 All right, it is six o'clock. I will call the ninth regular Common Council meeting to order. Will the clerk please state the court of the day? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, you need a team. All right, will you state the role? All the person born? Here. All the persons of Aglio? Present. All the person Decker? Here. All the person Mitchell? Excused. All the person Ackley? Here. All the person Faldi? Here. All the person Flicky Paneski? Excused. All the person Salazar? Here. All the person Perrello? Here. All the person Laster? Here. There are eight present. All right, for those in attendance, would you please stand for 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. All right, 1.3 approval of the minutes. All the person Faldi? I move to approve. There's a bit of motion in a second. Any discussion on the minutes? Seeing none, all those in favor, please state aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Minutes are approved. 1.4 resignation, Assistant City Attorney Cameron? Thank you. Item 1.4 is a resignation of Sammy Yang from the Senior Activity Center Commission effective immediately. All right. Thank you, President Faldi. Thank you, Mayor. I move to receive in file. There's been a motion in second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of accepting the resignation, please state aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That's accepted. 1.5, confirmation of mayoral appointments, Assistant City Attorney. This is a submission of Monica Hart to the Mayor's International Committee with a term expiring April 18th, 2022. All the person Faldi? I move to confirm. Motion in second. Any discussion? Seeing none. This is a roll call vote. Eight ayes. All right. That's approved. Anyone for public forum? Nobody this evening. All right. We'll jump into a presentation from Mr. Boygan, Justice Equity Initiative. Today we have Kristen Asternes from Lakeshore Community Health who is a member of the committee. You want to go to that podium? Yep. So just to kind of tee up the conversation of how this started. So over the last few decades, obviously folks know that Sheboygan is a changing and ever-evolving community where our residents are becoming more rich, more diverse, and our community is becoming much more reflective as we move forward. So over the past few months, actually the past few year now, year and a half maybe, there have been several discussions from different community groups going on just in terms of how we approach diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in this community. And last, about last year, last summer in 2020, Noah Bartel, who was an intern in the city administrator's office, worked hard on developing the city equity report. And that's primarily what Kristen is going to be discussing and going over and just kind of what are some good first steps for this community and how the city government plays a role in this. So Kristen, if you want to take it away. Awesome. Do I need to do anything with the mic? Am I good? You're good. All right. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor and all the persons. I'm really honored to be here tonight representing the Sheboygan Justice and Justice Equity, I'm going to say that wrong, Initiative, a committee of the Sheboygan Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Initiative overall. Back in, just to give you a little history, and if you want to move my slide, that'd be great. Just to give you a little bit of history, this was actually created under the Van Dersien administration in 2019. A small group got together to start investigating what other communities and cities were engaging in around diversity, equity, and inclusion, or as I call it, DEI, you'll hear it as that. During that time, we were able to research a number of different communities that were working on a ton of different projects around this, from local Wisconsin communities like Appleton and Green Bay to national communities out in Washington state and in other places. During that time, as the Mayor said, Noa Bartel was charged with creating an equity profile using data from already surveyed, information already surveyed throughout the community like Census Track, Hellish-Shmugging-Cony initiatives, and he put together this amazing equity profile. Just so everybody understands what racial equity means as defined in this profile, and we're going to use the definition by GAR, which is Government Alliance on Race and Equity, means that racial equity means when race can no longer be used to protect life outcomes and life outcomes for all groups are improved, and so that's the framework that this report is being presented as. So that small group, that social justice equity group that started out of the Vanderson administration quickly grew. In fact, it grew really, really quick over the last year or two, from about 10 people to now I believe there's about 60 individuals that are serving on this initiative. The initiative changed to the Shoygan Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiative. It is a grassroots initiative. There is nobody that is behind us. It's a group of like-minded folks that really want to get together and again create a more welcoming community. So why do this? Why look at diversity, equity, and inclusion? Just so you know, the conversation is happening everywhere. In fact, I just looked online and Kohler is hiring a new diversity officer. I believe there are diversity officers being prompted across our community at large businesses, and again this conversation continues to happen. So understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion in our changing community really helps platform workforce development, economic impact, growth, policy, budgets, and investment decisions. And so that's why we're here tonight. And that's why NOAA's report is so important. So if you can flip one more. So really what I'm going to do is talk a little bit about his report and the demographics. I will tell you