 It's six o'clock and I'd like to call to order the 15th regular meeting of the 2020 21 Common Council With a clerk, please read the quote for the day. Thank you, Mr. Mayor your attitude towards problems difficulties and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them Thank you for those thoughts with a clerk. Please call the roll all the person born Here all the person Donahue All the person Fowley Here all the person Ackley here All the person Phillips All the person Decker here all the person Sorenson here all the persons of Aglio all the person Flicky Panosky Here all the person Mitchell Yeah, there are 10 present Thank you very much Next item on the agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance, please stand and join me Next item on the agenda is the approval of our minutes from our 14th regular council meeting which is held on October 19th of 2020 All the person Sorenson. Thank you. May I move to approve the minutes from our previous meeting? Thank you for that motion in support. Is there any discussion on the minutes? Seeing none. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. I Opposed Motion passes The next item is a public forum city clerk. There is one person this evening Gary Toffener Gary, please step up to this podium Hi, Gary. Can you state your name and address for us, please? Okay. My name is Gary Toffener address is 2606 Great Fox Court in Sheboygan Pull the mic down a little bit Gary. There you go, and you'll have five minutes. Okay Mayor of Anderstein and council members as I mentioned my name is Gary Toffener. I Spoke to you all several times at your council meetings last year To request funds from the city of Sheboygan To upgrade the optical cable from WSCH to city hall and To spectrum this much needed upgrade was necessary so you could watch our local government and community channels on spectrum channel This channel includes all of the local city government meetings parades and of course the Knights of Columbus Cable television rosary and several local church services The rosary is aired on channel 997 days a week at 830 a.m. As well as other local church services during the week Getting this new optical cable was very special to me Not only did I fight for this project in memory of my mother who watched the channel every morning for the rosary I did it for all of our local Catholics in the city of Sheboygan as I mentioned last year. I watched It daily myself and a lot of parishioners in our churches have thanked me for standing up to get this project Completed I also want to mention that even though this project got completed now They were working on this several months ago and the picture quality improved immediately With people staying at home during this coronavirus This improvement couldn't have taken place at a better time So that the government meetings were in good quality broadcasts as well as other many programs this channel offers This was money wisely spent and it ended up costing a third of the original Projected cost, so I'm glad I pushed this and got it through I will now read the email that I received from Scott me lift the program director from WSCH He wrote to me mr. Tauferner It has been a long time coming But I am pleased to be able to report to you that the fiber optical Delivery to spectrum is officially complete. I receive confirmation from spectrum's project manager This morning October 20th October 20th is Recognized each year as community media day, so it is somewhat fitting that this project was successfully Completed today. I want to again express my sheer appreciation for your dedicated efforts and Perseverance in making this project happen. I can confidently say that it would not have happened without you Thanks for the many ways to Thanks for the many ways you support community media with deep gratitude Scott So in concluding once again mayor van der steen and council members Thank you from the bottom on my heart for passing this much needed improvement for local community channel And for making our city great once again. Thank you Thank you for those comments and for for making those observations for us in the beginning The next item is Presentation by the United Way of Sheboygan County Kate bear the executive director is with us virtually. I'll turn it over to Kate bear for presentation Thank you for having me. You can hear me. Okay, correct. Yes, we can Wonderful and here it is the presentation again I'm really excited to be here because not only can I share with you the amazing and Important work United Way's doing but obviously collectively as a nonprofit in social sector. This has been a struggle this Addressing all the community needs and what we can do and what needs to be done So the need the need is great and and we're here to respond. So we can move forward I just wanted to give a quick update on our COVID-19 response for those of you who may not be Familiar with it. So we raised and disseminated funds from March 2020 to July 2020 that fund has now closed But we were able to raise and disseminate rapidly over $285,000 the funding as you can kind of see laid out there went to food and basic needs was our top Area of need with over a hundred thousand dollars being donated into that area in our community And then it goes on from housing Education housing and shelter mental health general resource needs Cleanliness products there was over twenty two