 like to ask the city clerk to please call the attendance roll all the person born here all the person Donahue all the person Felde here all the person aclea other person aclea here okay thank you all the person Phillips all the person Decker here all the person Sorenson here all the person Avoglio all the person Flicky Panesky all the person Mitchell here there are 10 present thank you would the clerk then please read the quote for the day thank you mr. Mayor when you focus on the good the good gets better thank you very much please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from our 19th meeting held on January 4th all the person Sorenson thank you mayor move to approve the minutes from our last meeting thank you for that motion in support is there any discussion on those minutes seeing none all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye aye aye opposed motion passes next item is mayoral appointment attorney Adams appointment from the mayor your consideration William Bolson to be considered for appointment to the library board the fill of vacancy with the term expiring on April 19 2021 that will lay over thank you next item on the agenda is a public forum there's no one this evening okay then we'll go on with a presentation the 2021 state of the city address a minute by administrator Todd Wolf right city council mayor city clerk city attorney and department heads proud to present thank you today's today's quote is actually very very astute for today's presentation when you focus on the good the good gets better and I'm just gonna kind of go over the city of Sheboygan state of the city our 2020 quarters 3 and 4 update and then we're gonna also talk about the 2021 strategic plan overview so as they would say that you know the best time to become the city's city administrators during a COVID pandemic and budget time so it's great times so next when we talked about our prior state I wanted to kind of emphasize one of the items that I talked about during the Todd on tour and that was the our prior state decades of limited investment in valuable city resources so I'm going to start with our number four which is our roads we all understand that with our city our number one constituent complaint is how we take care of our 200 plus miles of roads we talk about our number three which is our infrastructure buildings and ERP system which is our enterprise these are areas that we just definitely have to invest in and number two is our fleet are not just our buildings but our fleet as in our you know fire trucks police cars are you know all the utility vehicles that we use within our cities for our city services and then our number one which is our most important is our employees our biggest asset next so when we talk about prior state led it's led to the following issues we've had communication issues I think that's number one we've lacked an adequate internal communication between and within departments it's something that we strive to improve our permissions these are things that we've identified inadequate improper and mismanaged permissions now why is that it's it's more of the fact that nobody's really looked into how does the process work so it's not something that was done on deliberately it's something that's been done because of the lack of tools and training approvals limited consistency and or oversight in numerous approval area processes again it's not something that's deliberate it's something that's been done just from an oversight perspective documentation these are things that I follow that we found we lack adequate documentation and numerous processes procedures and and a number of areas again it takes time to document how you do things inefficient processes one of the things that I keep explaining to people is that the city which is we are a great city but we're just like any business we don't always have time to focus on how we do things so we just get it done that's part of the problem cultural issues leadership failures and mismanagement led to the stagnant apathetic and internal culture this is typical in business that I've seen in my life in my career but it's also very prevalent within the city this took decades to build the situation and change will correct us as we work on this together next when we talk about our core values and focus I think this is something that it's just amazingly brilliant the way we've put it together so we put it we built it into a what's called a stairs approach so these are the values that we work with our department heads and employees with on a on a day-to-day basis everything that we do we want to focus on our state on our values so obviously s is for service service is internal and external these are things that we should be focusing on whether we're alders internal department heads or employees working together internally and externally our teamwork again teamwork it sounds simple but it every day we work together as a team whether it's one department helping another or alders helping in constituents it takes a team to make everything go go smooth accountability it's something that typically is very difficult with it when when you talk about companies and the city is like a company and accountability is something that also helps our employees to understand that we are responsible for everything that we do we're accountable for everything that we we every process that we we do on a day-to-day basis I is something that we actually have to work and focus a lot harder on as a community and that's innovation we've been so stagnant in so many of our ERP systems and technology systems that we really need to work for further to improve that and we are in that process respect again that's internal and external respect is something that we should be doing for each other our constituents our team our team leaders and our employees and then s one of the most important ones is obviously stupid good stewardship and fiscal responsibility these are things that everybody takes for granted but we as a as a city we are focusing on these on our day-to-day pieces these are great values and I think that something that we really