 We'll call the 9th regular meeting of the Common Council order. Pat, would you call the roll, please? Bowman? Burd? Doyle? Manny? Montemayor? Moodie? Rinflaich? Van Agren? Wongelman? Warner? Corm's Prison? Oliver and Groff? Moved to second that. We've approved the minutes of the previous council meeting under discussion. Hearing none, all in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. Alderman Moody, would you leave us in a pledge, please? 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. Alderman Baldwin? Alderman Baldwin recently visited Subami, our sister city, as a representative of the Mayor's International Committee, and he went over there with a group of students, correct Alderman Baldwin? Yes, sir. And you did bring things back that you want to present to the council, so. Yes, I certainly do, and thank you. Thank you for the time. As the mayor just stated, we, as a group of 12 people, 10 Shibuya area school district children, and two chaperones, visited our sister city of Subami in Japan. We were there for 13 days, and we, in turn, from the city and the International Committee, gave the city of Subami one of the 150th anniversary plates, signed by you, Mr. Shram. And they were extremely impressed when I told him that this was one of 500. He got a big grin on his face, and he said, I would like to present this to the city of Shibuya. And this is a plaque, and he said this plaque is one of one. So needless to say, it was a big difference. So the plaque in itself does state, Shibuya and Sesquicentennial, congratulations on your Sesquicentennial. The people of Subami celebrate with you. We look forward to our continuing friendship over the years to come. July 18th, 2003. Janichi Takahashi, mayor of Subami, to the citizens of Shibuya again from the citizens of Subami. And this is the gift. Thank you. Along with this, I'd like to also present a photograph of the entire group the mayor holding the plate in the mayor's office in the city of Subami. Thank you. Michael, tomorrow we'll find a place to display this. Okay. With that, we have two notices this evening. We have an ordinance that has been introduced for the vacation and discontinuance of a portion of Wisconsin Avenue located west of North 14th Street, west to the Shibuygan River. We have another one. The ordinance has been introduced for the vacation and discontinuance of a portion of an unpaved east west alley located between North 6th Street and Lake Michigan and Columbus Avenue and Grand Avenue. We also have one hearing this evening. And any interested persons wishing to be heard on the hearing, please step up the microphone and give us your name and address. It's amend the zoning classification for property located at 3415 Superior Avenue. Any interested parties wishing to be heard this evening? Any interested parties wishing to be heard? Alder McGrath. Do you want to move that the hearings be closed? Move to second that the hearings be closed. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. City Attorney, confirmation of appointments. I hereby submit the following appointment for consideration. David Rapinski to be considered for appointment to the Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Development to fill the unexpired term of Teresa Blundell does not meet residency requirement whose term expires 430 2004 signed by the mayor. Alder McGrath. Do you want to move that the appointment be confirmed? Move to second that the appointment be confirmed under discussion. Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Public forum passed. No one. Alder McGrath, consent agenda. Your Honor, thank you. At this time, I'd like to pull forward item number 948. This is regarding the authorizing and issuance and providing for the sale of $1,740,000 bond anticipation notes. Series 2003B for district number 6. At this particular time, I would move that that resolution be put upon as passage. Moving to second resolution be put upon as passage under discussion. Alder McGrath, would you just explain, because I was asked to do also and I did explain it to Bob, but what this $1,700,000 is going for, or Tom? This is a breakdown on part of the larger borrowing, but what's this portion going for? It's for... I'm going to guess what you're going to speak about, Rich. It's in your first warehouse. But I believe it's for the infrastructure. Yeah, it is for the infrastructure, but what part it is? Rich? Yes, this is mainly for the streets projects and for the storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and the south pier public improvements. Also includes street lighting, some filling work. I can go through the individual numbers for each one of the projects mainly cares for that. I don't know if that's necessary, but just so everyone knows what that portion is for. Thank you. And then also every holder person has a copy of this memo of it, which breaks it down. Okay. The individual fees. Thank you. We have a resolution before us. If there's no other discussion. Alder McGrath? No. Okay. Thank you. Pat, would you call the roll please? Berg? Aye. Boonee? Aye. Doyle? Aye. Graf? Aye. Montemayor? Aye. Moody? Aye. Perez? Aye. Ruinfleisch? Aye. Steffen? Aye. Ben Akron? Aye. Warner? Aye. Weninger? Aye. Raulman? Aye. We move that all ROs be accepted and filed. All RCs be accepted and adopted. We pass the resolutions and the general ordinance. Move to second. All ROs be accepted and filed. RCs accept and adopted. Pass the resolutions and ordinances. Alderman Steffen, under discussion. Yeah, I'd like to pull forward 929. 