thousand dollars that was utilized from different area nonprofits for cleanliness And the relief fund really did provide the immediate support the nonprofit for the nonprofit sector while they met needs for Various neighbors in need clients folks that they serve We 54 grants were awarded 31 local agencies and it really then began became an innovative Partnership with the Sheboygan service club. So this was not just a United Way effort This was the Sheboygan service club stepping up and wanting to raise funds and give back as well as the United Way of Sheboygan County Board members Combining to make this happen So other responses we had if you put forward we had obviously a COVID-19 nonprofit response network 50 plus agencies have participated we get anywhere from 20 to 50 agencies on a call We have convened these conversations. It was around 15 straight We were meeting weekly on Tuesdays and more than just meeting we were being good stewards of our donor dollars We were trying to collaborate in ways that were maybe not thought of prior Obviously, that's what a pandemic does. It really challenges us to think outside the box and what can we do as a community to come together? So some amazing Outcomes occurred because of these conversations and because of working together we had the General community resources page, which is still live still active and you can also get to it by Sheboygan County strong comm Which was supported also by our corporate partners at Kohler So this resource page was another way in which to share out information that the city was sharing that schools were sharing Two and one is another great resource and then of course we were supporting our volunteer center network And then came civil unrest, right? And then DEI diversity equity and inclusion became one of our needs to respond to also as a social sector so United Way along with a number of other social sector leaders have formed a smaller committee working with the Sheboygan diversity equity inclusion and belonging initiative and we are moving our way through that because of the utmost importance for how that impacts equity In our community and what does that mean? So again speaking to the volunteer center speaking to all the good that's happening someone on the common council might say well Why is this important right now? Obviously employers need to know this and hear this as well quality of life talent acquisition Retention bringing people into the county into the city to stay robust volunteer Charism and philanthropic giving is really critical to the way in which we Present our community and live our lives. So always excited to share more information on that if anyone wants information there If we move on to the next slide just a little overview quick of the campaign kickoff and day of caring We really wanted to promote virtual volunteer opportunities for obvious reasons Safety and health and concerns. There are a number of volunteer opportunities that have continued through this pandemic There really are essential workers coming together So we did have a number of in-person volunteer opportunities. We had an acts of kindness challenge Our newsletter just went out tonight because you're curious about watching any of the videos that occurred any of our presentations I'll talk about all of the links are there. It's all on our website And a great quote that was shared in our recent website from Abraham Joshua has potential an American Polish rabbi once said when I was young I admired clever people now that I am old I admire kind people And so we really wanted to push kindness because we know we're very polarized as you know a nation a community How can we come together and how can we really unite because that's what United Way is here for so we have been Really trying to think outside the box to support our community on those levels We had donation drives that were hugely successful Not just through our community impact initiatives, but other agencies in the community that we helped support And again, all of this is important because we are facing really a mountain of What's coming in the next number of months donor fatigue? How can we make sure our social sector remains at the foundation remains strong to service and continue to support all the people? We do collectively so if we Highlights the next slide it really speaks to how we've also tried to incorporate community education So I'm here just quickly to get have my 12 minutes to talk to you all about all the things happening But again a conversation on Alice was had we have all that information if you have more interest in learning more about that Specifically one you can watch that event. We can present another time Alice again is asset limited income Constraints employed. It's an acronym that speaks to Those that live above the federal poverty level but below the basic cost of living So in our community in Sheboygan County the latest data that just came out was from 2018 And what's a little frightening is that we know more individuals have fallen into poverty because of the pandemic and therefore Fallen into the Alice level. So maybe current Alice families now would be considered poverty poverty We're watching closely the free and reduced lunch rates in our community and trying to really get a heartbeat for how this pandemic has impacted our our those most vulnerable financially and health equity racial