>> All right, it is 5: O'.
Clock. We'll call our special
council meeting to order
at this time. Roll call. All
members are present. We only
have one item on the agenda.
That is the presentation
of the 2026 executive budget.
All right, so first I will read
my official letter. Citizens,
Common Council and City
Employees, I'm honored
to present the City of
Manitowoc 2026 executive budget
for your consideration. Our
annual budget is more than a
financial document. It is a
reflection
of our city's priorities,
values and vision
for the future. This year we
continue to face challenges
that require thoughtful
stewardship of taxpayer dollars
and a commitment
to transparency and a focus on
strategic investments that will
benefit MAK for years
to come. Going
into the budget this year, I
had some key priorities and
initiatives that I shared with
department heads and staff and
that I kept in mind as we were
putting together. The 2026
budget first was investing
in our employees. We remain
committed to retaining,
attracting and supporting our
dedicated city staff. 2026
budget includes a 3% increase
in compensation
for non-represented employees,
a 5% increase for the police
union and a 4% increase
for the fire union.
Maintaining fiscal discipline,
we continue our practice
of paying off more of the
City's outstanding general debt
obligation than the proposed
borrowing. The 2026 budget
proposes $7.2 million
in borrowing for critical
infrastructure and capital
projects while prioritizing
debt management and responsible
spending. Third, levy
Stability and revenue
management. The budget aimed to
keep the property tax levy as
close as possible to 2025
levels with a total of 50,000
just over $50,000
in new revenue projected from
sources such as the wheel tax
and state shared revenues.
However, we saw significant
increases in expenses which
will cause the operational tax
levy to increase 6.46% over
2025. 4. Infrastructure and
public Spaces Major investments
are planned
for road repairs including
South 30th Street, V Bond
Street and Lancer Circle, as
well as continued improvements
to Red Arrow Park and the
Community Built Playground.
These projects are essential to
maintaining and enhancing the
quality of life
for all who call Manitowoc
home. 5.
Public Safety and Facility
Optimization 2026 budget funds
a study to evaluate fire
station locations
with the goal of Transitioning
from a 4-station to a 3-station
model and consolidating the
Police Department into the
Public Safety Building on J
Street. This initiative aims
to improve service delivery,
reduce long-term costs and
ensure our facilities meet the
evolving needs
of our community, 6
departmental reorganization and
IT investment
in proposing the creation
of a separate Parks and
Recreation Department reverting
the current Department of
Public Infrastructure back
to the Department of Public
Works and making significant
investments
in IT infrastructure
to support efficient, secure
and modern city operations. I
also want to invest
in the public transparency
of our meetings
for our citizens. While we have
seen small increases in state
shared revenue and other
revenues, we also face rising
personnel and health insurance
costs, as well as the need to
upgrade or replace aging
infrastructure. The 2026 budget
reflects a careful balance
between these pressures and our
commitment to delivering high
quality services
to our residents. This year's
budget process has emphasized
transparency, collaboration and
data driven decision making. I
want to thank Finance
Director Shawn Alford,
Comptroller Erica Beaman,
department heads and all city
employees for their hard work
and dedication throughout this
process. As you review and
deliberate on the 2026
executive budget, please know
that my office is always
available
to discuss any aspect
of this proposal
in greater detail. Together we
can continue building a
stronger,
more vibrant matwoc.
Respectfully submitted. I do
have a presentation
of some highlights of the 2026
proposed executive budget that
I'll go through now. First, I
mentioned some new revenue.
Wheel tax, we're increasing
$20,000.
This is not because it's an
increase
to the annual fee that remains
at $20 a vehicle. Just looking
at historical trends, we felt
we could increase that number
by $20,000. So, the wheel tax
itself does not increase
for the citizen,
just our projected increase
to the revenue of it state
shared revenue increased
$186,000. That's a 3.3%
increase that was
in the last biennial budget for
shared revenue increases
statewide.
Supplemental, just different
types of taxes. About a
$48,000 increase. Right
around 3.4% there too. We saw
some decreases
in our revenues, however.
Expenditure restraint program,
which we've been a part of
for many, many years, that's a
state program that's decreasing
$83,261 and lift bridge aids
are about $120,000 decrease
from last year. So overall,
just about $51,000 in new
revenues other than property
taxes that we saw
in the budget. So very minimal,
I would say new expenses. This
is just personnel,
so this is just personnel.
This is not anything other than
personnel
in the operating budget.