need to focus on next so when we talk about our core core values it these are things that are drivers for the city's mission to steer towards our city's vision next they help us to provide services towards to our strategic plan and focus areas and the goals that we have set forth next it helps us to improve and innovate services provided to our residents on a day-to-day basis next it helps us to ensure tighter fiscal fiscal and process controls as we as we work on our core values daily next it helps us to create the gold standard for operations and this is something that I strive strive for for the city of Sheboygan is that I want every business in our in our community to look at the city of Sheboygan as the gold standard for operations whether it's fiscal or process oriented next and I want to see the city of Sheboygan become an employer of choice and that's again if we take care of our systems and our processes have good stewardship and we take care of our number one asset and that's our employees next part of our strategic plan is obviously our city's mission next and then in achieving our city's mission using our core values that ultimately helps us to achieve our city's vision and these are things that we'll be addressing in our in our upcoming strategic plan next so when we look at it and we put it all together our strategic plan is really focusing number one on our core values those core values are our stairs approach and helping us to achieve our mission and our vision that the city and constituents have chosen next so when we look at 2020 quarters 3 and 4 I first the first thing that I implemented when I first entered into this position was what we call the TOT taught on tour so I met with all of the employees or at least tried to and I met with all the shifts all the departments all of all of the facilities that we have here at the city so I introduced myself explained to them that I'm honest and up front whether they like it or not I provided them with history of my private sector and city involvement I provided them with management philosophy and how I look at developing our employees and making them better at what they do we're only as strong as our as our weakest link and that's that's something that we need to work understand also focused on our process improvement our ability to perform with lean six sigma and also changes coming next the next thing that I did was working with our team was the overdue cultural changes empowering employees to make improvements and provide better services these are things that are very important in my opinion so our employees no many no many of the areas that need improvement which have fallen on deaf ears over the years there is a level of excitement as change is happening but with change comes apprehension and concern next so the next the next part part that we started to look at is course correction and that's something that I focus on is when you understand where you are and where we need to go we need to make changes so part of the course corrections is making sure that people understand that these are these are changes in a positive way so doing nothing with regards of making a decision is not the not the perfect decision creating no decision or progress is the worst decision that can be that can be made next so one of the biggest concerns that I had is eliminating the status quo and having somebody say well that's the way we've always done it that's just one thing that just irritates me if you can imagine that so we need to listen communicate and help make positive change and affect our operating our standard operating procedure next so when we continue to look at this one of the statements that I've said and a lot of people say I have I have a plethora of todisms but it basically the statement is if you see something say something so many people have been here for so long and it's a great thing but it's also the fact that they they're also so used to doing things the same way they've been doing them because it works and just because it works doesn't necessarily mean it's the right process so my concern when I first started was that many things many have been in survival mode and that they are proud with the proud of the processes that they've established over the years they have not been given the resources and time to correct the processes another concern is the fear of doing something wrong we have great employees we have great direct department heads nobody wants to make a mistake if it works why change it and that's not really the thing that we need to do we need to make change to improve our processes because sometimes the information that we're doing isn't necessarily needed next so one of the next steps is empowering the employees to seek positive and proactive change this is about working smarter not harder not focusing on a focusing on pointing fingers focusing on fixing the process to benefit all next the last the last part of this is basically declare Sheboygan officially open for business one of the things that we have to remember is you know with COVID it has slowed development down but we also have have upset some of the developers and business businesses within Sheboygan that we are difficult to work with so one of my focuses along with our team is making sure that people understand we are open for business and that is that's something that we we strive for next so there is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all by Peter Drucker so many people don't realize how strong that statement is but we're good at a lot of things very efficiently but that doesn't necessarily mean that the value of that efficient process is giving us something that's needed next so we're going to talk about investment employees for 2020 quarters three and four next part of our investment in in our number one asset which is employees is the realign realigning employees work focus to support our stairs core core values as we discussed earlier next collaborative job description revision accurately reflect duties performed it's been many many years that the job descriptions have been updated so a lot of people we