equity all of those things so Again this report helps community members donors nonprofits and businesses understand the population in Sheboygan County and what we can do for Housing what we can do for job security how we can come and work together and really Figure out what is living wages and how can we support our employers and it's not of this and us It's not political. It is really about just getting the information out there and making sure that you're all aware There are plenty of programs that do respond and support Alice families as well So all of that information in our latest newsletter on our website We also had a conversation on food stability Continues to be of utmost concern and we are so grateful to partner with and have amazing organizations like Sheboygan County Food Bank meals on wheels Sheboygan area school districts also spoke at this panel on food stability And so understanding again the needs for those basic needs and what that means to be hungry and how that's On any given day 11,000 people are struggling food in in Sheboygan County that that we what we can do as a community to come together to address that so Lots of issues to handle Lots of ways in which we are trying to get those words out and raise funds for that So if we move on our community impact initiatives just a quick overview so you understand some of the other work United Way is doing CPC again stands for Sheboygan County Community partnership for children. So this is not just Sheboygan County United Way as an agency. It is also a family resource center. It is also the early learning center It is also family connections. It's a number of early-care and education agencies coming together. It's a cradle to career initiatives What some of the programs they provide welcome baby visits. So every first-time mom in Sheboygan County gets a visit at the hospital also the dads right but the moms are, you know, usually there and What that means is resource sharing understanding if they have other Other areas of challenges that we could support as a community and how to direct families to those resources It's about investing early. So we then can save funding further down the line whether that means in our judicial systems And where that mental health funding all of those things if we can invest early it makes a difference So they also do developmental screens parent cafes. They have been working Really throughout this entire pandemic virtually pivoting like all of us A PATH is another community impact initiative. Just a brief update for you all that stands for providing access to healing And what that is is it is putting therapists in the school so licensed Therapists will go to the school now some virtual right? School district has to make that tough decision Um, but we've been able to do remote or telehealth therapy We served um last year In a given school week throughout Sheboygan County over 455 therapy sessions were occurring 455 in one week so all um County All public school districts in the county are involved in this. We're hoping to expand it We need support to do this and again, this is a very preventative thing We know we're all experiencing collective trauma right now as a community as a nation of a world That's what this pandemic really has shown us and um addressing mental health needs more important than ever So total therapy sessions we were able to provide last year 22,295 Um, so that's been quite incredible. Our partners. They are Lakeshore community Healthcare and also um Ozaki community therapies So again working with all the schools and then of course I mentioned our volunteer center a little Trying to think outside the box and the importance of understanding how we can make that connection So if we move along Just some quick brief outputs that um Team wanted to share 14,000 youth participated in programs. This is last year 589 parents received parenting education We had over a thousand welcome baby visits in person last year We've just done 200 in the last couple months. And so then those have now gone virtual Again trying to pivot lots going on As you see that there was 28,100 nights of shelter provided to our community Collectively 5,300 people received budget counseling A lot of important information happening in our community And it's only because of this collective nature to come together um Our partner agencies this year are listed here Obviously, I can get anyone this power pointer. It will be a part of the minutes I imagine access to it for the common council tonight, but um, we have a number of partner agencies and again You know when people ask who are united ways clients? What do we do? Well, not only do we have the direct service of path and the students in the mental health program Not only do we have the direct service of parents in cpc community partnership for children But we also see our entire sector our social sector and those nonprofits as our clients How can we support them? So we list the partner agencies They they receive financial funding from a community action team that really objectively looks at Financial requests and then we use community needs and there's a whole system there But further than that we've really reached out to all the nonprofits to kind of find that heartbeat for what's going on so then this last slide just wanted to speak to um Some of the needs we're still we're still seeing happening. So obviously