 All right. Good evening, everybody. It is six o'clock and I will call the 24th regular Common Council meeting to order. Will the clerk state the court of the evening? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Will the clerk state the role? All the person Ackley. Unexcused. All the person Decker. All the person Feldy. All the person Flicky Panesky. All the person Heidemann. All the person Mitchell. All the person Pirella. All the person Raimi. Excused. All the person Rust. And all the person Feldy. What do you want to do? Just leave her for now? Is she online? Just hang tight while we wait for all their Feldy to connect. Was there a phone number that she just called? I gave it to her with the code. For those in the audience, we're just waiting on quorum. Older Feldy, can you hear us? Hello? All right. It's working. Perfect. Thanks Barb. All right. I'll be listening. All right. Older Feldy is here. Sorry about that, folks. There are seven present. All right. If folks could 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. Older Decker. Is there a motion to approve the minutes? Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve the minutes from the 23rd Regular Council Meeting held on March 4th, 2024. Second. It's been seconded. All those in favor of approval of the minutes? State aye. Aye. Any objection? Aye. Minutes are approved. All right. See clerk, anyone for public forum? Yes. Mike Burnett. If you could state your name and address, and you have five minutes. Sure. Thank you. Michael Burnett, 1406 Michigan Avenue. And I don't even know why I talk, but it's like last week I told you about Claude Lois, and it's like one half of what was going on. You hired him anyway, unanimously. And literally, a question was asked, but the real question wasn't asked. It's like it's the whole TIP district, 20, 21, 20, whatever this and that. You're spending a quarter billion you're you're marking on this. Millions of dollars a year just in interest alone. You're redoing to redevelop the redevelopment, which has been going on since the mid 80s. And it's kind of like good luck, good luck. But quite literally, I go home and I'm like, what the hell am I missing? How stupid am I? And I'm kind of the other side of the Claude Lois equation was literally the lawyer you have advising you on your tips. Then I go home and watch the thing from your meeting. And it's like, Oh, is Claude Lois, he's not going to be doing this and that. You're literally have a person who's who's sitting right over there, saying at one of your committee meetings, saying, literally, we're bringing them in so he can advise us on the tips. And when Grazie Porella asks a question, which is a good question, is this going to be one person? And it's like, yes, it's one person, we're going to bring them in. It's literally the same duo from the greatest development fiasco in history, Foxconn. And it's like in a trio of other ones that were even worse for the community. But move ahead, go for it. Congratulations, people. You're going to move Van Horn. There's $2 million to move him from the theater out to where all their other car dealers and they'd be moving to anyway, you're going to be putting in money. It's like the bridge, the parking lots. There's 25, 35 million. The bridge, six, 10 million, whatever. Roll it in. And it's like you go through downtown, look at the vacancies, look at the closed properties. There's some really great businesses there. There truly are. There's a lot of people really trying, but there's so much money wasted in the name of development that should have went to something called streets. They should go to something called helping people. I don't have anything more to say because you're just going to hit the rubber stamps. It's what it is. It's done. Have fun. All right, thank you. City Clerk, anyone else? Brian Kelly. All right, Mr. Kelly, come on up. If you could just state your name and address and the items you're referring to. My name is Brian Kelly. My address is 2006 South 9th Street. I'd like to talk about the comprehensive plan and complete streets that are mentioned in the agenda. I was really happy to see the comprehensive plan on the agenda. I looked through the proposal that was included in the agenda packet. I was really happy to see that there's a section about community input. Last year when the complete streets policy was sort of being formed and there's community outreach, there is something at the farmer's market that I remember seeing. I just hope that there's something similar. That seemed like a great avenue to inform people that might not be reading every week's newspaper or reading throughout the minutes that the city has. So I'd love to see similar outreach and education program for the community. Next, there were a few street constructions, Lincoln Union and Broadway that were marked as complete streets for 2024. It's encouraging to me to see that complete streets is being mentioned and the city seems eager to start implementing that. However, I'm a little worried about not actually seeing a complete streets plan published. My understanding was that the community would have opportunities for input in the complete streets plan. But like I said, I wasn't able to find any details other than the plan to create the plan. So if the city is going to continue calling like future construction complete streets, it'd be great to have some information about like specifically what's making it a complete street. And then additionally just reading through the like information that was included in the agenda. I saw like the general length of street that was being reconstructed. It'd be great to have some more information like a diagram showing if the streets getting made wider, if the sidewalks are being improved, if there's any plan to make the crosswalk safer, if there's bike lanes being added, things like that. So that'd be wonderful for the community to study to include in future agenda packets. Thank you. All right. City Clerk, anyone else? No one else this evening. All right, thank you. Next, we'll jump to item number five, election for older person district three, Older Decker. Thank you, Mayor. I move that all candidates who provided applications to the city clerk be hereby nominated with voting to be done by open valid via the instant runoff method where each voter will rank the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives a majority of first choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated and those votes transferred to the second choices. 