 Before we get started, I'd like just run over a couple of rules with our audio for the council. If you take your clip microphones, like I have it, please, when you get up and speak, would you clip your microphone, either on your tie, your jacket, wherever? It certainly will help, because the people out there, a lot of times, are saying they cannot hear us. So, just turn the microphone as close as you can to your mouth, and then do not hold your microphone in your hands. I know we all have a habit of getting up and speaking, where like, they can't hear you. So, if you'd please clip it to either your jacket, shirt, tie, wherever, close as you can to your mouth, so everyone can hear you. We'd appreciate it, and it will make it a lot easier for our listeners. One other thing Alderman Moody called me today. She is in Memorial Hospital. She had a gallbladder operation this morning. She's doing very well. I spoke to her this afternoon. She'll probably go home tomorrow. So, if anyone would like to give her a call, she's in Memorial Hospital in room 275, and she'll be there until probably after lunch tomorrow. She'll be going home. But she is doing well, so everybody knows. All right. Notice of the first regular meeting of the 2004-2005 Common Council. Pat, would you call the roll please? Sirda? Here. Graf? Here. Manny? Here. Montemayor? Here. Perez? Here. Peterson? Here. Rindfleisch? Here. Segali? Here. Stefan? Excuse. Ben Akron? Here. Vanderweel? Here. President. Alderman Rindfleisch leading us in a pledge this evening. 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. Excuse me a moment. Would everyone please stand again? I'd like to acknowledge our men and women who are in the armed services for defending our country this evening, who has lost their life in a moment of silence. Thank you. Okay. This evening we will have the invocation by Pastor Alan Kretschmer of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Pastor? Good to be with you this evening on the first night of your new session. In Romans chapter 13, the apostle Paul refers to the governing authorities as God's servant to do good for the citizenry. Certainly the citizenry in general, his intent was of course to remind Christians of the benefit of government. In specific, it's a wonderful thing. It provides for safety, security, a certain quality of life, and therefore is a commendable and laudable service. And I certainly commend all of you for the work that you do in behalf of we the citizens of Sheboygan in providing and maintaining a high level of quality of life that we certainly do enjoy as citizens in this community. Thank you very much. Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Lord God Heavenly Father, you have been gracious and good to us in so many wonderful ways. Certainly this task of serving the people of this community is a challenging thing. You show us that you understand what it is to face challenge in the gift of your son Jesus who died to pay for the sins of this world that all who believe in him are now saved. We thank you for the efforts of these individuals here this evening and the task that they do in bringing about a better quality of life in this community. Grant them your wisdom, your guidance, your strength to face the difficult decisions, and the ability to carry out all these things for the good of our citizens in this community. On this evening we also ask your blessings in an extended fashion for all of those who yet serve our country and other places. Keep them in your care and allow them the opportunity to return home soon. We also thank you for the successful surgery this day for Alderman Moody and ask your continued blessings upon her as well. Be with all of us in the various tasks you have given us in this life, granting us your blessing for the goodness of your son Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Pat? Yeah, newly elected all persons elect. Please come up here. Pat Rosen. I swear I will support the Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. And the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. I unfortunately end, unfortunately. Discharge duties of the Office of Alders person. To the best of my ability. To the best of my ability. So help me back. So help me back. Congratulations. Thank you. OK, all persons that haven't received their new I.D. card including the old Alders person. Please come to my office so that we can get your picture taken. We can get your card. Come as soon as you can, so we can take care of it. Thank you. Okay. I need a motion. Alderman Warner. All right. Thank you, Your Honor. That's my mic on. Yes. I move that we adopt the rules of the Common Council. Can you read what it says? Uh, it doesn't say anything. Pat, that's one. The rules that govern the preceding council. It's on that sheet I gave you. Where is it? Right above where it says election of president. Do you see? It's on the first page. There it is. Okay. I was looking at the highlighted one. I told you there was one here. I know we were doing the other one, and I apologize. I would make a motion that the rules which govern the preceding council be accepted as the rules of this Common Council. That's it. We have a motion before us in a second. There's another discussion. