Oak Creek showdown: Parade committee vs. Common Council over Fourth of July parade
If parade does go on, possible changes include a longer route, no candy throwing, no gathering afterward Share Updated: 5:52 PM CDT Apr 23, 2021
If parade does go on, possible changes include a longer route, no candy throwing, no gathering afterward Share Updated: 5:52 PM CDT Apr 23, 2021
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Show Transcript [SIRENS] THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE IS A TRADITION IN OAK CREEK. WE DID THAT WITH OUR FAMI AND FRIENDS. COVID CANCELED LAST YEAR’S PARADE, AND MANY WERE HOPING IT WOULD RETURN THIS YEAR. BUT THIS WEEK, THE HEAD OF THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE THAT ORGANIZES THE PARADE DELIVERED THIS NEWS TO THE COMMON COUNCIL. ALDERMEN WHO PUSHED FOR THE PARADE’S RETURN OFFERED TO START THEIR OWN COMMITTEE, AND ASKED THE CURRENT GROUP TO HAND OVER THE WORK IT HAD ALREADY COMPLETED. WOULD YOU OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS BE WILLING TO START JOTTING DOWN SOME OF T
“I probably take more complaints than anybody,” Mayor Dan Bukiewicz said.
Oak Creek Director of Community Development Doug Seymour acknowledged the city’s process for fielding and resolving complaints can be confusing, fragmented and overly complex.
To improve and streamline the relationship between the city and residents when it comes to neighborhood preservation and code compliance, the city administrator, attorney, police and fire chief, community development director and a management intern recently came together and crafted a solution: “Creek Code,” a community aesthetic preservation and nuisance abatement program.
As part of the program, the city will hire a “Neighborhood Preservation Officer.” The draft job description states the primary responsibilities of the NPO include “the public education, investigation, inspection, documentation, and enforcement of municipal ordinances, codes and regulations as they relate to the abatement of nuisances, the maintenan