 every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together thank you very much would the clerk please call the roll there are nine present and all the person sorenson is excused please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance I 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 our agenda is the approval of our minutes from our last city council meeting all the person wolf thank you mayor make a motion to approve thank you for that motion and support is there any discussion on the minutes seeing none with the clerk all those in favor please signify by saying aye aye opposed motion passes next is resignation city attorney the resignation bill feels submitting his resignation from the city plan commission effective December 30 2018 all the person wolf thank you mayor make a motion to accept and file thank you for that motion and support all those in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion passes city attorney mayor's appointments the mayor is submitting the following appointments for your consideration to the Sheboygan squared bid board Marcus Diedrich to fill the unexpired term of David Sanderson whose term expires 12 31 2019 and the following appointments beginning January 1 2019 and expiring December 31 2020 Rick Scroggins Amy Horst Eileen Simmons Aaron Sloma Jane Davis would Paul Rudnick and Chad Pellisheck those appointments will lie over and then we have mayor's appointments 1.6 is an appointment by the mayor and the administrator pursuant to general ward and 66 12 13 creating section 2-4 19 of the Sheboygan municipal code relating to the position of director of information technology we hereby recommend that Eric Bushman be appointed as the director of information technology for the city of Sheboygan and that appointment will lie over and then one last one 1.7 is also an appointment to the mayor submits the following appointment for your consideration Dave Hoffman to be considered for appointment to the city plan commission to fill the unexpired term of bill feel whose term expires April 2020 and that will also lie over next city clerk open forum thank you mr. Mayor Joanne Scribner could you state your name and address for us three Seneca trails to play in Wisconsin 508 one Joanne could you move the mic closer thank you very much you'll have five minutes okay the last time I was here speaking at Common Council about this issue was on April 6 I think I yelled at just about everybody here for me or Mike to Darrell Hoffman to probably the city attorney and not Meredith all the persons Dave Bebel etc. didn't yell at the chief though okay save our armory that's my topic and they're gonna put it up for a referral to finance committee on Friday one of my sources told me that the last time I spoke it was save our Shabwegan armory the reason it was built in 1941 me by the was by the WPA which is a federal you know works program so the guys who need jobs at the time got jobs it was depression time the greatest generation built that armory Shabwegan I'm sorry but it seems like some of you all the persons me or Mike other people here which I won't name want to destroy everything historical I want to save things that are historical that's why we have a historical museum on Erie Avenue history save our Shabwegan armory don't tear it down what another high-rise apartment building with rents 1,000 to 6 1,000 to 1600 or whatever $2,000 a month most Shabwegan citizens can't afford that kind of high-rise sorry that's just the way it is not all all of us are millionaires or 1,000 years we don't have $40,000 a year income wish we did it's not there anyway like I said the greatest generation were some of the men who built that armory Bill Wongam and you know him used to be a member of Shabwegan Common Council historian extraordinaire he there's like I have what 46 pages 46 pages of things events that happened at the Shabwegan armory and auditorium yes it is memorabilia yes it's sentimental my main point tonight is please from Mayor Mike to Darrell Houghland to Chuck Adams to all of you all the persons put this on referendum for the April election so everybody in the city of Shabwegan can vote don't just take a wrecking ball to it you know that's a bunker that's one solid bunker was built as a military bunker there are so many events that took place Cordettes the Don McNeil Breakfast Club was there Harlem Globetrotters I mean I could just go if I had an hour I'd go through this list of all the things that happened there wonderful events Lakeland College I graduated Lakeland the Lakeland College basketball games the muskies the muskies North South basketball games teen dances the crescendos was the first teen dance back and I forgot my notes but it's all in here why are you going to destroy history again why why Chad why Dave why me or Mike why do you know why Mary then why save Cedarburg is a really nice time it's got a lot of historical buildings they don't tear down their historical buildings why does Shabwegan save it put it on referendum I'm thinking about calling talking to Adam Paine maybe we should put it on the county ballot as well not just Shabwegan county people use used the armory back in 68 as one of those staggered girls I was a lot thinner then pom-poms the whole thing Bill Stegger from Oshkosh he died too young Richard Nixon I was here when he was here to speak I don't understand why except I know it's the money it's