 They can accomplish. Thank you. Next, I'd ask the clerk to call the roll for the meeting. There are 14 present, and we have two excused. Alderman Maticek and Alderman Herman are excused. Next, we'll go on to the Pledge of Allegiance. Today, we have troop 804 with us. The scouts that are going to lead us are Andrew Sushia, Cole Damro, Cotter Shuraski, Alex Dillmore, Aiden Foucher, Abram Hop, Mitch Weber, Dominic Weber, Alex Lewis, and then we have their leaders in the gallery as well, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Shuraski, Mr. Damro, and Mr. Deteage. So at this time, please stand, and the scouts will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of 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. Thank you for coming this evening, gentlemen. The next item to be forwarded is item 1.3, the approval of the minutes from our last meeting. Alderman Hammond. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Move to approve, second. Then moved and second to approve those minutes. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk call the roll? We're going to take a voice vote. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Do we have any resignations? Steve has. Okay, under resignations, city attorney, Steve McLean. Thank you, Your Honor. First is from Larry Schaefer, advising that he's resigning from the Harbor Center bid board due to increased business concerns. Alderman Hammond. You have another resignation? And Nancy Modre advising that she's resigning from the Historic Preservation Commission, Housing Rehabilitation Commission. And thanks for the opportunity to serve on the committee. Thank you. Alderman Hammond. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Move to accept and file. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Then under council appointments. To the board of Marina Park and Forestry Commissioners, the ordinance provides that there's one Shpoiden County representative on that board and the County Board Chair is appointing Supervisor Charlie Conrardi. That will lie over. And Scott Lewandowski to be considered for appointment to the Historic Preservation Housing Rehabilitation Loan Commission to fill the unexpired term of Nancy Modre, whose term expires for 2020-15. That will also lie over. And Tyler Ott to be considered for appointment to the Business Improvement District to fill the unexpired term of Larry Schaefer, whose term expires 12-31-20-14. And that will also lie over till our next meeting. Coming up next week is National Police Week from May 11th through the 17th. And at this time, I'd like to call up our Chief, Chris Domigalski, to give a presentation of the activities of the police department. It's kind of a culmination of his annual report and some other programs they're working on. Chris. Good evening. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanna start off by saying thanks for inviting me. Obviously, I'm not gonna spend a half an hour up here talking and I could easily do that. So if you want more information, our report is on our website, shaboyganpolice.com, as well as reports from previous years. They're gonna try to open up a PowerPoint so I don't put everybody to sleep. But a couple of things that I just wanna start out with is letting everybody know the strategy that we've chosen to employ in Shaboygan from the police department is one that is community-based, neighborhood-focused, and preventative. It's based on partnerships and problem-solving. So I think all of those things are pretty self-explanatory. Some of the things that we know is that crime is not random. And so therefore, our patrol should not be either. Quality is more important than speed. What I mean by that is too often police departments through technology with 911, et cetera. And we can't get caught up in just running from call to call, treating every call like it's an emergency. We have to differentiate between what's the quality of life matter that we can best handle spending time on and really digging and figuring out what the problem is and trying to address that problem rather than just showing up, spending five minutes and moving on without really addressing the issue. Relationships matter. I think that's really at the heart of everything that we do and it's why we do the outreach that we do. It's important that people trust us so that they share information with us and so that we can have that relationship to work together to get things done. Building and maintaining a safe community is not a spectator of sport. People need to get involved in their neighborhoods and in their community if they really want to live in a safe community. We can't just focus on responding to crime. We really have to do our work upstream and work on prevention. There's lots of areas where everybody can get involved and work at preventing crime and so we need to remember in what we do that prevention should be first. And then lastly, what everybody at the police department really knows that over the last four years is that the world is changing and therefore police departments must also, we can't keep operating the same way. We have to be open to innovation and dispersed leadership pushing decision-making down. We have to rely on the data that we have so that we can best deploy our resources. Like I said, crime is not random. It's concentrated in both the places that it occurs and the people that are involved in it and so we have to focus on those areas and those people if we want to be successful. The outcomes for 2013 are up on the screen. Basically what it shows is that from 2012 to 2013, we had an 18% decrease in crime and from 2009 a 30%, which isn't up there. Some of the numbers are really remarkable. Berglaries were 187, which is the lowest they've been in more than 30 years. Thefts are almost half of what they were in 2009. So we're really heading in the right direction. I would say some of the problems that we have are in our assaults and aggravated assaults and most of those are related to either