 Good evening everyone. Welcome to tonight's Common Council meeting. As you'll notice attorney McLean is not here tonight He is excused. He wasn't able to make it tonight Before we start the meeting. I would ask Madam City Clerk to read the quote for the week Thank you, Mayor For every minute you remain angry you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind Call the 23rd regular 23rd regular meeting of the Common Council order, which please call the roll Warren Sirta Davis excuse graph Hannah Kittleson Clowness excuse Manny Meyer Montemire Radke Ryan Susha Vanderweel excuse and for hassled 13 present Corm is present this time We will pledge allegiance to the beautiful country we live in a woman. Hannah. Would you please lead us? 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 old Manhattan Approve the minutes President Burke. Yes. I think you know I would move that the minutes be approved Is that it on the record? Motion second to approve the minutes any discussion There'd be a non-old and famous a I I any opposed ocean carries minutes are approved Next item on the agendas public forum. I'm pretty clerk Yes, public forum this evening. We have dimple atoms and can I have your home address, please? 1424 Virginia Avenue Subway again, okay, and you will have five minutes Sue can you let me know when I'm about four minutes certainly. Thank you good evening mayor Perez and City clerk Sue Richards and council. It's nice to be with you tonight I'm here because I'm a taxpayer and citizen of Sheboygan and have been for the last 19 years living in district three and the reason that I'm here as I I attended the Salaries and grievance meetings the last two or three times and I wanted to speak about The table of organization that was discussed this past week Which I think it's a good idea first of all I'd like to say that as a taxpayer as I've been out talking to people and talking to department heads and Talking to city workers and so forth. There isn't anyone that I don't know that doesn't want us to have lower taxes So, you know, we're all on the same wavelength and thinking about that that everybody wants lower taxes or our taxes not to be raised I know myself as a senior citizen on a fixed income. I Can't afford for my taxes to be raised any more than what they already have been and even though Part of my tax bill is from the city I think I also need to you know be talking to the county and to the school board about that too because it is a Three-way tax bill along with the state and others, but those are the three main slices of pie So, you know, let's let's all be straight about that that everybody wants lower taxes Now, how are we going to get there? and in this table of organization as I said in the Salary and grievance meeting the last week and the week and two weeks before that I was at that meeting also I'm seeing What I think is a rush job to reorganize and And and to change the structure of the city employees And I don't have I don't think there's anybody that has a problem with the table of organization being looked at I think that's important. I think that we need to do that. I think that anything that we can do To to save money and talk to the employees and talk to the department heads But what I saw this past week Was something that wasn't done and that was department heads We're not aware of what that table was going to be before they got to that meeting And they were not given a copy of what it was going to be Before they got to that meeting and they weren't given a copy at the meeting When a couple of the department had spoke they had to get a copy from the older persons themselves that were on the committee and I Saw our department had speak I Saw city employees speak. I saw them speak passionately about their concerns and That this had not been done with them and Then I saw them. I Saw this one lady crying From the computer department because there's six employees from the computer department and With this package that was to go through They were going to be cutting the computer department employees in half so, you know that a 50% It is quite a cut and when this lady was saying that they were working very hard and that they Had been taking up the slack from this one that had been on sick leave for the last six weeks Instead of saying thank you for working extra hard for taking up the slack on the six leave sick leave For the one that was absent They were told well, that's Another ray of saying that we can do without less employees Because you've worked so efficiently without them and see I think it's a two-way street Everybody wants to get a little after four minutes already. Thank you from a to b but how we get there and Then I saw a department head speak up and then later learned that he was reprimanded For speaking up. I saw citizens That were not allowed to speak at this committee meeting. These are committee meetings So if we can't do it at committee meetings, where can we do it if department heads aren't allowed to speak and Citizens aren't allowed to speak without fear being You know reprimanded then we've got a serious problem. I think and Now I'm very pleased that this table of organization is coming to you tonight as a report Excuse me, and it's going to one minute. Would you like the additional minute one more second one more minute It's going to go to all of the standing committees. So all of you are going to have time to tweak it and Another thing that bothered me about the table of organization was that it all had to be accepted or none Well, I don't think that that's the way that it has to be I think that you guys can take the time to tweak it and Work with it and take the time to talk to the department heads and the employees and come up with a good Solid table of organization that will save us money. Thank