always about the money how about some sentimentality and some history save our Shabwegan army excuse me Joanne your time is up do I have one more minute please wrap up thanks so again my plea is to Shabwegan Common Council put it on referendum for the April ballot so that we can all as the citizens of Shabwegan vote on it otherwise we're going to say you don't care you don't care you don't care you don't care you don't care you don't care you don't care about the opinions of the residents if you'd show that you care put it on referendum so we can all vote all citizens of Shabwegan maybe Shabwegan County too maybe I'll talk to Adam Keane as I said referendum referendum referendum put it on referendum so we can all vote referendum referendum referendum thank you you're welcome thank you Glenn Martin you state your name and address my name is Glenn Martin and my address is West 1198 Highway KK Kokona Wisconsin and I'm representing a company called statewide raising thank you you'll have five minute okay so I'm here is the other part of demolishing the building not because all of a sudden I'm not here for public opinion okay that's in material okay I'm a contractor and I'm a contractor that would like to bid on this job okay this job was bid out several times okay several years ago I asked I got the thing right here I got a paper called a daily reporter where it says that all of a sudden we're going to be asking for bids for the Shabwegan Armory okay and I got this paper on well it's mailed out on the 13th I read it on Monday it says and then there's a pre-qualification that was due on I mean a mandatory pre-bid that was due on the 13th okay and I had and I call up Mr. Ramsey I think his name Bernard Ram or okay and I asked him why didn't you send me an email on this okay and he said Glenn we sent you an email on this I says no you didn't you didn't send me an email okay he says well well it's too late you can't bid on it anyway so I went and seen him in person okay and I says to him why wasn't I received email this is the second time this happened now I says he says we'll put you on the bid list I says no I don't want to be put on the bid list I was asked to be put on the bid list and had changed my email address two years ago and you didn't change it okay you didn't change my email as a courtesy thing that all the bidders that bid on the project they were sent an email saying is that you had to be this pre-bid qualification okay to be there to bid on the project and I've done projects for in the city in the past okay I tore down schools and houses and I've tore down a couple buildings in the downtown not the downtown I know the industrial flats here okay a lot of years ago I've been in between this since I was oh god 1978 okay I started working for people 74 really so that's all I'm asking for is the opportunity to bid and so I'm kind of kind of sad here is going well how am I supposed to bid a job when I'm not informed about the bidding process and I understand that all of a sudden when you ask a person to change email how that process kind of gets lost or your person ask you how to go ahead and change my phone number it gets lost but I'm going how am I supposed to know this when all of a sudden I get a publication that's too late to even bid on the project so I'd like the opportunity to bid on the project okay and I realize it's been bid before but that's all I'm asking for is an opportunity I can't say I'm going to be low whatever it is it's all I say is that I want an opportunity thank you very much thank you next we'll go on to Mayor's announcements I'd like to ask Sharpecniac to come to the front please tonight we have a proclamation to present an honor honor of national mentoring month January is natural mentoring months celebrating the benefits of youth mentoring across the country and whereas every day communities across the country carrying adults volunteer their time with mentoring programs to create consistent and supportive relationships with young people at its most basic lever level mentoring is successful in real life because it guarantees young people have an adult to turn to that they have a guiding hand to help them and dealing with day-to-day challenges at a more complex level there is a powerful mentoring effect that ultimately makes our communities stronger and whereas quality mentoring programs are proven to build relationships that improve school attendance academic achievement promote responsible decision-making provide skills to better navigate relationships at school and socially and at home whereas a report by mentor the national mentoring partnership found that young adults who are at risk of falling off track but who had a mentor are 55% more likely to enroll in college 78 more percent more likely to volunteer regularly in their communities 90% are interested in becoming a mentor and 130% are more likely to hold leadership positions and whereas mentoring programs have shown to be an effect effective in combating school violence and discipline problems substance abuse incarceration and truancy whereas I now therefore Mike van der steen by me as mayor of the city of Sheboygan to hereby declare January of 2019 is national mentoring month in Sheboygan and call upon public officials business and community leaders and educators to encourage citizens of the city to observe this month with the appropriate ceremonies and activities and programs