Shorewood Extends Agreement with Village Engineer

The village has extended a service agreement with its current on-call engineer Mustafa Emir.

The Village Board approved a contract with Clark-Dietz, the engineering company Emir is works for, on Monday. The contract is nothing more than an agreement from both sides to continue his engineering services with Shorewood, officials say.

“It just allows us to use him and he can bill us,” Village Manager Chris Swartz said.

Emir had previously worked for the engineering firm Bonestroo Inc., but switch to Clark Dietz a few months ago.

Since last July, Emir has been at the forefront of the village's comprehensive sewer plan, constructing the village's initial approach and managing a team of consultants tasked to refine a plan to fix faulty sewers that couldn't handle summer torrential rainfall, resulting in severe flooding and basement back-ups.

Emir will continue as the village's expert on sewers as the board approved a contract not to exceed $30,000 for managing the village’s second phase of its sewer plan. The work includes coordinating and managing the village’s three other engineering consultants it is using for planning its sewer plan, and attending meetings with the village, Whitefish Bay and state agencies.

Emir's work, however, will not be limited to just sewer plans but also engineering reviews, grant research, and grant writing. He also will  provide cost estimates and schedules for planned infrastructure improvements.

Emir has worked for all of the North Shore municipalities except for Fox Point.