 Six o'clock, and I will call the 14th regular Common Council meeting to order will the clerk Please state the quote of the day. Thank you, mr. Mayor. Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do Will the clerk call the roll all the person aclea all the person Decker all the person Feldy Here all the person Flicky Paneski all the person Laster all the person Mitchell all the person Pirella All the person Salazar all the person suboglio excused there are eight present Thank you for those in attendance. Would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? All right next is approval of the minutes from our last council meeting older person Flicky Paneski I Move that we approve the minutes from the council meeting held on October 4th There's been a motion in multiple seconds any discussion seeing none all those in favor of approving the minutes, please state. I Anyone opposed minutes are approved All right next 1.4 is an election an election to held this evening to fill the unexpired term for the older person in district 10 I will Have city attorney Adams just to state Just kind of give an explanation Sure, so we're going to be using what's called instant runoff voting, which is a method of ranking Voters and then are ranking your choices as voters and then making a decision based on that It's similar to a traditional runoff election, but better Because if no candidate receives the majority of the vote, you don't have to revote will just simply Continue on by moving those with the fewest votes and and transferring the votes of those people Until we get majority this way we guarantee that whoever wins the election does have a majority of support from among the voters in this case the older person you should be able to vote using your email system and You'll just need to make sure that when you get in there You'll see the names of the five candidates You'll just need to move them around into the correct order before you send in your vote If you have any issues during the voting just Meredith or I are available to help. Thank you All right now I call for a motion to open up nominations older flicky Pineski I move that all candidates who provided applications to the city clerk are hereby nominated and that any additional nominations be received from the floor With voting to be done by open ballot via the instant runoff method Where each voter will rank the candidates in order of preference if no candidate receives the majority of first choice votes The candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated and those votes transferred to their second choice Ties will be broken by looking back to who received the most votes in the previous rounds This process is repeated until a candidate has a majority a Candidate cannot be elected unless he or she is ranked on a majority of the ballots Been a motion in second Any additional nominations are received by the mayor with a motion second I call Are there any other nominations received from the floor Seeing none will proceed then with the candidates that have applied will be going in alphabetical order by last name First up is Joe Heidemann To the podium and just take your name and then we just kind of ask folks to stay within four or five minutes Should have changed my name My name is Joseph Heidemann. I was born in Sheboygan and I'm a veteran and I love living in this city I've held the position of Alderman in Sheboygan It was my privilege to have served on every committee while on the council. I Chared public works and vice-chair other committees. I Was the vice-president of the council. I was committee of the whole chairman My fellow Alderman saw that I could handle those responsibilities During my time in office We built a new police station provided ambulance service created a position to city administrator and We corrected budget shortfalls in employee benefit program and adopted ordinances to help make our community safer I always worked alongside everyone to accomplish what was best for the city of Sheboygan. I Still know many of the department heads and with my previous previous experience. I would like to complete this term and Help my constituents Please vote for me to finish this term God has been good to me. Thank you very much Thank you Next is Susie Holschu Hello Thank you to all the council members and Mayor Sorensen for this opportunity to address you My name is Susan Holschu. I reside at five zero one six Menning Road in Sheboygan I stand before you today to make apps Application for a now vacant all dramatic seat to which Jim born had filled I'm a real estate broker and specialized in property management for the last 35 years and I own my own business So I truly understand the needs of people and strive to give them the best possible living surroundings I'm proud of a mandoline apartments and the environment that has been created there. I Have previously served as Alder woman for then district number five for six years During these years. I served with Jim on council As then our districts were right next to each other. We work together to make Sheboygan a great place to live I do not want to give the impression that we always agree because we didn't but we always agreed to disagree on Some matters and remain cordial during working With the council. I have served on public safety and protection law and licensing Board of marina parks and forestry and the board of licensing examiners and the board of review as alderman and Redevelopment authority and housing authority probably prior to becoming an alderman when the aldermatic count changed from 16 to 10 and The districts were changed. I decided not to run against Jim in the election as he served this city Well, and we felt our district was well represented I believe that the most important job as an alderman is to listen and work with our constituents in the city of Sheboygan Not only just those in our districts, but of the entire city and all that contact us Returning phone calls meeting listening discussing issues then doing the research speaking to the departments If necessary to go to the comedings and finally represent our constituents on the council floor always always Representing the citizens of Sheboygan An aldermanic position is a nonpartisan position. I enjoy and work hard to represent the people It is truly their voice that is