929. Okay. I guess I have a question and a statement. I'll make all the questions first. Okay. When we were to go shooting in Georgia cost contact, I mean, you know, I don't want to go through the whole thing again, but I was under the impression that, you know, when they felt they could justify a raise, they would come to us and they've done that. But as I checked around, I was told, it's kind of like just a formality. They're letting us know we really have no choice in accepting the matter. I mean, we're not okaying it. We're just saying, yeah, you told us. Is that pretty much, I mean, I was under the impression that we had to actually okay their raises. And then I'd be told now that that's not actually the case. All of them are stuffing. Okay. So basically all they have to do is let us know they can charge whatever they want. That's right. Because I'm just concerned, you know, they got 8% earlier in the year. Basic life support emergency gets another 15%. Now it's 23%. Hey. And the beautiful part for us is, you know, everybody can say tax freeze, tax freeze. Guess what? We didn't do it. You know, they're doing it. And all the people who thought it was a wonderful thing to get it out of the government, to get it out of our control, and they're still paying more when we're together. You know, all they think about is their tax roll, their tax roll, their tax roll. But we could take everything we have and privatize it, take it off the tax roll like we did this. And we could just expect to get 23% raises every year. I think this is ludicrous. I think I certainly wouldn't have approved it. I mean, had I known that we have no say in them yet. And I think the citizens out there who were overwhelmingly for keeping Orange Cross, don't fix it. I'm not broken now. I hope they realize that they're paying for this. You know, we're not doing it. We have no choice. They wanted it. They got it. And yet we can go to sleep and say, we didn't raise your taxes for the ambulance service. Okay. And I would request a separate vote on it. Okay. Okay. Well, let's do that one first then. If you want a separate vote on it. Mr. Dozen here. Please hold. Yeah, I don't think. Okay. All in favor of a passage of 929. 929. Posed? 929. Pro call. Pro call. Amen.ーい yeah. point out to place you. No. I moody. Winter. Bowmen. 3 eyes tengo's. Reported from what you want me to do with it. It stays in the committee photo, right? I don't want to press. Thank you, Your Honor. I don't know that we can do it. What they're doing. This is more of a symbolic vote that we're doing now, letting Orange Cross know that we're not particularly thrilled that they increase rates rather quickly and that they have the ability to do that without the input from the top council. So I think this is just more of a symbolic vote to them, but there's nothing we can do. But I have to do something with the paper. Still have to file it or something. I would make a motion. Move the file. Just to file, not accept an adopt. Okay. Second? Yeah. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen. Discussion is healthy. Alderman Warner. I thank Your Honor. I was going to speak about that too, since we filed it. Okay. Okay. Anything else from Alderman Prez? Yes. Thank you, Your Honor. I just wanted to make a couple of comments with respect to 921 and 929. I'm sorry, 928. Okay. With respect to 928, and I'm not asking for a separate voting like that, but with respect to 928, I just wanted to say that it's about time we've made that change. I think it was very well needed change there. With respect to 921, we had a situation where the inspection department requested a position to be filled and is then vacant for quite a while. I debated the issue that we should provide that position if we're going to ask our inspectors to do the work that's being asked of them. I notice now that it's up for discussion again, salary agreements, and I'm glad it is. Hopefully it will be passed this time. We really can't give our inspection department all the work that we're giving them and not giving them the people to do it with. I think that's a mistake on our part. My other question was, with respect to the process that's involved here, is it the same process that's going to be