need to balance the job descriptions make sure that the departments have the balanced amount of work and that's again part of teamwork part of service part of using innovation making sure that we're working smarter not harder it's also making sure that we're not doing things that are that are low value or no value next so the next part of it was the development of the position goals and personal development this is something that we implemented in our annual review and that's basically asking for our employees our team members how do you feel you're doing and what would you like as far as tools resources and what goals do you have to help them be successful in the future next next step was initiating employee training collaboration and team team building these are things that will be ongoing in 2021 and into the future as we continue to build our team and make sure that everybody's working more collaboratively versus in silos or islands as I call it next next we're going to be improving communication creating synergies between departments again I've seen that the city which is a great city and we have a great team tend to have like islands where we don't communicate very well even though you might be next door to each other next our annual employee evaluation and survey forms and revisions and this I actually have to apologize because with everything going on we did do an employee survey and we were not able to at this up to date provide that information back to the employees and that will be coming out in first quarter of 2021 next so investment employees continued for 2020 so we talk about restructure so part of the restructuring was finance and human resources department realignment we all remember the cla report well it's taking it to that next level so decades of long overdue consideration and change we provided first employee picnic also which attempted to reach 100% of the staff formally 14% so when we think about restructuring it's not just what we're doing in finance but it's also employee involvement and what what have we been doing to to get the employees involved with each other we also increased the employee appreciation gift by $5 to $20 and added the clarity of usage and requirements so again because the employees had given us information and we need we need to listen to them if we're going to give them something as a benefit we need to listen to them why the benefit had less value next so revamp we started to perform audits and document decades old and non-existent policies and procedures identifying segregation of duties and checks and balances again as you heard me say before it's not deliberate it's just one of those situations that over time people took on responsibilities that they really shouldn't have had and it's not fair to the employee so all efforts provide direct support to munis upgrade previously completed in 2017 utilization and external project management by bay core support for this and future upgrades again what we're trying to do is we're trying to teach our teams our teams how to actually be project project leaders within within our system so that we can teach people how to fish versus giving them a fish when it comes to our upgrades when it comes to our ERP system we should be doing an upgrade every 12 to 18 months versus every several years it's just it's a big elephant to bite off of next so when we talk about retooling so we some of the parts that we put together was establish cross-training protocols again when somebody's on vacation things shouldn't stop provide coaching and mentoring opportunities again we coach and mentor every day but really we want to take that further we're trying to help build the team and help everybody to be successful help employees develop growth within their positions again that's part of our annual review and it's also through coaching and mentoring create career paths for those that desire future growth again it's understanding what what your team wants if you have somebody you want to make sure that you help them to be successful and then all everybody will be successful ensure healthy working environments we've also instituted a go 365 health and wellness program and we're hoping that that takes off in a positive way we also initiated a core lean team and we've already been successful in performing some process improvements with some of the some of the programs that we have in place next so invest in employees always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers Steven Covey we have to remember part of our number one core value in in our stairs approach is service next investment in our business infrastructure if you've always if you've always done it that way it's probably wrong Charles Kettinger I can't say it any more than that it's it says it for itself there's so many things that I've had people say but Todd that's the way we've always done it doesn't mean it's value added doesn't mean it's something that we need next so when we talk about investments in business infrastructure 2020 quarters three and four since 2017 the strategic plan focused on the overdue infrastructure improvements in the city significant investment in the city's internal business systems and technology infrastructure a component of the city's overall infrastructure has been severely lacking for decades these critical elements are pivotal for city staff to provide best services which our residents deserve continue the city's progress towards the strategic plan core values its mission and vision and guarantee the city's future success again when we think about it technology is something that we really should all be in embracing look at with COVID-19 we wouldn't be here talking virtually if we didn't invest in technology sort of very lucky so as far as a an overview investment in business infrastructure we put a timeline together so since july of 2020 through december 2020 we started out with information and business systems assessment next we went into the current vision munis ERP support ending in 2021 so when I came in it was identified that our present ERP system was no longer going to be managed and maintained