there's a ton of needs related to youth mentoring youth Housing has been an issue of highly mobile or just affordable housing continues to be an issue I know the city's doing lots of things on that. So we're really grateful to that employment, you know, right right now we're working with consumer credit counselors who are trying to re Invigorate the job seekers network that really started in 2008 when we were in the great recession And how can we engage those who need a job and all these great corporate partners who have jobs? So what's happening? Where's the disconnect? How can we reach out trying to convene those conversations push that forward? um Again food security and mental health. I mentioned tonight. Also just domestic violence and safety Huge concerns not everybody is safer at home when we're safer at home So some of the organizations we've probably support are able to help address those Those in need and dire need really in this sort of situation. Um, not listed, but also I mentioned prior was dei service to the equity inclusion And just really equity so united way has been here. We've been here in this community Because of people like you on the screen for 89 years 90 years next year And what we've been able to do in those 89 years is address equity That is who we are whether that be socioeconomic equity health equity racial equity all of those inequities That individuals face and how can we really come together to solve complex problems in our community? So it is bleak It is it's not hopeless though um There's certainly in our community our fears of donor fatigue occurring loss of revenue from direct service in-person programming occurring Amongst all our non-profit friends and colleagues loss of fundraising, especially vent revenue We're again facing an incredible hill climb up, but we are up for the challenge I hope you are up to join us in any way you can in accepting and Jumping in for a more education on how we can support our community in donating if you can In giving back time talents treasures, whatever that looks like to you the sector needs it We need it and I'm we're happy to have this little platform to share that message So that was a lot um as I Say what I need to say in my 10 minutes, right really um Want to just share again that if there's any way in which you think you could utilize more information um Have us help be that leader that we see that we are and have been for all of these years in the community Please don't hesitate to reach out and let us know My information's all there. My team's information is all there. Um, there's a number of different resources to when one is a great one Just want to continue to say united ways here. We're not going anywhere. We're here because of you And and the need is greater than ever so anything the city can do Um in regards to supporting the sector as I know you have with different unique funding opportunities. I think it's really relevant to consider The impact those will have even though the time and energy to go through those routes so Kate thank you so much for that great presentation on the activities in united way and we look forward to kicking off our campaign Shortly within our employee group. So thank you very much Yes, we're so grateful Next we'll go on to mayor's announcements I'd like to start out with a proclamation and I'd like to call up kevin gretens Where is the concordia singers of shabuigan was organized by 17 german immigrants living in shabuigan in 1860? And whereas at that time this coral society consisted of men only in practices were held in private homes And whereas over the next 160 years the gisneverein Changed multiple times from being a men's choir to mix chorus And calling different locations in shabuigan its home And whereas today concordia has a hall of its own on st. Clair avenue and 9th street And the mix choir consists of 45 active singers And whereas thanks to the dedication and loyalty of its members directors The ethnic love of german word and the songs that have been shared with Shabuigan and surrounding communities for the past 160 years by member of the concordia singers of shabuigan Now therefore i'm mike van der steen mayor of the city of shabuigan to hereby extend my personal Congratulations to those of the entire city of shabuigan to celebrate concordia singing societies 160th anniversary And urge all of our residents to recognize this group Which has done so much to share their love of the german word and song in our community And i'd like to print to kevin the president of the concordia singers Let's step over here Thank you, mr. Mayor council members. My name is kevin graytons. I'm the current president of this Excellent group of people i'd like to introduce a few of the people that are here tonight Our director here frederick strassberger Does a wonderful job in leading us Anna shane and henry Anna is a soprano in our group and she's kind of our linguist To help us enunciate and pronounce the words correctly Henry probably has one of the best jobs. He's in charge of our bartending for gamutelikite So we do a number of of concerts Unfortunately because of coven we had to cancel everything We're a part of a national and a state organization. We have competitions. Everything's been canceled It's really really kind of sad. This is actually the first time i've seen these people in months But it's a great group of folks. We sing