Resolution 86-26-27 · Adopted August 17, 2026 · 10–0
PART 1 — DOCUMENTED FACTS
What the primary record says
Action: The Common Council adopted Resolution 86-26-27 on August 17, 2026, by a 10–0 roll-call vote. Sponsors: Alderpersons Mitchell and Perrella. Motion to adopt by Boorse, seconded by Close.
Property: Approximately 55.361 acres of vacant land in the Town of Wilson, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin — on the south side of Weeden Creek Road and the east side of Moenning Road.
Sellers: Mark A. Pearce, Catherine A. Pearce, Rachel A. Olig, Matthew G. Pearce, and Mitchell J. Pearce.
Parcel numbers:
59030454780 59030454810 59030454815 59030454782
Price: $1,937,635.00, computed at $35,000.00 per acre for 55.361 acres, payable in full at closing. Funded via a 2026 budget amendment: Capital Fund – Development - Land (Acct. No. 400400-621100) and Capital Fund – Debt Proceeds (Acct. No. 101-493000).
Purpose: The City’s Southside Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Project. The City initiated negotiations under Wis. Stat. § 32.05(2a) for easement interests; the owners elected to sell the full parcels in fee simple in lieu of condemnation.
Process: The council convened in closed session at 7:16 PM. The minutes cite Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(g); the property-purchase exemption is § 19.85(1)(e). It reconvened in open session at 7:53 PM — 37 minutes — and adopted the resolution. Meeting adjourned 7:55 PM.
PART 2 — SHEVEGAS ANALYSIS
The figures above were legally disclosed in the public packet — and I found no local press coverage of the vote afterward. A $1.94 million land commitment moved through a 37-minute closed session in the August dead-cycle.
At $35,000 per acre — reported at the same per-acre figure as the Amazon sale, to be confirmed — the city paid a steep multiple over agricultural use value for interceptor land, with the money committed before a shovel hits the ground.
Primary sources: City of Sheboygan Common Council, 10th Regular Meeting, August 17, 2026 — agenda packet, Resolution 86-26-27, Purchase and Sale Agreement (24 pages), meeting minutes.
Packet: ADA packet (Municode)
Verified line-by-line against the packet on October 3, 2026. Part 1 is verbatim from the record. Part 2 is SheVegas editorial analysis.