as of the end of december 2021 so that meant that we had to get the ERP upgrade in right away next the as 400 system is outdated significantly we knew that we needed to get off of that but that system is actually involved and integrated into many departments whether it's police fire dpw um city clerk hr i mean it touches everyone but it's very old technology next we brought in and contracted with bachor bachor group for project management for a business and information systems upgrade again they are actually helping us to help ourselves for the future and they are the project leader for multiple ERP system upgrades next we defined our as 400 migration planning and we started to actually migrate and take things off of the as 400 and bring in other sources whether it's using munis or bringing in other modules that we'll be able to take and get us off the as 400 next during 2023 and fourth quarter we also brought in additional laptops computers for additional capabilities working remotely because of covet 19 and a lot of that was also benefited because of the cares act money to help us next virtual connectivity for municipal court and numerous conference rooms again because of the cares act dollars we were able to increase our capability for virtual communication and meetings and we were able to assist the municipal court by having virtual meetings for them for their attendance i don't want to say defendants but next eam software exploration that also is a huge program that will be helping us with our dpw that'll only take about five percent off the as 400 but again every little piece takes a chunk of it off next neighborly loan software which you got the council will be see we'll see the contract coming through very soon that is something that we are requesting for the implementation and collaboratively managed by the city development and finance department it is only a two percent but our loans have been an area that has created a lot of strife not just internally but externally next munis version 2019 test scripts scripts are procedures and we are presently in the process of doing the testing so compliments to all of the departments for the overtime and extra hard work and i can literally say blood sweat and tears um just because again everybody is doing this above and beyond what their daily duties are so compliments to everybody next next item is the ms microsoft office upgrade phased in phased in over two years we actually some of that was actually pushed out to 2022 and we've been able to pull that back so some of the upgrades already occurred already in 2020 and in 2021 we should have everybody believe it or not on microsoft 2019 finally we're on 2020 10 right now so again we're behind in our technologies next so again investment in business infrastructure 2020 it's very important that people understand many of these long overdue investments in the city internal systems infrastructure continue into 2021 as i've said before 2021 really needs to be an internal focus on how we do things and our efficiencies so several of these projects are multi phased and will support further exploration for efficiencies and help the staff work smarter not harder again innovation is the calling card of the future next so when we talk about 2020 quarters three and four we also talk about the COVID-19 related items upgrades infrastructure for safety upgraded cleaning protocols disinfecting fogging machines not just for city hall but for dpw and for transit filters to improve internal air quality were available next meet public library provided additional tax levy to support library operations and for 2021 next 2021 budget again completed fiscally responsible budget during health pandemic for key leadership change mid-year maximizing closure of the tit 11 and the air and erp and we we did leave some tax levy on the table because that meant that we would have had to raise our taxes even higher next human resources development restructuring again that's ongoing process procedures review benefits upgrade and audit staff changes there's been so much going on within our human resources department next employee survey updated inter interdepartmental communication team revised annual survey results to be presented in first quarter and again i apologize as i had stated in my taught on tour we are going to be transparent we are going to bring that forth and we are going to have discussions about it but unfortunately because of timing and all of the projects that we have in place we haven't had a chance to actually present it but that will be coming next fire department contract negotiations tentative agreements have been reached in December of 2020 from what i understand and it will be presented to council in real soon next process control audits again reviews began in 2020 some processes controls not reviewed for decades streamlining and strengthening controls continues in 2021 again this is not deliberate this is something that is ongoing and something that we will we will improve and help our employees to protect our departments next finance finance department restructuring again like human resources there's been a lot of changes going on in finance and in human resources again we did our audit our pre-audit and documentation processes and procedures implemented efficiencies mentorship with uh with a consultant which is a great asset our staff changes and additions have continued to have been very positive next so looking forward in 2021 without continued growth in progress such words as improvement achievement and success have no meaning believe it or not benjamin franklin next so when we look at 21 2021 strategic plan 2017 through 2021 is the strategic plan extension i i'm going to be asking for a one-year extension from our our current strategic plan which runs through 2021 and extended into 2022 completion of the 2021 projects and initiatives outlined in the 2021 budget and cip next 2021 professional and strategic planning build upon the current focus areas additional diversity and inclusion promote shabuigan as a premier community both business and residential next 2021 plan for for 2023 