 Felicky Panetsky, Mitchell, Pirella, Salzar, Savalio. Present. Is Alderman Bourne present? I am here, at home. All right. Alderperson Bourne is attending remotely. Would you please stand for the presentation of the colors by the Sheboygan Police Department Honor Guard. Right shoulder. Present. Would you please join me in resetting the Pledge of Allegiance? 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. Please stay standing as Catherine Henry recites the National Anthem. Oh, say can you see. Home from Sheboygan's poet laureate, Lisa Viejos. Thank you, Mayor Sorensen. If a city, if a city was a story, it would begin long before streets and structures. It would begin with land and proximity to water and people who lived there before it was a city. If a city was a poem, it would be spoken in slow meandering lines with a litany of occurrences, triumphs, missteps, and resolutions. There would be growth. And it would not always rhyme. If a city was a sentence, it would be declarative. It would have a noun like neighbor or friend and many verbs igniting action, create, flourish, help, dream, propose, remember. The adjectives in the city would write themselves and would be testimony to all the good works of the people who live there, thriving, generous, just, compassionate, and welcoming. There would be no period at the end of the sentence because the poem is always unfolding towards something better. And everyone who lives in that city adds their voice to the story and lends a hand to its making. Thank you. Thank you, Lisa. All right, now we will swear in the mayor elect. The individual that will be swearing me in today is Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallett. Thank you, Justice, for coming up to Sheboygan today and joining us on this historic and momentous occasion. My name is Ryan Sorensen. Having been elected to the office of mayor. Having been elected to the office of mayor. Swear that I will support. Swear that I will support. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the state of Wisconsin. And the Constitution of the state of Wisconsin. And will faithfully and impartially. And will faithfully and impartially. Discharge the duties of said office. Discharge the duties of said office. To the best of my ability. To the best of my ability. So help me, God. So help me, God. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having me. This has really been an honor to be here and to be back in Sheboygan. I just want to say a few words about your new mayor. I met Mr. Mayor here in Sheboygan at one of the first events that I came to here when I was campaigning for Wisconsin Supreme Court. The first of many. And I was really taken immediately with a few things about Ryan. First, his love of this city. Also taken with his ability to really communicate with people and connect with people. And his energy. I saw a lot of that right away. I thought to myself, this is someone who can get things done. And as we have seen already, he can get things done. What I really appreciate and I know you all do hear about Ryan is that not only is he someone who has really great ideas and plans for this city and also cares deeply about it and our state and making improvements. He's also someone who is willing and ready to roll up his sleeves and get work done. So I think you are all so lucky to call him your new mayor and I am looking forward to hearing about all the great things that you will accomplish. Thank you so much. Now we will swear in the aldermen's elect. The elders that have been elected, please stand and then raise your right hand and merit it full. Everybody ready? I state your name. I am Marcus Savalia. Having been elected. Having been elected. To the office of Alderperson. To the office of Alderperson. Swear that I will support. Swear that I will support. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. And the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. And will faithfully and impartially. And will faithfully and impartially. Discharge the duties of said office. discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability to the best of my ability, so help me God Congratulations everybody Now will you please join me in the invocation by reverend nicky back May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh lord I invite you to pray with me holy and gracious god We stand humbly before you offering praise and thanksgiving for the joy of this day Send down upon mayor ryan sorenson the newly elected alder persons and all public servants in this city the wisdom The spirit of wisdom charity and compassion That they may faithfully serve in their roles to promote and protect the well-being of all people in shabuagan Give them eyes to see each person and ears to hear each voice Be still a spirit of cooperation and unity among them Strengthen them in their times of trial We are bound together with them in this community Guide us as we seek to serve and love our neighbors May all that we do bring honor and glory to you We ask these things in your holy name. Amen. Amen Thank you reverend All right now we're gonna Quick head do the organizational meeting so bear with us everybody. This is the real fun part and why you're all here, right? All right first. We'll be adopting the rules of the common council. Is there a motion to adopt the rules? So moved second. There's been a motion by alder persons valio and a second by alder persons salazar any discussion on the rules Seeing none all those in favor of approving the council rules. Please state. Aye. Aye anyone opposed? The rules are adopted All right next we'll move on to the election of the president and vice president on the common council Alder persons valio. Thank you, mr. Mayor. I move that nominations be received from the floor Voting to be done by closed ballot and if two or more 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 Nominations are open. Is there any nomination? Older person. Oh, is there a second to opening up the nominations? Second second by alder person acclay Older person decker I nominate barf healthy for president Oh dean or older person decker has nominated older person feldi. Is there a second second second by older person parella Older person feldi. Do you accept? Are there any other mo any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? older persons valio I make a motion to close the nominations Is there a second second There's been a second by older person acclay All right, is there a motion to submit a unanimous ballot for barf feldi as the council president? So moved There's been a motion second All in favor, please stay die. Hi anyone? All right, congratulations president feldi. All right move on to Vice president of the common council older person's valio Thank you, mr. Mayor. I move that nominations be received from the floor voting to be done by closed ballot And if two or more candidates are nominated The candidate with the lowest number of votes to be dropped from the list and balloting to continue until one candidate receives a majority Is there a second second second by older person acclay? Are there any other nominations? Mayor alderman boran older boran Thank you, mayor. I would like to nominate Alderperson reberda felicky paneski of district two for vice president of the council All right older person boran has nominated reberda felicky paneski. Is there a second? Second by older person parella reberda. Do you accept the nomination? I do All right, are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? I move to uh named dean decker uh to the vice president position Dean decker has been nominated and has been seconded by older person feldi dean. Do you accept the nomination? Yes. All right. Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Alderperson svalio Thank you, mr. Mayor. I move to close the nominations Is there a second? Second there's been a second. All right. So this we have a contested race for vice president So all the city cleric merit at the bruen will Be handing out the ballots And older person boran is attending virtually so he will be voting via email Please stand by Fall you can play low music All right The votes have been counted and congratulations older person reberda felicky paneski All right, we're moving move right along to election of representative to the city plan commission and the representatives to the capital improvement commission Well the first valio. Thank you, mr. Mayor I move that nominations be received from the floor voting should be done by open ballot And if two or more candidates are nominated the candidate with the lowest number of votes to be dropped from the list and balloting to continue Until one candidate receives a majority Is there a second second by ackley? We're now open for nominations. Are there any nominations to the city plan commission holder decker? I dominate alderith and jim borne Second there's been a motion in a second older person borne. Do you accept the nomination? I know I don't All right older person borne has declined the nomination Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Mr. May I make a motion for um, oh my goodness. I'm forgetting your last name right now I'm so sorry for trey to be nominated There's been a motion to nominate older person michel as uh the representative to the plan commission Second it's been a second by decker older person michel. Do you accept older person michel has accepted the plan commission position Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations older person's valio make a motion to close the nominations There's been a motion to close. Is there a second second second by decker Is there a motion to cast unanimous ballot for older person trey michel to be the older person representative to the city plan commission So moved second motion by you. So valio second by ackley all those in favor. Please stay die Hi Hi Anyone opposed? Congratulations older person michel. All right Older person's valio I move that nominations be received from the floor voting to be done by open ballot And if three or more candidates And if three or more candidates are nominated the candidate with the lowest number of votes to be dropped from the list And balloting to continue until two candidates receive a majority Is there a second? Second by ackley We're now open for nominations. Are there any nominations? Are there any nominations are there any nominations? Mr. May I nominate uh jim borne Older person's valio has nominated older person born second second by decker older person born. Do you accept? No, older person born has declined the nomination Are there any other nominations? Mr. May I nominate tray michel all the person tray michel all the person's value has Nominated all the person michel all the person michel you accept We need a second second by ackley We need one more spot Are there any other nominations? Point of order mr. Mayor. I believe uh Trey michel will already be on the uh On the capital improvements commission if he's chairman of finance Committee assignments have been not been voted on yet. So that point is not out of is not in order Is there another uh nomination for capital improvements? Mr. Mayor I nominate uh Older person grazia Is there a second second second by ackley older person prella. Did you accept? Older person prella accepts All right. Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Seeing none is there a motion to cast unanimous ballot for older person's michel and parella to the capital improvements commission So moved second motion by ackley second by savaglio all those in favor. Please stay died Hi, anyone? Congratulations. All right. Now we're gonna get a little wonky here the council will recess and um Going to the committee the whole so all the person feldi you will be chairing The committee the whole I move the 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 Do I Okay, do I have a motion Okay moved by all the person savaglio and seconded by older person Ackley the most If applicable Another motion by older To nominate a chair the motion is seconded Motion by older to close nominations We should see if there's any nominations. Oh, we got to do that. I'm sorry about that. That's okay. I'm in a hurry We have a motion and a second. Are there Any nominations? I'd like to nominate dean decker for committee of the whole chairperson Who is the second please? Okay We have a motion and a second Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Thank you, roberto Are there any other nominations? One more time. Is there any other nominations? Okay, if only one candidate I move that the city clerk be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for older person decker As committee of the whole chair So moved Okay, we have a motion and a second all in favor say aye. Aye Opposed All right Congratulations dean decker Thank you for that barb All right Now I will hear a report from the council president on the election of the committee of the whole chair President felli who has been elected committee the whole chair? pardon Who has been elected committee the whole chair? Say it again Who's been elected committee the whole chair? Dean decker. All right. Congratulations older person decker We'll now go to the president of the council's message president felli Thank you mayor I'd like to thank all the elders for their support and for putting your trust in my ability to be in a leadership leadership position I know I have some big shoes to fill following the past two council presidents Ryan and Todd But I'm I am not worried as I know that there will be That