followed that's followed now where you write a letter to them? They have so many days to comply and so forth. I'm not qualified to answer that one. For this position you're talking? No, for that 921. The inspectors are going to be issued in citations. Oh, okay. Who wouldn't know on that one? Alderman Orner. Thank you, Your Honor. Right now they're not prepared to issue citations, but they hope to be up and running by October 1st or somewhere around there. Paulette, they're going to have to go through some training. Although the ordinance already stands that they have the responsibility and the legal right to write these citations. They haven't been doing it, because they haven't had the time and things like that. And Paulette is working on setting something up to get some training for the inspectors that when they go out there, they're writing the tickets properly. And that should take until about October we figure. And they'd be up and running by then. Thank you. And I would also like to say that I agree that when you look at document 9-1, building inspection is one of the few departments in the city that basically pretty much pays for itself in the fees and charges that come into it. And a lot of times with some of the issues we've dealt with lately in our neighborhoods, including them up and removing some of the vehicles from the streets and all these things, that all falls under building inspections to a certain point. Responsibilities, and we have to really consider that position in building inspection. It's very important in dealing with a lot of things we've been talking about in the last month or two in the city. If I may, Your Honor. Thank you. I support the RC. My concern here was simply that if we follow a process that I believe is in place now, there's going to be a lot of people out there who are going to be asked to do some repairs on their homes, siding windows, roof and so forth. That is going to cost people a lot of money. A lot of times people don't want to do it, just they don't have the funds. So there's a grace period there where they could put together a plan that said within a year or six months we'll be able to do this. Nowadays a lot of people don't even have jobs anymore, so where are they going to get the money? It's a great idea because I'm very familiar with the problem that we have. People who don't keep their yards clean, but there's things that we can cite people for. If they don't cut their grass, they don't clean their yards. It doesn't cost them any money. They should be cited for that. But there's things that are going to cost a lot of money that we need to be sensitive to our residents. So I would ask that the inspections department consider that when you put together the process. Thank you. You're welcome. I would hope that the department, Alderman Warner and Paulette, that on the individual basis when each issue comes in that you take a good look at on the individual basis, each problem out there. I also agree with you two guys. The last meeting, selling grievance meeting, it was under understanding Paulette and Pete did sit down with me and talk about this position, but nothing came in and writing to the committee. And that's why it wasn't approved. Now Paulette's coming in with a plan for restructuring in her department. So I would have hoped the committee would take a good look at this position. Selling grievance. See what we can do with that. It doesn't pay to give our inspector citation powers if you don't have inspectors to carry them out. Hang on Alderman Warner. Alderman Lineflesh. I guess I'm just looking for clarification for something that was said earlier. The policy is on the books of what they can cite, how much, what the due process is for those cited. That's somewhere on the books, correct, from prior. So we're not creating and enacting something that, you know, I'm concerned, I don't have the black in front of me. I'm concerned about giving somebody powers or so on. So you're saying it does exist. We're just allowing them to do so. And I do urge also that we reconsider that position and hope that we feel that, especially with all the development that will be going on here, the building inspector, not only with our existing plans, but make sure that all of our new developments are also up to code as well. Okay. Alderman Warner. Thank you. I think most of these situations that we're probably talking about, they come underneath the housing inspection person. And what ends up happening there is they do get a letter and they get a certain period of time. I forget if it's two weeks or 30 days and there's things set in the city through Pete Fullerton where the renewal administrator, which he is not anymore, but he still does the job, I believe, where funds are available for people who can't afford things and stuff and they would work with them on that. It's not something we're going to go out there