 I'd like to call to order the 7th regular meeting of the 2018-2019 Common Council. Would the clerk please read the quote for the day. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Thank you very much. Would the clerk please call the roll? There are nine present. Rosemary Trester is excused. Please stand and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and the 230 public for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from our last City Council meeting. All the person will. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to approve. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Next is the public forum. City Clerk. There is no one this evening. Then we'll move on to resignation. City Attorney. We have one resignation. Dave Sanderson submitting his resignation from the Bid District Board, effective June 18, 2018. Thank you very much. All the person will. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to accept and file. Thank you for that motion and support. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Next we have a special presentation. And it's a special award by the League of Municipalities. And Kurt Watensky is here to make the presentation. Kurt, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Council. My name is Kurt Watensky. I'm Deputy Director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. And my main job of the league is to advocate on behalf of cities and villages in the state capital. I'm the main lobbyist for the association. And your mayor and some of your council members are frequently participating in some of our advocacy efforts. And we thank you very much for that. Also want to thank you for the opportunity this evening. And why I'm here is to recognize one of eight municipal champions that the League of Wisconsin Municipalities is recognizing at the end of this most recent legislative session. There are 132 state legislators that make up the Senate and the Assembly within the Wisconsin State Legislature. And we looked at factors like which legislators have worked with us to introduce legislation and advance legislation that benefits cities and villages overall. And which legislators have worked with us to stop or block legislation that removes powers from cities and villages or removes funding from cities and villages? So on the basis of those criteria, those factors, we looked at all 132 and eight of them stood out as what we are calling municipal champions. And one of them happens to be a representative that represents City of Sheboygan is from Usberg. But I want to explain why Representative Terry is one of our municipal champions. Terry Kotsma, we went to him early in the session and asked him if he'd be interested in introducing and working through the process of a piece of legislation that would benefit all communities. This legislative idea was recommended by a couple of communities, actually, Stevens Point and DeForest. And it changed the limits that currently exist under current law for what type of investments municipalities may enter into when they have cash on hand. Previously, communities were limited in the term, the length of a certificate of deposit. It was limited to three years, which didn't make a lot of sense. The community could get better rates and have a wiser use of their investment dollars in a longer CD. Why shouldn't they be able to do that? So we went to Representative Kotsma and he right away said, yeah, this makes sense. This is something I understand. And being a practical person and someone who has lots of respect within his caucus, he immediately took it and ran, introduced the bill, moved it through all the different procedures, got it to the governor and it was signed into law. That's one example. Another example is he worked with the City of Milwaukee on a bill that we supported as well. The City of Milwaukee was looking for creating some requirements, some standards for allowing third party individuals to enter into and submit bids for closed properties. It's a big issue in the City of Milwaukee. Bad landlords were acquiring land through sheriff's sales and for closed property and there wasn't anything the City could do. So this piece of legislation that, again, Representative Kotsma authored with the City of Milwaukee's help, introduced and shepherd it through the process, was passed into law. And now before an individual can just show up at a sheriff's sale and acquire for closed property through a bid or an auction, has to meet certain requirements. Like they have to be up to speed with their taxes on the properties that they already own. That's just one example. So those are two pieces of legislation. We worked with him to pass and become law. But I also want to mention he was also a key supporter and co-sponsor actually signed on to two pieces of legislation that we worked hard on, which eventually did not pass. And these are the dark store legislation and the reversal of the Walgreens decision. Two bills our association worked hard on. You've probably read about it in our magazine. It has to do with commercial property assessments and some tax loopholes or strategies that we want to close the door on. Representative Kotsma was one of the legislators that signed on to those bills early on. And in the end, and we're very grateful for that because it wasn't easy to do because there were, as you might know, there was plenty of opposition to those pieces of legislation. I mean, businesses that already use those tax, we call them tax loopholes, they call them tax strategies, naturally want to