and should be heard proudly and served to I Promise to continue the work and continue the work ethic I have moving forward as working as an alderman for district 10 So I stand before you today and I ask you to look favorably upon my request to fill the remaining position of Alderman for district 10 I promise to serve promise to you that my service will be to the citizens of the city as well as to continue making Sheboygan the shining star that it is. Thank you. Thank you Next is Robert Puckett Good evening mayor and members of the council Thank you for your time as I know you have important matters to attend to so I'll keep this brief my name is Robert Puckett the second and I am applying for the vacant position of alderman for district 10 because I believe in serving my community in order to improve and make it a better place I'm no stranger to serving my community. In fact for the last 20 years. I've served this great nation on active duty as a United States Marine With my service, I have confidence that it comes with a unique and beneficial perspective With living and working with many different cultures and societies that I've experienced what I believe makes a great community and well sought after My family and I have lived in many different places and of all of them. We chose to call Sheboygan home Because we feel this great city is the best place to lay down roots and raise our family While I may be new to service and local government capacities such as this I have confidence that it offers to benefit with a fresh outlook for those looking to ensure their voices are being heard. I Have great respect for the position of all the person and the duty of speaking for the people ensuring their interests are safeguarded I'm willing to put in the long hours and hard work to prove that I care and want what's best for this city I'm committed Motivated and determined to work alongside the members of this city to ensure resources Funding and programs are in place to provide value to its citizens Michael J. Fox quoted the same I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action If it's proactive and there's a positive intent behind it If elected I look forward to ensuring that the citizen of the city feel their representative Opposed the necessity for a safe and caring community as well as one who has their best interests at heart Again, thank you for your time and the opportunity to come for you Thank you. Next is Todd Reineman Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here in front of the council and To see government at work My name is Todd Reineman. I am a Resident of to fully lane in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I have lived and grown up in Sheboygan my whole life I was a graduate of Sheboygan, South High School in 1990 after that I went to the University of Wisconsin Oshosh where I have degrees in criminal justice and political science Upon that I came back to the city of Sheboygan to live and raise my family I came back to Sheboygan because this is a great place to raise a family and I want to continue to do that To have a great city to live in and that's why I came back to the city Sheboygan. I Like some others here. I do not have a lot of experience in public office Basically because my job as a law enforcement officer kind of did not help me with the hours that I needed to work To have a job in public office, but now with my work life clearing up I'm glad I can come here and be in front of you guys today In the city of Sheboygan and in the county Sheboygan. I do hold lots of positions on various church boards on conservation club boards and also statewide with a group called my team triumph I Come here today because I believe I can be an active part of this Group and I believe I can come in and be a independent thinker for everybody In my job, I work with business owners. I also work with the homeless I believe that a council member should be a person who can represent everybody and that's what is what I attend to do Thank you Next is Andre Walton Hey, I want to begin by thanking the council for your work and taking the time out to listen to all the candidates today It's great to be here. My name is Andre Walton. I am seeking to be the next alderman for Sheboygan's 10th district I was born and raised in the city of Milwaukee. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2016 with a degree in general management I am currently the executive director of a nonprofit organization called our Wisconsin revolution a few years after graduating from college I searched for a new place to call home So I moved to Sheboygan in August of 2019 over the last two years I've genuinely fallen in love with the small city field of Sheboygan There's something special about living in a community where neighbors seem to always be willing to help each other out On my very first day in Sheboygan a neighbor who could see I was struggling for something with something Help me find my parking spot that I was searching for so if you live in country village You kind of understand how hard that can be defined a few months later Another neighbor was there to help me change the tire just out of the goodness of his heart I'm not only the beneficiary to these I'm not the only beneficiary to these small acts of kindness I witnessed them all the time. I feel like I've been welcomed into the city of Sheboygan And I want to use my passion for local government issues to give back to the community I've come to realize that I get the greatest feeling of fulfillment and vigoration when I work towards the betterment and success of our neighbors Since graduating college, I've been a community organizer a citizen lobbyist and now executive director of a nonprofit My experience has taught me the importance of working with others to get things done I also have have come to know that working with boards and councils and government structures is not always an easy task It's hard often tiring often tedious work But it's necessary work that brings it brings with it the satisfaction of service to others service to the community And service to something larger than myself My role as executive director of a nonprofit organization has quickly taught me about finance and importance of thorough well-planned budgets Budgets are not just numbers that you push from one side to