that the demographic data is outdated slightly. We, 2018 is really the platform of where things are at. And so just so you can take a look, this is the graphic. I believe you guys can all see this on your beautiful screens. It's so small up there, so I apologize. But really, just so you guys can understand, in 2018, 30% of our residents here in the city where people of color, that percent grew from 2,000 by 183%. So we have seen a rapid growth in 18 years in the change and diversity of our city. 45% of our 5,500 Asian and Pacific Island residents are immigrants, refugees. And 28% of our residents are people of color, with the majority being Asian, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic, Latino. So again, we continue to see that growth and that rapid growth. If you want to move the slide. So what does that mean for our population? Well, you'd think that because of all that growth and the 138% increase that our population in the city of Sheboygan was also growing, at least I would. But it's not. In fact, we're seeing a decrease in our population. And our population has decreased from 2,000, has been about 2,250 people. Our median age is 35, which has remained stable over the past two decades, with our white population median age being 44. And again, the reason to talk about this is we continue to see that decline in our population, which affects our workforce, our economic impact, and what we're doing in our city. If you can please move one more. So it's interesting that for the first time ever in the history of the Sheboygan Area School District, the 2020-2022 school year, Sheboygan Area School District became a majority minority district. So we now have a greater minority, or people of color, student population going to our schools. Again, really important as we think about workforce and developing our students and really making Sheboygan welcoming and getting our students to stay here to work. We also know that 17% of our household incomes are less than 25,000 per year. And that the median income in the city of Sheboygan is $41,000. Just so you get, and I always say this because they work in a field in which we talk a lot about socioeconomics. And so I want to talk a little bit about what that means. So for a family of one at 100% of the federal poverty level, they earn annually $12,880. For a family of four, they earn $25,760. So potentially those 17% of those households are at that poverty level. Now let's flip it to 200% of the federal poverty level, which is really not living much better than at 100%, but 200% for a single person. It's $26,500 and $53,000. So our median income is less than 200% of the federal poverty level if it's a family of four. Just take that in as we think about developing an economic development and making our community welcoming and really bringing people in as an employer here in the city of Sheboygan. I will tell you that my highest paying employees, so my doctors and dentists that I'm bringing in that our people of color are not living here. They are choosing to live in Milwaukee, they're coming here to work, and they're bringing their money that they've earned from me and all of you back to Milwaukee. And that is definitely an issue and we're not the only ones. So I think again, this continues to be concerning if we don't look and focus on how do we create a welcoming community. So I had the opportunity with other Sheboygan justice equity folks to meet with the city department heads. They had an opportunity to look through the report and we asked them the following questions. What surprised you about the equity profile? What more do you want to know after looking at the profile? What are you currently doing around DEI in your departments? If resources were not a barrier, what would you do for DEI in your departments and or the city? And are there things that we can change? And so some of the trends or highlights from that meeting, some things that Nuggets that I always say that we took out were looking at ongoing and improved and new education and training around diversity equity improvement for and inclusion for city employees. Focusing on our hiring practices, I believe that the city right now and it's in the report, I think 98% of city employees are white. You guys have a tenure that's amazing. I'll be honest, people that come to work here stay here, right? So really being thoughtful about where are we recruiting when we start to recruit? You are a business as the city and you should represent the community. And so those are things that we looked at, including things like compensation and HR policies that meet that. There's diversity on boards and commissions. I think that, you know, again, this is one of our strategic initiatives as the SGE, the Shrug and Justice Equity Initiative, is that we really want to see diversity. I always talk about at Lakeshore Community Health Care, the federal government, one of our regulations is that the majority of our board members use the clinic that or users of our clinic. And what that does for us is that it allows us to really hear from our consumers. It allows us to take in what they're saying, their diversity, their backgrounds and use it to better our programming. And I can see the same here. How do you bring that diversity on your boards and your commissions and task forces to really get the voice of the people living here and using that to make great decisions? And then, of course, strategic succession planning, which really goes back to the HR hiring practices. How are we strategically looking at when somebody's retiring, are we bringing in people of color to take those leadership positions to really match our community and what we're doing? Again, highlights of the report. I appreciate your time tonight. This is just the beginning. I believe that you all had an opportunity to get the profile. And what I'd ask of you all is I think it's important to understand our changing community. I think that having data and looking at it is key to being