 Like to call the 20th regular meeting of the 2017 2018 Common Council to order with a clerk Please read the quote for the day. Thank you, mayor May today be filled with happy memories of the past and bright hopes for the future Thank you very much with a clerk Please call the roll Alderperson Lewandowski. Are you there? There are 14 present And all their person the whole shoe and born our excuse this evening Please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance Next we'll move on to approval of the minutes from our last meeting all their person wolf Thank you, mayor. I make a motion to approve second. Thank you for that motion in support. Is there any discussion on the minutes? Seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion passes Item 1.4 is the presentation human trafficking awareness by detective tamer remington from the Sheboygan police department Governor Walker recently issued a proclamation designating January is human trafficking awareness month and Please step up to the podium and that copy of that proclamation is on your desks My name is tamera remington. I'm with Sheboygan police department And I'm also a member of the federal human trafficking task force for southeastern, Wisconsin I've been a member of the federal task force since 2013 and I've been handling numerous sex trafficking cases Here in Sheboygan, Wisconsin since then I just wanted to let everybody know that We'll often hear that Sheboygan ranks number two in Wisconsin for human trafficking cases And while that may be the case, it's not necessarily a negative thing Just so you know Human trafficking is officially documented in all 72 counties of Wisconsin and that's something that It's officially documented and I'm very proud of Sheboygan in our awareness piece we are very I think we're very much ahead of the curve with the awareness and I really commend the people of Sheboygan for having presentations. It's not the prettiest of topics, but it's it's a fact It's it's nationwide. It's absolutely in Wisconsin and it's here in Sheboygan. So It's more due to the awareness that we're number two the actual definition of human trafficking Human trafficking is the overall umbrella. There are two types of human trafficking There's labor trafficking which accounts for 20% of the human trafficking and then the majority of human trafficking and sex trafficking That's 80% and that's nationwide Worldwide and also in Wisconsin and I would venture to say also in Sheboygan. However, we don't have any active labor trafficking cases being prosecuted right now The definition to so labor and sex trafficking domestic and international And it involves men women boys and girls in various capacities Just so you know in southeastern, Wisconsin the youngest victim We have documented is two years old sold for sex and up to elderly and everything in between So I really urge all of us as community members to open our eyes not just kind of Get stuck in stereotypes of what we think the victims are all races all sizes all shapes So again from age two and under up to elderly and everything in between Human trafficking sex trafficking is the obtaining the recruiting the harboring the transporting or the selling of a human being for commercial sex Acts using force fraud or coercion or providing or withholding drugs But if the victim is under 18 So a juvenile then you don't even need the force fraud or coercion. I do have to say in all of my cases. I've I have dozens of cases and All but one have involved the drugging of subjects So I'm really glad that we have the Wisconsin statute, which is ahead of the The federal statute. It doesn't even have the providing and withholding drugs. So again, we're lucky to have that One thing I wanted to let you know about is the awareness that we're doing here in Sheboygan Besides being a member of the federal task force. I'm also I was invited to join a Workgroup to work for all of Wisconsin to come up with a Indicator tool that I I have some extras to for the audience, but this is an indicator tool In which we can predict high-risk Victims of sex trafficking a new law went into effect May 29th of 2017 Another way that Sheboygan is ahead of the curve is our chief. Let us Use the Dallas Police Department model in predicting high-risk victims and then by doing that since 2015 for the last two years we were able to predict the high-risk victims the runaways and such and Provide wraparound services to prevent further victimization. So I really do appreciate that we Have have a chief that's ahead of the you know, the thinking process and I know Madison was pleased with that, too Another way that we're lucky in Sheboygan is our prosecution rate. I work with detectives all over Wisconsin and told by detectives all over that Their district attorneys are hesitant to take these cases. They're very difficult time-consuming cases and we're lucky to have Joel Armansky who takes all of my human trafficking cases Prosecutes them. We have one big case going next week as a matter of fact Just really quickly some more goals that we have There's a wonderful program called ending the game The game is what we refer to as you know life in in the being sex trafficked And once somebody enters that life, it's it's a very traumatic life And the only way to get out of that life is to break the cycle through something such as ending the game programming we In mentioning this to the community members they raised money to fund eight women to go through the program this past summer and I a future goal is to get it into our jail where I currently have at least a dozen young women who are actually asking to Go through ending the game so that they don't keep Going through this terrible cycle of trauma Another thing that our goal our goal is to eventually have a transitional living facility. Hopefully so far we have to Send our survivors elsewhere a new home just opened up in Green Bay called Rose home. So we're very excited It's already full And they do have ending the game Programming there I did pass out Some of the signs to look for and I have extra copies for the audience But signs to look for and this is something that the community can get involved in as a whole I think as a community we owe it To to the community and our loved ones because as I said before Anybody can become