heavy handed. What happens right now is they haven't been writing the ticket, so these things just never get done at all. So it's a difficult situation like that. And in this case, they really won't be doing anything different except for writing that citation and that'll be a quicker process than the way it sits sometimes now. It takes a long time to get it through the county and city attorney's office and everything. If you notice on here, there's a lot of times where certain fees are paid off to the county for every case they handle and things like that. So we have a lot of issues there. Thanks. Okay. Okay. If there's no other discussion or any other audit, I'll come and go. Thank you, Your Honor. I just want to bring to the attention 936, which is an RC by Public Protection and Safety entering into an agreement to provide school liaison officers. This is an issue that has been already sent to strategic fiscal planning regarding a possible cost reduction measure that we should look at, whereas police officers could be on the street rather than helping out the school system and the school system would have to supply their own liaison officers using either retired officers or something like that. So it's just to keep everybody informed that this is one issue that we're voting on for 2003, 2004, but in 2004, for the fall classes, we may have to look at this as a position that may have to remain in the city rather than helping out the school system. The school system was already notified about that discussion. All right. If there's no other discussion, try it. It's a healthy discussion. It's good. Would you call the roll, please? Doyle. Hi. Graf. Hi. Montemare. Hi. Moody. Hi. Perez. Hi. Rindfleisch. Hi. Salomon. Hi. Bird. Hi. Boney. Hi. Thirteen eyes. Motion carried. 940 to be referred. 941 through 947 to be referred. 948, we already passed. 949 will be referred to strategic fiscal plan. 950 by Alderman Van Akron, Longerman, winning our many in Perez, authorizing the chief of police to hire two new police officers in early January of 04. Would you like to take all three Alderman Van Akron? Yeah, I'll take all three of them. 50, 51, and 52. 52 is public works, getting three laborers in the streets and performing it. In reorganization there also? Yep. There will be all of them. I think we're going to move a couple of people around. Okay. The other one is strategic file position of one program analysis in the District of Maine. I looked at the committee report and said to adopt it. One thing before that, if you look at these, most of all of them have given up men and money. One reason why we didn't, and the other one which now she's going to give up a position was voted out. These are all? Reorganization. Organizations on all three. And one thing else that all TOs will stay on but will be not budgeted for this next year. All personnel, I'll stay on the TO, but you won't be budgeted. The ones you guys didn't fill. All of them are gone. They're going to stay on the TO, but... They won't be budgeted. Open positions that we did and filled. Oh, right. Those will remain. On the TO, right. But they will not be budgeted. Correct. That is correct. But I have a question on, I don't know, Alderman Van Ackman, if you can answer this or if I need to talk to someone in public works. But the reorganization, what kind of savings will that result in? What benefits is 270? Roughly? Over 270? Yes. It was over $270,000 for O4, the benefits. For the reorganization that you're talking about here. And the positions that we're not filling. Yes, total. Okay. I'm sorry. Do you have any idea with just the reorganization itself, rather than... With the reorg itself, it's $66,000 plus benefits. Okay. Thank you. That's probably close to 90. Okay. Alderman Stephan. Just a question. I'm not against the hiring of new police officers, but I just want to clarify with what Alderman Grass said. If that does go through with the liaison officers, I guess there's two options. The school system could decide to fund the four and then we wouldn't have a problem. If they wouldn't, then those would come back in the TO and we might not need the hiring, I guess. There's still a couple of positions that we didn't fill. Okay. But that's four. There's four liaison officers, right? Correct. But I mean, I assume there might be some retirements. I think there's two mental schools. I thought there was one sharing. Oh, that could be. I thought there were only three. Alderman Van Ackman. But even with them coming in, they're still empty on the teal. They want to take it two out of the four. Okay. I need a motion Alderman Van Ackman. First, I don't think we had a motion for passages. He made a motion for RC, but there's no RC. Just three resolutions. Just three resolutions. I made a motion to three resolutions. They put them on spastic. Okay. Now, under discussion. Alderman Orner. Under discussion, I