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Election of president and vice president. Nominations? Alderman Graf? No. Alderman Warner first. Excuse me. Alderman Warner. That's right. All your highlighted parts. On that, I would make a motion that nominations be received from the floor. Voting be done by closed ballot. And if more than two candidates are nominated, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be dropped from the list and balloting to continue until one candidate receives a majority. Okay. We have a motion on the floor. Is there any discussion? All in favor of the motion? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. All right. Now Alderman Graf, I said. First, okay. Thank you, Your Honor. Your Honor and members of the 2004-2005 Common Council, I place before you the name of Alderperson Michael Warner from the seven district, the 13th and 14th wards, and I place that into nomination for president of the Sheboygan Common Council. Alderman Warner was first elected to the council in the spring of 1999, I believe. He has served on a majority of our standing committees and was appointed to chairperson of the Public Protection and Safety Committee, a position which he has held for the last three years. Last year, he served as committee of the whole chairperson as well as vice president of the Common Council. With some fine tuning and your help, I'm confident he will do a good job as council president. Are there any other nominations? Alderman Montmere. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I would like to nominate Eric Rinfleisch for president of the council. I think he's a young person with lots of young blood and lots of fire and I think he could do a good job for us. Thank you. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Alderman Graf. I would move that nominations be closed. Move the second nomination to be closed under discussion. Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Motion carried. The sheet that you give me on has a place for your signature because we said we're doing a closed ballot. You do not put your signature on there. You don't put your vote for whom you want to cast. Okay. Vice president Alderman Montmere. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Another nomination. I would like to nominate Richard Manny for vice president of the council. Strong, upstanding, decent, fair, straight as an arrow man. Thank you. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Alderman Warner. Thank you, Your Honor. I would like to nominate Alderman Bill Steffen as vice president of the council. It is my pleasure to nominate Alderman Steffen because he has been an active and contributing member of this council as we all have. And serving in his second term, Bill's wealth of experience having been a county board supervisor, as well as serving on many committees on this council. His common sense and leadership abilities are second to none and he will perform his duties with dignity. Alderman Steffen will make a very good vice president of this common council. Are there any Alderman Berg? No. That's good. Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Alderman Gruff. I would move that nominations be closed. Moving to second nominations be closed. Any discussion? Not all in favor? Aye. Okay. It's good to see all our protective service guys up here tonight. Thank you for coming. This one's closed. Manly seven, Steffen eight. Alderman Steffen. Okay. Now we need another motion. Which motion? We need a motion on second page. Top. All right. I would make a motion that nominations be received from the floor voting to be done by open ballot and if more than two candidates are nominated the candidate with the lowest number of votes be dropped from the list and balloting to continue until one candidate receives a majority. We have a motion before us in a second and just for election of city plan commission representative board of contractors examiners and two representative capital improvements commission. So we'll start with plan commission. Alderman Bonet. Yes, Mr. Allen. I'd like to nominate Mike Warner for the city plan commission. It has a wealth of experience. He's been a pivotal component and a pillar of this common council and has experienced with the city plan commission from last year which will bring fluid motion between that year and this year. Those actions. Thank you. Do we have any other nominations? Any other nominations? Alderman Groth. I would move that a unanimous ballot or that the nominations be closed and unanimous ballot be cast for Alderman Warner for our representative on the city plan commission. Second. Motion before us. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Congratulations, Alderman Warner. Okay, we need a representative to the board of contractors examiners. Alderman Bonet. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Allen. I'd like to nominate Bonnie Sertif for this position. She brings a new and energetic component to our common council and this is something I feel that she'd be very interested in. We have a motion before us in this. Are there any other nominations? Excuse me. Are there any other nominations for the board of contractors examiners? Any other nominations? Hearing none. Alderman... Go ahead, Alderman Groth. I would move that nominations be closed and we cast a unanimous ballot for Bonnie Sertif for our representative on the board of contractors examiners. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Congratulations, Bonnie. Okay. And we move down. Now we have two representatives on Capital Improvements Commission. Nominations. Alderman Warner. I thank you, Your Honor. I would nominate Anthony Bonet for the Capital Improvements Commission. Anthony will look after the best interests of the city on the commission. His fiscal conservative nature will ensure that the commission makes the best choices for our Capital Improvements program and I know Alderman Bonet will be a very valuable member of the commission. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Alderman Press. Thank you, Your Honor. Are we doing both at the same time or one? You can do both at the same time. At the same time. Thank you. I would like to nominate Alderman Rainfleisch for the position of Capital Improvements Commission. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Hang on, guys. Alderman Warner. I thank you, Your Honor. I would also like to nominate Alderman Bill Wongerman as a council representative on the Capital Improvements Commission. Alderman Wongerman has a lot of experience as a former city employee and will be able to weed through all the demands and propositions that the commission will look at. Having been on both sides of the fence, employee and overseer, I believe Bill understands the process and recognizes the needs of the city. Alderman Wongerman will serve us well on the Capital Improvements Commission and I hope we can support that. Are there any other nominations? Alderman Press. Thank you, Your Honor. After all that, you made Alderman Warner sound really great and I think he is. But I think we've got a young gentleman here, Alderman Rainfleisch, who also has a wealth of experience in finances and he has a wealth of experience and very articulate, and I would hope that this council will provide, allow us to provide new leadership. Alderman Wongerman, by all means, is very qualified, but I think that we need to give other Aldermen an opportunity to provide new leadership. So I would ask that all the Aldermen elect and vote for Alderman Rainfleisch. Are there any other nominations? If not, Alderman Graf? No. We have three candidates. Okay, three candidates, go. This form you'll have, you'll put your signature at the top line and there are two lines for who you want to vote for. So put your two choices. You don't need that many? Okay. Bonnet 11, Rainfleisch 6, Wongerman 13. So Bonnet and Wongerman. Congratulations, gentlemen. Okay, now, Pat, you and I recess to, well, the council will elect the committee of the whole chairman, correct? Alderman Warner. Good evening. On that, I would call the council to order and entertain a motion from the floor to ballot for chairman of the committee of the whole. As your president, I do have a nomination I'd like to make. Anyone else can chime in after that. First, I would nominate Alderman Dan Berg as chairman of the committee of the whole. Alderman Berg is serving his second term on the council and is also a county board supervisor. I think Dan's experience as an Alderman and county supervisor will serve him well as committee of the whole chairman. Having worked with Dan on building use, on the building use committee, I find his insight really worthwhile and his let's get it done attitude and spirit, something that's been very valuable. Dan is never afraid to share his opinion and will serve well as chairman of the committee of the whole and I think he'll do a great job. Alderman Manny. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to nominate Juan Perez for the position. Juan is well experienced. His passion is for openness, communication and in that vein I think he would serve quite well. Thank you. I have a motion and a second for Alderman Perez as chairman of the committee of the whole. On that, we will pass the ballot vote, Steve. Are there any other nominations for the chairman of the committee of the whole? On that, Alderman Graf. All in favor? Aye. For votes aye, motion passes. Sure. I have one right there right here. I have a seat. Make any comments on democracy in America. The results are Tanberg, five Perez, Alderman Berg as their new chairman of the committee of the whole. Alderman Warner. Alderman Warner. Your honor. Just results of the committee of the whole. The results of the committee of the whole is that Alderman Berg was elected by a vote of ten to Alderman Juan Perez who had five. Congratulations, Alderman Berg. Okay. Now it's Mike here. Nice. Now I'm as tall as Pastor Kretschmer. I just want to stand up here. Good evening. Common council members, Steve, Pat, department heads, Pastor Kretschmer and guests who are joining us this evening for a first meeting of 2004-2005 Common Council. I consider it an honor and a privilege to stand before you tonight to deliver my eighth state of the city address. Over the past several years we have seen a community hard at work shaping its future, making an incredible amount of progress. Consider what we have seen recently the north side and south side development projects which are anchored by new Piggly Wiggly stores, the QD expansion, the Nemshoff office building, the Rockline expansion, new restaurants and