[0:00] States of America, and to the republic
for which it stands, one nation, under
[0:05] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:09] » Moment of prayer.
[0:15] Thank you.
[0:18] » Mayor Tuta?
>> Here.
[0:19] » Council President Brickner?
>> Here.
[0:22] » Alderman Waddle?
>> Here.
[0:23] » Alderwoman Colter?
>> Here.
[0:25] » Alderwoman Pflanz?
>> Here.
[0:27] » And Alderman Fires is excused this
evening.
[0:30] » Thank you, Rebecca. Telephonic meeting?
None.
[0:34] » The meeting has been properly posted and
noticed.
[0:38] » Public hearing?
None.
[0:41] Presentation?
None.
[0:43] Is there any alder person that would
like anything removed from the consent
[0:46] agenda? Agenda, sorry.
>> Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve the
[0:51] consent agenda as listed.
>> Second.
[0:53] » Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[0:57] » Aye.
>> Opposed? Ayes have it.
[1:01] Recommendation of action from
committees, commissions, and boards.
[1:05] Action to be taken from the licensing
committee meeting held July 21st, 2026.
[1:11] Don?
>> Mayor, we're looking for a carnival
[1:15] license for Wenzel Amusements LLC
for September 4th through the 6th, 2026
[1:21] at 4320 South Kirkwood Avenue for Saint
Francis Days.
[1:26] » I'll second.
>> Any further discussion?
[1:29] » Mayor, if I recall, there was a
in a contingency stipulation that you
[1:34] discussed during the
>> License committee.
[1:37] » Licensing committee meeting.
>> The recommendation, Mr. Mayor, is
[1:40] The recommendation from the committee
was that it be approved subject to them
[1:43] providing a a certificate of insurance
in compliance with code.
[1:49] » You didn't hear me say that?
>> [laughter]
[1:52] » Yes, now that you mention it, it is very
clear.
[1:54] » And Steve, do you agree with that?
>> to it.
[1:56] » your
your motion, Don?
[1:59] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[2:01] And it was seconded by you, Alderman
Wadowski.
[2:05] » And I said any further discussion, so
all in favor?
[2:08] » Aye.
>> All opposed? Eyes have it.
[2:11] » Thank you.
>> [snorts]
[2:12] » Next, we're looking for a temporary
Class B wine, Class B beer St. Francis
[2:16] Days for Rick Hackl, organizer of
September 4th through the 6th, 2026,
[2:22] 4320 South Kirkwood.
>> I'll second.
[2:26] » Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[2:30] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[2:31] » All opposed? Eyes have it.
>> And that's all from licensing, Mayor.
[2:35] » Thank you, Don.
Action to be taken from finance. None.
[2:40] Action to be taken from bargaining.
None.
[2:43] Action to be taken from planning
commission. None.
[2:47] Resolutions and ordinances?
>> Ordinance to conditionally rezone
[2:51] certain lands in the city of St. Francis
from the B2 general business district to
[2:56] the B2 general business district with a
special use under statute statute
[3:01] 455-28C
of the St. Francis zoning code 4136
[3:07] South KK Avenue.
>> I'll move to adopt.
[3:11] » I'll second.
>> Any further discussion?
[3:15] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[3:17] » Aye.
>> All opposed?
[3:19] Eyes have it.
[3:23] Discussion items with possible action.
Investment policy.
[3:28] 07/16/2026
revision, Mark Carpol.
[3:32] » So, Mayor, this is a follow-up. The This
is the second time this has come to the
[3:35] council this year. The first time was to
the uh primary uh impetus to is to make
[3:40] sure that we had authorized people on
the uh
[3:43] uh investment policy that were able to
make investments on behalf of the city.
[3:47] Uh since then, we've had an opportunity
to go back and
[3:50] uh this current uh revision
uh incorporates a change in the statute
[3:55] that changes the deposit of the insured
deposit limits
[3:59] under state law and so the language in
that
[4:03] in this draft is intended to reflect
that.
[4:07] » So do you need a motion to just place it
on file?
[4:09] » I would
receive and place on file and and do
[4:15] well actually adopt the revised
resolution.
[4:18] » Okay, I'll so
>> policy, excuse me.
[4:20] » I'll move to place on file
and adopt the policy.
[4:25] » I'll second.
Any further discussion?
[4:30] » Who seconded? I'm sorry.
