 Before we start the meeting I'd ask Sue Richards our city clerk to start us off with the quotation of the week Thank You mayor To get out of difficulty one usually has to go through it to discover the limits of the possible go beyond them into the impossible For happiness is enhanced by others, but does not depend on others Thank You sue Call the 11th regular meeting of the Common Council order. Would you please call the roll? boron Berge Serta Davis graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Ratke Ryan Susha Vanderweel and verhast 16 present Coral is present all of many would you please meet us and Pledge in our allegiance to the beautiful country we live in. 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 Thank You all and many Next item is the approval of the minutes of the last meeting President Berg I move to approve the minutes as I entered into the record Motion in a second any discussion There being on all those in favor say aye Any opposed motion carries The next item on the agenda is proclamation for the POW my recognition week and I'd ask Jerry to please come up This proclamation is particularly important for us tonight as we continue to witness our young men and women in Iraq Fighting for us to be here today tonight and not just necessarily fighting but in some instances dying and In some instances not even People knowing where they're at and this is what this proclamation is about today Proclamation whereas since it's found in the United States has fought in numerous wars and military actions and then tens of thousands of Americans Including a great many from Wisconsin who serve in such wars and military actions were captured or were missing in action And whereas many American prisoners of war were subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment by the enemy captors in violation of international codes and customs for the treatment of prisoners of war and many such prisoners of war died while in captivity and Whereas the people of the city of Sheboygan recognized that it sacrifices of all American prisoners of war and those who were still missing in action and Their families are deserving of a special tribute Now therefore I want Perez by the virtue by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor do proclaim POW Am I a recognition week in the city of Sheboygan and I call upon all citizens of our city to join me in observing this day These days September 10th through the spent September 16th with appropriate remembrance and activity and activities Sure Thank you. Thank you for all you have done for our country and the men and women that have served as well because of you We were here today. Thank you means a lot to me. Thank you mayor Don't go away. We still got to have you up here, sir. I Just want to give me great honor to accept his proclamation tonight This will be posted in our post 1138 Union Avenue you can come down and see it any time you want it. We have a display of All the veterans that have earned medals since 1924 with the old fourth oldest post in the state of Wisconsin and We're very proud of it Come and see us and I would still want to thank everybody For having this happen. I'll see you Jim Thank you. Thank you on behalf of all who serve first of all mayor. Thank you Members of the Common Council You've probably all seen the black and white POW MIA flag I Thought it would be kind of nice if we just have it fly for a week instead of just have it fly for one day To remember those men and women who served and sacrificed I hope we can realize three a couple of different things from this one as you see the flag flying you will remember that Many men and women served were captured some never returned Some did return those who returned became pillars in the community raised a family and became contributing members of society Well, hope as you see that flag or the lapel pin or the black and white symbol that you remember these men and Think of the things that they went through The courage that it took to survive and live on the other side of the flag is the missing in action There are countless thousands of families who will never know closure simply because there is no accounting for their loved ones We hope that when you see this symbol this flag, you'll share a bit of sorrow sympathy with them and know that and Hope that they know and realize that on this day when you see this flag for this moment You're sharing their sorrow with them And it will also need to hold the feet to the fire of our elected leaders in Washington to ensure that the funding continues for the research and finding of remains and we also We also hope that those countries who may be harboring American troops or the remains that they cooperate with the J-Pak people and returning these remains or the Love ones to their rightful owners either Repatriation with honor or joy and happiness when they meet on the other side. Thank you, mayor I hope you will see that someone from maintenance gets us up on the building sometime this week Thank you The city of Sheboygan will be proud to fly this flag Next we have an announcement of the water commissioners election announcement Thank you, mr. Mayor prior to making that announcement there are a couple other amounts that I feel are germane First off a blighted happy birthday to Alderman van der Weerley. I understand that in 16 years 360 days he will be eligible for our membership There's another announcement I think that I'd like to make it gives me great pleasure to make it about One hour ago mayor Juan Perez became Grandfather Juan Perez. It is my understanding that's your second appointment to this office and that both a grandchild and grandfather are doing very well Yes, that being in mind Speaking of infants the third announcement does seem to segue into that and that relates to The entertaining nominations for a member to the board of the water commissioners Interested applicants should direct a letter to me Not later than the 15th of this month and it will be counted for council action on the 18th. Thank you. Thank you President Burke Next item on the agenda is a public forum Madame C. Clerk. Yes First we have dimple Adams There's Adams and dimple. Can you give me your home address, please? 