clubs, the Water Street project, the hospital and medical building construction along Taylor Drive, the John Michael Kohler Art Center, restoration of the Stephanie Wild Center and the spectacular and exciting Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center, which will open in the near future. We have challenged ourselves to meet the tight fiscal restraints brought about by a state budget crisis and have been invigorated by local efforts to keep our community safe and combat drugs in our neighborhoods. One fact is certain, Sheboygan works. Sheboygan works to preserve our traditions, to make each day better than the previous and to assure a bright future for our families. We put our best efforts forward and achieve our greatest successes by uniting behind our strengths. Success will never be achieved by focusing on our weaknesses, but rather by seeing them as challenges that call us together. Sheboygan works. We work hard, we work smart and most importantly, we work together. Over the next year and into the future we will be called upon to answer many challenges. Each and every time in the past year when we needed to put forth ideas and to take action, we have led. Those who would suggest our successes are a mistake or mishandling of our duties as elected officials fail to understand that leaders build upon a common vision, common values and common sense. Failure is not an option and indecision never a course of action. Our journey is one of excellence and opportunity and I stand before you tonight eager and proud to lead the way. One early opportunity to work together will involve the shaping of our 2005 city budget. The budget we put together in 2004 was one of shared sacrifice, a commitment to our future and a realization that common desires overshadow individual wishes. The budget I proposed in 2004 to this body included a 0% increase in the city's tax rate and through your hard work and efforts the final budget included an increase of 1 cent. Again, this year our state shared revenues will be staked in at best and there will have to be sacrifices in programs and services. I will urge the Strategic Fiscal Plan Committee to begin its budget work very early to establish service priorities. To assist them in their deliberations last fall I appoint the Quality of Life Service Committee made up of local business and civic leaders whose task was to review the services our city provides. It is my desire and hope that their initiatives which include prioritizing essential services and sharing common resources will be thoroughly reviewed and considered during budget deliberations. Together we all face the challenge of health care costs that seem to continually spiral out of control. While efforts have been undertaken at the federal and state levels to curb the cost of prescription drug costs to ensure that Cheboygan works to provide affordable health care for its residents I propose the creation of a local symposium of business, civic, government and labor leaders to explore initiatives in both the private and public sectors to help reduce the burden of medical insurance costs on our business community and our local government. I strongly feel that this public-private partnership to review a shared problem will be very beneficial. Last year I urged this body to immediately address two major projects which faced our community. Construction of a new police facility and the Great Lakes Development. I am pleased with the action of the Council Committee and the results. After years of hard work, a decision and agreement has been reached to build our new police facility, a property owned by the County Board. I applaud both this body and the County Board for working together for the betterment of our community. The choice of the North 23rd Street location shows that through cooperation we are working smarter and are able to plan for our future public safety needs. While shared services are often discussed and often difficult to implement, the construction of a law enforcement facility on this site will lead to immediate sharing of city and county law enforcement services. Furthermore, our local law enforcement officials who are charged with the duties of protecting our neighborhoods, playgrounds and streets will have a facility conducive to the very critical tasks they perform. Each time our officers put on their uniforms, they make a commitment to protect our community. It is time the community they serve and protect makes a commitment to providing them with the resources necessary to do their jobs. Thank you ladies and gentlemen for that. I would be remiss, remiss if I did not give special recognition to a Sheboygan police officer who has worked tirelessly in our efforts to eliminate illegal drug traffic in Sheboygan. Officer Todd Preby works in the community policing unit for the Sheboygan police department and has been part of several efforts to improve neighborhoods. Todd is currently involved in a project he developed called Neighborhoods Against Drugs, NAD. Although this project is less than a year old, it already has several victories in forcing drug dealers out of neighborhoods and is currently showing results in other neighborhoods. Todd's effort in insuthiasm and those of all the NAD volunteers are clearly sending a message that illegal drugs will