just want to make it clear that the school system does pay 50% of the wages and benefits of, of the officers that are lies on officers. We could, could have taken this out. I would, I would imagine we would be paying 100% of their wages and benefits at that time, which probably wouldn't be a good idea. And I would also like to make it known that there has been a change this year and the school system is aware of it, that these officers will be available at any time. Should the chief dean that they have to be taken from the schools and put on the streets. So there are some slight changes in the contract that make it a little bit more doable. And I think they are of value to the city. You never really know. When you look at something like this, if someone was helped prevented from going further with something, crime, drugs, whatever could be happening. And I think it's a more of a preventive and intervention type of program. And I think it's a, it's a, it's a, it's an intervention type of program with the lives and offices. And I think it's good for the city overall if we can maintain it. I believe we're already starting to refresh your courses. Alderman Warner, correct? Yes. Alderman Doyle. Thank you, Your Honor. I'm confused Alderman Graf because I thought from our discussion at finance that these three were going to go to strategic fiscal planning committee and not be implemented this year. Now these documents are coming out of salary and grievance. Right. They are not, we did not have those even in strategic fiscal planning. No, but, but we did, did talk about them and I, I said question them with regard to is salaries and grievances doing long range planning for us in terms of the budget year or is strategic fiscal planning doing long term budget planning for us. And unless I misunderstood you, you indicated that these issues would be settled by strategic fiscal planning committee, but apparently they're not. The, the recommendation, the strategic fiscal planning recommendation was that salary and grievance should review all the open positions with the department heads requesting them so that by August 8th we would know which ones they require being filled and so forth. So strategic fiscal planning made that recommendation to salary and grievance. They did that and they're coming back saying, okay, out of the 18 open positions that we had we feel that these need to be filled. That was for budget purposes only. But they're only going to be filled for the remainder of the year apparently and strategic fiscal planning is going to determine whether they're budgeted for next year or not or they're budgeted for next year. These, this evening will be budgeted for next year. Anything not filled, unless you like 11, not filled, will not be budgeted in 2004, but will remain on the teal. How about the police liaison officers because you're sort of indicating that, that there's thinking going on about those, but yet Alderman Warner is saying that. That's a recommendation that's coming to strategic fiscal planning about the liaison officers in 2004. Now, approving this tonight will result in that contract being approved, which is covering the 2003-2004 school year. So another contract will be coming up in, at this time next year, which has to be looked at again. Alderman Warner. Thank you, Your Honor. I beg your pardon for speaking so much on this and I know it's probably irregular, but that is for this year and the fall of next year and next summer we'll be looking at another contract and at that time there may be some changes. And we have to give the school system for enough advance notice so they know how to plan also with their officers if we're going to have them or not. So, all right, all right. If there's another discussion, Pat, would you call the roll? Graf. Aye. Montemire. Aye. Moody. Aye. Perez. Aye. Rinflaich. Aye. Warner. Aye. Winninger. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Berg. Aye. Bonnet. Aye. Doyle. No. 12 ayes, 1 no. Motion carried. 953 through 55 will lie over. 56 through 58 to be referred. 59 and 60 lie over. 61 to be referred. 738 by City Plan Commission. Recommending filing documents relative to the vacating a portion of Wisconsin Avenue located west of North 15th Street, west of the Sheboygan River. Alderman Orner. Thank you, Your Honor. On that, it would make a motion to accept and file the arrow. You want to take 739 along with it? It's a different. Can I take that? She can go right down as long as it is. Oh, you can. The first one doesn't need a roll call. The other two need roll calls. Okay. Well, let's just do this voice vote on this first one. We have a motion before us to accept and file the arrow. Is there any discussion? Alderman Van Aker. Yeah, I have one question. Back here on the noise, we say west of 14th Street. It was a typo. We say west of 15th Street. It's 15th Street. It was a typo. I already made a correction on my copy. You already did. You're not going to cut off 14th Street. No, no. It was a typo. Oh, we're not going to do it anyhow. They're not allowing it to happen. It's not going to be vacated. We're going to have to make an ego eye. It was a typo. Okay. There's another discussion. All in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. 