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 ballots. Second. All right, it's moved and seconded. So this is kind of how we'll do the run show. We'll call for the candidates that have submitted applications. Last name first, we'll go down, we'll go down the list, we'll let them speak and then we'll take questions. So first we have Michael Close. So you'll come up, introduce your name, address, give your pitch, we'll go down the list and then council will go in or ask questions. My name is Michael Close. I live at 1810 North Fifth Street. Thank you for this opportunity. Please note that my views do not necessarily reflect those in my employer, the Federal Reserve. As someone born and raised in the city of Sheboygan, I have witnessed the community's growth and challenges firsthand. After living out of state, my family and I returned in 2020, driven by the desire to be closer to family, raise our children here and contribute to these that are hometowns progress. I have had the honor of serving as a president of the Historic Grant Neighborhood Association, working to bring residents together and showcase our neighborhoods opportunities and history through initiatives like our holiday gift drive and the dumpster day, which provides a dumpster to the neighborhood residents free of charge. My professional experience spans various sectors, providing well rounded perspective on the city's needs. As a son of two factory workers and a former rock line employee myself, I understand the challenges faced by local businesses and their employees. As a parent with two small children in the Sheboygan Area School District and one in a million dreams, I am personally invested in this community's well being and continued success for future generations. Over the past decade, I have honed my skills in program and project management at the Federal Reserve. I've worked closely with executive advisory groups to track programs and initiatives in order to ensure their success. This experience has taught me the importance of collaboration, strategic planning, and effective communication. Additionally, during my time at the Federal Reserve, I had the privilege working with the U.S. Treasury's Eagle Cache Initiative, which works to help soldiers, airmen and Marines maintain their finances while serving abroad. This experience not only highlighted the importance of maintaining household financial stability, but also demonstrated the positive impact that innovative solutions can have on people's lives. These experiences have equipped me with the expertise to navigate publicly accountable programs and address the challenges posed by transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence. By leveraging these skills, I believe we can position Sheboygan at the forefront of innovation and drive economic growth. As an avid reader and a long-time lifelong learner, I have made it a point to keep up with the latest in urban planning from thought leaders in the strong towns and walkability movements. I believe in building resilient, sustainable, and walkable communities. Furthermore, I support ideas championed by groups like the Sheboygan Active Transportation Group, which works to promote alternative transportation and create a more livable connected city. I share in Amanda Salazar's vision of a vibrant, inclusive Sheboygan, and if given this opportunity, I pledge to bring a fresh perspective, dedication, and a collaborative spirit to the Common Council. Thank you. Thank you. Next will be Mr. Kurt Jensen. Kurt Jensen, I live at 627 St. Clair Avenue. So I grew up here in Sheboygan. My family moved here when I was 8, graduated from North High in 1998, where I proceeded to move to Madison. Madison, I got a bachelor's degree in English, and I was on the leadership committees of the Wisconsin Future Alumni Association, the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board. I did philanthropic events with the Homecoming Committee with Humorology, and I was the student athlete, the mascot of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This enabled me to get a wide range of people's views and viewpoints and work with a bunch of different dynamics in there. I moved back in 2010 when my mom took ill and had the opportunity to help open up the 8th Street Alehouse, and I've ran that as part owner for many, many years now with my stepfather, Randy Aske. As a small business owner, I've been fortunate and unfortunate to see some of the problems with the city and help work through some of those for other small business owners. I've been able to work with other small business owners in my community to create fun events and bring the community a little closer together. As a bartender at the 8th Street Alehouse, I'm able to hear many of the viewpoints of many different citizens here in the city, both good and bad, and people are free to come up all the time and talk to me about those at the 8th Street Alehouse. In order to create more businesses and stronger businesses here in this community, I believe we do need affordable housing, but that goes hand in hand with providing great schools for the families that move in here, goes with grading great parks so people are more apt to come into town. I like, and I, sorry, let's take a step back. I also recently became engaged to a woman who has a son, so I do have a 10-year-old son now who's in the school districts and schools are very important to me with my goddaughter being in town and all sorts of the children who I've seen grow up at the 8th Street Alehouse once her parents come in. That being said, I don't have any agenda to becoming an older person. I just want to help keep the city growing stronger and make it a better place for future generations and ourselves. I do have opinions on how that may happen, but I'm always open to and willing to listen and to debate and really come up with the best solution for everyone involved. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak to you today and talk to you later. Thank you. Next we have Donald Martins. Hello, Don Martins. I live at 311 Michigan Avenue and I hope you've all had an opportunity to read my resume. Job experiences and education tells a little bit, but I was reminded of a quote by John Lennon. Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. I realized how much my outside, my activities in the community, unfortunately for you, you don't know me because I lived in Illinois for so many years. But just to reflect on how much those have molded me, those experiences, to give you a better feel for who I am, I'll share some of the guiding principles I value in my life and I picked those up from being out in the community and working through church, working through some civic groups. An operating principle. You can get caught in a lie, but you can never get caught in the truth. Perspective can become reality and the importance of controlling an honest narrative is really important. When in doubt, do the next right thing. The lesson of assume, I don't know if any of you had a tutor or a mentor that did the teaching on assume, you write the word assume on a piece of paper, circle the first three letters, circle the next letter, circle the last two. Don't make assume because you'll make a fool out of yourself. And that's a guiding principle that's guided me in making judgments and decisions throughout my life. Understanding the value of responding versus reacting. Avoid the initial reaction, slow down and respond. That saved me from many regrets over the years. To be a good participant in group settings. Guiding group members to stay on task. Avoid getting off on tangents. Use of open ended questions to uncover information. To lead well, it's imperative that I become a very good listener to rightfully comprehend what's being said among others. When advocating for my ideas to be aware and acknowledge the contributions of others. Respectfulness to grasp others principles and convictions. Don't assume I have although don't assume that I have the other person figured out. To be mindful not to lose sight. To see the forest for the trees. I've learned the best attitude I can have in order to learn is to practice humility. Most people are very willing to teach you something they know. You just need to ask. Now I know district three has a lot of high profile properties as well as things going on and some properties that are lingering. I pledged to do the study, to learn, ask questions and to practice what I've told you is the makeup of who I am. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Jamie McDonald. I didn't have time to print it off yet. What I wanted to say. All right. Hi. My name is Jamie McDonald. And I would love to be considered for the district three all the person in 2016. My husband and myself wanted a fishing trip here in Sheboygan, which a lot of us do. I was so impressed with the community that four weeks later we purchased a boat and three months after that we purchased their home on Niagara Ave. Our address is 427 Niagara. I forgot to mention that. Since 2016 we have purchased seven properties in district three. One we remodeled and sold. Three we remodeled brought up to code that are now rentals. One of the rentals we lost to a fire in 2022. Three homes were demolished for poor condition and in their place were building two new single family homes. Sheboygan is facing a growth and development problem that can be solved with housing solutions. Low inventory, high rent, lack of affordable housing and uneducated landlords are part of the problem. I became a landlord in 2020. I put value into my tenants, respecting their rights, working with the Sheboygan Housing Authority and other resistant programs. My respect and reputation has grown a potential renter referral list of over 20 individuals and families looking for housing in the Sheboygan area. The solution to housing is not just adding rentals. It is also starter homes and programs for individuals to become successful homeowners. This is where my background in life experience would greatly benefit the city of Sheboygan. I grew up in Dane County. My grandfather was an architect for the state of Wisconsin. My dad was one of 10 raised on a dairy farm and came to Madison with $50 in his pocket looking for a job only to be laid off in 1980. And he thought what a great time to start a home building business when interest rates were 13%. He has gone on to be one of the most recognizable and successful builders in Dane County. When I was 23, I moved to Phoenix, Arizona, worked for D.R. Horton, which is the largest home builder in America. I was promoted to the title operations manager of the starter home division where we focused on economically developed areas and developed buyer discounts and incentive programs for our first-time home buyers. My husband and I were married in 2017 and you guessed it, I married a home builder with 30 years of experience. We have since combined our families of four children and our businesses together. I believe that District 3 is the most undervalued district with the most potential for the city to see economic growth in housing values, business and tourism. I believe the city of Shavuigan could be the next up and coming well-known diverse city that attracts large corporations, young talent, and earns back the title the most livable city from its affordability schools and quality of life. But to earn that reputation, you need a candidate like myself. I am the only one standing up here that can say all of the following. I am the only woman. I am the only mom. I climb the corporate ladder in my 20s. I'm an entrepreneur. I am a successful small business owner and I've established myself in eight short years as a well-known positive individual who wants to make big changes in the city of Shavuigan. Thank you for your consideration and time. Thank you. Our next is Daniel Peterson. Thank you very much. I know what you're all thinking and it's true. My wife dressed me tonight so you guys could all see me. Hopefully you can. My name is Dan Peterson. I live at 422 Niagara Avenue within the third aldermanic district of our beloved city. It's a great pleasure to be standing here with you tonight. Over the past 26 years I've woven my life into the fabric of Shavuigan and for the last six years I've called the Ellis Historical District my permanent home alongside my beautiful wife Natalie, three stepchildren and three step children who currently attend North High School. Let me take you back to my boyhood days in the state of Iowa. It was during a serendipitous teenage summer road trip in Wisconsin with the high school buddy 41 years