1424 Virginia Avenue Sheboygan, okay, and you will have five minutes. Thank you Good evening council. Good evening mayor. Good evening Susan and attorney McLean Congratulations mayor. Is this your first grandchild? Second aren't they wonderful? I wouldn't trade mine in for anything Council, I'm really delighted to be here tonight. I Am I think I when I spoke a couple of weeks ago? I said something about that the next fight was going to be About what kind of police station we were going to build and of course when I looked at the agenda tonight I saw that it's coming right away with 1160 and that is the Motion to refer to the public protection and safety by Alderman Meyer About moving the police garage Down to the city service building on New Jersey Avenue I kind of relate that to if I were building a new house and I Decided to put my garage across town, you know to store my vehicle in That doesn't make any sense to me And I think it has been gone over several times Why the police car garage needs to be where the police station is? Because police cars have very special equipment in them and that's why the mechanic Needs to work in a garage that is not open to other Facilities so I really want you to think seriously about this before you would split the garage away from the department again, this is Backdoring taking away Items from the police department. I pay taxes in this city and I think for where I live Significant amount of taxes and I think that I am paying For quality protection and safety And I think if this would be the first step of taking away a big quality of protection and safety If you move that garage away from the police station Okay, the other thing I want to talk about tonight Is the thing that's been going on for the last two months and that is CRG of Sheboygan Which I am a member and treasurer of as most of you have probably heard now We were short, but we did get a Significant number of signatures when I say a significant number of signatures. I'm talking 3028 This was done in two months time it was done by a Number of people that I'd like to think There isn't enough things in the world and you did it with your head up high You did it with a great deal of dignity and you did it in spite of a lot of negative press Which I brought tonight. It shows that We were called racist. We were called bigots. We were called spiteful. We were called And it went on endless for the last two months So I think And we were called losers and I personally took great issue with being called a racist. I have a Hispanic daughter-in-law for the last 15 years. I have a granddaughter that has two African-American brothers and There's you know, this was never an issue about that and the one thing that I'm very proud of That CRG did was stick with the issues. I only wish that that had happened on the other side however You know, I think That you know with all things something good can come of it and it wasn't that we were being mean or spiteful or Insightful a lot of things were discovered during this time with the open records and More than we even knew We already knew that this Council had an agenda and this mayor had an agenda About taking away the police department that has been proven With the act 40 that started last summer with mr. Bourne's letter to put up to Public protection and safety to this council and that's been proven All right, you can say No, that's not what we meant, but we do know that that's what you meant and The people spoke very vehemently about that and we're speaking about it again tonight We're not gonna back door it either We're not gonna let you build a police station that is not complete You know, I don't think the people of Sheboygan want that they spoke about that earlier another thing is You can say well you failed No, we didn't fail. We brought a lot of subjects to light. We found out that Maybe open forum meetings were being violated. Excuse me dimple. You have one more minute if you want Thank you Susan. Thanks. We found out that There's been an investigation going on about the hiring of the londograph. We didn't know that So there's a lot of issues that are going on That need to be discussed and we would like to do that and You can say well dimple you failed, you know, give it up No, we didn't fail 3,000 at 28 signatures is Significant and these were verified today by newsman Mike Kenzel at the WHBL and Then we shredded them And you can say Why did you do that? we shredded them because We did not want to be scrutinized We did not want people to be intimidated We promised at every CRG meeting that if we didn't come up with the needed signatures And we did not file them that they would be destroyed So we were keeping our word Can I have another many please There's an ordinance that was passed for particularly this reason Citizens are allowed five minutes with one additional minute and time's up. Yeah, you've had to five and then the additional one minute Pardon Yeah, I just that was the one I just gave you when I said your oh, I thought you said I had another minute yet My five minutes. Sorry. Yeah, that was it. Okay Thank you. Thank you double and that's all I have for public forum Thank you, Madam city clerk And thank you miss Adams for addressing the council tonight always feel free to do so Next item on the agendas consent agenda President Burke Yes, thank you, and I moved to accept and file all our rows except at the top all our seas and put all the general ordinance Motion and second under discussion Alderman Meyer Thank you, your honor. I would like to pull 1117 and refer that back to committee To works. Yes to public works. I'm sorry, which document 1111 17 and to public works back to yeah public works Okay, anything else Okay Please call the roll And that is 111 to 1132 Okay, Berg Serta Davis Graf Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemayor Ratke Ryan Sushia Vanderweel Verhaselt and boron 16 eyes motion carries communications and petitions 1133 to 1135 to be referred Report of officers to 1136 By the director public works engineer and submitting bids for the South Pier district parking lots sidewalks and terminal promenade And plus a walkway lakefront revendment and walking pathway and alternate number one prominent extension We're holding that for 1155 1137 lies over 1138 through 1154 to be referred Resolutions introduced three 1155 by alderman Meyer authorizing and entering into a contract for the South Pier parking lots sidewalks and terminal promenade and Plaza walkway and walking pathway at alternate number one prominent extension All of them mired as for a motion to suspend. Yes, I would like to yes. Thank you your honor I would ask for a motion to suspend the rules Is there any objection to that? Please continue. I would like to Take 1136 and accept and file the RO and put resolution 11 1155 and