not be tolerated in our community. I congratulate Todd, who recently received the Sheboygan Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award for his NAD program and all the NAD volunteers who have worked with him to make this program so successful. Is Todd here this evening? Todd, would you please stand up? June 1, 2004, the most significant project ever undertaken will open its doors. Thanks to a community that works together to make a dream become reality, the Blue Harbor Resort and Convention Center will promote Sheboygan as a regional waterfront destination and build upon Sheboygan's merit time identity. An enormous amount of time, energy, local and private financial resources and state and federal aids and grants have been committed to the redevelopment of the city's latest significant piece of municipal plan on Lake Michigan's western shores. The Blue Harbor Resort is a critical anchor tenant that will help trigger further development on the remaining 20 acres of the site, create 250 new jobs for local residents, substantially increase local and state tax revenues, and add tourism revenues throughout the area. Already, we have received hundreds of inquiries from businesses who are interested in developing on the remaining rice property. Once what was thought unimaginable this development will secure Sheboygan as a year-round tourist destination. I believe just the knowledge of this new facility has played a part in Sheboygan's surge from the 14th to the 9th largest tourism dollar generating county in Wisconsin. Along with the hard work and vision of past city leaders who built the marina, developed a riverfront and lakefront and revitalized A Street, we are proudly showing that Sheboygan works. Over the past year, hundreds of workers in various construction trades have been employed and working because of the Blue Harbor project. Once in abandoned Brownfield, the South Pier district now boasts a $54 million development project with guaranteed tax increments which will benefit our community long into the future. While we face challenges on a daily basis, we also must look to our community's future. Sheboygan works not only to preserve its past and make each day the best it can be, we also work to provide a better future for our families. Over the past seven years, we have added $500 million in private sector growth in our community. Growth provides opportunity for a residence, diversifies our local economy and secures the future. The most important results of a growing community is that it ensures jobs for our citizens to take pride in, provide for their families and to strengthen the quality of life. Yes, Sheboygan works and will continue to work for its citizens. In keeping with the past council tradition, I would now like to call upon our new council president, Alderman Warner and committee of the whole chairman, Alderman Berg, to share with us your views for the upcoming year. Alderman Warner. Thank you, Your Honor. Good evening. It truly is an honor to stand before you this evening. Yes, too far away from the mic. It truly is an honor to stand before you this evening. To Sheboygan, her citizens, Mayor Shram, the common council, city staff and employees, I say thank you. Thank you for this privilege, this opportunity to serve you and for placing your trust in me as your council president. A special thanks to Pastor Alan Kretschmer of St. Paul's Lutheran Church for his invocation this evening. I don't see if Pastor Kretschmer is here. I think he had a goal. He's a very busy man. I'd also like to say to our colleague, Alderman Stefan, that our prayers are with you and your family this evening and throughout this time of the morning. My view has always been that Sheboygan we have a lot to be proud of. Our people and our business community are honest and strong. Our city is full of life and is moving forward to her future. I believe it is the duty and obligation of the common council to do all it can to help maintain the quality of life in Sheboygan and a reasonable cost to the taxpayer. With teamwork and dedication of everyone last year, we were able to hold a virtually no increase. That was extremely difficult especially with the cutback in state aides. We will need that same teamwork and dedication from everyone in the coming year to meet the demands of our next budget cycle. We as a council will have many challenges ahead. Our belief that through teamwork I believe that through teamwork we will succeed in moving Sheboygan forward by working together in the facts debating the issues that come before us we will succeed. Teamwork on a council is important. It does not mean going along with the crowd. It does not mean agreeing to everything. It does mean working, studying, debating and compromising in the decisions that we make. Teamwork means a common goal of doing what is right for Sheboygan not for oneself. We have several new faces on a common council this year and we welcome them aboard as members of our team to work for Sheboygan's future. All the person Serda all the person Peterson and all the person Seagal welcome. As new council members you will have many questions and will have to study a lot of information on the issues that come before you. Your greatest resource for information will likely be the city staff. Make sure you