>> All right.
It is 630.
We will call our common council meeting to order.
Welcome to our August meeting.
Again just a note, if you're here
for public input or public hearing
there are sign up sheets in the back.
Please sign up before we get to that part of the agenda.
Roll call, we do have nine members present.
Alder Dunbar is excused.
So at this time, everyone will please rise
for the Pledge of Allegiance.
And if you would remain standing for prayer
by our council president Eric Sinkovits.
>> 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.
>> God as we gather to serve the people of Manitowoc,
grant us the wisdom, integrity, and spirit of cooperation.
Remind us that we serve our neighbors
and work to strengthen our city.
We are doing our work tonight.
We remember Jim Bry on the recent anniversary
of his passing and give thanks for his dedication,
dedicated service to our community,
as our conference room is renamed in his honor.
Amen.
>> Amen.
I might need you to say that again when we get to that part.
That was good.
We have a couple of presentations this evening.
First for our fire and rescue department,
we have two oaths of office and badge Pinnings.
So, if fire Lieutenant Philip and his family could please
come up.
And motor pump operator, Tyler Fisher.
If his family could come up right behind.
And any members of the Manitowoc Fire
Rescue Department, if you could come up as well,
to show support.
We will have our oath of office and badge Pinnings.
>> Raise your right hand.
Repeat after me. (indiscernible).
[Applause]
>>
[Laughter]
[Applause]
>> When you're ready, please raise your hand.
Repeat after me.
I Tyler Fisher, solemnly swear that I
will support the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin
and that I will faithfully discharge
the duties of motor pump operator
for the City of Manitowoc.
To the best of my ability.
So help me God.
[Applause]
>> Congratulations.
>> Congratulations to our new promotions.
And the Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department.
The next presentation is w OMT radio.
We have Mark C Haber.
[Applause]
and Terry Stevenson.
They will be accepting the accommodation
and saying a few words about the station
and what it is to be 100 years of our community.
Accommodation reads whereas WMT radio first began broadcasting
in 1926 and has proudly served the residents of Manitowoc
and Lakeshore Community for 100 years.
Whereas throughout its century of operations,
WMT radio has been a trusted and reliable source of local news,
information and entertainment for generations of listeners.
Whereas WMT radio has demonstrated a strong commitment
to community, engagement, community engagement,
highlighting local stories, announcing high school sports,
supporting civic initiatives, promoting
local businesses, community voices,
I didn't add air exchange on that either.
(indiscernible).
A testament to the dedication, professionalism, and passion
of the, past and present, whose efforts have helped
build a lasting legacy in local broadcasting.
Whereas celebrating 100 years of broadcasting
is an extraordinary milestone that reflects w
OMT radios enduring role as an important part
of Manitowoc community.
I hereby commend and congratulate WMT radio
and extend sincere appreciation on behalf
of the citizens of Manitowoc for a century of service,
and community connection period congratulations.
[Applause]
Sorry, it's not gold plated.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor.
Thank you city Council members.
100 years.
I was not around at the start of it.
But my father was around for about 70 of those years.
He started something and wanted to keep it local.
Our radio stations are very local.
We are live, we are in the community.
We try to serve everybody in this county.
We will continue to do that as long as it stays in the family.
Thank you very much.
[Applause]
>> We'll have that catchy tune in our heads for ever now.
No.
Good source.
Thank you for everything you've done
for the city over the years.
Quite an accomplishment.
Up next we have dedication of Jim Bray Conference room.
I was going to do a ribbon cutting.
But I think Jim was in enough of those in his lifetime
here on earth.
But for those of you who don't know come to the conference room
to the north side of this room here
we'll officially be called the Jim Bray Conference
Room, from here on out.
Jim of course gave 30 plus years to this community.
Both the city and the county level.
He was a shining example of what a man who wanted
to be a true public servant.
And I think it's only fitting that from here on out
we will have meetings in the gym conference room
to remind us of that dedication and the reason why we're here.
I will turn it over.
Jim's picture is in there.
He's looking over us.
Jody, I don't know if you would like to say anything.
But if any other council member would like to say anything,
I just wanted to make it known from here on out,
it'll be the Jim conference room.
>> As most people know, he was very proud of the city.
He would be thrilled to be remembered this way.
>> Anybody else have anything else?
Otherwise I would say just give a big round of applause
so he can hear us up in heaven.