a victim The main thing that everybody has in common is that they're vulnerable and all human beings are vulnerable at some point in their lives Signs to look for If somebody is you know has somebody always in control of them or they're not able to speak for themselves Noticing brandings tattoos scars that kind of thing It's not a hundred percent an indicator but that in combination with numerous motel keys Injuries fear of law enforcement or speaking out Or people hanging out with a much older crowd. These are signs to look for and So I have the additional signs to look for for the The audience One one quick thing to where we're lucky to have the partnerships Shrubboi and police department works in conjunction with runaway youth services Horizons for girls stars Love ink we're very lucky to have all of these groups and we're all on the same page And as I said before a new law went into effect May 29th of 2017 in which CPS now has to take all Child sex trafficking cases even if it's a non caregiver issue So we meet regularly with CPS to make sure that we are providing proper services to high-risk children and youth of Shoeigan So thank you all for being a part of the solution and Thank you for your time tonight Timer, thank you very much for your presentation Do we have anyone signed up for the public forum this evening? There is no one to me. Thank you. Next we'll move on to mayor's announcements I'd like to call up Dan Brady Dan Brady retired from the Shoeboygan regional wastewater treatment plant on January 2nd of 2018 After nearly 37 years of service as the lead wastewater operator Dan was Instrumental and ensuring that the wastewater treatment plant met all compliance obligations and was responsible for setting up many of the Processes and control strategies that have helped the plant to succeed Dan was also responsible for training and mentoring the operators including Brian Willison who was awarded the Wisconsin Wastewater Operators Association newcomer of the year award in 2013 and Tyler Hoffman who received the same award in 2016 Dan was also recognized as a leader in the wastewater field winning the George Burnour award in 2015 which recognizes operators for successful plant performance and outstanding contributions to the field of wastewater technology in the state of Wisconsin Throughout his career Dan has been very committed to the facility and to his profession as was demonstrated during the recent transition between Superintendents when Dan took on additional responsibilities to ensure a smooth transition Dan was a very is was a very respected member of the wastewater team and had a positive influence on everyone at the wastewater treatment plant Dan, I'm very pleased to Congratulate you on your retirement and I want to give you the certificate of appreciation from the city of Shoeboygan to Dan Brady for his 37 years of dedicated service and employee of the wastewater treatment plant from February 16th of 1981 to January 2nd of 2018 Dan congratulations I'll make this quick. I just wanted to say that it's probably hard for a lot of People to visualize how anybody that amassed almost 38 years at a wastewater treatment plant can truly be honored and Privileged to have worked there, but I can honestly say that I have been honored and privileged to work for the city for 38 years I've had been fortunate enough to work under five superintendents Two of them are here tonight and some great staffs and some of those are here tonight also I just wanted to thank the current and previous common councils and the current and previous public works committees For their support of the wastewater treatment plant That that being said I challenged the public any time that they can have it have the opportunity to take a tour out there It's not what you think it is I think you're going to find it's not only educational but you're going to be impressed with the the overall operations So again, thank you very much Today we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day And I'd like to share a quote from an appearance that I made at UW Madison in November 23rd of 1965 a Piece of freedom is not enough for us as human beings a piece of liberty no longer suffices Freedom is like life freedom is one thing and it's indivisible You have to have it all or you're not free Just a little remembrance of Dr. King and his work Next I'd like to mention the shabuigan fire department was very busy last Friday evening in shabuigan First there was a structure fire reported on North Avenue They responded to that and then a call came in for a car fire at another location And then next the fire department received a call About a fire on the roof of the NEMAC production facility on Gateway Drive The fire department had to call in nine off-duty firefighters and issue a Mambus Call for assistance from eight other fire departments and surrounding communities at the staff meeting today Mike Rome has complimented all the firefighters and paramedics the mutual aid help from the other fire departments the assistance from the Shabuigan Police Department and also the great job that was done by Shabuigan County combined dispatch And we have a couple of victims and there's some fundraising efforts going on An 18 year old Ian Nespazi was injured in the fire with burns and smoking inhalation And he's in an induced coma right now in a hospital He's receiving further treatment and a GoFundMe account has been set up to help Ian and his mother Pam to date There's twelve thousand three hundred ninety one dollars that's been raised Shot this is far shorter the goal for eighty thousand dollars to help this family out if you'd like to participate and help in the Spotsy family go to go to fund me dot com and search for the Shabuigan family fire and Then there's also a house to the east that was also Caught on fire and Matt Stewart lived next door and there's also a GoFundMe Account for him and that's help house fire victim. That's what you search on one you go to go fund me dot com and So far today the Department of Public Works streets division has put out three updates on their plowing operations I just want to share this one for overnight the forecast are calling for an additional two to three inches Through Tuesday morning the DPW of plow trucks will start focusing on the neighborhood