In the general fund we saw,
as I mentioned in the letter,
a 3% increase. I'm recommending
for non reps. That's a
$316,000 increase. 5% increase
in the police union
compensation based off of their
collective bargaining
agreement. That's $359,000
over 4% for the fire union in
their collective bargaining
agreement.
That's almost a $200,000
increase
for wages and benefits there.
The compression pay plan that
was approved
by council a few months ago
went
through personnel committee.
This is the first year it's
hitting. So, you won't see a
massive increase
in future years.
But this is the first year to
bump everyone up who are
non-represented employees
because as you can see,
non-represented employees in
the police and fire department
are getting 3% raises and union
employees are getting 5% raises
or 4. So we are really starting
to see compression again. This
is a council approved plan,
but that's $129,000 increase
over last year
to implement that plan
in year one. Health insurance,
which council also approved the
plan for next year that had a
13% increase which was
mentioned
on the council floor. So.
So, you knew about that.
But that is a $365,000 hit
to the general fund. That is
not the 100% because of course
the employee bears 12.5%
of that which is their portion.
But this is what directly
affects the city budget and
what we're responsible for. So
total costs
for just wages and benefits,
an increase of year
over year is $1,368,000 in
in new expenses since 2025
going into 2026. So, that alone
just the personnel increases
created the situation that
you'll see as we move forward
here when we talk about
property taxes and how we are
going to fund that major road
projects. I will note that we
have an updated 2026-2031 road
project plan
in your budget book. Council
approved one last year as we
mentioned last year. It's just
a plan. It was not set
in stone. All dependent
on many different factors. One
of those factors was Michigan
Avenue was supposed to be in
2026 budget that went to the
public infrastructure committee
and they recommend pushing that
back to the 2027 budget. So
that was one major change that
was an action of the committee
that was different. Kellner
street was also in there when
evaluating the new updated
plan. Looked at the road
in detail
like we did do every year.
Kellner street did not rank as
low as Lancer Circle,
for example, just
down the road. So that is why
Kellner street got pushed back
another year. Kellner street,
if you recall in the Paeser
ratings there was
about a block that was really,
really bad shape and we talked
about not doing small little
sections
but the entire stretch. If
we're going to do something.
That's another reason why we
recommended Kellner street
to be pushed off another year
is because a vast majority
of the portion of Kellner
street still is in decent shape
versus that one section.
We're going
to look and see what we can do
about that one section
for next year outside
of the capital borrowing. But
that's main reason why that
road was switched with Lancer
Circle which is in much worse
shape and can be engineered and
done much quicker too as well.
So South 30th Street v Bonded
UI that's part of the federal
Bipartisan Infrastructure act
that was passed a few years ago
that is federally funded
at 80%.
So, the local share that you'll
see hit the capital projects is
$450,000 to finish
to complete that project. 1.8
total or 1.8 on the other end
from the federal government
VBAAN from South 10th to
Lakeside Boulevard that's right
in front of UW Manitowoc campus
for just under $1.5 million.
Lancer Circle
for a million dollars. One big
one. So, part of this budget is
as I mentioned, data driven and
looking forward. While the
street isn't going
to be redone, there's a lot of
engineering and design work as
we've mentioned several times
to council for Franklin street
to be completely reconstructed
in 2026. We spoke to our design
firm and engineering firm.
It's about,
I believe it was 10%
of the total project. Yeah, 10%
of the total project. Because
we're looking at about a $6
million project. 10% of it is
about the engineering and
design work that has
to be done. Since it's a two
phased project and
since it is extremely difficult
with the railroad tracks that
go directly
along it downtown portion
of it, it's a big project. We
want to spend 2026 hiring
outside to get all the design
and engineering work done. As
you can see in the road plan
for the next five years. 2027
we would then construct South
6th to South 10th ish 10th or
11th depending
on whatever happens. That's
about a $2 million portion
of the project. That
of course is the downtown. So
that's why when you look
at the downtown plans,
Franklin street isn't touched
because we don't want to do
anything because we know that
the entire street's going to be
reconstructed and we'll deal
with all the good looking
things at that point and then
in 2028 finish
off the remainder of Franklin
Street.
So again, what's in the budget
for this year is $600,000 which
is part
of the total project cost.