you. Thank you That's it. That's it. There's a point of clarification that needs to be made tonight And that is that at the salary and grievance meeting that was held No one was trying to prevent anybody from speaking But there are standards of propriety standards of respect and collegialness that we all must follow When the committee a standing committee elected by the people When their discussion is referred to as pathetic, I will step in when their discussion is cold ridiculous to their face I will step in Anybody can say and it's free to say anything they'd like so long as they adhere to civility cordial discourse and Utmost respect for the people that have been elected by the people of the city of Sheboygan People may not like what they hear There's a way to address it if it's not addressed properly Folks I've said it once and I'm gonna keep saying it. I will step in Wanted to share some thoughts with you about the city administration It's an issue that came about as I was at a grocery store this weekend and I was cornered by the vegetable section and the question that was posed to me was Why are you and why is the council anti-police? That question struck struck a chord It really did because That's been the issue lately and that's been some of the accusations that are being made out in the community And I wanted to clear some of that ground for you the alderman and I Have an extremely difficult job to do And as we strive to do our job the best we can with the information that we can Do the analysis that we need to do and perhaps at some point come to terms or some general consensus If not a majority vote we make decisions Some decisions are popular some are not But this body and my office We make decisions every single day and folks those decisions impact people's lives In one way or another And as we make those decisions we have to weigh and balance a lot of concerns A lot of feelings a lot of emotions We do the best we can We work as a team and to me team is Contributing we all contribute in some respect to another Some a little more some a little less We have to keep our eye on the big picture. It's so easy to get ill-focused And get personal and focus on one thing instead of the whole picture But we have to be mindful and I've said it before that the decisions we make Regardless of what we base them on impact people's lives They don't impact just your district because when you vote you vote in majority they impact Everybody's lives in the entire city of sheboygan So while you're elected by the people in one district or one ward you're impacting everybody Taxpayer pay for they expect and they deserve basic services. That's what we do We provide those services in an efficient cost effective consistent and timely basis That's what we do folks This structure the government structure that we have now is extremely complex and diverse We have several departments. We don't have one department Some of us may like to pick one department as our best And perhaps promote that department. That's okay But keep in mind. We don't represent one department. We represent a lot of departments Unlike department heads. They represent one department Not a lot of departments My philosophy has been I will treat every department fairly and equal equally I do will not have favorites And if I'm at fault Then I'm at fault But I believe that strongly and I believe the people of sheboygan want me to feel that way The minute I take preference to one The inevitable thing is I will neglect the other I will not have that on my conscience Our problems are mainly attributed to rising costs and the people's pleas for no more taxes Every year you have seen that our expenditures far exceed our revenues Then we have to make decisions nothing different than at home When you have more expenses than money coming in you're going to have to make some cuts or some considerations to make up that difference But as I said earlier this discussion here with you was prompted By me being cornered in the vegetable section And the accusation that this council And that I am anti-police this accusation obviously is unfounded And it's beyond me and it continues to be beyond me Of some people Can be so ugly disrespectful Mean spirited and divisiveness But they're out there folks and not they're out here in sheboygan. They're out there all over the world We just happen to have some ourselves Some of the accusations are very politically charged with high emotions and personal feelings You hear misinformation out in the community about how this administration and this mayor Cut funding cut the funding for a child abuse program in the police department That hasn't happened and we've cut this and we've cut that What we've cut is no secret folks and what we've cut is in response to the people's pleas For tax relief We continue to work towards tax relief Now there's some key things that I think you need to know and the public needs to know About why it is that we're not anti-police because if we were anti-police the first thing we do Is we look at their budget Oh, the mayor's cutting this budget and the council agreed and they've cut the budget One third of our entire city budget general budget goes to the police one third To one department the rest goes to the other departments The increases in the budget starting at 2003 Have been 4.6 2.7 7.0 2.4 increases in the budget for the police department That's not a trend of being anti-police folks And oh six there was a decrease of 0.7 And that was because the council elected to have a zero percent increase in the levy and everybody took a hit then Now another argument is being made that we're anti-police is we're down seven officers In 2002 we had 90 sworn officers In 2003 we had 87 In 2004 we had 88 In 2005 we had 86 In 2007 we had 87 A total