ago that I stumbled upon Shavuigan while attending the Air Venture in Oshkosh as a young private pilot. The year was 1983 and as I explored the city I found myself drawn to the shores of Dillon Beach where Lake Michigan unveiled its grandeur before my eyes for the very first time. We slept under the stars in the back of an old pickup truck along the beach blissfully unaware at the time that that encounter would shape my destiny. Fast forward to my professional journey after graduating from Luther College in Decora, Iowa, Rush Medical College in Chicago completing my diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Iowa, hospitals and clinics I embarked on a path that led me here to Shavuigan. I finally settled here with my family and the summer of 1998 marked the beginning of my journey at the Shavuigan Clinic where I now dedicate my days in women's imaging and the relentless fight against breast cancer. Now let me address the elephant in the room. I stand before you as a medical professional. I'm not a seasoned politician. I'm not a master of eloquence but there and I believe lies my strength. I have always thrived on challenges, constantly embracing opportunities to learn. And despite my lack of experience in city government, I have sat on countless professional committees, task forces and boards and I firmly believe that my profession brings something equally valuable to the table, ambition, empathy, analytical and independent thinking and a collaborative spirit. Promoting housing growth, economic development, improving our infrastructure and enhancing public safety are the most pressing items that our community faces. And if elected I will do my best to ensure that these complex and evolving issues continue to be addressed during my tenure. My vision for Shavuigan is clear. I envision a city where everyone thrives and while many think that vision to be unrealistic or even utopian, I believe we owe it to ourselves to try the very best that we can to transform our great city into a place where life, work and community intersect seamlessly now and for generations to come. In closing, I consider it a great honor and privilege to be considered for this position. I also share Alder Salazar's vision for a vibrant and inclusive place to live and I will continue to support the revitalization of our city as she has. Moreover, I commit to advocating for the well-being of all residents of and businesses across our entire city. I look forward to working alongside each and every one of you with as we witness the ongoing transformation of Shavuigan into a place where we all generally are proud to call home. Thank you. Next is Andy Ross. Andy Ross, 310 St. Clair Avenue. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening. I stand here to offer my support to the residents of District 3 in completing Amanda Salazar's term on the Common Council. I was elected to the Council in 2017 to represent that district. During my tenure, I listened and responded to the emails, the phone calls, and the conversations of the constituents in that district and worked to address their needs. I was a member of the Finance and Personnel Committee and as part of those bodies, I helped to address the contested issues like this new City Hall and the proposed Kohler Golf Course. I understand the time and effort that is required to provide an informed opinion for my district. In 2018, the Council was reconfigured from 16 to 10 seats and I chose not to run again. Since then, I've been a member of the City's Board of Review, which is a citizen committee that oversees property evaluation and tax assessments. I was first appointed by Mayor Van der Stien and then reappointed by Mayor Sorensen. If chosen, I believe I can step in without in-depth training to represent the needs of my district and the city I've always called home. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Any questions from Council members? Dr. Heidemann. Thank you, Mayor. One of the questions that I have and I thought about a lot of these questions and I think this is, to me, is one of the most important ones. What steps would you take to help alleviate the homeless in Sheboygan? Many of them occupy our library and our inner city parks and are part of the Third District. Do you believe that this is just the city's problem or a problem that should be shared by the county? So we will do the order that folks have spoken and if we could keep remarks to one minute, that would be preferred. Thank you. I'm new to the issue and where the legality stands for how the city or the county could address the problem, but I believe it is a problem that should be bear by both the county and the city in some measure. I believe that if there is a problem in the city of Sheboygan with homelessness it could potentially also be a problem in county-wide also. Whatever is felt in Sheboygan is also something that's likely felt in the county as well. That being said, I think some measures to support organizations like the warming shelter that already exists in the city and as well as different neighborhood organizations that can provide like our neighborhood association that is able to provide holiday respite for some families that are in need. Being able to support those organizations might go a long way as well. That's all for me. I mean I think homelessness is a problem that's shared with everyone universally. I think having a business downtown where some of them congregate and hang out there's a real sympathy and empathetic notion for them and trying to provide the city needs to help provide some of those spaces that they can go whether it's the Salvation Army or the warming shelters and those things. Finding funding for that I understand is always a prominent burden that needs to be shared with all of us but I don't know the full extent of the issue so I can't totally comment on that at this time. But I'm happy to look into it and see what goes on. My son has a business on 8th Street so I'm familiar with the issues of the frustration. You Joe you pointed out the city gets some assistance from the county. It would seem to me that homelessness people have moved into cities where there are services offered in a good will and if that funding or help can be expanded through the county it sure seems something to push. I'm kind of unfamiliar with everything brand new but I just think of the phenomena of the