strategic plan utilization of of professional services to properly engage residents and create a comprehensive 2023 through 2027 strategic plan again for a community of our size we really need to invest in a very professional strategic plan to help us communicate and get more information from our constituents in where do they want us to be for our vision so that we can divide define our mission and we can make sure that we utilize our core values to achieve those expectations next so when we look in the 2021 investment in employees again our number one asset position analysis non-represented non-represented employee position duties reviewed by external agency so in the we're in the process of sending out our job descriptions that we've revised and making sure that they they actually make sense that they're accurate that the balancing is correct and then we're going and then we're going to move forward on that next team development and customer service again services are number one stairs value training and and practice for dignity and respect and inclusion for internal and external customers again there's so many things that we need to include when it comes to team development and and our customer service as a as a company and city next one of my favorites process improvement auditing again continued documentation progress into 2021 next employee training another area that needs significant emphasis on expand employee training and to become ongoing effort for knowledge and growth this is not something that should be a one-off for 2021 this should be something that employees have time within all of the departments so that they can continually have training and development to help them run and operate their departments more efficiently and effectively next succession planning this is one thing that i i really think is a huge deficit within our city we shouldn't be waiting for somebody to retire we should be planning on people to be successfully retiring from the city from our from our from our business and making sure that we're not leaving ourselves with a big void having succession planning is also the fact that you understand where your weaknesses are your strengths are and making sure that we have a plan so that we have overlapping ability so that when somebody's leaving somebody's coming in and there's a transition of those um tribal knowledge can be absorbed and understood next one of the things for that excited a lot of the employees for 2021 in which was a very large benefit and we are thankful that the council was in acceptance of this which which was the hsa contribution which was reinstated in 2021 for active employees only next so when we look at 2021 internal infrastructure and we we go from the top down ongoing user training ongoing scheduled upgrades we look at munis expansion integration utilization of owned and unused modules what does tod mean by that there are so many modules that we actually as a city as a company own and we haven't had the time and resources to actually turn them on and use them efficiently and effectively so we're going to be starting that process in 2021 the as 400 migration again the goal is to get off of the old technology and get into the tyler munis which is our ERP system and or utilizing additional modules that work with the munis technology next one is the munis upgrade which we are in the process of testing for the munis upgrade but that's just the base base functionality after that we will get into the actual upgrades and the actual improvements that are in the munis upgrade of 2019 next one is departmental munis super users and project leads coaches and cross training this was what i consider new to the city but it's something that's very important and i see a lot of success because there's a hierarchy there's the ability to create an institute team building within the different departments by having super users and coaches when there's a problem the problem is reviewed by multiple people and it's not just one person by themselves trying to figure it out next so 2021 investment in infrastructure it is like a web which is what you're supposed to see in the background there so never really loan software launch collaborative efforts between the city city development and finance departments providing users with on with online interface again we have so many loans out there with businesses and residents that with this new system they'll actually be able to go online if they choose and they'll be able to actually check how you know how much do i owe what are my payments how much have i paid all of that online versus calling and asking again it makes us more efficient helps them to be more efficient next shifts shifts and awards focus my predecessor was very involved with awards as we all know for me it's more of a shift focus to internal process control management i don't need an award to tell us we're successful what i need is processes and daily activities to be successful next fleet management review again we spend a lot of money on our fleet one of the things that we'll be looking at is making sure that we have alternative methods for financing purchase disposal and management of our fleet and there's multiple types out there for that next we'll be looking at maximizing alternative funding sources tighter budgets lead all departments to seek and fully exhaust alternative funding sources again working smarter next delinquent personal property tax management create and establish a process again this is an area that has caused a lot of strife internally and externally with our with our citizens next our eam selection this is a process that's going to be very very helpful on multiple levels it's continue vendor review and planning process for 2021 implementation we've recently had to demo for the second second option this is this eam program is going to help us with inventory management maintenance it's going to tell us where our assets are it's it's it's it's very exciting things next eam implementation this is this is the part that i need everyone to understand also because we'll be talking about these these projects for quite