[Applause]
He probably isn't paying attention.
The LA Dodgers lost to the Brewers.
He's probably not listening to us.
We have our first item on the agenda.
A public hearing.
For the purpose of hearing any and all
interested parties in the matter of a proposed street
vacation for an unnamed street between Deerbrook
Lane, Homestead Road, and Kellner Street.
We will have the clerk read the proof of publication notice.
That this public hearing was published
in Herald Times reporter.
>> This is part of an item that has been before you --
>> Is the microphone on?
as long as it's on it will catch you.
The lights on.
>> This is part of a project that has been before you
a number of times.
And amended to the official map of.
This is the last stage.
The need for the public hearing and waiting process.
But ultimately there's an existing street
that we're going to vacate a portion of
and then a portion of it will be rededicated
to the north of that.
That's ultimately to make more buildable lots to the south side
of the previous road.
There is a sanitary sewer line that runs through this area.
That will remain within the right of way.
There were no objections.
Staff recommends approval.
>> Thank you, Adam.
Are there any questions?
>> This is my district and I am having trouble.
There was no maps provided with this,
anywhere that I could find.
I've got a general idea of.
But if somebody asked me something specific on it,
I would have to shrug my shoulders.
Is it possible to email the map of what actually is happening?
>> Absolutely.
I can do that.
>> Anyone else, for Adam?
This is a public hearing for this specific subject matter.
I don't have anyone listed on the sheet for public hearing.
Is there anyone that wants to speak for the public hearing,
for this specific subject matter?
Going once.
Twice.
Close this public hearing and we'll bring that up
at the end of the agenda.
Under the Planning Commission.
Next item on the agenda is public input.
Members of the public are allowed to speak for up to five
minutes on anything germane to the city of Manitowoc just
a reminder that the Council cannot respond to public input.
Unless it's on the agenda later on.
So just make sure that if you do have something
and it's not on the agenda, they're
not allowed to address here today,
but you can always reach out individually.
I do have one individual for public input.
Shawn, if you would like to come up to the podium,
you will have five minutes to address the council.
>> Members of the Council.
Mayor.
My name is Shawn Schmenk.
And what sits at this podium isn't just paper.
It's the signatures of 844 local taxpayers
who caught you in the dark.
I'm here to find out why exactly you bypassed the voters.
Why you changed this county to a permanent lease
with 30 flock Safety spy cameras.
18 right here in the city of Manitowoc and another 12
in the city of Two Rivers.
Bleeding the taxpayer money, year after year.
We all know that cameras don't just sprout on poles.
Mayor nickels come at you and the police chief
signed off on this pier completely in the shadows.
Did you not know what you were buying?
The police chief in Oshkosh caught corporate reps lying
to him and he pulled the plug.
Oshkosh saw the trap of.
While Manitowoc walked right into it.
You use public safety as a shield to pad your budget.
You didn't hold the town hall.
You didn't put mass surveillance on the ballot.
You hid the spending under vague labels like tech upgrades.
You buried the contract deep inside of a Tuesday night
agenda, with one quick vote and zero public debate.
You knew that if you told this city that you were hooking
our intersections up to national tracking grids
we would have shut it down immediately.
Your own district attorney went to the CA for news
yesterday to defend this.
They're not tracking anything.
They're just stationary cameras.
It's the same thing as having a police officer
on the corner writing down license plates as they drive by.
Let me ask you this, Council.
Does a single police officer standing on a corner instantly
beam every passing license plate to a national grid of 83,000
cameras?
Does a police officer on the corner
hand the daily movements of law abiding citizens over to 7000
out of state agencies in real time?
No.
That is not a stationary camera.
That is an unconstitutional digital dragnet.
Out of state police can track our drivers without a warrant.
You took the fourth Amendment, you flipped it upside down,
and you treated every working person in this city
like a suspect.
You're forcing us to pay for the privilege of being spied on.
While you're squeezing the working class dry.
Home prices have doubled.
Groceries are up 30%.
And the working families in the city are bleeding out.
And what was your response?
You quietly inflated the city's budget by $3.7 million.
You pushed through a $1.3 million spike just for 2026
to pad your payroll and your benefits.
You strap an 8.31% property tax on our backs just to fund it.
Assuming we were too busy trying to survive then
read your reports.
These 844 signatures are the eviction notice
for this contract.