600,000. 6 million is the total
project cost. More than likely,
or 6.6 million at the end
of the day. One alley,
Custer. It's. It's surrounded
by Custer Street, West
Marshall Street, South 36th and
South 39th, some cemetery
roadway replacements
in the northeast section. And
one thing that I've been
wanting to do for quite a few
years is increase the sidewalk
repair and replace budget. A
lot of those dollars have been
going just to trees that are
being removed, stumps and the
sidewalks that are with it.
Our Green Dot program that we
used to have
in the past really has been
in the past. I'd like
to reinvigorate that Green Dot
program where we go around
to sections
of the city and actually focus
on sidewalks that are
in bad shape,
not just ones that have trees
around them. So, the total
budget for that is $250,000
for 2026. Two major parks
projects. We have several parks
within the general fund that we
will continue to do,
smaller parks throughout the
city, and the playgrounds that
will just continue that.
But two of the major ones that
we're looking at for 2026 is
Red Arrow Park. You've budgeted
$500,000 last year. We
mentioned last year that that's
a phased project. That that
500 was just basically phase
one. We had three phases. You
were informed last year that
more than likely we'll be back
with $500,000 more or less plus
to continue the rest
of the phase or
to get all the phases done.
We're hoping to receive a
$500,000 grant,
which is looking very positive.
The total project cost
for all phases is about $1.5
million.
So, this would be able
to get all the phases done in
2026 with this additional 500
that I'm asking you to budget
for the 500 that we have
already in hand,
that we haven't spent, and the
$500,000 grant. Community
Built Playground. So, the
Community Built Playground is
coming toward the end
of its life. Instead
of continuing to put money
into maintenance of it, which
is not really getting us too
far,
we should really start planning
for what the future
of that entire park will be.
It's not an immediate need,
but we really should
to actually replace it. It's
still in good shape. You can
still use it. But I would like
to start the process
of planning for what the next
large project would be there.
We've talked
to many consultants as
to what. Again, this is
about 10% of what a large
project would be, about 2.5
million bucks. Of course, if we
get designs and everything.
In 2026, we can start talking
to folks about donating
like we did last time, because
they'll actually have
renderings. They'll see what
the possibilities are. But this
is really step one. I don't
know when the final project
would come to fruition, but
without this starting piece,
we would. We're just going to
be continually a year behind.
So those are the two big park
projects that I'm recommending
for 2026. Some new items. We
have a phone system upgrade
just for all
of our city phones. We work
with MPU on this. So, this is
just the city's portion
of that total project cost,
looking at about $314,000
for a complete phone upgrade.
No matter what we do,
we have. I think 2028 is the be
all end all year for when we.
Our current phone system won't
be supported
at all whatsoever. So, this is
really making sure that we get
this process going in 26 and
make sure that it's done by
27, because I think January 1st
of 2028, it's obsolete. Big one
council chambers AV upgrade. AV
is all inclusive
of audio video. If you were
in here before the meeting, you
saw that this wasn't working.
We had to come in last second
and make sure it works.
We've piecemealed a lot
of this room together
with audio visual
over the years. This would be a
complete upgrade
to support the new systems,
microphones and everything that
makes sure that this actually
sits on the screen
like it's supposed to and not
off it. Which there's small
earthquakes that happen under
this room or something because
it moves constantly.
But the point is,
over the last 20 plus years
that city hall has been
in existence,
we've piecemealed all
of our audio visual
in this room. And this would be
a complete upgrade where
everything would be taken care
of and. And finally,
all work hopefully in tandem
together and we don't have
issues moving forward.
Open meeting software. This is
actually something that
Manitowoc County does. You'll
see it in the clerk's budget.
It's a $10,000 subscription,
basically is a much easier and
more transparent way
for citizens
to see what you're voting on,
how you voted. So they can see
yay or nay immediately. If you
watch a county board meeting,
it's basically kind
of that system.
But it would go
along very nicely with the new
AV upgrades that I'm
recommending as well.
Eliminating the tuition
reimbursement program. We have
seen some interest,
but it's been dwindling
over the years. This is a
$20,000 tuition reimbursement
program that was started quite
a few years ago. Recommending
just allocating those dollars
to the People Committee. The
people Committee is the one
that puts on the employee
picnic every year and things
like that,
the star awards that we do, the
nice little things that we do
for employee morale
around the city. So, looking at
just allocating those dollars
elsewhere, there was a request
from the Marine Band and the
Symphony over the years
to increase their allotment.