>> Steve.
[4:33] » Okay.
>> All in favor?
[4:35] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[4:36] » All opposed? Eyes have it.
Block party street closing Trestle Creek
[4:42] August 27th, 2026. Mark.
[4:50] » I believe this was submitted This is
their same block party that they have
[4:54] each and every year
for Trestle Creek. The recommendation is
[4:58] to approve.
>> I'll move to approve the application.
[5:01] » I'll second.
>> Any further discussion?
[5:05] All in favor?
>> Aye.
[5:06] » Aye.
>> All opposed? Eyes have it.
[5:11] Appointments to committees, commissions
and boards.
[5:14] None.
[5:17] Action concerning any currently
outstanding appointments to committees,
[5:21] commissions and boards. None.
Correspondence with possible action or
[5:26] referral. None.
Unfinished business.
[5:30] None.
Other business.
[5:34] None.
Citizens comments. Marty.
[5:45] » [laughter]
>> Within the first 5 minutes.
[5:50] » Marty Soborski
[5:56] » Rick
[6:02] » Marty Soborski 3535 East Siver. I think
that's better.
[6:07] » Um, good evening.
Uh
[6:09] We had a newsletter come out, the civic
newsletter come out and there was an
[6:13] article in there about the tax
incremental financing.
[6:17] However, that article told only part of
the story.
[6:20] Uh, the article focuses on higher
property values and lower mill rates
[6:24] without discussing the cost of getting
there.
[6:26] What did these developments actually
cost the taxpayers of Saint Francis?
[6:31] According to the city's own projections,
there are expenditures totaling over $98
[6:35] million in projected developer
incentives plus interest,
[6:39] administrative, and other project other
project cost.
[6:42] These obligations are real public
commitments and there's a real risk to
[6:47] city taxpayers if somehow the the
developers back out on projects.
[6:53] The report cited in this article should
be available on the city websites like
[6:56] other cities have on their websites.
Um, I only got them through an open
[7:01] records request and this is not very
transparent.
[7:05] Uh
the taxpayers of Saint Francis deserve
[7:08] to know exactly how much that interest
and administrative expense
[7:12] accompanies each development project.
We need to see the project tax revenue,
[7:17] not just the project the projected
value.
[7:22] Residents should see a
project-by-project accounting showing
[7:25] the developer incentives paid, the taxes
generated, and the net benefit to the
[7:28] city.
Our group, Community for the Triangle,
[7:31] supports responsible development.
We simply believe every major
[7:34] development should be evaluated using
complete financial information so
[7:38] citizens can determine whether the
benefits justify the public investment.
[7:43] Please check out our website at
communityfortriangle.com
[7:47] for more information. Thank you very
much for your time.
[7:50] » Thanks, Marty.
Kendall?
[7:58] » Hi, Kendall Palmer.
3966 South Packard Avenue. I'm a little
[8:02] shorty here.
Um so, I just have I I noticed um after
[8:07] I was watching back on the last council
meeting that there was a change to the
[8:11] agenda. Um I had spoken to you, Mr.
Tutai, previously about um public
[8:16] comment. Um and we had discussed several
things about how council meetings run.
[8:21] Um and there [clears throat] was
talk then about
[8:25] that public comment is not required, but
then I did notice that last meeting and
[8:29] this meeting that the public comments
are now at the tail end of the meeting.
[8:33] And I was just wondering if someone at
some point could elaborate, and I know
[8:37] you can This is not a back and forth. I
like I do appreciate that we're we have
[8:42] some kind of openness in in a public
setting. I do appreciate, and I realize
[8:47] that everyone has been very willing to
communicate via email, but I do
[8:50] appreciate that other people at a bigger
audience can hear your responses as well
[8:56] to these questions that affect other
residents.
[8:58] Um so, I'm just wondering because I feel
like it is a really good opportunity for
[9:02] residents to have a chance at the
beginning of a meeting to comment on
[9:06] things that are on the agenda before uh
our council makes a decision about it.
[9:12] Um especially because some of we're only
required to have that agenda about 24
[9:16] hours before the meeting, and a lot of
times it's more than that ahead of time,
[9:20] but it is just nice to for residents to
be able to share that. Um so, that's the
[9:25] big question that I have for tonight,
and again, you don't have to answer that
[9:29] immediately, but just question overall.