difference in five years folks have been three three officers I got these numbers from finance and hr Three officers and that has been because when we had to make the difference up in the police department to comply with This council's request of zero percent increase Decisions had to be made and when an officer is missing they delay the hiring So at that money it can be used to make up the differences elsewhere That's strictly a management department head decision And that was made with that department head The other thing that we could look at if we're anti we pay them poorly My salary and I will announce it to the public because it's public information is 65809. That's what I make a year More than 50 people in the city of shiboyan working for the city make born Barney and I do More than 50 people make more money than I do And I worry about all the departments and get blamed for all the departments About half of those 50 people Work for the police department Of those more than half Of those more than 50 about half of them make more salary than I do In just that department 22 people in the police department earn more than I do with a difference of five to 44 percent higher than I do We pay well 11 of those 22 people are in the 20 to mid 30 percent making more money than I do higher And this does not include the increase in salary of three percent more For this year 2007 A new police officer Earns benefits and wages 41 721 with an additional three percent Of about $1,200 and oh seven We fund our police department well and we pay them well And there's other issues that I've talked to you about about how we are supportive of our police department and how we are not anti police department We could go on and on and on but the biggest one Is that for about 50 years They've needed a police station And you council have made it happen They're going to get one If you are anti police You wouldn't have voted for it And you wouldn't have Decided to build a police station If you hear the accusations that are being made which is what I when I hear them I would ask that you assess the information Consider the source And then refer them to the mayor's office or if you need information, it's easily available And along that same line that this council This anti police comes the accusation that this council is divided Folks you're not divided if anything you're pretty strong. You've got some great talent diverse skills Dedication I've never seen before You work hard for very little money You take a lot a lot of beating because I remember when I was an alderman Calls came in anytime of the day and they stopped you anywhere they can and that's okay. That's our job But you're not divided. This is not a divided council Someone made the comment that We're having a hard time trying to get you to sign document It's because you're talking amongst yourselves. I've never seen it happen before you're actually conversing with each other before the meetings That's pretty awesome You remember when we talked about if this council was divided you wouldn't have Pass a zero percent living You wouldn't have put an end to the wheel tax. You wouldn't have put an end to the stormwater tax You wouldn't have given the people over eight million dollars in tax relief that they don't have to budget for this year because you took care of that You did away with about a little over eight million dollars If you were a divided council, you wouldn't have had in just the city in the in the In the river The development part of the city by south pier you wouldn't have developed over 56 million dollars in additional tax base You're not divided. You're pretty united. Some people would like to have people think that But that's not true And it's been said that a lot of this is politics the same people claiming this politics are the same ones trying to make it politics All I see here is hard-working alderman who come in do their homework Study the issues and vote their conscience That's a good old. That's a good council to me And finally along the lines if we're anti-police We'd have one heck of a problem in public safety and folks. We don't At the salary and grievance meeting Chief Kirk said we don't have a dangerous community. We don't have a dangerous community He asked do we have dangerous situations? Yes Are there problems out there? Yes But he said I take pride in being the sixth safest city in the nation Folks I take pride too and I think rightfully so you should too We have a good city council. We have a good city administration We have great support for public safety departments And saying we don't it's not going to change the picture We're going to continue to do what we do best and that's serve the public And serve them well Thank you very much Next item on the agenda Is hearings We have nine hearings the first one I am going to cancel the City planning commission has not acted on the rezoning and then we have Hearing no notice of the vacation and this continuance of approximately 20 feet of south pier drive from east right of ways of south 8th street to illinois avenue We have a hearing on the proposed assessments of resurfacing for resurfacing of south 7th street from indiana avenue to high avenue Of north 7th street from ghillie to north avenue Of north 3rd street from bluff to north avenue of lincoln avenue from north 8th to north 13th Of north 13th street from merners avenue to ghillie Of niagara avenue from north 4th to north 6th And we have proposed assessments for curb and gutter on semen avenue from north 15th street to north 21st street Is there anyone that would like to address the council on any of these hearings? Okay, we will take you ma'am and then you sir Please step up And we just did your name address in the area that you're going to be talking about Sure, right up to the mic. Would