We give both organizations
dollars every year. I believe
the Marine Band currently is
at 15,000 and the symphony
orchestra is at 7,500. We cut
them quite a few years ago when
we cut every other department
by 10% or 15% or whatever it
was. I'm recommending bringing
them back up
to the levels that they were
15 years ago and today. And
they did request it,
as they are doing,
especially the Marine Band and
Symphony are doing much more
throughout the community, many
more performances than they
have in the past.
Also, an increase in pay
for the Ryer West Art Museum
Visitor Service clerks. Right
now, they're making probably
around 12ish dollars an hour.
These individuals are
responsible for nights,
weekends. They're responsible
for literally tens of millions
of dollars of priceless art
in the Ryer West Art Museum. I
think they should be paid a
more fair wage. Basically put
them in line with where we pay
our crossing guards. They're
around $15 an hour. Just
recommending a small bump
in pay
for those few individuals. But
also I think it's important
that
for what they are tasked with,
they're paid more
appropriately. So, the
Department of Public
Infrastructure. So I mentioned
in my budget letter to
department heads and staff that
we really want
to take a deep dive
into how the Department of
Public Infrastructure is formed
or how it currently operates
and how we could maybe make it
work more efficiently because
it is a very,
very large department
with many different areas
of responsibility,
from streets and transit
to forestry and parks,
buildings and grounds and
engineering. There's just a
plethora of things
within this department that
after sitting
down and discussing
for quite some time,
basically this entire year,
looking
at separating the park and
Recreation Department
out as it was in the past,
having its own separate
department, parks,
as I'm sure most of you know,
are near and dear
to what I want to prioritize
in my time as mayor. And I
think having this separate
dedicated department will help
right size. The current
department, as is with transit
and streets and everything
else, back to the Department
of Public Works. While Parks
can focus and recreation can
truly focus and prioritize park
and recreation. I do not,
I did not change anything
in the budget. I don't want to
scare employees. I don't want
anyone thinking their job is
eliminated.
What my plan is, is staff. And
I will come
to the personnel committee with
a recommendation and a proposal
throughout the end
of the year, early next year.
The goal is obviously to be
at least budget neutral,
if not potentially find ways
for savings. So that's why the
budget doesn't have a park and
rec director specifically
in it.
But the dollars will be there
for if there is a change that
happens. But I didn't want
to put the cart
before the horse. This is more
of a. A policy decision
in my mind. But I think it's
one that could pay dividends.
So, I want to prioritize it as
we move forward. I think I want
it to be an open forum
with staff input. Don't want
to try and hide anything.
Don't want to make it something
that staff or the electors
aren't comfortable with.
But hoping
for an implementation
in mid-2026 for that. So you'll
see that coming. Fire
department station
configuration. This is also
something we've talked about
for years. As we look
at our aging buildings,
as we look
at the geography and the growth
in the community, one thing
that's pretty glaring is the
age and condition
of our current fire stations.
What we would need to put
into them to bring them up
to where they should be. And
this is the physical building,
but also geography where we
know that the city's grown
since we've had the current
forest station configuration
for most of my lifetime. We
know that the city's grown
pretty much
on the western southwestern
side of the city, but also the
city's growing pretty going to
have few hundred plus citizens
on the northeast side
of the city with the mid City
Mall development and the
preserve development and all
the Elks Club development.
So, really what I want
to do is
since it's been so long,
take a deep dive,
hire an outside consultant at
$70,000 in the budget really
to focus on. Can we get down to
a three-station configuration?
Assess what that would look
like. Identify optimal station
sites based on city growth,
accessibility and response
needs.
That's key. Again, we haven't
done that for a very long time
with the,
with the way the city's growing
in certain areas. I think it's
fine time we
at least assess that and look
at it for our own good. And
again, there's a lot
of stations that require a Lot
of money
for maintenance and I don't
want to have to put a lot
of money into maintenance if
that's not going
to be the long-term solution.
Sometimes it's small things,
but there are some pretty large
ones. Especially Station 2 by
Piggly Wiggly is the oldest.
And if you want,
we can take a walk through.
But we need
to make a decision either
to put money into the current
stations or look at a different
model and different way of
doing business. I'm
recommending that approach. I
think there will be long term
benefits. This isn't a plan to
change all stations tomorrow.
It's a multi-year initiative.
But I think that doing this
study can lead
to significant cost savings,
improved service quality and
faster response times based
off of where the physical
locations could be. Part of
this also is an understanding
that the police department has
grown over the years and they
already occupy where the
administrative offices were
in the fire department
in the public safety building.