congregation of folks and the lowering issue at the library as well as businesses. My son had some difficulties with folks at his place. I think it's a turn off to folks that come down to 8th Street but yet there's the humanitarian side of it not to just kick people around but if there's additional funds available and ideas that we can access through the county as well as the state we should be pushing for that. I agree there is a problem I don't believe it's just to district 3 I believe that as we grow as a city and we bring in more economic opportunities we're going to see this continually be it's not a problem we just need to find a solution for it. It is going to be regarded on the city. It should be involved with the county and I believe there's untapped resources that we can and we rely on with the state and there is stuff that we can bring in and we can make services available we can make education available we can use some of the buildings we we can provide forming centers meals food but the problem is is that as we keep growing we do need to find a solution and I do think that there's quite a few untapped resources that we could be looking into. It's actually Peterson then Ross. So I kind of echo everything that everybody has said at this point in time I feel that this is really you know a county it should be probably shared with the county it would be nice if there's a way for somehow for private organizations to also be involved I know that the Red Cross helps out a lot with with the homelessness I would also advocate for like if it was a problem that was thought to be one that needed to be addressed more completely it would be something that I would certainly think like a task force could be started within the city and and possibly we could do that jointly with the county again I don't understand all the specifics of how that works in the city but I would certainly advocate for something like that I'd like to think that the county in the city could be working on such a solution my guess is that politically that's going to be a tall hill my guess would be that it would be city organizations working with private help private organizations in the city to answer that question I'm afraid thank you additional questions for candidates holder heidemann yeah thank you mayor as you see the situation up here tonight we don't have a full council okay I guess what I want to really ask you is will you be able to make the current schedule of standing committee meetings and it is and you believe it's your responsibility to be there in person so we're gonna change the rotation just so everyone has a chance to go first and rotate so we'll do Jensen and then go down the list then Michael you'll be last so just just some rotation yes I currently work at the australial house every Monday Wednesday night Tuesday nights off not a morning person if there's meetings in the morning I still attend them I'm on the board out nourish I make that Friday eight o'clock meeting even though I work at the nights before and after I've already talked with Randy my co-owner about running trivia on the first and third Monday of the month so I can show up and be here on person I believe people having people seeing the people in charge and with the votes to make things happen is important so being here is always gonna be my top priority on those days I just have to say I'm really impressed with everybody who's come up here the district is well served and I think the the city will be well served I'm retired some grandkids my involvement with making spirit sprite it was about four hours a week that I they work on that so I've I've got plenty free time and working in organizations is is kind of my hobby working with people so yeah I'm retired so plenty of time to commit I might have been the last one to send in my application and resume as Meredith knows and I took a great deal of time thinking about this being a mom having four kids running a business and I sat down with my husband and I said this is what I've always wanted to do I ever since I was in student council ever since I ran for you know my high school you know class presidency this is what I wanted to do and I was the last one to send it in because I wanted to make sure I could fully commit be here there are so many committees I want to be a part of and it's also interesting to me and so yes the answer is yes and I've already gone through scenarios I've already thought about how many days I could be here when I can be here when the meetings are and absolutely can work it out to be here and it is very important to be here in person and to be here for your community and be able to bring ideas forward I too have looked at the times of the meetings and when the committees are my work schedule is usually I'm done around three three thirty in the afternoon and barring unforeseen problems that might occur when I'm on call which is extremely unlikely I'm able to make all the meetings so I feel pretty confident that I would be present that the the vast majority of the meetings without any problems yes I was able to maintain full commitments to the council and to the finance and personnel committee when I was at the council before thank you yes I can absolutely make the in-person meetings my work I work remotely for the federal reserve here in Sheboygan so my flex my schedule is very flexible that being said I do have my three cute disease vectors back behind me who like to give us all kinds of things so there will definitely be the occasion where I might have to take care of a sick child so I could definitely see that being a possibility otherwise I will make every effort possible to come in person as much as often as much as I can thank you any other questions Alder Perle I just want to offer a brief comment on and thank you for coming out tonight and candidate yourself is highly appreciated and heartwarming and as Donald said any of you would be a great a great other person and a great addition to our team thank you thank you Alder Perle for the comments any other questions Alder Decker just another comment I I I want to echo Alder Perle's statement I believe that this is a great slate of candidates every one of you and I hope that next year when it comes time to run that you think about running you know if you if you are not one of the ones or the ones shows this there's six good quality candidates and