alcohol abuse, domestic relationships and things like that so we're doing a lot of work trying to focus on some of those things. I just drew a couple of things up like this up here. Two of them, this is an example of information that we distribute to the troops every couple days, every two or three days so that they have updated information on where the crime's occurring. They show these at roll call. It both has brief facts on all the crime nets occurring as well as maps to show it where it is occurring. So when we tell them that they need to focus on an area, they understand and can see that. And then we do the same things with accidents and you'll see on the accident, it also shows based on time and date so that they can get a better picture of that. I would give a big shout out to Dave Augustin over there for all the work that he's really done with us and helping us get our information systems up to speed. It's really amazing the things that we've accomplished in the last four years with our data systems so that's very important for the work that we do. Some of the accomplishments that I'd like to talk about is that in 2013 the police department participated in over 100 outreach activities including 22 meetings that we held in neighborhoods. We really tried to address some of our core needs with training and when we did that we tried to partner with people to save a lot of money in doing that so we partnered a lot with the state of Wisconsin Department of Justice and one of the trainings that we held county wide for supervisors was on what's called fair and impartial policing and it really deals with understanding biases and making sure that we have policies and practices in place to deal with that. So all of the supervisors, initial board and police department last year attended training on biased policing which is very rare and not only that but this year in February we got some grant money from the Department of Justice and we were able to send two people, Lieutenant Tennyson and Sergeant Semple to Connecticut where they were trained as trainers in this so starting tomorrow they're gonna be training the whole entire police department in biased policing. We held training with partnership again with DOJ. They paid for it and with Acuity who let us use their facilities and we trained over 150 people on interview and interrogation. The reason that this is important is that about four years ago there was a court case that changed how interrogations took place and required police to record those interviews so it's important that they have the proper training so that they understand what the best approaches are to that. One of the things that I talked about earlier is our emphasis on problem oriented policing. Something that's been around and was one of the key founders of that was Herman Goldstein a professor at the UW Law School. The pop center we're very lucky in Wisconsin is located at UW Law School and although it's been defunded it still operates there and Michael Scott who's a law professor there does a lot of work on that. So one of the things that we need to do is make sure all the officers are trained in problem oriented policing. We had problem locating training so the Schwoingen Police Department partnered with a bunch of people at the UW Law School again the Department of Justice, the Milwaukee Police Department and Wisconsin Crime Prevention Association to put on a pop conference where two day conference where different theories and operations in problem oriented policing are taught. So we've done that now. This year was our third year and this year we had three different people doing presentations and teaching others so that's really important and then we also partnered with the state and a bunch of other people to put on some training on crisis management that came out of school shootings and some of those things. In 2013 we held our first Asian Citizens Academy trying to build a closer relationship with the Monk community in Schwoingen and help them better understand some of our processes and procedures and develop further relationships there. We worked with partners including the municipal judge and South High School to develop a truancy program at South High that's dramatically reduced the truancy rate at that school. We joined the regional human trafficking task force. The importance of that is many, many people are in denial that human trafficking is occurring in their community. It's a terrible crime so it helps us get the resources that we need to really dig into some of these investigations and through some of those partnerships we were able to get two different people indicted federally on those crimes here in Schwoingen and throughout the state. One of our most important partnerships is with the city development and the building inspection. They've been just really incredible partners. One of the things that we did was hold another landlord training program last year so again trying to focus on prevention and give landlords the information that they need to be successful rather than just coming and trying to hit them over to head and get them to do the right thing. We really wanna work with them and provide them the right information. We did updated security surveys of the entire school district, all of the private schools and many of the businesses in Schwoingen that asked for that again, having to do with mass shooting so that they have policies and practices in place that can lead to good outcomes. And then the last thing I had to have on there is LPO and Southern Police Institute. So this is part of our succession training. LPO is Leadership and Police Organizations. It's modeled after the West Point Leadership Program. We've had about half of our department go through it at this point and not only that but we also, and so does the Sheriff's Department. We sent one of our lieutenants, Scott Middlestatt, to become a trainer so he's now involved in the training which opens up that to further spots for our department members to be