a successful city, a successful business and to carrying out our mission of the organization, of the city of Sheboygan. I would ask that each of you take this report. I believe that you can get a copy of this beautiful PowerPoint presentation that I've given tonight. But I take those questions that we ask your city department heads. And I bring those back to your committees and your boards and to the council yourselves. And I would ask those same questions as you review the report. What's surprising to you? What else do you want to know so that you can make better decisions? If we have enough resources in the world, what could we do with that? And really take that to make those decisions for long-term planning, budgeting, initiatives from the city and really be a more, so that we can really create a more welcoming Sheboygan. So thank you very much for your time tonight. I really appreciate it. And I'm sure you'll hear more from us as we move forward. All right. Thanks, Kristen, for that presentation. And I do just want to give a few shout-outs to other members that are involved in this project as well. Tyler Welton, Dominique Lee, Abby Block, Maeve Quinn, Nancy Mirian, Rebecca Clark, older woman Amanda Salazar, Kristen Stearns, Santino Laster, Melissa Prentice, Noah Bartel, Marilyn Donahue, and of course, myself. I know that this is definitely a larger topic that will help you have any more conversations down the lines. And if folks have questions, comments or concerns, feel free to reach out to myself. Shoot me an email. Call any of the committee members involved as well. And I know that this will be some ongoing discussion. So next item on the agenda is mayor announcements. So just have a few quick notes here. I do just want to thank everybody for being involved in the Gus Macker and the events over the weekend. I think this is one of those key hallmark Sheboygan events that everyone looks forward to every summer. So it's fun to get back to some sense of normalcy. There was an incident over the weekend that occurred around the same time, not directly associated with the event. Many folks are aware of this. We're addressing this situation and we're hopefully that we can heal and move forward from this. American Rescue Plan advisory committees and councils. These are being formed, sent a message to council members as well that want to be involved and participate in these advisory committees with public and private partnerships in terms of how we can make key investments in our community around areas of housing, mental health, childcare, transit, as well as workforce development. The other week, secretary of administration, Joel Brennan, was in town and awarded the city of Sheboygan a $50,000 grant for Wisconsin coastal, for their coastal management program. So this is an exciting hallmark and highlight for the community in terms of how we can make sure that our shorelines are protected and our natural resources are invested in. I signed on a letter the other week with 370 mayors all across the country urging Congress to act on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and it's exciting to see that this bill has been drafted, calling on members of Congress to make key financial investments that help directly benefit local governments in investing in key areas of infrastructure. So we encourage folks watching and on the council and that are participating to stay involved and engaged, contact your member of Congress and talk to them about how important investing in local infrastructure is. So this will be exciting to see moving down the line. A fun announcement this morning, Sheboygan was ranked the number third best community in the country as one of the best manufacturing communities in the United States by the Business Facilities Ranking Report. So I think that this shows our resilience and strength as a community in some of the strong work ethic that we have, the commitment to working hard and providing products for everybody in the show that we are truly recovering from this economic struggle. So with that, move on to proclamations. First order of business or only proclamation today, whereas Sheboygan recognizes the importance of having a strong and healthy community and whereas community health centers provide high quality affordable comprehensive primary and preventative health care to our underserved populations and whereas community health centers serve as a speakings of strength, service and care for Sheboygan and throughout the surrounding Lakeshore community, whereas community health centers develop new approaches to integrating wide range of services beyond primary care, including oral health, vision, behavioral health, pharmacy services to those in need and meet the challenges of their communities, whereas community health centers are a critical element to the health care system that they serve both urban and rural populations and providing the only accessible and depending source of care in certain areas of communities and whereas community health centers are on the front lines of the emerging health care crisis and playing a key role in providing access for care all across our nation, helping supporting veterans, addressing the opioid pandemic and responding to public health threats and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic. So now I, therefore, Ryan Sorenson, mayor of the city, Sheboygan do hereby proclaim the week of August 8th through the 14th as community health centers week. And here today to accept the proclamation is Kristin Stearns in her crew from Lakeshore community health care. So come on up everybody and present to you this award. Do you have any comments that you would like to make or we'll move on to the consent agenda items 2.2 through 2 point or excuse me, 2.17, Alderperson Feldy. Thank you, Mayor. I move to receive and file all ROs, receive all our C's and adopt all resolutions and ordinances. It's been a motion second on the consent agenda. Any discussion on any items on the consent