pass that resolution put upon its passage Okay, motion is to file 1136 and put 1155 Put the resolution upon its passage. Was there a second to that second any discussion on that? There being on please call the roll sir. DaVis graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Radke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel ver hassled Boran and Berg 16 eyes motion carries 1156 by Alderman Ratke authorizing the city attorney to engage the services of special outside counsel for the common counsel and Law and licensing committee in the matter of the hearing on the issue of the denial of license number 2302 Alderman Ratke Thank You your honor would ask for suspension of the rules There's a motion the second to spend is there any objection There be a non. Please proceed Alderman. Thank you your honor. I make a motion to put the resolution upon its passage Motion in second under discussion Be a non, please call roll Davis graph Hannah Hiddleston Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Radke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel ver hassled Boran Berg and Serta 16 eyes motion carries 1157 through 1159 lies over 1160 and 1161 to be referred Report of committees 6 1162 by law and licensing recommended the nine beverage operators license number 7175 based on his lack of cooperation with the committee Alderman Ratke. Thank you your honor I ask that the resolution for a reporter committee be accepted and adopted Motion in second under discussion under discussion is Kevin Formolo here this evening Not here this evening your honor. Thank you Any other discussion on that issue? There'd be a non. Please call roll graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Radke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel for hassled Boran Berg Serta and Davis 16 eyes motion carries 1163 by law and licensing recommended denying beverage operators license number 6420 based on a record of convictions related to the license activity all of them in Ratke Thank you your honor. I'd like to make a motion refer this back to committee Motion in second referred back to committee any discussion There'd be a non. All those in favor say aye any opposed motion carries 1164 by finance recommended authorizing a transfer of appropriations in a 206 budget Alderman graph Thank you your honor. I'd move that the RC be accepted and filed and that the Resolution be put upon its passage motion in second under discussion There'd be a non. Please call the room Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Ratke Ryan Excuse me Sushia Vander wheel for hassled Boran Berg Serta Davis and graph 16 eyes motion carries 11 Ordinances introduced 10 1165 by all of us Sushia Clowness Montemayor Kittleson and Manny amending general ordinance number 104 98 99 Establishing the salaries of the part-time cable TV operators and channel 8 all of us Sushia Thank you your honor being that the starting pay for the part-time cable TV operators is less than minimum wage I moved to suspend the rules There's a motion the second any objection to that Please continue. I moved to put the ordinance upon its passage Motion second to put the ordinance upon its passage under discussion There'd be a non. Please call the roll Kittleson Clowness Manny Meyer Montemay or Ratke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel for hassled Boran Berg Serta Davis graph and Hannah 16 eyes motion carries 1166 and 1167 to be referred Matters laid over 1025 lies over but lies over to September 18th. Please make a note of that 1049 Resolution number 1030607 by old man graph Hannah Clowness Sushia and Boran authorizes a transfer of appropriations In the 206 budget all of them Thank you your honor. I would move that this resolution be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion There being none please call the roll Manny Meyer Montemay or Ratke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel for hassled Boran Berg Serta Davis graph Hannah Kittleson and Clowness 16 eyes motion carries 1065 general ordinance number 240607 by all of the Sushia and Ryan amending general ordinance number 50607 So as to correct a legal description Granting an encroachment for James Kisselack on portions of North 8th Street for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a replica Street clock Sushia Thank You your honor. I move that the ordinance put upon its passage Motion the second put 1065 upon his passage under discussion all of them. What am I wrong? Thank You your honor. I'm glad to see we're moving along on this. I think the construction or When that clock is put up again a replica I think that would be very nice and lots of us oldsters will remember the original. I'm glad we're moving forward on this Thank you oldsters We Have a new word folks lots of us old for that includes me. Thank you all the month of my or Please call a roll Meyer Montemay or Radke Ryan Sushia Vander wheel for hassled Boran Berg Serta Davis graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness and Manny 16 eyes 1066 general orders number 250607 by Alderman Sushia Clayunas Kittleson and Manny Amending the municipal code so as to update job descriptions from the human resources table of organization and the finance table of organization Alderman Sushia. Thank You your honor. I move that the ordinance be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion I'm being done. Please call the roll Montemay or Ratki Ryan Sushia Vander wheel for hassled boran Berg Serta Davis graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness Manny and Meyer 16 eyes motion carries other matters attorney McLean Thank you your honor 1168 is an arrow by the board of water commissioners with respect to proposed issuance by the water utility of Bonds revenue bonds in the amount of 4.0 million in 2007 for various water utility Reservoir booster station and transmission main project that will be referred to finance 1169 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting a communication from Ron McDonald Requesting common council authorization for the transit commission to enter into a new contract with Sheboygan County for the provision of combined 88 para transit in Sheboygan County elderly and disabled transportation programs that would be will be referred to the transit commission 1170 is a resolution authorizing and to entering into an agreement with Sheboygan County Related to a wireless mesh network And that lies over Motion to second to adjourn all those in favor say aye any opposed stand adjourned