in order to recognize the men and women who serve as staff volunteers at quality mentoring programs and who help our young people find their inner strength and reach their full potential. Shara is here on behalf of Horizon for Girls a great mentoring organization we also have a robust big brothers and big sisters program and also we have other youth programs that supply mentoring so Shara I'm very happy to present this proclamation to you and I want to thank you for all the great work that your organization is doing and also mention the good work that other organizations in our community are doing in mentoring. I'd also like to just remind you that the police department is putting together their citizen academy for this year their citizen academy will be an 11 week program and will run March 12th through May 21st and they're looking for applications to be into them by February 22nd. I know that some like Rosemarie Trester has said she's gone through that in the past and what a great experience it was so and Jim Boran so I hope that other citizens will be interested in this and also want to let you know that on the 29th of December a new episode of Discover Wisconsin was on featuring Sheboygan in the fall and winter and they have it on their website if you'd like to go and view that but this is part of our visit Sheboygan effort to to get the word out and that's one of the programs that they've set up for that purpose. Thank you. Next we'll go on with the consent agenda that'll include items two point through through 2.4. Alderperson Wolfe. 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. Motion to spend the consent agenda are before us. Is there any discussion? Seeing none. Would the clerk please call the roll. Nine eyes. Motion passes. Under reports of officers items 3.1 and 3.2 we refer to the finance and personnel committee. Under resolutions items 4.1 through 4.5 we will be referred to various committees. Under reports of committees item 5.1 is RC number 219 of 1819 by the finance and personnel committee. To whom is referred resolution number 145 of 1819 by Alderperson's renflash and borne supporting. Placing an advisory referendum question on the April of 2019 ballot to determine if the Wisconsin legislature should consider and pass legislation requiring all businesses to pay their fair share of property taxes by closing perceived loopholes in the assessment process and recommends approving the resolution. Alderperson renflash. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion? Alderperson renflash. Let the council to put this referendum on the ballot for the April similar to what other cities and villages and counties have been doing in the state. This is involved with the dark store situation where stores are being assessed at a lower value than generally public is assessed at. So people are paying access and personal property taxes because all the referendum they're doing is really kind of encouraging. Thank you for those comments. Alderperson down here and just to follow up on that there was an extensive article on the Sunday New York Times featuring the Wauwatosa mayor. Mike you should have lobbied harder to get your picture. But I think that really sets out the breadth and depth of this problem which and unfortunately our legislators just aren't listening to us. And so building support within communities I think is extremely important. And so I will wholeheartedly vote for this and then I think part two of that is an educational campaign to let people know exactly you know what is this all about. Nobody. It's hard to figure out what a dark store is and so forth. So I think that we need to be engaged in that as well. Thank you for the comments. All the Jim Alderperson born. Making up a different sense. This is an essential, substantial model of safety. So I agree. I think there has to be more education. I'm all for doing the referendum. I think there has to be another educational point for the referendum to the citizens understand that they're the ones that are paying freedoms for the. Thank you very much. All the person will think you're not to continue to review this subject. But it I do agree with the fact that we need to take this referendum also because of the fact that as more and more brick and mortar disappear because of you know online shopping and things like that. If this if this situation is not addressed and understood by by our citizens, it's going to continue to cripple cities all over. Thank you very much. In the other discussion. See none with the clerk. Please call the roll for passage. Nine eyes. Motion passes. Under item number 6 general ordinances item 6.1 and 6.2 will be referred to the finance personnel committee. Under other matters received after the agenda is published I'll turn it over to the city attorney. Thank you, Mayor 7.1 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending June 30 2019 December 31 2019 and June 30 2020. That will be referred to the licensing hearings and public safety committee 7.2 is a resolution by all the person's Wolf and Sorensen authorizing advertising for bids for the Meade public library Plaza project that I'd be referred to the public works committee. All the person Wolf. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to adjourn. Thanks for that motion would clerk all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed. We stand adjourned. Thank you very much.