks on the record instead of leaving residents guessing what the “goals” were.

The BID board heard a wave of public frustration and confusion about what the district is for and who benefits. But the board did not recommend any boundary change yet, saying the map wasn’t clear enough and voting to come back with a better one.

Explore Two Rivers’ board voted to produce its own 2027 visitor guide and set aside $10,000 in room-tax money to get it started, after learning Visit Manitowoc plans to publish a separate guide. The meeting also focused on tourism marketing tactics and the next steps for the “I Love Two Rivers” ambassador effort.

The Advisory Recreation Board spent most of its May 20 meeting on two big-picture ideas: a new “adventure” triathlon-style fundraiser for 2027 and a longer-term rethink of how the city manages cemetery landscaping to cut costs. They also got a sobering storm damage update: more than 200 trees lost and repairs expected to top $100,000.

The Environmental Advisory Board will tee up a June 6 river clean-up and take a look at its own mission and goals. The agenda also flags ongoing work on an education series and a “Sustainable Cemetery Initiative,” but details are thin in the posted agenda.

The Council voted to apply for up to $75,000 in state grant money to replace Veterans Park docks, with the city on the hook for a $25,000 match later. It also changed the rules to ban animals in designated downtown event areas during Applefest.

The Architectural Control Committee approved plans for a new single-family home in Sandy Bay Highlands, with one key condition about stormwater handling. The meeting started late and wrapped up in about 10 minutes.

The Library Board will welcome two new trustees and is set to take up a basic safety policy update, plus a key appointment that links the city library board to the private Library Foundation board. The agenda also includes thank-you resolutions for two long-serving trustees who are leaving the board.

Two Rivers’ Plan Commission signed off on a new self-storage site plan on Columbus Street and advanced a zoning-rule tweak meant to clarify building setbacks in the Main Street/waterfront overlay area. Both votes were unanimous, with a small but telling wording fix flagged before the ordinance goes to City Council.

The Police and Fire Commission met briefly and went into closed session for “Succession / Recruitment Planning,” then came back out and took no public action. The public still doesn’t get to see what options were discussed or what direction, if any, was agreed to behind closed doors.