another budgets are moral documents Budgets are the end result of people entrusting us with their tax dollars Trusting us to provide as best we can the services they rely on and pay for I've learned that strategy planning without properly allocating funds in the right direction as a recipe for disaster I've been following the current Sheboygan budget process because as a resident it's important to you I understand the need and challenge to evaluate competing budget priorities From decent wages for our city employees to sensible road and infrastructure maintenance plans I believe having someone on the council who understands the importance of budget and can properly relate budget priorities to citizen taxpayers Is important to a functional council? I believe I can bring those skills to the council I also already have roots on the work and working in the community one of the ways I am involved in the community is serving on the me public library board of trustees there I get to see firsthand how our decisions can make a positive impact Whether that decision is to prove the building of a new conference room or to approve an annual budget. It all serves to improve that community Also, I also have the amazing joy of serving on Sheboygan's housing rehabilitation committee on this committee We can approve low interest rate loans and low to moderate to low to moderate income Sheboygan homeowners to assist them with housing rehabilitation I believe this is a great program because they offer Sheboygan citizens who are not in the best financial situation No alternative loan option if they they can't get it from the bank I understand that there will be a steep learning curve if I get this position And that I won't know everything from the put about the position from the jump But that has never stopped me from taking on a new challenge and being open and learning to my peer from my peers I will make use of my resources that I have at my disposal to increase my knowledge and understanding of this position I believe the council will also need someone who is dedicated to the role and able to balance their public and private life That is something that I can bring to the council someone who is dependable and able to manage my time properly to serve the council and the community to my abilities My passion to serve the community has always driven me to work harder for those accounting if appointed to the seat I will bring that same energy and passion to the 10th district So as you decide who who is the right fit to serve on this council as that you think about who has the best background to Serve the community and who has the experience necessary to fit right in and make an immediate impact I promise to bring my energy skills and experience and my love of this city to represent the 10th district of Sheboygan with that being said I appreciate the opportunity to make my case of the council I humbly ask for your vote to be the next all the man of the 10th district. Thank you Thank you. Is there a motion to close nominations? I move to close nominations second Motion and second All those in favor of closing nominations, please state I Anyone opposed nominations are now closed All right, so as previously stated we'll be voting so please check your email for the ballot and rank your your choices Any questions regarding the voting process from Alders, so we'll just hang tight for a minute while all there's cast their votes I Am still waiting on my mirror we just sent it to you Barb Great. Thank you. Did everyone else receive it? All right, we have a result Just want to say thank you to all the candidates that stepped up and put your hat in the ring to step up for public service Serving your community is definitely an honor So that for those that didn't get it today, please stay in touch We're always looking for folks to be on community boards and commissions as well So happy to follow up with any discussion. I'm with that. I would like to congratulate Andre Walton For having been a duly appointed to the position Congratulations So we jump right into things here. So if you'd want to come up and we got to give you the oath of office Office So we'll have to get you set up to um Andre so um today you're just going to vote with your your thumb All right 1.5 public forum. Is there anyone on public forum tonight? There's no one this evening All right 1.6 mirrors announcements All right, uh, I'll do this one from the podium Good evening, everybody. It's been a busy few days. First of all, I would like to congratulate our newest older person Andre Walton. I know that you'll do a wonderful job serving this outside of Sheboygan So a lot of exciting things happening here in the city. I know we have a full agenda today So I know that we'll have a wonderful discussion about our priorities and our vision for the future of this city so I encourage all older folk older persons to I almost created a new term they're older folks I'll have to trade that mark one But I know the city staff has done a lot of diligent work in preparing these budget documents as we move forward in the future So once we have our community the whole meeting after after this meeting today I know that we'll jump in head first and have some wonderful discussions so Last weekend we officially celebrated the kickoff in the designation of the new marine sanctuary This is the first national marine sanctuary that is being recognized Um in lake michigan. So this is a tremendous opportunity for our community This essentially means that we have a national park right outside of our doorsteps So I want to thank city staff director pelichak former mayor mike van der steen for all their hard work and dedication This is a tremendous achievement for us and we should all be proud of the community that we have this national landmark recognizes wisconsin's maritime history and our important role in the development of our country Last weekend governor evers presented us the city with the official proclamation Designating the marine sanctuary. So folks are interested in reading the full thing. Please stop by my office And take further look on october 27th from 9 a.m. To 1 p.m at city hall We will host another landlord training This is an amazing resource put on by city staff to learn about City resources and other helpful informations to be smart and reliable