it's it's a shame that five of you are going to go home Alder Flicky Pineski thank you for those of you who don't get elected do remember we have a lot of committees and you can still be involved and we're always looking for folks on committees yes all right any other questions or comments all right seeing no more queues we will vote so the city clerk will be sending out the ballots via email I heard some bings so I mean some people got it Alder Feldy Alder Feldy did you get an email are you able to get on to your emails I am now but I have not looked at if there was anything that came in I'm afraid if I leave this site I'm going to lose everything what do you want her to do you have not can you did anyone did everyone get the email I got an email Barb can you just check your email and if we need to buzz you in call you good I'm looking it's from OPA vote from where OPA VOTE oh I get it okay no I have not gotten that at all OPA voting link I don't know I don't know what I don't know what I don't know if it says voting would that be it if it says voting it should say election title all to person district three they got it Meredith I have clicked on the vote button twice now and it's not giving me a chance to vote at all okay Barb I did get your list are you able to put did you get the one that photographed to you yes but I don't want to vote if you're voting okay I am not going to retype them all in there so take the one that I sent you okay thanks Barb you're welcome cement make sure I do that's right and while we're figuring that out I'll really rate some comments that some other older is made I appreciate everyone stepping up throwing your hat in the ring for these positions a lot of good qualified folks for this position and just echoing Alder Flicky Panesky's statement that if anyone is still interested if we are always looking for folks to serve on a variety of different committees and you can fill out a form on community code to submit interest in serving on several of our committees everything from police and fire commission to the library board to the joint board of review parks and forestry commission transit commission everything under the sun so just want to put in a good word for folks that don't make it across the finish line necessarily so now a lot of way to get back yeah just go back have to sit the back okay sounds good well we have our results we would like to congratulate oh I want to make a Daniel Peterson has been elected to finish the the district three position congratulations all right well come on up now we've got to swear you in we're throwing you right in right up here I guess come up here in front of the flag it looks good sorry and raise your right hand if it's too bad for me I Daniel Peterson I Daniel Peterson having been elected by the common council having been elected by the common council to the office of alder person district three the office of alder person district three swear that I will support swear that I will support the constitution of the United States the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Wisconsin and the constitution of the state of Wisconsin and we'll faithfully we'll faithfully discharge the duties of set office. The duties of said office to the best of my ability. So help me God. Thank you very much. It's kind of a baptism by fire tonight. Ask questions. Okay. We'll jump into mayor announcements. Right. Well good evening everybody. Thanks for hanging in there. We have a good lengthy agenda. Just two quick notes here. I just wanted to recognize and thank city staff and some of our several local businesses. Last week who participated in a small business tour with the lieutenant governor visited three local establishments, three sheeps, longhouse ax bar, as well as uptown slices showing some entrepreneurial businesses in our community. Also shout out and thank you to the mayor's international committee. Check out the library. We have a display in the library right when you come in recognizing our 25 years of being sister cities with supame. Also want to recognize if Mr. Bebel could come on up. Tonight is DPW director David Bebel's last city council meeting. So after 36 years he's surely going to miss coming to city council meetings every other Monday night as well as public works committee meetings. So I just want to recognize David Bebel for his 36 years of commitment for working with DPW and if our data was right you started in 1987. December 1987 so he's worked his way up here and it's been an honor working alongside of him both as a council member as well as the mayor. So I just wanted to recognize David Bebel's service to our community and give him a certificate for his recognition. So director Bebel. Thank you. Thank you. It's really truly been an honor and a privilege and I'm truly grateful to have been able to serve our community. Really it's my hometown. It's pretty special to come back and be able to serve this place where you were born, went to school, come back and have such a great opportunity to serve and have a great career. But you don't do it alone. We're all part of it. There's a lot of people that I can I too many names to name but past councils, past mayors and administrators, past city department heads and even the current administration. We all support one another and it without us helping and lifting each other up. That's what makes us a community and it happens in this chamber and it happens throughout our community and happens with our employees as well. I've had over my career the opportunity to work with so many dedicated employees within the department of public works and quite frankly without their support and their dedication they make you look good and I'm here in this position again to help coordinate and support but they actually get the job done in there and you see it every day in our community. It's been really a transformation of this community over the last several decades and I only see a great future. I think the city's in a great position and I wish everyone a great future and best of luck and continue the good success. Thank you Mayor. Thank you David. Next we have six hearings hearing number nine hearing number 10 23 24 approving a proposed PUDG DP general development plan designation by Van Horn properties of Sheboygan LLC to construct a new Van Horn key facility hearing number 11 23 24 pursuant to the letter sent