you find which hearing are you speaking on ma'am? Which area are you speaking on which hearing the one third street between uh bluff and bluff and north avenue north Okay, and I just need your name Marion russink, and I live at 2028 north third street. Marion could you spell your last name for me, please? R u e s as in sam i n k Okay, thank you and 2028 is the house right next to the alley Adjust well across from the first congregational church you Got the picture there and the problem is that uh When cars approach or not cars but trucks approach from the north They cannot turn into that alley apparently without going over the lawn at my house It really hasn't bothered me A lot, but now that all this surface resurfacing is coming up I thought it might be a good idea if that entrance was redesigned somehow and if you recall I took pictures On wednesday, and it was after the snow storm that we had a week ago was sunday and I think You'll be I was hoping there was a overhead projectors done can't gathering dust somewhere But if you just pass through us and and look at the truck tracks In the winter the snow is there and that's not a big deal But in the summertime it Packs that ground down so that The lawn gets to be three four five six inches below the curbing Because it's a continuous turning over that corner And I'd like to address another I have the point please do Then the other thing I took pictures of I watch a lot of court cases This is my evidence um When we built our house 50 years ago The snow plowing was always done To the center onto the boulevards I don't know why they somebody thought that was not a good idea because now people that have driveways On the boulevards Have to shovel out their driveways, and I'm sure you've all heard people complain about plows going past and plowing their driveway closed But that too This just shows what happened to my sidewalk After the snow plows went through And As long as I was coming tonight and taking the picture as I decided that I'd like to address that problem also because I'm very fortunate to have the church. They do all the plowing They do all the plowing of the alley they plow the drive the Entrance or exit to the alley So it's not a problem for me, but people that live up the street further I think they do have that problem and it presents a problem even among my sidewalk I have it shoveled and then the snow plow goes through and it throws it right back as you see on the picture Right back on the sidewalk because it that portion Is very narrow So couldn't somebody start redesigning the plowing system and plow it back onto the Boulevard Thank you. Thank you very much just for the public's uh information Notes will be taken of your comments and they will be taken into consideration. Thank you next sir you're up Yes, sir, which one are you talking on I'm I'm here to be heard uh with regard to what's listed as hearing for proposed assessments For resurfacing of north 7th street from geely avenue to north avenue. Okay, hold on north 7th from geely to north Oh, and can can I have your name, please? My name is jay Pursick p as in peter er s as in sam ick and j your home address 2216 north 7th street. Okay. Go ahead. Thank you. Uh, I would just uh I just came to uh urge the council to A vote not to confirm the assessment to resurface North 7th street and to replace carbon grunder in north 7th street from geely to north avenue At the very least I would ask that the council postpone the assessment Um for a few years to allow property owners to save the money for the portion. They'll have to pay Um residents will have to come up with two three or more thousand dollars for a bill that will be due I'm not sure when six months 12 months 20 months at the at the most I gather And I acknowledge that the city offers the five-year financing I just think it would be who the city to Encourage us to be responsible consumers and save up for the work rather than to go and debt and pay Interest on it for five years And of course, I know we need to pay for city infrastructure. It's just we need to be mindful of priorities and As far as the the residents I've spoken to including myself there are a lot um higher things On our list than spending two to Anymore two to 45 hundred for some of us uh then making our street and our curb look prettier at this time when I just don't think it's a high priority It's really not that bad And then the city I understand I gather they have to pay for 50 of the of the project as well and Even if that money is already allocated, I would just hope the city recognizes that it has high priorities The mayor mentioned having to cut back on a number of things And I know one city street is a is a pittance in the In the amount of money it needs But I would just hope that there would be a way to allot this for a few years to some something else that much higher priority things The police health care costs for city employees It's just hard to believe that this money is not urgently needed for other things Then just making our street prettier and um that I can't any longer be diverted even though it may be allocated Finally, I just would again just reiterate that I would hope that you would allow The citizens to spend their money or the money that we have to contribute as frontage owners To more important things and to do the same for the the money that all taxpayers that you've collected from us And to just wait to resurface this section until it's really a high priority until it's really needed And at the very least defer the project for a few years to allow everyone to save and and prepare for the expense Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome Is there anyone else ma'am please And then you're an exer And which one are you talking about The same one the same one the north