landlord Check out the city's website to register and for more information Folks have also heard the wonderful news that hobby lobby will be one of the new tenants Um occupying the old shop co location Um, so as we move forward city staff is working diligently to bring this uh, this company back. We heard Uh from from our citizens in turn talking about the importance Of bringing this back. So we're excited to announce that as well Uh, currently hobby lobby is working on final details in the coming months and hopefully we'll be getting Uh renovations this time some winter Leaf collection has begun. Please ensure that you're raking leafs to the curb. Do not include other yard waste I know our dpw staff are working diligently To making sure that we can go up and collect leaves And keep our streets clean Again, halloween is coming up right around the corner halloween our excuse me trick-or-treat will be on halloween On the 31st from 4 to 7 p.m. Thank you everybody Older flicky paneski I move that we Receive and file all reports of officers receive all reports of committees and adopt all resolutions and Second Motion second any discussion on the consent agenda Seeing none. This is a roll call vote. Please refer to your board dies Alder waltz Alder waltz. How do you vote? I'd write I That's nine eyes All right consent agenda is approved 3.1 through 3.5 will be referred to a variety of committees resolutions 4.1 Will lay over Adams 4.2 through 4.5 will be referred to a variety of committees 5.1 RC number 125 21 22 by the finance personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 70 21 22 by older persons mitchell and flicky paneski approving the adjustment of allowable allowable city tax levy for 2021 payable 2022 percent to wisconsin state statutes 66.0 6 0 2 3 f Older person flicky pan. Oh, excuse me older person mitchell Thank you. May I make a motion to receive the RC and adopt the resolution second Any discussion on this item Seeing none. This is a roll call vote. Please refer to your board dies Alder waltz nine eyes That's approved 5.2 RC number 126 21 22 by the finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 71 21 22 by older persons mitchell and flicky paneski expressing the common council's intent to regard Funds received by the city of shabuigan through the corona virus local fiscal recovery funds established on the american rescue plan act And authorizing the expenditure of ERPA funds for administrative expenses holder mitchell Thank you. May I make a motion to receive the RC and adopt the resolution? second Spend a motion second any discussion on this item director palachek Thank you. Mayor. So I just wanted to go through a little bit about this document and the allocation of the american rescue plan Act funds. So in march of 2021 The american rescue plan act was passed by congress to deal with the negative effects of the corona virus Shabuigan was allocated 22.8 million under the federal block grant formula based on the percent of low to moderate income persons living in the city In the first tranche of money from the u.s. Treasury, the city received 11 million 3103 dollars those funds are sitting in a Money market account collecting interest And the city has established a new special revenue fund known as the federal grant Fund to track these funds independent of our general fund We have worked closely with the treasury trying to understand eligible activities And therefore the activities that are outlined in this document are in Compliance with what's the treasury has listed as 65 eligible activities federal law requires us to spend these funds by december 31st of 2024 And we have met City staff has met and developed the following activities per the needs of the community based on the eligible activities The first activity is the south side interceptor sanitary sewer project This is to upgrade the sanitary sewer collection system along lake michigan shoreline from seventh street along seventh street This was constructed in the early 1900s and is currently under water Allocating funds to this project will allow sewer users to see about 67 and 50 cents per year Or 22 and 50 cents per quarter savings on their sewer bills The engineer's estimate for this project is about 10 million Funding this project at about 9 950 thousand would save the sewer utility from borrowing funds over a 20-year time frame The second project is a raw water is the raw water intake project at the shabuagan water utility This is to extend a new water line into lake michigan to provide redundant service of water for the city and its wholesale customers The engineer's estimate for this project is between 36 and 40 million um an arpa allocation of 9 550 million 550 000 would reduce the annual debt service by about 420 000 Which translates to an offset of 5 of utilities annual revenues reducing the rates over the term of The debt term of 30 years the 9.5 million allocation Would offset about 12.7 million that would otherwise have to come from utility tax rate payers The third item is aid to travel tourism and hospitality As it relates to room tax losses in the amount of 563 489 dollars and this is based on 2019 baselines um the 2019 room tax revenues were 1.6 million and the 2020 room tax revenues were about 1 million So the difference is that 563 000 Per state statute the city needs to provide 70 percent of room tax collections to the tourism entity Which is visit shabuagan and the city would retain 30 percent So visit shabuagan would get about 394 000 and the city would get about 169 000 The fourth item is housing support affordable housing at 2 million 76 511 um Regulations related to the affordable housing activity are vague other than the activity needs to be in a qualified census trek And if it's outside of the qualified census trek you have to be able to document how you're dealing with the negative effects of Covid the city plans to spend these funds in qualified census treks as development incentives towards affordable housing projects And or to purchase sites for future affordable housing opportunities The next item is small business economic assistance at 160 000 This would be to continue the city's small business emergency assistance program to help businesses that have revenue issues As it relates to covid previously the city allocated 424 000 of federal