Part of this plan and we've
talked quite extensively
of how Station 1 more than
likely isn't the most ideal
location for a fire station
because just a couple blocks
east you have no reason
to have a fire station go to.
You have accessibility with the
bridges and just everything.
So, station one has always been
for the last 10 plus years of
is this really the most ideal
location anyway
for a fire station? And
with the growth of police and
seeing their needs, it could be
a cost savings that way too
just to have police occupy the
entire building. So again,
that's $70,000 that I'm
recommending for that study
in 2020. All right, now to the
tax levy and the rate changes
that I'm recommending,
as you can see,
the operational tax Levy
increased about $1.2 million.
If you go back a couple slides
and see the personnel just that
cost right
around that number,
I think it was 1.3. So, you can
see that the general fund and
if you look at debt increased
and the library levy increased,
but that's based off of the
salary increases and the. What
other one increased? That's it.
Well, health insurance is
different, but yeah,
so that one. So, the increase
for the operational tax Levy is
at 6.46%.
With you when you add TIF
in there, the total tax levy
increase is just
around 5.75%. The assessed tax
rate in 2025 was 6.76.
2026 it is 5.9337, a decrease
of 12.34%. But don't get too
excited because, so in 2025, if
you had $100,000 home,
you would pay $676 to the City
of Manitowoc. In 2026, if you
had a $100,000 home, you Would
pay $593 to the City of
Manitowoc. Of course,
that sounds all good,
but we did just have. So, most
homes did not see their
$100,000 home stay at
$100,000. So, what I looked
at was because I know
Alderman Reckleberg will love
this. What I looked
at was the average increase
of a home in the city of
Manitowoc. Of all the homes,
all 15,000 of them was 23%.
Everyone in the city,
on average, had a 23% increase
in value of their homes. Some
had higher, some had lower. So
I did is I looked at $100,000
home in 2025, if it had a 23%
increase, it would be at
$123,000 next year. Right?
It's an increase of $23,000
in 2025. There's not a thing
on here,
is there? I don't want
to try it. In 2025, you paid
$676.87 to the City of
Manitowoc. In 2026, under the
new assessed rate that I'm
recommending, you would pay
$729.85, a difference
of 7.83% increase
in the property tax.
For an average home,
that increased 23%. You can see
all the way down to $500,000. I
did all of them. You can see
that they're all. Because
they're all 23% increase
in value. The total tax
increase is all at 7.83%.
Again, this is
for the average home
in the City of Manitowoc. And
again, this is just for City
of Manitowoc property taxes.
This is not the total mill
rate. This is not
for the county. It's not
for school district. We don't
know where they're going
to end up. Just for the City
of Manitowoc.
Under my proposed budget,
the average house in the City
of Manitowoc would see a tax
increase. I gave you the
reasons why before,
but I'll go
through them again. And I know
that Alderman Reckleberg really
is thinking right now, not
every home equal increased 23%.
Show me the numbers
for different.
So, what I did is I took all
of your tax rates,
your assessed values of all
of your homes and mine,
and I did the same exact thing.
One thing that I want
to point out. Yes, I will be
paying the most taxes out
of everyone
in this room that is elected.
So, under my budget that I gave
you, I'll be paying the most.
You're welcome.
But number two, this is 11
homes. So this is 11 homes
in the City of Manitowoc. One
thing I want to point out is
the average increase throughout
the entire city. Now, this is
every 10 district, right? So
every. You all have different
types of homes,
but the average increase out
of all of us was at 22%. So you
just took this random sample
of elected officials,
and it's right at the exact.
Almost the exact average
of what we saw citywide. As you
can see, though, what I really,
really want to point out,
under my proposed budget,
while we will be bringing
in more money into the City
of Manitowoc because I am
recommending raising taxes,
you can see everyone is
at a different level. So, my
house increased to 44%
in value. I'll be paying $330
more next year to the City of
Manitowoc in taxes. You can go
down the list. Some people got
lucky. Alderman Cummings will
pay $88 less in property taxes
to the City of Manitowoc
under my proposal.
But one thing that I wanted
to really kind of point
out is, so between all
of us as Electeds, we paid
$16,467 to the City of
Manitowoc last year,
just us collectively. Next
year, under my budget here,
we'd pay 16,780. We're only
collecting 362 more dollars
from us 11 people than we did
last year. That's because not
everyone's tax bill is going
to be the same next year. So I
showed you the last screen,
because on average, the
property tax rate will increase
because you see there 7.83%.