seven from geely to north and can I have your name, please joy spritz And joyce. What is your home address 25 22 north seven street? Okay. Go ahead. Okay I must agree with a person who just spoke and I hadn't intended to make that request But if that's possible that would be great to have it procrastinated for a while But in case if it does go through Um, we were wondering Several things that's a long block Each of those two blocks are equal to three blocks each So we are wondering where will we park? How long will the project take and when will it begin? And then will both sides of the boulevard be done at the same time? Or will you say do the west side first and then the east or vice versa? Those were the questions we had And then also I would like to address what the lady next to me said that was on third street about the snow plowing It used to be really good. It made the streets wider the boulevard wider when they plowed and it went onto the boulevard Now that they they do it just like they're doing any other street it if there's a lot of snow It really narrows the boulevard the the street the traffic um on that one side sometimes when we have lots of snow There's not even allowing allowed parking um, no, that's because it's my phone here It it um Makes it that you can't even park safely and have traffic go past So I hadn't intended to bring that one up either, but I just kept listening what she said Thank you. So thank you Joyce And which one are you speaking on sir? I'm on uh speaking south 7th street from indiana on up. Okay, hold on south Indiana to high avenue Indiana to high avenue on south seven. I believe so. Okay, and what is your name, please? George Hoffman It's h o f f m a n or two ends. Okay, and your address Well the property i'm i'm referring to is 1106 south 7th south 7th. Okay, go ahead and What we're concerned about there is that there's an awful lot of Commercial traffic there's a lot of trucks coming down 7th street now And i'm wondering if it's wise to be resurfacing that at this time and since that um roundabout Thing went in on 8th street. We got a truck route on south 7th now And some very big ones and heavy ones, and I don't know if we should be investing that kind of Investment in something that may be torn up in a short while because there's a lot of building Going on on 7th street There's a lot of counters. There's a lot of Garbage being hauled out of there and there's a lot in the future planned yet. I think that's a little premature To be doing that work the other thing I probably Hope you don't throw me out but uh I think I was wondering if the All council didn't make a mistake and that assessment was put on last year's taxes already because uh Our little 800 square foot condo there went up 750 dollars along with the others Secondly We don't have garbage pickup that cost us 156 dollars for the 11 units there every three months And I think it's kind of unfair because those are residences and they're owned by individual people And not only that but we only have five cans of garbage And that's a that's a tremendous extra load for us along with the tax increase we've had These were surprises I think that's all Thank you. Thank you, george sir Hi, and which one are you speaking on sir the same number three mr Okay, and can I have your name certainly it's william. William last name is spelled sch w o c h e r t w o c h e r t correct okay, and your home address william 1106 1106 south 7th Okay, go ahead. It's the same building. Okay. First of all, I'd like to apologize for coming unprepared I just came to listen to see what was going on here tonight, but in Actually picking up your agenda something popped out to me, and I would like clarification on this and something else in the letter that we received About the cost for the repay The first thing that comes to my mind is on the letter it's dimensions resurfacing Curve and gutter resurfacing plus curbing gutter, but in your agenda it only specifies resurfacing And I noticed down one of the other areas it specifies resurfacing and curbing gutter so I'm wondering if My letter is correct that they're doing curb and resurfacing or just resurfacing because the price is quite a bit different So I'd like clarification on that if I could Do you need it because that would be noted down and people can get back to you tomorrow so we can proceed with this Thank you all your comments are going to be noted down. We've got city engineer writing notes right now Okay, and this is recorded too. So all right, um and then furthermore with my um letter for assessment clarification on it It mentions the point one the city ordinance will um Cover half of the cost Now is that half of the cost and this is my half of the cost or is it half of the cost from this amount? We'll answer that too Otherwise, we're going to be back and forth, but we'll we'll get the answers to you sir for for those questions Okay, and that's all of that. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you Sir you're next and which one would you like to speak on the serve? Niagara avenue between 6th and 4th and 6th street. Okay, hold on Between 4th and 6th. Okay, and your name, please gust of sister gust of g us ta v and ph pf ist er In your home address 845 north 6th street That's my I own that house. I don't okay. That's fine. Go ahead The question I have is that right now they're in the process of building this new Uh with the condominiums on 6th street And you have I don't know how many workers there, but you have maybe about 40 50 and They park you down on 6th street. They park on I'm not 60, but on agony Niagara avenue between 6th and 5th also on Washington court. Now if they start Doing this resurfacing You know, they say I don't want to go start this and just say it's April or May That's going to be a mess