and published by the city clerk in the hearing to change the land use classification. Okay we have to do them individually. All right first one I heard anyone wishing to be heard on this item anyone wishing to be heard anyone wishing to be heard seeing none older Decker. I moved to close the hearing. Second all those in favor of closing state aye. Aye. All right thank you. Hearing number 11 23 24 pursuant to letters sent and notice is published by the city clerk this is a hearing to change the land use classification for property located at 1828 Oakland Avenue parcel number 5 9 2 8 1 4 2 5 4 4 0 5 9 2 8 1 4 2 5 5 5 0 and 5 9 2 8 1 4 5 2 5 5 1 0 from class urban industrial to class urban industrial with a PUD overlay anyone on this one wishing to be heard anyone wishing to be heard last call anyone wishing to be heard seeing none older Decker. Thank you mayor I moved to close the hearing. All those in favor aye. All those in favor aye thank you all right that hearing is closed item 11 hearing number 12 23 24 pursuant to notice is published can I do all these at once those we do okay these ones we can do together okay pursuant to notice is published and personal notice by the finance director the hearing scheduled for this evening to consider the exercise of police powers and making assessment for those benefit properties against the assessment are being proposed for parking assessment districts one two four and five anyone wishing to be heard on these items anyone wishing to be heard last call anyone wishing to be heard seeing none older Decker. Thank you mayor I moved to close the hearing moved and seconded all those in favor closing the hearings please state aye. Aye. Any objection. Aye. Those are closed. Thank you. Consent agenda items 16 through 24 older Decker. Thank you mayor I move to receive and file all ROs receive all RCs and adopt all resolutions and ordinances. Second. Thank you moved and seconded older Mitchell. Thank you mayor just a question on item number 3 the sidewalk cafe regulations that mentioned that they were recently appealed recently repealed but are now being reenacted what was the original reason for repealing. So when they were originally repealed I think the thought was they could be brought in under just the regular encroachments ordinance um I didn't necessarily agree with that and as it's turned out that's that's real it really doesn't work to do it that way and so we're bringing back the regulations in the same form as they were but with a lower fee. Thank you. All right any other discussions on the consent agenda. All right seeing none this will be real call vote. Alder Peterson. Thank you. Let's be guys. All right thank you. Items 25 through 29 will be referred to their committees. Next resolutions. Item 30 resolution number 18028 to 24 by older persons Mitchell and Flicky Panesky authorizing the purchase of 1211 north 23rd street from a rural medical group for future use by the city. Alder Mitchell. Thank you mayor I move to suspend the rules. Any objections? Seeing none please proceed with your motion and move to adapt the resolution. Is there a second? Second. There's been a second. Any discussion on this item? Alder Prowler. All the red-lined content is just to to indicate that that is going to be eliminated right so this is the last version but the red line is what should not be considered correct. Yeah I I'm unaware I'm going to look to see what even the red line was attached because what should have been attached was simply the resolution or the document that Aurora sent. So the red I see what you mean the red lines they could have done it in black but they just happen to do them in red it's just crossing out sections of the standard agreement that they're not including. So the the version as it is just red instead of black instead of red is what is actually going to be signed? No so this is even though they used red lines it is not a red line so it is actually a document as it is you're approving it as it's written they've what what they did is rather than using the document that had been provided to them they instead used a standard document crossed out those portions in the standard document that they did not want to have apply and then added addenda so you are approving the entire document as it's written in front of you including the red lines through it this is not a red line document. A follow-up. Thank you. Do you have a follow-up Alder Prowler? Okay any other discussion? All right seeing none this will be a roll call vote. Alder Peterson? Eight eyes. All right that's approved. Item 31 resolution number 1812324 by Alder Persons Mitchell and Flikipinesky authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute a contract between the city of Sheboygan and Bay Lakes Regional Plan Commission to update the Sheboygan city Sheboygan comprehensive plan. Alder Mitchell. Thank you Mayor I'll defer what I anticipate may be a motion to suspend the rules to another member. Okay Alder Decker? Thank you Mayor I ask to suspend the rules. Any objection? Seeing none please proceed with your motion. I moved to adopt the resolution. Moved and seconded. Any discussion on this item? Alder Mitchell. This is probably going to echo a lot of what I brought up at our last meeting when we had an item on to suspend just the comprehensive plan is supposed to be updated once every 10 years. It seems like a discussion on who we're hiring to help us put that plan together and collect community feedback would be well worth having when it is a plan that is supposed to stand that long. I fully understand sometimes people get sick. You absolutely should take care of yourself get better and come back. I believe that was the reason listed in the resolution but I also believe we're already behind on that 10-year deadline so if we waited another two weeks and had that further discussion to make sure that we really are setting this 10-year plan up to be a guiding document for 10 years that would be the most beneficial for the city. It's not that I don't support hiring a consultant for helping us with comprehensive plan. I just don't like the idea of suspending the rules to do it all in one night. Thank you. Thank you. I want to echo that comment. I thought the same. We do it every 10 years. Now we are two years late. It makes sense that we didn't need to suspend the rules, that we had a little bit more time. I think