keep in your address book because you're going to need them. Part of their job is to provide you with information that you need to make sound decisions. And it is their job and they take pride in the work they do and they will be glad to help you. I need to say a little more on the upcoming budget however since I think what's happened over the past year that is probably going to be a primary goal this year. The budget challenges that we face for the coming year will be more difficult than last year. The state is already readying its eraser and will likely pick our pockets again by withholding more of the money that we send to Madison. You see they think the money we send them is theirs but it's not it's ours and I think they are wrong. Last year Madison pointed their fingers at us and said we were the problem. Well they kept more of our money in Madison because of their fiscal irresponsibility. It's likely we will be blamed again. It doesn't matter that Madison increased our vehicle registration fee by $9 per vehicle. It doesn't matter that gas taxes go up even without a vote how convenient that is. I did not see a decrease in my state income tax. I did not see a decrease in my sales tax or any other state tax. Yet you can rest assured they will blame us again and likely return even less of our tax dollars to Oregon. The budget will be a major challenge and as a team we will work to solve it. The city is very fortunate to have an excellent management staff great employees willing to work together as a team to meet the challenges we face and I know we will succeed. On the horizon we have many things to consider. The building of a new police station is one of our critical infrastructure needs and we must continue the work that we have done to make this a reality. A new south side fire station is also a very important need. The citizens on Cheboygan's fire south side should not have their lives and property at a lower priority than the rest of the city. We must ensure that our police and fire departments have the resources they need to do their job safely and effectively including the necessary personnel and equipment. Our city, its citizens and its visitors deserve no less. With the reconstruction of south business drive we have completed a major project linking north and south sides from one end of the city to the other. The reconstruction of Michigan Avenue will bring new life and business expansion to that area as it has done on Indian Avenue. Our department of public works has done just that. Worked very hard to maintain our city's infrastructure our parks and streets our options and budgets plaguing them as well as all of our departments it always amazes me how much they actually get done. Each and every city department has given us their best in this past year not only working harder and smarter but in their dedication to the city's residents to provide the best service possible. We have great employees great citizens and a great future is in store for Cheboygan. Perhaps the biggest project in the city's history is still on Lake Michigan which the mayor alluded to the Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center along with its condominiums and future development potential will not only provide jobs but increase the tax base of our city substantially. Where else but Cheboygan can you see such dynamic growth in the face of adversity? I cannot think of any place Acuity's expansion project is well underway adding value to the Washington Square and North Gate and soon the hospital Walmart Superstore we are a city on the move and the rest will have to try to catch up. These initiatives some already started some in the planning stages and others that are not yet defined will be on our table in the coming year. We as a council through teamwork will meet the challenges ahead working together with our excellent city staff and employees our business community and citizens we will succeed. Cheboygan is not asleep at the wheel thanks to Mayor Shram whose leadership and vision have kept us focused and an active and participating common council working with our citizens our business community Cheboygan is moving forward as with any change it does not go without challenge and challenges we have had yet working together as a team we have and we will meet the future and all it has to offer with teamwork we will succeed I thank you all for being here tonight I thank God, I thank Cheboygan and to my wife Diana I thank her for all her patience with all the time I spent doing this great job and I would also like to remind the common council I've already alerted the staff that there will be a reception at the Elks Club this Friday the 23rd from 5 to 7 p.m. our Dervs and beer and soda and a cash bar you and your guest response are all welcome and that's all I have to say thank you well I'm not much of a speaker I watched this on television for so many years and now here I'm standing here but first of all I'd like to thank the council for your support and your confidence the past year we had a lot of critical issues that came up we had a lot of controversy but after all was said and done most issues turned out to be for the best interests of the taxpayers in the next year I ask all of you fellow council members to help assist me in bringing in good ideas that