a while it's estimated that that process alone will take upwards of nine months to to complete one of the most significant and revolutionary investments in the city's internal infrastructure begin in 2021 and complete in 2022 again i look at it and say it's a five percent reduction in the as 400 but truly we're adding a lot of benefits that we don't have today what do we have for assets what what do we do for maintenance management things like that so these are things that are going to make us more efficient at our day-to-day practices next munis code enforcement module launch this is a this is a actual module that we have and in the past we actually looked at it we as a city and we did not like it at that time but the updated version is something that's going to help us so we're looking to utilize previously purchased ear ERP module to streamline operations direct interface with munis financial platform and this will be a 10 reduction off the as 400 again our goal is to continuously chip away at the as 400 technology so when webs when spider webs unite they can tie up a lion african proverb again everything that we do within the city is like a spider web next 2021 new initiatives so in 2021 we're looking to support our stairs core values and substantial investment in our business infrastructure and employees the city will begin utilizing our lean principles to identify the and remove waste lean will improve the city's services allowing employees to work smarter and provide residents the best possible outcomes the best thing about lean is it doesn't cost anything it's a process it's a philosophy it's continuous improvement next so 2021 new initiatives eam enterprise asset management i've touched on that quite a bit integrates our gis to work and work for work order systems manage resident requests asset management preventative maintenance and track distribution and and limited resources next significantly improves the level of service our residents request monitoring in real time save time and expenses reduced travel time to look to locate tools and equipment data manuals data information is accessible in real time and to technicians in the field so i use the example as we have an accident somebody knocks down a a power pole or a light pole we send dpw out there they have to drive out there to look at it see which one it is see what the electrical schematic is go back to dpw get the information go back out into the field and then they can make the make the repair this will all be able to be done via an ipad or some type of a tablet next asset conditions and assessments depreciation and conditioning tracking in real time timely and informative data for budgeting and capital planning one of my most exciting pieces to the eam is the ability for us to have a better handle on our strategic planning when it comes to what our assets life is how much we're spending on our on our assets and what the lifespan is so that we can plan for the future on some of these um changes next so the last one best one of all to provide the to provide the best level of service and efficiencies which a city of shabuigan residents deserve the city needs to invest in the training and technologies to make these expectations a reality have a dream define the plan make it happen by yours truly so in closing I just want to say thanks to carry for this presentation and support I also want to say thanks to the city department heads and the employees our number one asset for this progressing growth that I've been able to go over tonight thank you thank you very much for that presentation Todd are there any questions then next we'll go on to the mayor's announcements I just want to start out and say thank you to Todd for the great work that he's been doing in the short time he's been with us in the administrator role of course he had a leg up because he spent many years as a council president but it's just amazing the the business education that he's bringing to the city and all the changes that we're making in a very positive direction today is martin luther king day in a day when we celebrate martin luther king's legacy and honor in his sacrifice celebrating his birthday it gives us time to reflect on our rich culture and history of african-americans here in america it also allows us to appreciate those people and things in our life that we're most grateful for martin luther king jr inspired the human race to strive for love peace and harmony amongst all people of all color in his words and dedication to equality continue to inspire us today today i've got uh some retirement certificates to present first of all i'd like to call up kurt rosser kurt grew up in shabuigan county graduating from woosburg high school in 1986 after high school kurt enrolled at u w oshkosh where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice while working at the appleton police department as a cso kurt was then hired by the shabuigan police department in may 29th of 1990 during this time with the department he had the opportunity to serve as a dare instructor emergency response team operator and team leader field training officer crime scene reconstruction unit honor guard peer support team and meg unit investigator in 2005 kurt was promoted to a lieutenant was assigned at the meg unit commander he was selected to attend and graduated from the united states drug enforcement administrations drug unit commanders academy in 2005 he was later transferred to the criminal investigation division as a lieutenant kurt was selected to attend the 129th administrative officers course at the southern police institute in 2013 and graduated as a dean scholar recognition of earning a grade of a in each of the graduate courses that he was enrolled in on august 4th of 2014 he was promoted to captain and assigned to the criminal investigation division kurt is a long record of achievement with into department and his letter contributed to numerous process improvements within our investigative division additionally he's well respected throughout the county in the state he has been commended repeatedly throughout his career for his compassion