that was enough time. I had the same thought but I also was wondering and that's not because I understand when staff is overwhelmed 100% so I don't challenge that at all but I was curious if that is common practice to give it to a consultant or it is something that because it is done every 10 years could be done internally. All right. I know we answered this question at previous meetings but Director McGinnis Casey would you like to respond? Sure. The plan is pretty intensive. The goal is to do a lot of community participation. Our department is still not fully staffed in the six months I've been here so unfortunately we have we do not have the capacity to take this on and I can say as well as this was approved in the CIP plan for the budget and Baylakes came in very very low in comparison to what I anticipated us having to spend to be able to do the plan. So they are experienced in doing this. They're a quasi-government agency and so I have a lot of faith that they will do a great job for us. So they will just a follow-up comment will they then they would take care of the engagement SM the community engagement as well with both us as a department as well as the plan commission to be sharing feedback of what they're but they're receiving but they will do the lift of doing the public engagement often probably with staff present but they will be doing the coordination. Thank you so much. Any other questions on this item? All right seeing none this is roll call vote. Alder Peterson 7 ayes 1 no. That's approved. Next resolution number 189-23-24 by Alder persons Raymond Mitchell accepting the dedication of certain lands and rights conveyed by a certified survey map prepared prepared by excuse me prepared for van horn properties of Sheboygan LLC for public use. Alder Mitchell. Thank you Mary. Move to adapt the resolution. Second moved and seconded. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none this is a roll call vote. Alder Peterson 8 ayes. All right that's approved. Item 32 resolution number 191-23-24 by Alder persons Mitchell and Raymond approving general development plan submitted by van horn properties of Sheboygan LLC to construct a new van horn key of facility at the aforementioned parcel numbers within a planned unit development zone. Alder Mitchell. Thank you Mary. Move to adapt the resolution. Second moved and seconded. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none all those are this is a roll call vote. Alder Peterson. Yay 8 ayes. That's approved. Items 34 through 37 will lay over. Items 38 through 46 will be referred to the respective committees. Next we have report of committees item 47 RC number 220-23-24 by the finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 170-23-24 by Alder persons Mitchell and Flakipaneski extending the life of tax incremental financing district number 001A for one year to fund affordable housing programs and projects within the city of Sheboygan. Alder Mitchell. Thank you Mary. Move to receive the RC and adapt the resolution. Moved and seconded. Any discussion on this item? Alder Rust. Where exactly is TID-1E and why are we extending is there a project that we have coming up immediately for this? Finance director buzzed in first. Thank you. This TID is actually environmental TID-1. It is my understanding it's on the north side where there used to be a city dump and now it's got commercial buildings on top of it. So we are required to close this TID within the next year. However, state statute allows us to keep it open for one more year to keep the funds in the city for affordable housing. So that is what this request is for. It would put the funds approximately $120,000 into the affordable housing fund for future projects. Thank you. So do we have something lined up? Administrator Bradley. Yes. This will go into the fund we're using. We've established the fund I believe last year. We started collecting funds into there and then we're using it for various affordable housing projects throughout the city. So by keeping open one more year those funds go in there and then council will get to dictate what projects it ultimately goes towards. All right. Thank you. Alder Flickpeneski. That was my question. Thank you. Seeing no more queues this will be world call vote. Alder Peterson. Eight ayes. That's approved. Item 48, RC number 221-23-24 by finance and personnel committee to whom was referred resolution number 1-7-1-23-24 by Alder Persons Mitchell and Flickie Peneski authorizing the finance director to complete a 2024 budget amendment to cover the costs of transitioning the city's current Microsoft Office products to Microsoft Office 365. Alder Mitchell. Thank you. May I move to receive the RC and adapt the resolution? Second. Move and second it. Any discussion on this one? All right. Seeing no queues roll call vote. Alder Peterson. Eight ayes. That's approved. Item 49 RC number 230-23-24 by public works committee to whom was referred direct referral resolution 1-7-9-23-24 by Alder Persons Deckard and Ross authorizing the appropriate city officials to enter into contract with Putney Peterson construction company for the construction of South 11th Street and Swift Avenue. Alder Deckard. Thank you mayor. I move to receive receive the RC and adopt the resolution. Okay. Moved and seconded. Any discussion on this one? Seeing none. All those in favor this is a roll call vote. Alder Peterson. Yay. Yay. Thank you. Thank you. Eight ayes. Okay that's approved. Okay next matters that have been laid over RO number 121-23-24 by the city planning commission to whom was referred general general ordinance number 4123-24 by Alder Persons Mitchell and RO number 108-23-24 by city clerk submitting an application for amendment of the city of Sheboygan official zoning map for the Sheboygan zoning ordinance for property located around 1828 Oakland Avenue including the aforementioned parcels from class urban industrial to class urban industrial with a pu day overlay. Alder Mitchell. Thank you mayor. I move to receive and file the RO and adapt the ordinance. Moved and seconded. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none. This will be roll call vote. Alder Peterson. Yay. Eight ayes. Thank you. That's approved. We've exhausted the agenda. Alder Decker. Thank you mayor. I move to adjourn. Second. Moved and seconded. All those in favor? Aye. We're adjourned at 716. Thanks everyone.