keep those and want to maintain the status quo. So there was lots of opposition, but Representative Kotsma understood our perspective and went to bat for us as co-sponsors of those bills. And we'll look to him again next session to see if, ask him to also co-sponsor those bills. So I'd like to call up Representative Kotsma and present to him a token of our gratitude for being a municipal champion. This is basically, it's a clock with his district, his city, Usberg, centered on, basically placed on the center of the clock. And so if you'll join me in recognizing Senator Kotsma as a municipal chairman. Senator, I'm only a week or so away. Sorry. And I imagine he'll want to say a few words, Mayor, if that's appropriate. That's perfectly appropriate. You know, I just want to say that Terry Kotsma has been great for the city of Sheboygan as well. Not only when I call or many of you call his office, but he also meets with us on a bi-monthly basis here at City Hall. And just listens to the concerns of all of our department heads. And we really appreciate the extra effort that he puts in. Well, thank you, Mr. Mayor, and good evening, everyone. Thank you for having me here tonight. And I just want to make two points. First, the League of Municipalities, as you may all know, is your primary lobbyist. I don't know what you pay in dues to the League of Municipalities. But early, I'm in my second term. And early, when I was in my first term, I remember getting visited by Kurt. And I'm thinking, you know, lobbyists can get a bad name sometimes. But as representatives, we're supposed to understand all these issues, agriculture and transportation and medical things. And on and on and on. There's no way you can know everything about everything. So I was most impressed when I first met Kurt. He was logical. He was reasonable. And I thought, this is somebody that certainly I can rely on, that I can trust. And so I want to thank Kurt, and I want to tell you, the city of Sheboygan, that we are very adequately and very finely represented by Kurt in Madison. He is a well-respected lobbyist. Secondly, it's really an honor for me to receive this award. And the League will pride themselves on being nonpartisan. And, you know, we hear about things, you know, arguments and things we don't get along and all that stuff. Well, this is a great example. And I want to explore a little bit more about the legislation that we did, or that I did in cooperation with Evan Goeike from Milwaukee. He represents the smallest geographic area in the state of Wisconsin. So in other words, the densest population. So there's a lot of problems in the city of Milwaukee that I don't really understand. I don't know about. Well, I do know about banking and financial services. So we worked together. He invited me down there. I spent the day. We went to the basement of the sheriff's department where they had foreclosure sales. We went to some boarded up properties, some residential properties that were boarded, some commercial properties. And we worked together on this legislation. It was unanimously passed and unanimously came out of the committee. So when you hear about things that arguments and disagreements, I want to tell you again, 90% of the bills that we passed do have bipartisan support. And this is a great example of that. So again, thank you for letting me be here tonight. And again, it's really an honor and a privilege to represent the city of Sheboygan and a lot of all the good things that are going on here. Thanks to you and Mr. Mayor. I appreciate the relationship that we have. And thank you for that as well. So thank you. Thank you, Jerry. Next, we'll move on to Mayor's announcements. Just want to announce that our trolley that runs through South Pier, the marina in downtown will run on the 4th of July from 11 o'clock until 8pm. Rides are a dollar for all day. And also want to let you know that Sheboygan area school district approved the new contract with the with our shoreline metro. And students can now ride free with their ID card. And the school district is picking up the cost of that. Also, the 11 amp concert on the City Green on July 5th is coming up. That'll be from 6 to 9pm. And the Pops Band concert is scheduled on Wednesday the 11th. And that starts at 6.30. We also like to thank our Freedom Fest sponsors, Plenco Valrath, the two new sponsors. And also Festival Foods, who takes care of the fireworks. And Wisconsin Bacon Trust, who sponsors the parade. So I hope everybody has a great 4th of July. Next we'll move on to hearing. Item 2.1 is hearing number 3 of 1819, amending the city of Sheboygan's official zoning map to change the use district classification of vacant land located on North 15th Street, parcel 59281500560 from class urban commercial to class urban residential. Is there anyone here wishing to be heard? Is there anyone who wishes to be heard? Is there anyone who wishes to be heard? All the person will. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to close the hearing. Thank you for that motion and support. All those in favor of closing the hearing please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Then we'll move on to the consent agenda, which will include items 3.2 through 3.6. All the person will. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to accept and file all or owes, accept and adopt all our C's and pass all resolutions and ordinances. Thank you for that motion. Is there any discussion on any of the items in the consent agenda? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Nine, aye. Motion passes. Under reports of officers, item 4.1 is RO number 61 of 1819 by the City Planning Commission. To whom was referred, direct referral resolution number 44 of 1819 by Alderperson Bourne and Donahue. Approving the capital improvements program recommended by the Capital Improvements Commission for the program period of 2019 through 2023. And adopting the program for implementation, it recommends the approving the resolution. Alderperson Bourne. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for that motion and support. The motion is before you. Is there any discussion on the capital improvements program? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Nine, aye. Motion passes. Item 4.2 is RO number 62 of 1819 by the City Planning Commission. To whom was referred, general ordinance number 5 of 1819 by Alderperson Decker and RO number 37 of 1819 by the City Clerk for an application from Richardson Industries Incorporated for a change in the zoning classification of vacant land located on North 15th Street across from 822 North 14th Street, parcel number 59281500560 from Class Urban Commercial to Class Urban Residential Classification recommends the approval of the general ordinance and RO. Alderperson Bourne. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to accept and file and pass the ordinance. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Nine, aye. Motion passes. Item 4.3 through 4.9 will be referred to various committees under resolutions. Item 5.1 is resolution number 45 of 1819 by Alderperson's Wolf and Donahue authorizing, executing a certificate that has been requested by the title and share for the SLOMA PHA properties LLC ground lease. Alderperson Wolfe. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to suspend and pass resolution. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the resolution? Seeing none, all those. Is there any objection to suspension? Thank you. So we have a motion on the floor. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. I'm sorry, we need to have a roll call on this. Will the clerk please call the roll? Nine, aye. Motion passes. Item 5.2 is resolution number 46 of 1819 by Alderperson's Wolf authorizing, entering into an agreement with the Sheboygan professional police officer's supervisory association for a successor contract. Alderperson Wolfe. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to suspend. Is there any objection to suspension? Hearing none, please proceed. I would like to also make a motion to pass the resolution. Thank you for that motion and support. The resolution is before us. Any discussion on the motion? Alderperson Boren. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to ask Sandy. I've got to find it here on the agreement. It was under number 3. Effective 2019 affected the first payroll in January 2019. Education credit will transition from a lump sum to an hourly amount in the form of wages per hour. And then it states the wages per hour because of the bachelors and masters. I'll just continue to pay out for long courses effective January 19, 2019. Sandy, my question is what was the thinking on going from the lump sum to the hourly wage? And I guess my question is if it's a lump sum payout, we wouldn't have to pay or we weren't paying WRS on that where if we go to an hourly wage and increase wages, we aren't having to pay into WRS or don't I have that correct? That's not correct. The lump sum payout does have to be counted towards WRS wages. And any Fair Labor Standards Act overtime must also apply. So this was one of the findings or considerations in the class action lawsuit that identified an amount being paid out had to be applicable to overtime. And so by converting it to an hourly rate, it is automatically part of their wages for overtime earnings. There is a slight additional cost because now it's applicable to all overtime versus just Fair Labor Standards Act. Thank you. Thank you for that explanation and question. Any other discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Motion passes. Items 5.3 and 5.4 will lay over. Items 5.5 through 5.8 will be referred to various committees. Under report of committees, 6.1 is RC number 68 of 1819 by the Finance and Personnel Committee. Tumas referred resolution number 41 of 1819 by Elder Persons, Rindfleisch and Bohr and Authorizing, a transfer of appropriations in the 2018 budget and recommends passing the resolution. All the person, Rindfleisch. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Nine ayes. Motion passes. Item 7.1 will be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee. Next we'll go on with other matters received after the agenda was published. City Attorney. 8.1 is an RO by the City Clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending December 31st, 2018, June 30th, 2019 and June 30th, 2020. That will be referred to the Licensing Hearings and Public Safety Committee. Next we have a contemplated closed session. Alderperson Wolfe. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to convene in closed session under the exemption provided in section 19.85, sub 1, sub e, Wisconsin stats where competitive and bargaining reasons require a closed session regarding a development opportunity in the South Point Enterprise Campus. Thank you for that motion and support. The clerk please call the roll for closed session. Nine ayes. Motion passes. We'll take a three-minute recess and reconvene and for our viewers at home, we'll be adjourning in closed session, so those will be the end of our program for tonight.