at nursing homes at churches We do concerts welder house And this year we're gonna not be able to do any of it, but we do have a website And we did a virtual choir get together And harris strassberger with his creative genius put all of these voices together And it's really pretty good. So if you have a chance you want to hear it Please join us and he told me tonight. We're going going to do another one But thank you mr. Mayor. Thank you very much a wonderful wonderful thing to celebrate Thank you Tonight I'd like to give a brief covet update. First of all, let's review the numbers Today we had five thousand three hundred and sixty one positive tests for covet. That's up seven hundred and seventy one from last week That's up seventeen percent We had one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven active cases. That's up three hundred ninety three from last week we have two thousand six hundred and seventeen individuals overall that have recovered And we currently have 37 individuals in hospital as patients That's up 14 from last week And then unfortunately we saw more deaths this week. We had 31 total deaths. That's up from 24. That's up Seven rather 30 percent just in one week The negative test total is three thousand seven hundred and fifteen And that's up from one thousand ninety nine from last week The wisconsin national guard testing site Last week completed two hundred and seventy nine tests on wednesday and two hundred and twenty three tests on friday Cheboygan county will continue to have community testing through the wisconsin national guard on wednesdays and fridays That the cheboygan county aging and disability resource center in cheboygan falls Through december ninth There will be no testing however on wednesday november 11th for veterans day and friday november 27th for Thanksgiving holiday If you are referring someone to this site Please ask them to pre-register at a website called register dot covid connect dot w i dot gov The traffic at that site usually slows down substantially beginning at noon And the wing comes prepared with 450 tests each time Healthcare systems update aurora has the highest census since march 16th Their bed unit is filled and a secondary unit has a handful of patients And also the other challenge that our hospitals are having is their staff is getting sick from covid and is sitting out And they currently have 33 team members that are out on on on Quarantine visitor restrictions still are in place And they continue to pretest elective procedures It's a nicolas hospital. They've seen the highest number of cases as well. It's putting stress on their icu They're managing, but it's definitely hour by hour and they again are also doing elective cases with prescreening Cheboygan activity level is very high. It's strongly recommended Community actions are to avoid going places with safety measures are not in place To wash your hands and use hand sanitizer to always wear a mask in public To disinfect frequently and use items and surfaces as much as possible And if you're sick stay home do not go to work school or any other public place and follow the advice of your medical provider Then we'll go on to talk a little bit about the election tomorrow The city clerk's office has had 1000 or the 13,600 voters request absentee ballots 4471 of those absentees were done in person in city hall in the last few weeks And 8,230 ballots are returned via a drop box or in the mail There are about 900 absentee ballots to still be returned These absentee ballots can be dropped off at city hall until 4 30 tomorrow The mead public library drive-through will be open till six o'clock. So six o'clock will be the last Check there and you can also bring it to your election poll until eight o'clock We currently have 25,800 voters that are registered for the election and a normal election sees about 21,000 voters turn out Tomorrow on tuesday november 3rd the polling locations for the general election are open from 7 a.m. To 8 p.m We have one change that happened fairly late, but words 15 20 and 21 The poll changed to 604 north a street the former wisconsin bank and trust building right next to city hall here on a street All registers voters of those wards were mailed postcards to notify them of this change For the protection of other voters and city poll workers and staff all voters Please wear a mask might enter the building When you're at your polling location, please observe social distance Six feet between other voters and remember you need a vote photo ID In order to vote I'll bring this up a little later, but you should have all received an email with my budget memo We commend the the city administrator and his budget team on the budget that's before us tonight And i'll read that a little later. Thank you Next we'll move on to the consent agenda that will include items 2.2 through 2.21 all the person sorenson. Thank you, mayor I move to receive and file all ro's receive all rc's and adopt all resolutions and ordinances Second thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on any of those items on the consent agenda? Mayor this is alderman borne. I have a question on on item number 2.20 Please go ahead We'll get to you next roberta jam. What's your question? Thank you, mayor. I have a couple questions for director beable if he's if he's there tonight First of all director beable. I'm glad to see that this project