streets this evening The trucks will be plowing the even side of the streets to accommodate winter parking rules There is a scheduled driver shift at 1130 when the third shift drivers come in they'll focus on the odd side of the streets And loader tractors will also be working to clean up the dead ends and call the sacks this evening The Department of Public Works also requests that residents utilize all off-street parking options if they can over a night The department will provide additional updates as the storm progresses the DPW Thanks all citizens for their patience as they clear the as the city clears over 200 miles of city streets now these public Information updates are posted on the city's website They're on their Twitter account and also on next door So if anybody would like to receive these on a regular basis during the storm you just need to subscribe to one of those options Okay, next we'll go on to the consent agenda That'll include items 2.2 through 2.9 all the person wolf Thank You mayor I make a motion to accept and file all our O's accept and adopt all our C's and pass all resolutions and ordinances Second thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on any of those items all the person Bellinger? Thank you. Could I I would like to request 2.9 be pulled for a separate vote? Okay, we'll take that one first Please proceed with your discussion. I Received a phone call today from a constituent and they were going to be here and attend this meeting and Ask a question regarding this issue Due to the weather they were unable to be here So I would just like to put their question out to the fire chief and that question was Based on The average number of structural fires There's average about one a month They were wondering why we need to order This piece of equipment and spend this kind of money if that's the case Chief from us. Would you like to come forward and answer that question? Thank you for your question alderman Or your constituents question That statistic is true They're talking about working structure fires We have many other fires in the city an area ladder is used for more than just fires It's used to protect exposures if we would have had an aerial up yesterday at that fire on north We could have stopped that second building from catching fire So sometimes it's used to put water on a building so that it doesn't catch fire We also use it and can be used to transport equipment and personnel We've had two fires at NEMAC in the last eight months. We had a fire about eight months ago during the summer and Because we didn't have the adequate area ladder that I would like to purchase now Our firefighters had to carry up 38 fire extinguishers to the roof of NEMAC and a cat ladder Which is a straight vertical ladder if we would have had this truck there We could have put these extinguishers and personnel in the bucket and sent it right to the roof And it would have been a lot faster a lot safer and a lot better. So this this truck that we want to purchase That we're able to get is is a lot better than a straight aerial ladder and because of the benefits that Pierce are offering to us right now We can get a really nice truck for less money and more features Okay, so just to be clear this apparatus isn't a direct replacement This is a much different piece of equipment than what you correct It's a it's a definitely an upgrade from what we have now in fact One of our aerials is out of service the one that was closest to the fire the Rams are not operating And they're going to be replaced soon, but they haven't been replaced yet So the it's a quince so it operates as an engine and a truck and that's another thing All of our heavies engines and trucks have tanks of water on them. So they're not just an aerial ladder They're also an engine. So we have dual capabilities. So they serve many purposes in addition to Carrying extra equipment to the scene they're bigger and have more storage space Thank you. You're welcome Is there any other discussion on the motion? Okay, we're voting separately on item 2.9 with the clerk. Please call the roll Scott 14 eyes Motion passes next. We'll move on to reports of officers I don't know. I'm sorry. We've got to vote on the the main motion on the remaining items That's 2.2 through 2.8. The court, please call the roll on those Scott 14 eyes motion passes Under reports of officers items 3.1 through 3.4 will be referred to various committees Under resolutions items 4.1 through 4.5 will be referred to various committees Under reports of committees items 5.1 is our C number 212 of 1718 by the Public Works Committee whom was referred Resolution number 121 of 1718 by Alderperson Wolff authorizing the appropriate city officials to advertise for requests for proposal from Unified vendors for the establishment and operation of an authentic German beer garden concession at Kwanis Park area number 8 The city of Sheboygan recommends the resolution be passed Alderperson Wolff Think mayor I make a motion to accept and adopt and pass resolution Second thank you for that motion in support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none will the clerk call the roll 13 eyes 1 no motion passes Under other matters items 6.1 and 6.2 will be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee And next we have a contemplated closed session. We've got another matter other ones 7.1 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting the various license applications for the period ending December 31 2018 and June 30 2019 That'll be referred to the law and licensing committee Now Alderperson Wolff Thank you, Mary. I make a motion to convene in closed session under the exemption provided in section 19.85 Sub 1 sub e Wisconsin stats were competitive and bargaining Reasons require the closed session possible acquisition of property known as the parcel 59024346371 formally known as polar whale polar where LLC Second thank you for that motion in support the court, please call the roll for closed session 14 eyes Motion passes will take a short three-minute recess For our viewers at home the council will be adjourning in closed sessions So this will end our TV transmission and Alderperson Lee Wendalski will have to sign off because you're not allowed in closed sessions remotely With that we'll take a short recess