739 RO by city plan commission recommending vacating the unpaved east west alley located between North 6th Street and Lake Michigan and between Columbus Avenue and Grand Avenue. Alderman. I think your honor, can I take 827 also? Yeah. Yes. I would make a motion to accept and file the ROs and that the ordinance be put upon their passage. Thank you. Move to 739. You accept and file both ROs and the ordinances be put upon their passage. Under discussion? Under discussion, your honor, on number 8. 739 on that one. It's a very thin strip of land that has never been improved. And that'll take care of that one there and put it back on people have been using it, but not paying any taxes on it. And this will change that. And then 827. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. And the summary is number 847. Your honor, that is the rezoning of 3415 Superior Avenue from Urban Residential to Class SC Suburban Commercial. And that entire area out there has been changing over the years into A more commercial area. And this is In keeping with that trend. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Bauman, Berg, Bonet, Doyle, Graf, 13 ayes. Motion carried. 841, resolution by Alderman Graf, winning her, Stefan Bonet, authorizing a transfer appropriations in the 2003 budget. Alderman Graf. Thank you, Your Honor. I'll move that that resolution be put upon its passage. It's moved in second resolution be put upon its passage under discussion. Hearing none, would you call the roll please. Moody. Perez. Ruinfleisch, Stefan. Aye. Van Ackren, Warner. Warner. Weniger. Aye. Bauman. Aye. Berg, Bonet, Doyle. Aye. Graf. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. 13 ayes. Motion carried. Bear with me here, we have to jump down to 964. It has to be passed before 461. So it's a resolution by Alderman Graf transferring funds to establish appropriations for public improvements in TID 6. Alderman Graf. Your Honor, first of all I need to ask for suspension. Is there any objections to suspension? Hearing none, proceed. And I would move that that resolution be put upon its passage. Moved in second a resolution be put upon its passage under discussion. Hearing none, would you call the roll. Perez. Ruinfleisch, Stefan. Aye. Van Ackren. Aye. Warner. Aye. Weniger. Aye. Bauman. Aye. Berg. Aye. Moody. 13 ayes. Motion carried. Okay, going back up to 461, by the committee on public works, recommending entering into a contract for South Pier District Utilities and Street Paving Project. Alderman Bauman. Thank you, Your Honor. This would then be the resolution for the TID 6. I would move then that the report of officer be accepted and placed on file and that the resolution be put upon its passage. Moved in second R.C. be accepted and adopted and the resolution be put upon its passage under discussion. Hearing none, would you call the roll please. Ruinfleisch. Aye. Stefan. Aye. Van Ackren. Aye. Warner. Aye. Weniger. Aye. Bauman. Aye. Berg. Aye. Bonet. Aye. Doyle. Aye. Graf. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Moody. Aye. Perez. Aye. Steve. 965 is a communication from Lori Cassidy, relative to the need for additional signs at the Boatwant parking lot. 965. 965 will go to Public Works. Okay. 966 is a resolution authorizing an extension of the lease with the Schpoingen Child Care Center for the property at 1116 Huron Avenue to February 29, 2004. And that will go to Planning Commission. Move the second edge Huron under discussion. Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Deberg. Aye. Ebert. Aye. Doyle. Aye. Moody. Aye. 15, aye. Motion carried. 1248 will be referred to the City Plan Commission. 1249 will go to Finance. 1132 a resolution by Alderman Schultz, authorizing and retaining outside legal counsel to represent the city in a matter of Anthony W. Rosak versus Kevin Greenwald. Alderman Schultz. Thank you, Your Honor. I make a motion to resolution be put upon as passage. Moved in second to resolution. I'm sorry. Moved in second to resolution be put upon as passage under discussion. Hearing none, all you call the roll please. Ports. Aye. Schultz. Aye. Stefan. No. Deven Akron. No. Van Der Wiel. No. Longerman. No. Warner. Aye. Bowman. Aye. D-Berg. No. Eberg. Aye. Doyle. Aye. Moody. Aye. Perez. No. Eight, aye. Seven, noes. Passed. Motion carried. 1133, resolution by Alderman Schultz and Berge and T. Van Akron accepting the St. Nicholas Hospital PHN Healthcare Network through search as the preferred provider network for the city's medical benefit plan. Alderman Schultz. Thank you, Your Honor.