But on my tax bill, it's going
to show a 25.83% increase
in the city. On Alderman
Sickwitz's tax bill,
it's going to show negative
6.69% increase. It's because
while we are still. While we're
collecting more, it's the
reassessment made it more fair
for everyone. Some people are
going to pay more,
some people are going
to pay less. If you look
in the bottom
of our average tax increase
for all of us, it's right at
that seven and a half percent
almost that you saw
on the average
for everyone else. So I'm not
trying to hide that we're
raising property taxes,
but I want to point out to the
citizens that everyone's going
to be different. Every single
house is not going to see the
Average tax increase or
decrease or what? Because
everyone is different. Some
benefit this year, some not.
If I showed this screen last
year,
mine probably would have gone
down and Alderman Sickwith's
would have skyrocketed, and
Alderman Norrell's probably
skyrocketed
in that last assessment too.
So, while I'm showing some
people are benefiting and
by not paying as much,
they paid dearly in previous
years probably because
of their increases. This will
be available for all of you
to have just
in case I messed up
on something.
But I don't think I did. So,
when we collect,
when we collect more money,
the one thing I want to point
out is a 1% increase
in the tax rate gets about
$200,000 in new revenue. So, if
we increased taxes 1%
for everyone, we would get
about $200,000 more
in revenue. If you recall the
personnel increases,
just the personnel increases,
there's no new positions
in the budget. There's no
positions recommended
for elimination, none
furloughed, nothing
like that. That was 1.368
million. So, a roughly 7% tax
increase would cover basically
just what we've approved in the
past other than the 3% increase
for non reps. And that's right.
In an average 23% increased
value in home, it was
at 7.83%. So not trying
to just raise taxes just
to get more money
into the city, you can see
exactly where those new dollars
would be going toward. That's
just personnel we cut.
In other areas of the budget,
we found other ways to manage
the other increased costs
without having
to raise taxes even more. IT
like I mentioned, we have
to put a lot of money
into our IT infrastructure.
We're transitioning to
Microsoft O365 instead of
on site servers. That's about
120,000 of that 300 just
for subscriptions for that.
Again, we're going to get rid
of the on site servers
in a lot of cases. But it,
there's a large increase
for that Police Department
software increased $75,000. I
think 40,000
of that was the new Flock
system that we implemented,
which is very huge help
to the police department
needed. But again,
it's an increased cost. Salt
increased another $80,000
again. Bridge inspections
increased $80,000. This is just
four things that I just pointed
out as randoms just to show you
that even though the tax
increase that I'm recommending
is going to basically cover our
personnel increases,
there were a lot
of other increases
in the budget that we found
ways to manage without having
to increase property taxes even
more. Again, the levy increase
covers all these increased
expenses without eliminating
employees or services provided
to the citizens. And finally,
budget listening sessions. I
will have my annual Mayor's
budget listening sessions
Thursday, November 20 here at
City Hall. One
at 10:30 and one at 6:00'.
Clock. The Common Council will
hold their public hearing on
Monday, December 1st
at a special meeting. That's
also the night they plan you
should plan
on approving or you have
to approve the budget.
But you can change anything up
to that point too if you want.
But that would be the night
that they would adopt the
budget as well.
And if you would like to see
how your city taxes would look
just like I did
for the alder screen,
get a hold of me. I'll type it
into my nifty Excel file and
show you exactly what your city
taxes would look like
under this proposal
with what your assessment came
in at individually. That is all
I have. Those are the
highlights of the budget
Council. You have the binders,
the entire city budget,
this presentation and line
by line version of the entire
city budget will be
on the city's website tomorrow.
Manitowoc. You as the citizens
or whomever can view that
entire document. You can call
your alder. If you have
questions or concerns or
myself, you can come
to listening sessions. And I
think that is all I have. Are
there any questions for me
of the council? The Finance
Committee meets next. They'll
discuss setting future dates to
specifically discuss the
budget. Otherwise, that is.
Oh, we need to officially call
for the public hearing. So I
need a motion to call
for the public hearing on
December 1st at 5:00pm Is there
a motion? I don't know.
Sorry, I don't think it's on.
But motion and a second by
Norell. All those in favor?
Opposed? Motion carried
unanimously. That's official.
And all I would need is a
motion to adjourn. We are
adjourned. Thank you.