Thank you.
[9:33] » Thank you. Is there anyone else that
would speak for citizens comments.
[9:39] Moving on.
Department heads.
[9:43] Young William.
[9:46] » Good evening. Just a few updates
tonight.
[9:50] Construction has progressed on
with the street street improvements
[9:55] projects. As of today, all four streets
have been paved. That's Eden, Ellen,
[10:01] Vermont, and Kansas.
So, full access to the streets is
[10:06] restored. The only work that's remaining
is the restoration by the curb lines,
[10:12] which will take place in the next next
few weeks.
[10:15] Once all those are done and we verify
quantities, then we'll start proceeding
[10:20] with verifying the numbers for special
assessments at that time. So, I'll work
[10:25] with Rebecca
once we get to that point. But, the
[10:29] project has gone well.
The water main pavement repairs,
[10:33] we understand that all of the
previous pavement repairs from the old
[10:38] water main breaks have been completed.
We still have some correspondence back
[10:44] with Milwaukee Water Works because I
believe there is some
[10:47] repairs
that
[10:50] may require some additional
modifications to them just from cracked
[10:55] concrete and such as that, but to my
knowledge, everything has been completed
[11:00] that will be completed this year.
Uh
[11:03] as far as the PPI projects, the drain
disconnect project has completely
[11:08] wrapped up. We're just working to close
that out with MMSD.
[11:12] Our smoke testing has completed within
the city of St. Francis.
[11:17] We're compiling results right now and
we'll end up presenting our findings
[11:23] as far as some of the things that came
out of that investigation.
[11:27] And then we're still planning for some
dye water testing later this year.
[11:31] The MMSD annual report, that is an
annual report that is required,
[11:36] um, for basically identifying all of the
storm water projects within the city.
[11:41] We're wrapping that up. That's due
annually in, uh,
[11:45] on July.
Um, so we're just, uh, I've just got to
[11:48] review that and then that'll get
submitted in the, uh, coming days.
[11:52] And with that, I pass.
>> Thank you, Bill.
[11:55] Jess.
Welcome.
[11:57] » Hi, yeah. I'm Jessica Kettner and I'm
the current interim director at the
[12:02] Saint Francis Library.
And, uh, a couple
[12:06] more pertinent things. We are halfway
through our summer reading program and
[12:11] it's going until August 1st. We have
lots of prizes we're giving away. We've
[12:15] already had a really great turnout for
the summer.
[12:19] We also have a lot of programs still
coming up. We have our second year of
[12:24] touch-a-truck, which will be next week.
This is our
[12:28] community program where we connect with,
uh, the fire department, DPW, police.
[12:36] Uh, we have TMJ4 coming with their storm
chaser, so it's an all ages event that
[12:41] will be held across the street from the
library next Thursday at 1:30. And it's
[12:46] an opportunity for kids and big kids of
all ages to get to, uh, explore
[12:52] different vehicles in our community.
And, yeah.
[12:57] With that, I pass.
>> Thank you.
[13:01] LT.
[13:03] » On the police department front, uh,
Officer Frank was promoted to detective
[13:08] yesterday.
So, congrat- congratulations to him.
[13:12] Uh, we should be starting our, probably
our application process once again soon
[13:16] in the upcoming weeks.
Uh, we had several officers and our
[13:19] chief that went to the Cops Kids Camp
that was held July 13th through 18th.
[13:25] It's, uh, Stands for Concerns of Police
Survivors
[13:28] and it's uh held at the Salvation Army
camp in Salem, Wisconsin. It's a camp
[13:33] for surviving children and families of
law enforcement officers that were
[13:37] killed in line of duty.
And then our officers are doing a lot of
[13:40] good things. Just uh
one real recent uh event was uh
[13:44] yesterday evening one of our officers
was on a traffic stop and a gentleman uh
[13:49] was screaming for help running towards
him
[13:52] and the gentleman cut his arm really bad
with bleeding profusely and our officer
[13:57] within a matter of a minute and a half
put two tourniquets on his arm and
[14:00] stopped the bleeding prior to fire
department arriving. So, that's Officer
[14:03] Jason Berres did a phenomenal
[clears throat] job yesterday. With
[14:07] that, I pass.
>> Thanks, LT. And that is an
[14:10] amazing and probably saved that person's
life.