we can discuss and make perfectly clear from start to finish that the citizens know what we're doing in here I will ask department heads to come in and explain their department functions so the taxpayers have a clear picture of the way the city government is operating also I ask the public if they have any questions that they want the committee at a whole to discuss on television to please call me or their older person and I will try to get the proper people to clarify whatever questions they have in the past we have had many good programs and I hope next year with all your help we can have many many more the year ahead is going to be very exciting with Blue Harbor, the PGA and all other usual summer events let's all work hard to make these events very successful when visitors see what this city can do you can bet they'll be returning their visits so once again I thank all of you and hope we can all work together to keep our city going in the right direction thank you very much thank you Alderman Warner, Alderman Berg I also would like to congratulate Alderman Manny, Perez Berg, Stefan and Vanderweel on their reelection and I also like to welcome Alderperson to our council Sheboygan works our work is successful when we have a vision for our future and when we love our community our hometown the journey we begin today to continue to build a better community will require hard work it will be challenging and it will take courage since at times you may make unpopular decisions Sheboygan works when positive ideas are put forth in the right and what we can and should strive for Sheboygan works because it's most important resource its people have pride in this city we will work hard we will succeed Sheboygan works for all those willing to work towards safer neighborhoods stronger families and a brighter future Sheboygan works for all of us it's still about you always about us always thank you God bless you and have a good evening okay Steve Mears appointments the first list is dated today to the honorable members of the common council hereby submit the following appointments for your consideration and these are the standing committees finance Alderman James Graf chairman Alderman Stefan vice chairman Alderman Berg, Manny and Montemire public protection and safety committee Alderman Michael Warner chairman Alderman Vandewheel vice chairman Alderman Wongerman Wren Fleisch and Serda public works committee Alderman Dennis Baumann chairman Alderman Berg vice chairman Alderman Wren Fleisch Peterson and Segali salary and grievances committee Alderman Don Van Akron chairman Alderman Wongerman vice chairman Alderman Perez, Montemire and Peterson law and licensing committee Alderman Anthony Bonet chairman Alderman Manny vice chairman Alderman Perez Vandewheel and Serda signed by the mayor okay that's a light over and another letter dated today these are appointments to fill some vacancies Alden Berg to be considered for appointment to the board of review to fill the unexpired term of Monroe Gherki whose term expires for 30 2007 David Gass to be considered for appointment to the civil service commission to fill the unexpired term of Angela Sukiewicz whose term expires April 30, 2005 Alderman Richard Manny to be considered for appointment to the library board to fill the unexpired term of Betty Moody whose term expires April 30, 2006 signed by the mayor that will lay over and finally is the list of other committee appointments and commissions boards and so forth it's a list of eight pages I believe all the Alderman have copies in front of them at least unless the council is so inclined the tradition has been not to read all of those verbatim I'd be happy to do it if you want to that also is submitted today's date by the mayor and those will lie over thank you Steve okay communications and petitions pat to be referred alright 1-1 through 1-8 to be referred 1-9 will lie over 1-9 is withdrawn okay 1-10 resolution by Alderman a public hearing to resume property located at 1410, 1418 and 1422 south 11th street Alderman I'll make a motion that this resolution be put upon as passage moved to second resolution be put upon as passage under discussion hearing none all in favor opposed motion carried 1-11 to be referred 1-12 and 13 to be referred other matters 1-14 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting communications from Jeff Zanko Z-spot, Expresso and Coffey requesting permission to encroach upon portions of Indiana Avenue for a new awning on outdoor seating that will go to planning commission 1-15 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting a communication received by the mayor from Anthony Bonet local coordinator chairperson for the Rockets for Schools 1-16 is a resolution requesting the mayor to reactivate various special committees for the 2004-2005 council year that can be passed Alderman Warner second resolution be put upon as passage under discussion hearing none all in favor opposed motion carried 1-16 is a resolution requesting the mayor to reactivate various special committees for the 2004-2005 council year opposed motion carried 1-17 is a resolution authorizing the purchasing agent to participate in the DOT road salt purchase program and that will go to public works moved and seconded adjourned there's no other discussion all in favor