agenda? Alderperson Boran. Thank you, Mayor. I had a question for the licensing hearing and public safety committee on item 2.12 regarding that nuisance bar on Michigan Avenue. What did the committee decide to do on that? Oh, Barb, you're the chair. Do you want to address that one? Yes. Um, yes, we, we asked the question because we're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. Um, with, you know, we want to make the constituents happy that people that live in that neighborhood, but also the business and he is only open on Saturday, Friday and Saturday nights, um, very limited time. They don't, here's the hard part. They don't start until 11 o'clock at night. So, and that's the hardest part is because that's when people are going to bed and, you know, kids are sleeping and they want, don't want them woke up. So, um, we recommended that they work with the local police. Um, if it's too loud to please call it into the police department and they will go, they don't have a decimal meter where they can really measure the amount of output that there is from, from music. Um, but, uh, you know, if the police are called often enough, uh, that will be a record. Um, and he is also going to work to, you know, try to keep the tone down a little bit, but now it's hard. It's in the neighborhood. Most of it, uh, due to stuff that was going on, on inside the premises or also stuff that was going out outside in the parking lot or it's inside. I believe. Yeah. Yeah. And Leslie's shaking their heads off the bar like we're used to. It's a, it's a musical venue. And so it sounds like every time the door opens, if people leave, the sound comes out. So he has looked at the cost to soundproof, get a double door, but I think money was the issue for him at this time. Yes. So the recommendation really was to, you know, monitor it and work with the police station and hopefully we'll come to a happy medium, not have to do anything with them. Thank you. Any other discussion on the consent agenda? Seeing none. This is a roll call votes. Please look at your board dots. Eight eyes. The consent agenda is approved. Moving along to reports of officers, items 3.1 and 3.2 will lay over items 3.3 through 3.5 will be referred to a variety of committees. We'll jump into resolutions item 4.1. Resolution number 40 dash 21 dash 22 by older persons. Feldy flaky Pineski authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute all necessary documents to enroll the city in the Apple developer program in support of cities implementation of my civic older person Feldy. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules. Any objection to suspension? Seeing none, please proceed. I move to adopt the resolution. Been a motion in second. Chad. Thank you, Mayor. So the reason for the adoption is I mean for the suspension is we're under contract with Tyler Amunus to develop the my civic app. And in order to get this app in the Apple store, we have to consent to the terms and conditions of this agreement. So the reason we've asked for a suspension of the rules is because the developer is working aggressively on it and we're hoping to launch that app in the coming weeks and that way it'll be available for Apple users in the Apple store. Any questions on this item? All right, this is a roll call vote. So please check your products. Grazia, did you have feedback? I just wanted to know if it's an additional cost to the app or not. Sorry, I didn't catch it. The app is a contract that came through, I think it's 12,000 to develop the app with the through the my civic and the Amunus modules. And then it's, I don't know, 2,500 or something a year on ongoing costs. So it's minimal once we've get it developed. Thank you. All right, so please vote. Eight ayes. That's approved. All right, items 4.2 through 4.5 will be referred to a variety of committees, 5.1 reports of committees, RC number 80-21-22 by the finance personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 33-21-22 by Elder Persons Mitchell and Felicky Panesky, authorizing the city administrator to approve payments of bills and invoices referred to the city's health insurance plan. Alderperson Feldy. Thank you, mayor. I move to receive the RC and adopt the resolution. Been a motion second. Any discussion? Seeing none, that's a roll call vote. Please refer to your board, Docs. Eight ayes. That is approved. All right, 5.2 RC number 80-21-22 by the finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 34-21-22 by Elder Persons Mitchell, Felicky Panesky, authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute a supply agreement with hometown trolley for the purchase of a new trolley and authorizing a budget adjustment appropriation in the 2021 budget regarding the purchase of the trolley. Alderperson Feldy. Thank you, mayor. I move to receive the RC and adopt the resolution. Been a motion second. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Eight ayes. That's approved. 5.3 RC number 80-21-22 by the finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 35-21-22 by Elder Persons Mitchell and Felicky Panesky, authorizing a budget adjustment and appropriation in the 2021 budget for the Tyler Technologies Develop Chart of Accounts Redesign. Alderperson Feldy. Thank you, mayor. I move to receive the RC and adopt the resolution. Been a motion and second. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Eight ayes. That's approved. Items 6.1 through 6.4 will be referred to a variety of committees. Other matters laid over, city attorney. Item 7.1 is RO number 57-21-22 from the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending June 30th, 2022. And that will be referred to the licensing hearings and public safety committee. We've exhausted the agenda. Is there a motion to adjourn? Alderperson Feldy. I move to adjourn. Spend a motion and second. All those in favor of adjourning, please state aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? We're adjourned at 631. Quick meeting. Good night, everyone.