is getting off the ground in my district ten on self-business drive uh couple questions that I have with the Work that's been That is going to be done on the property by wonder construction with the grading and related work Is that going to also include some uh stormwater work while they're doing the grading? And then my other question is what can we expect further after the grading in 2021? And how is the organization doing with its fundraising? And have you gotten to the point yet where you've uh contacted any of the financial institution for some funds that you may need After the donations come in Well, we'll turn it over to public works director david beable Uh, thanks. I'll try to answer a couple of those. I might uh Turn it over also to the city engineer ryan sasma who's in the audience. I know there's representatives of The boots and sports complex at attendance tonight and they can maybe address the fundraising aspect of it This first phase as as you know is is kind of initial kickoff phase And it's mainly just grading. It's it's taking the existing farmland and reshaping it regrading it to accommodate athletic fields Primarily just they're all going to be in grass at the beginning. So it's going to take some time Uh to develop and grow the grass to get it to a point where these fields would would be actual Usable in other words. So in in a sense, there isn't going to be any storm water necessary in this first phase because all that is is Grass and vegetation. So in in other words, there's no hard surfaces Now next next spring or next year in 2021 We are looking at some of the actual what I would say some of the site where Clearing some of the old buildings Improving some parking at the facility in that phase. I would anticipate we will have some storm water retention as well We do have Two ponds in the ultimate plan That would be built when it's fully operational and fully built out That is obviously dependent upon fundraising and and when that when that project would get going to that phase however One of the the the pond that what I would say is on the south so southerly portion of the property There's a potential there that that could also serve more in regional capacity that because it has some Headwaters that do flow into the Fisherman's Creek area as well From some of our business center to the west of this area So there are opportunities and those will all be explored as the plans get further along and further developed I'm just trying to think Again, this this first phase it has four four large scale adult sized soccer fields or high school aged soccer fields as well as for smaller youth sized fields And again, it's mainly just going to be developed in grass and regrading and shaping so that they're playable in that in that capacity so that they're flat and able to be developed we're looking at probably If it starts this winter as the contractor met with us today their schedule is to start next week and work through almost through Christmas time And they figure they should weather dependent. They should have everything related to go Hopefully maybe even get it seeded This this winter for a dormant seed that it could take off right away in spring if not The contract does allow for work to occur next year in 2021 for the spring season for growing in other words The contractor is very excited As you mentioned as we looked at the documents there was nine contractors on this project That that's a that's an a large large amount of contractors of interest that bid on a project So and we got very very good pricing because of the competitiveness of this contract I hope that answers most of your questions Please interject. I just have one follow-up David I know as soon as my constituents over in the in the Indian Meadows trailer courts see the Equipment they're starting to do the grading My follow-up question is with your storm water plan for the development And that trailer court being a neighbor Is there anything that is going to complicate things with the trailer court as far as As far as their storm water or is that in the plans to take care of any potential problems with that? Yeah at this point any of the storm water remains on the Buttson site and does not impact the what I would say the Indian Meadows mobile home Park to the north of there. So it stays all within the Buttson property and real and heads easterly there may be some need There's a there's a culvert that was installed In the late 90s early 2000s as a crossing that may or may not Be enlarged in other words and it's all depending again upon ultimate development And at that stage when we get a little bit further along That will be investigated and researched as well, but at this point there should be no Water that leaves the site. It's it's all within the proper Current current drainage natural drainage areas that exist today Thank you for that question next all in person for licky panoski. You had a question Thank you very thank you your honor. Um, I have a question on 2.2 and 2.3 2.2 is A 2.4 million dollar Assessment status returned to Lakeshore technical college 2.3 is a 2.2 million dollar assessment That is returned to the collars schools We collect do do we collect those on behalf of those Institutions does it show up in our budget line does it show up on the tax bill? and Where does the money go? How does it move? To respond to that the The question of