because where are they going to where are the people going to park? So is there any way that they could start that I guess I don't know when but they could start that after this place is completed That's something we can look at sir. Yes And it's being noted now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much Is there anyone else that would like yes, sir Yeah, I got it Please please It's a long way, but Thank you Hi, and which one are you looking to talk on number three seven street Indiana to high Indiana to high Okay, and your name, please red benki be h and ke And your address Is what's 1120 south 7th We had just bought that building and I was kind of one quest. I don't get out of work till five So it's hard for me to get to the to the city to talk to these people When did they decide on doing this? We bought this property in in november or october And uh, then there was no special assessments All of a sudden now there's a 7000 dollar assessment there So I was kind of wondering is Is there somebody that I can talk to you that well there is but we don't the way we conduct the hearings Is it allow you to provide input and then someone will get back to you with a specific Response to you. Okay, and that's being noted. Okay. That's great. And uh, the other thing when they say resurfacing The road that's good They tear the whole thing up. Do they what they do they just start from From indiana avenue all the way to the The high avenue and we'll answer that one for you too. Okay. Is that it? Okay, we'll see you Thank you friend. Thank you very much Is there anyone else that would like to address the council? Is there anyone else that would like to address the council? Is there anyone else peasant burk? Thank you, your honor. I move that the hearings be closed Ocean second to close hearings under discussion There'd be a none all those in favor say aye. Aye any opposed ocean carries Consent agenda. We will refer back to refer to planning commission 23 1 And the consent agenda is from 23 2 to 23 26 president burk Thank you again, your honor. I would move to uh, accept and file all the arrows Accept and adopt the rc's at past the resolutions and the general ordinances Motion and second under discussion President burk. Yes if I could I would move to refer 23 5 through 23 13 These are all the matters that refer to resurfacing Streets that were addressed in the hearings. I would move to refer those documents back to the public works committee Excuse me mayor could could you please leave out 23 6 because that's a different issue Okay, with the correct with the exception of 23 6 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Everybody got that Ocean second under discussion. Yes. Thank you again, your honor. Like this is the first time we've Reinstituted a resurfacing program in our streets for several years And I trust of the 200 or some letters that went out This way this has been an area where there's been a number of questions. I think I I shouldn't say I received my wife ran Responded to about 10 calls and I've got a couple of emails and there's a letter Containing our package that addresses the many issues. I think this is a matter that Rather than having a hearing when we listen to people this requires a dialogue I think this requires the opportunity for people to interact with city staff And get answers to their questions because the the answer to one question usually brings another question So for that purpose, I would recommend referring this back to our public works committee So that the interested parties can convene with public works and hopefully come to some resolution on this and I believe The public work committee meets thursday at 4 p.m And so that's common. I would ask the Chair of city public works to Ask someone at public work department to send all of these individuals that spoke tonight a letter inviting them Some of the concerns that were expressed tonight are good And I think they they merit further discussion And committee and hopefully it'll make our letter that goes out better and clearer for our citizens So thank you very much any discussion further discussion on that Then the motion is to refer five seven eight nine ten eleven twelve and thirteen back to public works All those in favor say aye. Aye any opposed? Motion carries. We will now take a vote on 23 2 through 23 26 with the exceptions of the ones who just voted Any discussion on any of those Please call the roll Boren Berge Serta Hanna Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Racky Ryan Sushia and Verhastle Thirteen ayes. Motion carries communications and petitions 23 27 to 23 30 to be referred The report of officers to 23 31 lies over to april 4th document withdrawn 23 32 has been withdrawn 23 34 and 33 will be referred Resolutions introduced 3 23 35 lies over 23 36 through 23 41 to be referred The report of committee 8 23 42 Finance recommended authorizing a transfer of appropriations in the 07 budget Alderman graph Thank you, your honor. I would move that the rc be accepted and Adopted and that the resolution be put upon its passage motion and second under discussion There is none. Please call the roll Burke Serta graph Hanna Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Racky Ryan Sushia Verhastle and Boren Thirteen ayes. Motion carries Organses introduced 10 23 43 and 23 44 lies over 23 45 and 46 to be referred Matters laid over 11 20 45 resolution number 220 607 by alderman ryan and Sushia vacating the north approximately 20 feet of south pier drive from east right away The south 8th street to illinois Alderman ryan Thank you your honor. Um I move that the uh resolution be put upon its passage motion and Second under discussion There being none Please call the roll Serta graph Hanna Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Racky