that he demonstrates to victims he has a strong sense of humor and an easygoing personality and is appreciated by all kurt shared with me that he is grateful to everyone in the department for the positive impact that they have had on him in his career and he is proud of the work and grateful to have the opportunity to work with everyone in the city of shabuagan chief damagalski told me that he is grateful for the leadership the service and hard work that kurt has shared with the city and his department his leadership his willingness to take on challenges and the strength of his relationships throughout the state in this county i have helped him to improve our investigative capabilities and eliminate silos and improve collaboration kurt on behalf of the city we're thankful for your 30 years of dedicated service and the positive contributions that you've made to the police department over this time please accept our best wishes for a happy retirement and i'd like to give you this certificate of appreciation the kurt rasser for his 30 years of dedicated service from may 29th of 1998 through january 29th of 2021 third thank you so much thank you thank you sir next i'd like to call up cameron steward cameron steward grew up in fondleac wisconsin graduating from fondleac goodrich high school in 1985 after high school cameron was enrolled at uw oshkosh where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and political science he then attended the law enforcement academy at fox valley technical college graduating in august of 1990 cameron was hired by the shabuagan police department on december third of 1990 and during this time in patrol cameron took on the additional duties as a field training officer emergency response team member and was the original member of the game crimes unit that later became the street crimes unit cameron was an advisor for the department explorer post and served on the board of park and forestry and the city building use committee cameron was promoted to detective on november 11th of 1998 and as a detective he worked closely with the shabuagan fire department the state fire marshal atf as an arson investigator he served as a law enforcement rep on the u.s attorney's training committee and the shabuagan police department peer support team and finally he has served on the board of the shabuagan professional police association and the benevolent association for over 20 years cameron's personal file is filled with department commendations too numerous to mention he told me that he has been a it has been a true honor and privilege to serve beside all the members of the shabuagan police department as an officer and a detective for the city of shabuagan and will miss most camaraderie than friendships that he shared with each of them he is grateful for the opportunity to become a member of the community provide service to the community and have the opportunity to raise his family here chief don mogulski told me that he was grateful for the leadership competence and professionalism that cameron has molded through his career he is easy and going and approachable and his personality has enabled him to become a strong role model and a mentor for new officers and an advocate for victims he has been a positive influence on the department culture and has been a consistent and dependable worker in the department cameron on behalf of the city we are very thankful for your 30 years of dedicated service and positive contributions that you've made to the police department of the city and please accept my best wishes for a happy retirement please give me this tip of appreciation for your 30 years of dedicated service from december 3rd of 1990 to january 31st of 2021 cameron thank you so much chief we've been having too many of these retirements is there anybody left in your that's good at this time i'd like to give an update on the covet 19 for monday january 18th first of all review of the numbers in positive cases we increased by 273 we now have 715 active cases that's down 297 from a week ago we have 11350 recovered cases that's up 376 from a week ago and our hospital population has gone down from 14 to 12 unfortunately we've had a lot of deaths in the last week or so almost 10 percent of the deaths that we've seen throughout this covet pandemic came in the last two weeks and we had 12 more deaths than in the total of 108 altogether the negative tests have grown by another hundred other 752 up to 42 131 the trajectory of the numbers since new years has been steady but with a burden rate of 610 per 100,000 the county is still at a very high ranking the efforts of so many this time at this time has reduced the strain on our hospital admissions so please continue to wear a mask wash and sanitize your hands often and maintain social distance and avoid groups of people in your family other not in your family the wisconsin national guard testing site has averaged a little over a hundred tests each day last week their testing will continue on wednesdays and fridays at the chevoy and coney aging and disability resource center in chevoy and falls the state of wisconsin has allocated uh six thousand six hundred and seven thousand vaccines to chevoy and coney 373,000 have been shipped and 213,000 have been administered as of this morning to group a one individuals which include local hospitals and clinics nine nursing homes in chevoy and have had their initial clinic visit for staff and residents in account for over 600 of those vaccinations it's anticipated start date for assisted living facilities is january 25th public health is waiting for a definition of the 1b participants and the timeline for the rollout of the next phase of vaccinations from the state of wisconsin and just one other note the chevoy and coney warming center is open and operating warming center at st siril methodius church and that will be open through april 15th of this year the purpose of the warming center is to provide safe temporary overnight shelter for adults over age 18 who may be homeless because of emergencies of any kind and who will be housed in an overnight basis pending availability the