able to receive that training. Another thing that we did was updated all of our policies, our whole policy manual over the last year. So that's a major undertaking. And then some of the other partnerships that I'm really proud of, one is the Tavern Safety Coalition. Again, working with business owners to try to get them to really step up and they have stepped up to take control of their taverns and their neighborhoods and really reduce the workload that we have by instituting good business practices. And then in response to their eyes in heroin, not only in Sheboygan, but across the state and throughout the country, we're part of an initiative that's made up of all kinds of community partners really to try to spread the word about the devastating consequences that it has, try to figure out where gaps and services are that need to be addressed and to try to again work on education and prevention with our young kids to stop it from happening with them. And then the last thing that I'll mention again is a little bit about what I talked about with Chad and that's CEPTED. So CEPTED stands for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design. And one of the things that we did was send three of our officers and Steve Sokolowski from the Planning Department to be trained in the principles of CEPTED so that they're doing good design and they're addressing those issues in our community. And the other thing that I would like to say is that we worked with Building Inspection and in 2013, inspected more than 1,000 parcels in the city to get them cleaned up and to try to correct building code violations. And the importance of that again is not to hammer or treat anybody unfairly, but it's because of the devastating effects that it can have on our community. And I think this picture really tells the story. You can look at that picture and you decide if you came upon that, whether you would wanna walk through that or that's an area that you would walk around. So I talked earlier about the importance of us using data to drive some of our decision making. Well, I believe data is important. I also understand that perceptions matter and sometimes the story out there is really important. And what I mean by that is do the residents of this city feel safe or are they living in fear because they believe that there's more crime than there really is. And so I think this tells a good picture and explains part of the reason why we've really tried to clean the city up. And I'll just close my comments out here by saying that three weeks ago, I hosted a meeting of the police executive group in which 34 other police chiefs came to Juboygan for a meeting. And of those 34 people, 12 of them went out of their way to come up and tell me how impressed they were with how clean the city was. So I think we are really making a difference and Juboygan is really, really a special place. And some people don't appreciate that, but I think all of you do. And we need to keep talking about all the good things that are happening here. Thanks. Chris, thank you very much for that presentation. We appreciate everything that you're working on. Do we have any one scheduled for the public forum today? No, we do not. Okay, next we'll go on to Mayor's announcements. I'd like to present a proclamation for municipal clerks weeks. Whereas the office of city clerk, a time honored and vital part of our local government exists throughout the world. And whereas the office of city clerk is the oldest among public servants. And whereas the office of city clerk provides the professional link between the citizens and the local governing bodies and agencies of government at other levels. And whereas the city clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality and rendering equal service to all. And whereas the city clerk serves as the information center on functions of local government and community. Whereas the city clerk continually strives to improve the administration of the affairs of the office of city clerk through participation in education programs, seminars, workshops, annual meetings of their state, provincial, county, and international professional organizations. And whereas it is the most appropriate that we recognize the accomplishments of the office of city clerk. Now, therefore, I, Mike Van der Steen, mayor of the city of Sheboygan do hereby recognize the week of May 4th through 10th as municipal clerk's week. And I'm gonna present this to our city clerk, Sue Richards. And I also have the privilege this evening of recognizing someone who has given us 31 years of dedicated service at the senior activity center. Marion Health has served as a fitness coordinator at the senior activity center for the past 31 years. She felt that it was a real privilege to work in a place that people chose to come when they retire. She said, what could be better than being paid to help people enjoy their retirement? The retired people that she served are now seeing better goodbyes to Marion as she retires. They are happy for her, encourage her to travel and pursue new hobbies, and spend precious time with her family and to volunteer. Her class participants are also very sad that they are going to miss their friend of many, many years. Over the past 31 years, Marion has given 11,520 swimming lessons, 2,880 line dance classes, 4,320 fitness classes, 480 Zuma classes, that's a newer thing, so. And then 240 hikes, just an amazing record of people that she's touched over those years. Plus, she organized many special events, golf outings, and much more. She took this job as a young mother with a toddler so that she could balance the part-time job with raising her family. That sense of commitment has never faltered. Marion was in it for the long haul, did her job well, but she had a healthy balance in her life, pursuing other things like golf, tennis, camping, and taking care of her extended family. Marion, please come forward to have a certificate of appreciation for you. A certificate of appreciation reads, the city of Sheboygan is honored to present Marion Health the certificate of appreciation or recognition of your 31 years of dedicated service, dated December, from December of 1983 through May of 2014. Congratulations and have a great retirement. Thank you so much. I have been blessed to have such a wonderful job, wonderful coworkers, wonderful family. Everyone should be as happy as I am to come to work every day. It's just been a real pleasure. Thank you. Next, we'll go on with the consent agenda. Alderman Hammond. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move to accept and follow all our O's, accept and adopt all our C's, and put all resolutions upon their passage. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on items in the consent agenda? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Okay, I'm opening online voting right now. Is it there? Yeah. Okay, good. Everybody in? She would vote yes. Oh, okay. All right, I'm sorry. It should be 14 eyes, but Mary-Lynn's having trouble, so 13. Motion passes unanimously. Next, we'll go on to reports of officers that's items 3.1 through 3.20. That those items will all be referred to various committees on resolutions. Items 4.1 through 4.4 will again be referred to various committees under reports of committees. 5.1 is an RC by law and licensing pursuant to RC 373 of 1314 recommends that beverage operators license application 118 be denied based on his failure to reveal all relevant convictions on his application and his record of violations related to the license activity. Alderman Vanderwill. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move the RC be accepted and adopted. Thank you for that motion and support under discussion. Is Samuel Sawall here this evening? He is not here. We were concerned about a recent pending charge and with the police department negative recommendation we denied the license. Thank you. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll on the motion? Everybody in? 14 ayes. Motion passes. Item 5.2 is an RC by law and licensing pursuant to RC 373 of 1314 recommending that the beverage operators license application 035 be denied based on his failure to reveal all relevant convictions on his application and his record of violations related to the license activity. Alderman Vanderwill. Thank you. I move that the RC be accepted and adopted. Thank you for that motion and support under discussion. Is Tamara Thompson here this evening? She's not here. She came before our committee with a very lengthy record and we've asked her to come back in about six months to see if things have cleared up but for right now we're denying the license. Thank you. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll on the motion? 14 ayes. Motion passes unanimously. Item 5.3 is an RC by law and licensees to who is referred RC 370 of 1314 and recommends that taxi cab drivers license 0328 be denied based on his failure to accurately reveal all relevant convictions on his taxi cab drivers license application. Alderman Vanderwill. I think I move that the RC be accepted and adopted. Thank you for that motion and support under discussion. Is Peter Van Dickshorn here this evening? He is not. We invited him to our committee on two separate occasions and he did not appear. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk call the roll? Everybody in? 13 ayes. Motion passes unanimously. Alderman, let's see, 5.4 is an RC by law and licensing to whom was referred RC 370 of 1314 recommends that taxi cab drivers license 08428 be denied based on his failure to accurately reveal all the relevant convictions on his taxi cab drivers license application and his record of violations related to the license activity and his failure to cooperate with the committee. Alderman Vanderwill. Thank you, I move that the RC be accepted and adopted. It's moved and seconded. The motion is before us for discussion. Is Panfilo Escobar here? Here. He did not appear at either of our meetings that we call them in for. So I would make a motion then to refer this back to committee so that we have the police department to help with our recommendation. Is there a second to that motion? It's been moved and seconded. The motion is to refer back to the law and licensing committee. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? The motion passes. Next we'll go on to ordinances. Item 6.1 through 6.5 will be referred to various committees. Then we'll move on to other matters, city attorney. 7.1 is a resolution authorizing signing easements for mini storm sewer to be constructed in portions of their property. That'll be referred to the public works committee. 7.2 is an RO by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2016. That'll be referred to the law and licensing committee. 7.3 is a resolution authorizing the acceptance of temporary limited easements for the sidewalk gap project. That'll be referred to the public works committee. 7.4 is communication from community bank and trust stating that they've agreed to allow City Hall to modify the first parking stall in the lot owned by community bank and trust with entrance from center avenue to make his handicap accessible for those citizens who need access to City Hall with the cost of modifications covered by the city. That'll be referred to the finance committee. 7.5 is a resolution authorizing application for the 2014 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Award, local solicitation and entering into a memorandum of understanding with Sheboygan County. That'll be referred to public protection and safety. Next we have a closed session scheduled Alderman Hammond. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I moved to convening closed session on the exemption provided in section 19851E Wisconsin statutes for the purpose of delivering the selling of public property where competitive and bargaining reasons require a closed session. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? We'll take a five minute recess and reconvene at 35 minutes two.