[14:15] Rebecca?
>> Um sewer billing went out uh in the mail
[14:18] on July 16th. I was late um because it
was my first sewer billing ever. So,
[14:23] I've learned a lot and read a lot about
um
[14:26] sewer sewer usage numbers and data and
how to process that. So, I am looking
[14:31] forward to third quarter bills being out
on time. Um we have had calls and we are
[14:36] giving people um until August 31st to
pay those bills um instead of the end of
[14:41] this month. Um
in-person absentee voting begins next
[14:46] Tuesday. Um it's open from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. our standard office
[14:51] hours, Monday through Friday uh except
for next Monday. It begins on Tuesday
[14:56] and it runs through the following
Friday. So, um
[14:59] everybody needs to show photo ID, but
anyone who wishes to vote during that
[15:03] time is able. Um and finally, August
14th at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline to
[15:09] submit an application of intent for uh
third district alderperson vacancy that
[15:14] is currently open. Um that should be
directed as an email to me with a letter
[15:20] like a letter of intent and uh and or
supporting documents and resume if if
[15:25] possible.
Um that's all I have this evening.
[15:28] » Thank you. Paul.
>> Thank you. Congratulations to you,
[15:31] Rebecca, on learning more about the
wonders of the city's sewer system.
[15:35] » Thank you, Paul.
>> [laughter]
[15:37] » As I indicated to you, I'm sure Bill can
get you lined up to see some visual
[15:41] sewer
videos, which you won't want to watch
[15:44] during your lunch hour.
Um
[15:46] I just have one I would like to respond
to the comment with regard to the TID or
[15:52] TIF article that was in the newsletter.
Um it, although it is it may be
[15:58] technically accurate to say that TIF
uh financing can pose a risk to the
[16:05] city. Uh in this instance, the statement
is inaccurate simply because of the
[16:10] terms of our agreement with the
individual developers. Those
[16:15] uh the city's obligations with respect
to any developer in TID 5 is limited by
[16:20] contract to
tax increment positive tax incremental
[16:25] financing that is actually generated
through TID 5. And in most instances,
[16:29] it's specifically with respect to the
the specific property
[16:34] uh of that developer. So, in other
words, they are the the when we talk
[16:38] about pay as you go, the payments that
the city may have may have an obligation
[16:44] to make are limited by virtue of the
positive tax increment that that
[16:50] developer is generating. So, they are
paying taxes,
[16:55] the city then gives a portion of that
property back to the extent that there's
[17:00] positive tax increment under those
developments. There's specific language
[17:04] limiting that, and so at no point is the
city's general fund exposed to any
[17:10] obligation of any developer in the city.
So, when we so it is inaccurate to refer
[17:16] to the city's tax incremental financing
and saying that it poses a risk to
[17:21] city's taxpayers because that's just not
the case.
[17:24] We are smart enough, savvy enough, and
experienced enough to make sure that the
[17:28] agreement language doesn't expose the
city's general fund to liability. And
[17:33] with that, I pass.
>> Thank you, Mark.
[17:37] » Thank you, Mayor.
>> [clears throat]
[17:38] » In this month's League of Wisconsin
Municipality magazine is an article
[17:42] written by
the Wisconsin Economic Development
[17:46] Corporation.
Um and that article outlines
[17:51] TIF in a very similar viewpoint that was
provided within the newsletter. We'll
[17:57] duplicate that article and put that on
our website as well so that the public
[18:02] can see
the viewpoint of TID from the Wisconsin
[18:07] Economic Development Corporation that
was published in the League of Wisconsin
[18:11] Municipalities magazine.
[18:16] » Debbie?
>> I pass, Mayor.
[18:19] » Thank you. Steve?
>> I'll pass this evening, sir.
[18:22] » Thank you.
Don?
[18:25] » I will join the crew and pass also this
evening.
[18:31] » Sarah?
>> I can't disagree with any of the rest.
[18:34] I'll pass as well.
[18:38] » Unfortunately, I can't. I got to
congratulate
[18:41] Jen for Touch a Truck last year. That
probably got the most attention coming
[18:46] back to
City Hall. You guys do an outstanding
[18:50] job with that, and thank you.
And with that, can I get a motion?
[18:54] » Turn.
>> Second.
[18:57] » All in favor?
>> Aye.
[18:59] » All opposed?
>> I say