dollars to this effort in august of 2021 the funds were depleted Funding of this would be provide grants up to 10 000 for 16 businesses And the last item is 100 000 for administrative expenses It allows us to charge staff time for reporting and administering programs the city anticipates staff time at 33 000 per year To be charged for administrating loan programs the documentation of projects and completing the required and annual reporting requirements So if you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them Questions for director palachek administrator wolf Thank you, mayor. I just wanted to add to director palachek's statement. This is our proposed Plan at this at this time But I do want the council to understand that this plan may Have some some ebb and flow to it The city staff has continued to apply for different grants And as the state allows additional funding these Outline programs may be a little bit in flux So we're not in a real hurry to go spend the money We have projects that are in process that these these funds will go to but as the state And uh and grant programs come forward We would rather spend those monies versus the ARPA funds And that would allow the city to actually put our additional funding to other programs Um as needed Thank you Any questions regarding our funds? Seeing none. This is a roll call vote. These are far to your board docs Walter Walton There are nine eyes That's approved 5.3 RC number 127 21 22 by the finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 72 21 22 by elder persons Mitchell and flicky paneski Authorizing the appropriate city officials to remove certain uncollected delinquent personal property taxes and uncollected accounts receivable By the city of shabuigan's general ledger older person Mitchell Thank you, mayor. I move to receive the RC and adopt the resolution Motion in second any discussion on this item mayor older Feldy I I see that the the list of the ones that have that are owing us money is Very long Are we going to put some of these up for collection or are they just going to be wiped off the books? I I will Have director finance director Krieger answer that question. Thank you. These will actually be written off. They are past the Time frame where we can collect them I will let you know that the finance department is putting out an rfp for debt collection services So that moving forward we have a system in place to go for to find and Collect this money But I worked with the city attorney and there is the statute of limitation on most of these bills have run out Thank you. I appreciate that Additional questions from elders Seeing none. This is a roll call vote Nice. That's approved 5.4 RC number one two eight 21 22 by the licensing hearings and public safety committee to whom was referred resolution number 73 21 22 by elder persons Feldy and flicky paneski amending the ward boundaries of the city of shabuigan Following the official publication of the united states census data for the state of wisconsin Older person flicky paneski I moved to adopt the resolution with updated attachments There's been a motion second any further discussion elder decker I just want to recognize Meredith and her crew for the job that they've did with this. This is a lot of A lot of work. This is a 10-year every 10-year process But it it's it's a it's a significant amount of work that she had to put into this and her crew had to put into this Thank you elder decker older parella Yeah, I just wonder what is it? um Is new in the census that? Triggered the change in the world distribution It's state and federal statute every 10 years that you look at it So as this as people move around you need to look at Where populations are and that triggers the movement to keep things compact and Contiguous and everything else. So we have to look at it every 10 years To make sure 10 years ago when they drew the ward lines Just for an example After they drew the ward lines the state Assembly line came through And created some really small wards. So we had some wards in the city that were 300 200 people And wards of our size should be between 800 and 3200 So we had to figure out to move those ward lines to make sure that our wards were within that Um Range so that's really what we did a lot of is moving those small wards into the bigger wards So basically to balance the numbers of residents in other wards. Yes. Okay. Thank you very much Additional questions every question Aller wolden So I know that the maps uh for the local level for non-partisan elections will be done earlier than the state maps Will the state maps has have any effect on local? maps They might Are because ours need to be done before November because we have the february and april non-partisan elections The state actually has until april because the partisan elections next year are august and november So what we do in the county does Could change depending on when the state makes their determination of their lines. So yes Additional questions Seeing none. This is a roll call vote Nine eyes that's approved 5.5 to 5.7 will be referred to the community the whole 7.1 city attorney Thank you 7.1 is an ro by the city clerk submitting various license applications And that will be referred to the licensing hearings and public safety committee Next is a contemplated closed session um Older person flicky paneski I moved to convene in closed session under exemption provided in section 19.851 e of the wisconsin statutes Where competitive and bargaining reasons require a closed session Related to a development opportunity At the former shabuagan press building located at 632 center avenue And s to a modular development agreement in the south point enterprise campus Second There's been a motion in second This is a roll call vote. So please refer to your board docs Hi nice That's approved. So um I guess since we have alder feldi on the line, uh, we'll stay in here She's on a telephone. She she She can she can dissipate but if there's any documents that she would have to see she would not be able to vote on them So we can stay in here. Okay. We'll stay in here. Um, so we'll give it a minute. Um, just for scott to take us offline um, we'll be back, um Depending on how long closed session goes for committee to hold in so we'll just take a quick two three minute recess Then emma we can