We are bringing this to you first because you
operate 18 of these cameras.
When I'm done here, I'm going right
to two rivers and then the county board.
You're just the first domino.
We demand an official roll call vote
be added to the agenda for the very next City Council meeting
to place a moratorium on the Manitowoc Police Department's
flock cameras.
It's time to take them down.
And stop spending our money to watch us without a vote.
Thank you.
>> Thank you for your comments.
Is there anyone --
I don't have anyone else listed on public input.
Did we have any previously submitted public input?
>> We did not.
>> Just one more call.
If there's anyone who missed signing in.
Yes sir, you could just come up and state your name
and address for the record, please.
>> I'm Carl.
Resident the town of Two Rivers.
My wife Sue.
We have a daughter that lives in the city of Manitowoc.
1711 South 22nd Street.
And has had drug problems in the past.
Has cleaned her life up.
And has an ex-husband that keeps on coming after her
for all kinds of things.
But we had the police there on June 26th.
And couldn't believe what the police did.
They have it all on video.
I mean it takes a lot more time than five minutes
that you've given us to talk about this.
But we can't make any headway with the police with charges.
We've been pushed off.
Lied to.
I mean lots of problems.
We need somebody to look into this for us.
At a time when we can lay the whole thing out for you to see
what's going on.
It looks to me like the police are
tyrannical in this city with the situation that we have.
And we're very upset about this and we need somebody
to talk to, other than these cops that we've been talking to,
because they lie to us.
Do you have anybody, like Jim Breyer around?
Or somebody?
Or you want to hear all the details come
you got another 40 minutes?
>> Again, we can't respond, but if you want to reach out
individually to council members, all their information is
on the city's website.
You can reach out individually to meet with them
if you'd like, mine as well.
If you want to have that conversation with council
members, you can do that.
>> Okay.
We'll do whatever we can to get this resolved.
>> The city's website is right behind you on the screen.
If you go to that website, you can find all the contact
information.
All right?
All right thank you.
Anyone else, one last time for public input.
Once, twice, we'll close public input.
We will go to item G on the agenda and that's appointments.
And I have a couple.
Crime prevention.
Gabriela Devereaux, and municipal
Tree Commission, Andy Janke.
A motion by zero and a second by Rachel Burke to approve.
Council will now vote on the appointments.
And they are approved unanimously.
We will move then to the consent agenda period item
H. Is there anything that needs to be removed from the consent
agenda?
If not, I will wait for a motion and a second to approve.
There is no discussion so Council will now
vote on the consent agenda.
And that is approved.
May be.
Unanimously.
There you go.
Thank you.
We will move into the next item, which
is item I. Committee reports.
And we will start with council president,
>> Thank you.
We have no business or documents this evening.
>> Thank you.
We'll move into finance committee.
We'll just stay with you right there.
And you are the chair of that as well.
>> We do have some documents and the clerk has them.
>> Sounds good.
>> We have document 698, which is a scope of engagement
relative to proposed issuance of $5,000,637 private L SL
replacement revenue bonds, series 2026.
Safe Drinking Water loan project Committee
recommends to approve as presented.
>> Discussion seeing none come to the Council will now vote.
The motion carries unanimously.
>> We have document 699 which is a resolution to authorize
the issuance and sale up to $5,000,637 taxable private LSL.
And providing other details and covenants with respect thereto.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion?
Seeing none.
Council will now vote on this resolution.
And it passes unanimously.
>> Document 707 is a report of IDC from August 12th 2026.
Request for partial release of easement lot
one of a certified survey recorded in volume 36 page 11.
This is for Tax parcel 447004.
>> We have a motion by cigarettes and a second by --
it passes unanimously.
>> Document 737 is a resolution authorizing the submission
of a Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation idle
sites grant application for infrastructure at the River
Point District.
Staff recommends to adopt the resolution.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Any discussion seeing none come to the Council
will vote on this resolution.
It passes unanimously.
Anything else?
>> That completes our business this evening.
Just with our normal meeting in September,
being that the first Monday is Labor Day,
we will be moving to Tuesday, which is September 8th.
5:30 p.m.
Or immediately following the personal meeting.
>> Sounds good.
We will move then to the personnel committee.
>> Mr. Mayor, the clerk has a document.
>> A resolution to revise the employee alcohol misuse
prevention.