Ryan Sushia Verhastle Boren and Burke Thirteen ayes. Motion carries 22 43 and 22 44. Alderman gruff. Would you like to take both? Yes, your honor. I would move that both those resolutions be put upon their passage There's a motion and second and both of those Resolutions pertain to a transfer of appropriations in the 06 budget under discussion There being none. Please call the roll graph hanna Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Radke Ryan Sushia Verhastle Boren Burke and Serta Thirteen ayes. Motion carries 22 52 general ordinance number 890607 by alderman radke ryan Burke Boren and Verhastle Repealing and recreating various sections of chapter 50 fire protection of the municipal code alderman radke Thank you, your honor. I move that the general ordinance be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion There is none. Please call the roll Hanna Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Radke Ryan Sushia Verhastle Boren Burke Serta and graph Thirteen ayes. Motion carries 2262 general ordinance number 90607 by alderman susha clayunas Montemayor Kittleson And Manny amending the municipal code so as to change the job description and job code Of the part-time municipal court deputy clerk and part-time municipal court assistant deputy clerk alderman susha Thank you, your honor. I move that the general ordinance be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion There being none. Please call the roll Kittleson Manny Meyer Montemayor Radke Ryan Sushia I Verhastle Boren Burke Serta Graph and Hannah Thirteen ayes. Motion carries 2263 general ordinance number 90607 by Alderman Sushia clayunas Montemayor Kittleson and Manny amending the municipal code so as to change the job description and job code of the city assessor Alderman Sushia Thank you, your honor. I move that the general ordinance be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion Alderman Boren Thank you, your honor. I am looking over this job description for the new city assessor I know that there's quite a few things that are underscored. Are those the changes that are being proposed to upgrade those qualifications if somebody could Yes, I will ask Mr. Ed Sark, please step up. Department head Thank you, your honor. Yes, the other changes are basically minor changes, but the action Marie Alice who has left us went through and kind of brought up to date Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Sark. Any other questions there being on please call the roll. Manny, Meyer, Montemayor, Radke, Ryan, Sushia, Verhaselt, Boren, Burke, Serta, Graph, Hannah, and Kittleson. Thirteen ayes. Motion carries 2266 general ordinance number 90607 by Alderman Vanderweel Serta, Meyer, Montemayor, and Burke relating to stop signs so as to add stop signs on Bluff Avenue and North Forth for east and westbound traffic Alderman Vanderweel is not here Vice President Serta Thank you, your honor. I move that the general ordinance be put upon its passage Would you like to take both? Sure, I'll take both. Thank you, your honor. I move that the general ordinance be put upon its passage Would you like to take both? Sure, I'll take 2267 and ask to that that general ordinance be put upon its passage Your second to that? Second 2266 and 2267 under discussion Alderman Montemayor Thank you, your honor. I think the stop sign that was going on the fourth street is going to help a lot. It was yield previously and yield often means I'll take a look maybe And I think this will help. Thank you. Thank you very well. Any other discussion? Any other discussion? Please call the roll Meyer Montemayor Ratke Ryan Sushia Verhaselt Boren Berg Serta Graf Hannah Kittleson and Manny 13 ayes Motion carries. Other matters authorized by law 2347 will be referred to finance 2349 will be referred to public protection and safety Public Works, Finance, Law and Licensing, and Salaries and Grievances Other matters? Attorney McLean City Clerk Committee and Communications for Multi-Person and VanuWheel along with the Office of the Moisturist, Chronicle, River, and City Oxfam, and Montemayor That will be referred to Public Protection and Safety and Public Works 2350 is the Communications of Glen Tilling Submitting of Proposals for Visitor Signage for the City's Tourism And that will be referred to the Tourism Advisory Committee and Public Works 2351 is an arrow by the City Clerk submitting various license applications for the period of June 30, 2007 and June 40, 2008 That will be referred to Law and Licensing 2352 for the Communication Karen Kendrickson Bauer questioning the purpose of the parking limit in front of the House That will be referred to Public Protection and Safety 2353 is an arrow by the City Clerk submitting a Communication from Jeffrey Tauchik, Chief of Police of the Funding and Police Department stating his concerns with the proposal from the City's Salaries and Grievances Committee to eliminate three of the six information systems personnel at the elimination positions that be detrimental to their operations and seriously delay the response time for technical assistance in reference to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for technical support services between the City of Chicago and the City of Portland That will be referred to all the Standing Committees of Finance, Salary and Grievance Public Protection and Safety, Public Works, Law and Licensing 2354 is a Communication from Jennifer Mills, President of Bluewater Commons Condo Association stating concerns regarding the plan repair of South 7th Street, Incheboye That will go to Public Works 2355 is a Communication from Public Services Third, the State has concerns about the special assessment they received That will go to Public Works Motion second All those in favor say aye Aye Any opposed? Stand adjourned