center uh is able to accommodate a maximum of 40 guests and is supervised by between two and ten volunteer staff members from local churches thank you next we'll move on to the consent agenda this will include items 2.2 through 2.8 all the person sorenson thank you mayor i moved to receive and file all ro's receive all rc's and adopt all resolutions and ordinances is there thank you for that motion and support those items are before us is there any discussion on any of those items seeing none i'd ask the clerk to please call the roll for passage ten eyes motion passes under reports of officers item 3.1 is our own number 122 of 2021 by the city planning commission to who is referred general ordinance number 29 of 2021 by all their person donahue and our own number 116 of 2021 by the city clerk granting the john michael cooler art center and its successors and assigns the privilege of encroaching upon described portions of the 600 block of new york avenue of the city of shabuigan for the purposes of adding a second entrance sign all the person born thank you mayor i make a motion to receive the ro and adopt the ordinance thank you for that motion and support is there any discussion on that motion seeing none will the clerk please call the roll ten eyes motion passes items 3.2 through 3.6 will be referred to various committees under resolutions item 4.1 is resolution number 144 of 2021 by all their persons donahue decker feldi acoly and savaglio condemning the rioting and destruction at the u.s. capital all their person donahue although i i do this more as a direct referral than an actual requirement to suspend the rules given the timely nature of the matter and the need to express our concerns i would like to suspend the rules is there any objection to suspension hearing none please proceed thank you i will move to adopt the resolution thank you for that motion is there a second i can't thank you very much for the three of them all that's before us for for discussion seeing no other discussion i'd ask the clerk to please call the roll ten eyes motion passes thank you item 4.2 is resolution number 145 of 2021 by all their persons acoly donahue boran savaglio flicky paneski feldi philips sorenson michel and decker commemorating the distinguished service of laurence felton to the city of shabuigan all their person sorenson thank you very asked for suspension of the rules is there any objection to suspension seeing none please proceed thank you may i move to adopt the resolution thank you for that motion and support is there any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor please oh let's see we have the clerk has to call that roll ten eyes and that passes unanimously thank you items uh 4.3 through 4.7 will be referred to various committees under reports of committees item 5.1 is rc number 227 of 2021 by the finance and personnel committee to his referred resolution number 141 of 2021 by all the persons donahue and boran authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute an agreement between the city of shabuigan lakeland university and the color credit union regarding the 2021 memorial day parade and recommends to adopt the resolution and amend the agreement to replace section four parentheses age with the following hold harmless slash indemnification to the extent permitted by law launch shall hold harmless defend and or indemnify color credit union and the city from any and all claims actions suits and charges and awards finds labor disputes charges or cost of any kind or character including attorneys fees and court costs that arise or may arise out of launches performance or non-performance of any term obligation service or conditions set forth in this agreement all the person donahue the committee and adopt the resolution with the amended agreement second thank you for that motion and support are there any questions on the motion seeing none will the clerk please call the roll for passage ten eyes motion passes item 5.2 is rc number 228 of 2021 by the licensing hearings and public safety committee recommending that the common council grant alcohol beverage license number 3461 hcm hospitality bar 43 at the harbour center marina matt bower agent and extension until june 30th of 2021 to open for business all the person sorenson thank you mayor i move to receive the report of committee and grant the extension thank you for that motion and support is there any discussion on the motion seeing none will the clerk please call the roll ten eyes motion passes dean did you have a comment no okay now item 5.3 is rc number 229 for of 2021 by the public works committee to whom was referred general ordinance number 28 of 2021 by all the persons decker and sorenson reestablishing the bulkhead line from the north side of the shabuagan river in the city of shabuagan and recommends adopting the ordinance all the person decker thank you mayor i make a motion to receive the rc and adopt the ordinance second thank you for that motion and support is there any discussion on the motion seeing none will the clerk please call the roll ten eyes motion passes item 5.4 is rc number 230 of 2021 by the public works committee to whom was referred general ordinance number 31 of 2021 by all the persons decker and sorenson amending section 74-42 of the municipal code to allow the waiver of park rental fees for certain circumstances all the person decker thank you mayor i make a motion to receive the rc and adopt the ordinance second thank you for that motion and support that's before us is there any discussion seeing none will the clerk please call the roll ten eyes motion passes under other matters authorized by law i'll turn it over to city attorney adams thank you that'll be referred to the licensing hearings and public safety committee next all the persons sorenson are right to seeing that we have exhausted the agenda i move to adjourn all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye thank you just a reminder we we do have a committee the whole meeting following this so please stay on yes so we'll take a short recess then and we stand adjourned for the city council meeting