Drug and alcohol prevention policy for DOT
regulated employees.
Committee recommends to adopt the resolution.
>> Discussion seeing none, Council will now vote on this
resolution.
And the resolution passes unanimously.
Anything else?
>> That concludes our business.
And as Elder says, our next meeting is on September 8th.
>> Thank you very much.
Next is Public Works Committee.
Alderman Bill she is chair.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor.
>> Document 700 is amendment number one for the 2026 Sanitary
Sewer Master Plan.
>> We have a motion and a second period discussion seeing none
Council will now vote.
And it passes unanimously.
>> Document 704 is a fund to storm sewer repair on easement
at Waldo and Fleetwood Drive.
Committee recommends to provide funding.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion seeing none Council will now vote.
And it passes unanimously.
>> Document 706 usage of Q Street dock for loading
of concrete trucks pier Committee recommends to approve
after city attorney rights and agreement.
>> We have a motion and a second.
And we have Alderman Schlei in line to speak.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor.
I just wanted to clear the air.
There was some ambiguous wording on this deal
and during committee it was very confusing
because it was a motion to load concrete trucks.
They are actually loading the trucks.
They're not loading concrete on K Street,
they're loading the trucks, and it's only
going to be a couple of days.
I just thought I would clear that with anybody who
might be listening I think they're loading concrete
in the parking lot on K Street.
Thank you.
>> Thank you for the clarification, Alderman Schlei.
Seeing no further discussion, Council will now vote.
The motion carries unanimously.
>> Document 742 is a 2026 computer aided automatic vehicle
location contract between the City of Manitowoc and Transit
Technologies.
Staff recommends to move forward with this agreement with Transit
Technologies.
>> I have a motion and a second period discussion?
Seeing none common Council will now vote on this.
Motion carries unanimously.
Anything else, Alderman Schlei?
>> No, that finishes out our agenda our next meeting,
if I can just get my calendar open,
it will be September 3rd at 530.
Right here in this chamber.
>> Thank you very much.
We will move to the Public Safety Committee.
And Aldermen Todd Berg is chair.
>> The clerk has our >> Document 725 is ambulance service
agreement between Roncalli High School and the City of Manitowoc
Fire Rescue Department pier Committee recommends to approve.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion seeing none Council will now vote on this agreement.
Motion carries unanimously.
>> Document 726 an ambulance service agreement between
Lincoln High School and the City of Manitowoc Fire Rescue
Department Committee recommends to approve.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion seeing none, Council will now vote on this agreement.
Motion carries unanimously.
>> Document 739 is an ordinance to amend section 10.3 90
of the Manitowoc Municipal Code regulating parking prohibited,
Riverview Drive and Meadow Lane.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion on this ordinance?
Seeing none come a council will now vote on the ordinance.
Motion carries, 8 to 0 with one abstention.
Alderman Anderson.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor.
I'm an employee of Holy Family.
>> Understood.
Thank you.
>> (indiscernible).
Regulating through (indiscernible).
>> We have -- discussion climaxing none common Council
will now vote on this ordinance.
Motion carries unanimously.
Anything else, aldermen Berg?
>> Just that our next meeting is September 14th.
>> Thank you.
We will move into the Parks and Recreation Committee.
Alderman Mike Cummings is chair.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor.
The clerk has the documents.
>> We have 745 which is a report of Parks and Recreation
Department recommending approval of a variety of events subject
to Council action, Committee recommends approval.
>> We have a motion and a second period discussion?
Seeing none, Council will now vote on this report.
Motion carried unanimously.
Anything else, Alderman Cummings?
>> That concludes our business for Parks and Recreation this
month, Mr. Mayor.
Our next meeting would have been August 26th,
however we found out that conflicts with the library board
meeting, which is very important.
We are going to move the meeting to September 2nd,
and in council chambers and we will determine from there what
works for the committee at that point,
when we're going to meet >> Thank very And we have the plan
commission document.
>> Document 542 is a resolution approving the discontinuance
of a portion of Deerbrook Lane in the interest of public
pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 66.1003 for.
Committee recommends to adopt resolution.
>> We have a motion and a second.
Discussion on the resolution?
Seeing none, the Council will now vote on the resolution.
The resolution passes unanimously.
That exhausts all the documents.
Any other business at this time?
If not, looking for a motion to adjourn.