they will help me whenever I have questions or doubts or concerns We know it is going to be a challenging year ahead, but I also know We will get through it Because of all the caring and supportive team of elders and the great staff we'll be working with I'm looking forward to working with all of you and serving as the council president Thank you for your trust. All right. We'll now go to the committee the whole chair person's message older person decker I would like to thank all my fellow elders for having confidence to be to lead in this capacity I look forward to working with all of you along with our new mayor a city administrator And all of our department heads as we face the many challenges ahead going forward I wasn't really prepared for a whole lot. So Thank you older person decker. Thank you the city clerk. Is there anyone for public forum? There's no one this evening. All right. Now we'll go to the mayor's message council president feldi council president fliki paneski members of the common council Administrator wolf city clerk debruin Attorney adams directors of city departments city staff my family and friends And most importantly fellow shabuiganites Tonight is an extraordinary night in the beginning of a new era for the city of shabuigan Just moments ago. I took an oath to lead our great city for these next four years I promise to all of you that I will work hard every single day to make our community a more welcoming and prosperous city for everybody As many of you already know, I was born and raised right here in this great city I'm truly a product of shabuigan and I've received an excellent education in our local schools I'm a graduate of south high and received my bachelor's degree from the university of wisconsin, mowaki Or I had the privilege of serving as the student body president After graduation. I came back home because this city has given so much to me So I ran for city council because I wanted to offer a new voice in a fresh Fresh perspective in local government As an older person I learned firsthand Just how important constituent work is and how we need to work together to solve our many problems I had the tremendous opportunity to serve as the chairman of the public safety Licensing and hearings committee the chairman of the transit commission Vice chair of public works as well as the committee the whole chairman This past term I was elected to serve by my peers to serve as the city council president And we worked together to oversee a hundred and eighteen million dollar city budget That is responsible for providing essential services such as police and fire Garbage collection road maintenance parks library services to almost all our 49,000 city residents In listening to the residents of the city these past few years It became very clear to me that sheboygan has become a tale of two cities Over the last decade our community has had over one billion dollars of investment in our community and this is wonderful news However, at the same time students on free and reduced lunch in the sheboygan eerie school district has gone up by double digits Individuals and families cannot find affordable places to live in our cities And our infrastructure has received low marks from a variety of rating rating agencies And it is certainly something our residents talk firsthand about It is this reality of our city government that we need to tackle these compelling issues That we need to that made me realize that I needed to make a difference These struggles became even more challenging for families that have been impacted by this pandemic And that is why I stepped up and ran for mayor As your mayor I promise that I'll fight for you every single day to fight For real results for these real problems impacting our community It is critical that we develop a more sustainable economy Which will allow us to better address some of our serious challenges such as our crumbling crumbling roads tackling affordable housing And the complex challenges that covet 19 has had on the health and welfare of the citizens and our local businesses As mayor I will develop and work alongside our public works department to develop strategic plans of how we can actually develop and fix our roads We have great workers in the public works department But we need to make sure that they have the tools necessary to get the job done and fix our roads As your mayor I will work alongside housing advocates and developers to ensure that we have affordable housing that will benefit our community We need to focus on building more affordable housing at all aspects that reflects the needs of our community As your mayor I will also be a leader in ensuring that we have a solid covet recovery plan And we'll work alongside our local county state and federal leaders To make sure that families and local businesses health care organizations and our schools receive the support that they need So we can fully recover from this pandemic As mayor I will listen to all the residents and explore new ways of how we can work together to make our city a more welcoming place for everybody I've already begun to develop a more open and transparent process To appoint citizens to many boards and commissions and task forces that advise our city on a variety of needs These residents will reflect the true rich diversity of our community In conclusion, I'm looking forward to working with all the council members Administrator wolf all the department heads city staff and all the residents across our community So that we can continue to provide high quality services to all the residents And as mayor I promise to all of you that will work hard every single day To bring my uniqueness chrysma nerve and talent to this community in this office Thank you so much. Now. Let's get to work. Thank you and god bless the city of shabuigan Thank you And just a few more things on the agenda folks. All right resolution number One dash 21 dash 22 by the city administrator Todd wolf submitting the capital improvements program request for the years 2022 2026 that will be referred to the capital improvements commission Resolution number one dash 21 22 by older person boran requesting that the mayor reactivate various special committees for the 2021 2022 city council year older person boran Thank you, mayor. I make a motion to adopt the resolution Second motion by boran second by savaglio. Any discussion seeing none all those in favor. Please state. I I Chair votes I All right, mayor's appointments And those will lay over Seeing that we've exhausted the agenda. Is there a motion to adjourn? All the person feldi All the person feldi motion to adjourn All right, motion by barb second by burt all those in favor of adjourning. Please state. I Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you everybody