both Lakeshore technical college and the collars school district those entities are Are collecting property tax to support their organizations? And as such they have to inform all the municipalities That are in their districts of that action So with Lakeshore technical college that includes Manitowoc County, Sheboygan County, and Calumet County And so all the municipalities in those three counties will get the same notice and in the Collar school district case. I think it would only be The city the town of wilson, of course the village of collar and I know there might be some other areas that i'm missing but those are just giving notices to those municipalities and The tax bill does Show all of those tax levies when you get your bill in the mail And all these monies are paid to the county and then the county after all the collections are done We'll disperse it to all the the taxing entities that We're collected for does that answer your question? Okay, so the city is not responsible for those entities levies We are just responsible for our levies even though those Two entities show up on our tax bill. That's correct Thank you. You're welcome Is there any other I had a couple questions. I had a couple questions mayor For the attorney that's there representing the The soccer organization and if I could ask him a couple questions if he's available Sure, Joe, would you please step up to the podium? Go ahead all the person boring Thank you, uh, Joe. Good to see you. Uh, thank you If you could just give me a counsel somewhat of an update on your fundraising efforts so far and With donations and then also Are you to the point in the process where you're going to be approaching any financial institutions? And then finally, do you think it would be possible as you go along with more specific plans and what you're going to be doing? And seeing there's probably going to be some more city funds involved with this project Could you come back and give us a report like you did a year or so ago? Thank you alderman board. Good to see you as well. Thank you With respect to I'll try to address each one in a separate kind of point-by-point basis With respect to our current fundraising Obviously co vid has created some difficulties with fundraising and approaching other financial institutions With regard to asking for funds now obviously where we're at in the process now Is with phase what's affectionately called phase zero as our introductory phase? The city funds are being utilized and as as david beable had indicated. We got a very favorable Return on all the bids we got which will allow us some additional funds by which to work with Some of the things he referenced like building removal demolition and and some of those others so To to piggyback on that. I don't know that there's going to be an immediate need For any additional city funding at this point as I think we do have a surplus In the original amount that was earmarked with regard to Approaching banks credit unions financial institutions and so forth. I think that is part of a larger plan alderman at this point Have we had any specific? Discussions above 50, you know below 50,000 feet not really at this point is that part of our intention? Yes We have hired or are looking and are talking to a Fundraising consultant with respect to moving forward phases one and two Um Are likely coming down the pike after we get through phase zero And get some visibility. I think Alderman to to Get a shovel in the ground at this point Is really a critical component to going forward with banks and credit unions and financial institutions? Simply because It's no longer discussion. It's no longer a presentation. It's it's reality. There's a shovel in the ground There's going to be kids playing there's going to be grass There's going to be a facility out there for everyone to see We think that's really important in moving that forward on a fundraising effort Particularly with regard to local institutions. We think it'll give us a lot of solid visibility there and and lastly you asked if we would be able to come back We are available at any point in time to come back and discuss not only where we are in phase zero and fundraising and other questions But also to talk in more detail about the developments Where we are in those processes. We're always glad to talk to anybody at any time. So all we would need is just an invite We'd be glad to come down Thanks for the information joe You're welcome Thank you very much. Are there any other questions or discussion relating to the consent agenda? Seeing none. Will the clerk please call the roll for passage? ten eyes Motion passes Moving on to reports of officers item 3.1 is our own number 92 of 2021 by the city clerk submitting a communication from gary toffener Regarding the upgrade to the fiber optic cable Alderperson barring I thank you mayor. I'll make a motion to receive and file the document Second thank you for that motion in support Is there any discussion? Seeing none all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye Aye Aye Aye Opposed Motion passes Item 3.2 is our own number 93 of 2021 by the director of Planning and development submitting the 20 21 business improvement district bid statement of purpose stated october 1st of 2020 and the bids 2021 operating budget Alderperson sorenson Thank you, mayor. I move to receive and file our own Thank you for that motion. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none or the clerk, please and all we can do a voice vote all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye Aye opposed motion passes items 3.3 through 3.6 will be referred to various committees under resolutions 4.1 will lay over and items 4.2 and 4.3 will be again referred to various committees under reports of committees item 5.1 is rc number 183 of 2021 by the finance and personnel committee whom was referred direct referral resolution number 114 of 2021 by all the persons down to human boron authorizing the sale of 14 otoa union avenue to in the city of shabuagan and recommends adopting the resolution all the person down to you I move approval of the resolution second Thank you for that motion in support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none Will the clerk please call the roll 10 a's motion passes Under general ordinances items 6.1 and 6.2 will be referred to the city plan commission under matters laid over item 7.1 is rc number 167 of 2021 by the committee of the whole whom was referred RO number 82 of 2021 by the finance director submitting the 2021 budget adjustments related to resolution number 103 of 2021 by all the persons down to you and sorenson establishing the 2021 budget Appropriations and the 2020 tax levy for use during the calendar year all the person sorenson. Thank you mayor. I move to file 7.1 7.3 and 7.4 and I move to pass the The past 7.2 with the approved amendments Thank you for that motion in support That motion is before us for further discussion mayor Go ahead all the person sorenson. Thank you. I just wanted to to commend The city administrator Todd wolf on his first budget that he's presented and worked on With with the city shipwagon as well and under about three and a half months on this Definitely did not come at an easy time City budgets are not an easy task at hand as well too But we have a great staff department heads and appreciate all their support and time and effort that they put into this as well So i'll be voting in favor of this I know that We got a lot of challenges ahead, but i'm very confident in the leadership that we have With city administrator Todd wolf at the helm with with our city finances. So just wanted to say thank you Is there any other discussion? Well, I'd like to take the opportunity to read the budget memo that I mailed out to you earlier today I commend city administrator Todd wolf finance director marty halverson an assistant to the city administrator carrier rents Our department heads and managers for the fine work involved to develop the sea of shipwagon's 2021 budget It was a privilege to work with this group to meet the goals that were set by the common council This year administrator wolf and the budget team had to deal with the possibility of future additional costs through the coronavirus and and that and that city operations may have to absorb Continuing loss of revenues due to the covet 19 pandemic The 2021 budget also had to absorb the loss of $500,000 and utility aid payments due to the closing of two turbines at the alliance energy Generating station This budget maintains important city services that our residents have depended on in the past And the 2021 budget contains a larger contingency to be able to deal with the impacts of the coronavirus The budget also allows the city of sheboygan to continue to qualify for the wisconsin state expenditure restrained program and the budget calls for a total tax levy increase of nine hundred thousand twenty eight nine hundred and sixty eight dollars that will result in a property tax increase of 1.49 percent or Levy of 15 cents per thousand of assessed value 2021 budget is consistent with the six four six focus areas of the city of sheboygan strategic plan for 2017 through 2021 And establishes an operational and financial plan for the delivery of city services implementation of the city's capital improvements program the city's 2020 double a two bond rating by moody's is further evidence of its financial strength and the strong rating translates directly into lower interest rates on the city's borrowings This budget lays out the purpose organization and staffing and workload workload measurements and a description for each city department It also includes a department budget highlights goals and objectives The executive budget establishes an operational and financial plan for the delivery of city services This budget seeks to balance the needs for community services with a goal to maintain financial stability As mayor i recognize the excellent work that has gone into this document That will direct the operation of our city in 2021 And i support the budget and ask for your approval tonight on the budget on the council floor One last call for any other discussion Seeing none will the clerk please call the roll ten eyes Motion passes unanimously Congratulations, Todd Other matters authorized by law i'll turn it over to city attorney charles adams And the city clerk submitting various license That'll be referred to licensing hearings and public safety committee Other person sorenson Thank you, mayor seeing that we have exhausted the agenda I move to adjourn second Thank you for that motion in support All those in favor of adjournment, please signify by seeing aye. Aye Aye Aye opposed Motion passes we stand adjourned. Thank you for your time tonight