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You're going to call a county board meeting 
to order. Start with the pledge of allegiance.  

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[music] Allegiance to the flag of the United 
States of America and to the republic for which  

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it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, 
with liberty [clears throat] and justice for all.

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Did you get any notice from here?

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Roll call. Supervisors.

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There are 22 supervisors present. 
Supervisor Carol is absent.

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Okay. I think for the first time 
we're going to have the youth in  

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governance introduce themselves here. 
Start right on the end. Thank you.

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It's on here right or is it gallery? 
Which one is it? Kyle Prince,  

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Sam Sheen. Bruno Gonzalez. Smota. Sean Hawkins.

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Thank you. And then we'll move 
on to uh citizens comments.

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Okay.

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Any citizens comments? Please 
state your name and address.

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Eric Meadows, 8320 82nd Street, Pleasant Prairie.

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In 1774, the First Continental Congress, the 
delegates of the First Continental Congress began  

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their first meeting by inviting Reverend Jacob 
Duché, an Anglican Anglican clergyman, to give  

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an opening prayer. Some delegates initially 
objected over denominational differences.  

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Sam Adams however supported it saying he could 
hear a prayer from any pious and virtuous man  

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who is friend who is a friend to the country. 
It was ultimately approved and the prayer was  

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given. After the first meeting, John Adams wrote 
a letter to his wife Abigail telling her it was  

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a highly moving and unifying experience. Thus 
started a tradition of beginning each session  

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with a prayer. When the first Congress under 
the current constitution convened in 1789,  

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the practice was retained and has continued 
ever since under both Democrat and Republican  

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majorities. When the territory of Wisconsin 
was formed in 1836, the Wisconsin territorial  

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legislature followed suit and began all of their 
meetings with a prayer. When we became a state in  

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1848, the state legislature again continued this 
practice even though representatives differed in  

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their religious beliefs. Every one of you on this 
county board are here because you share the same  

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goal to make Kosha County the best possible place 
to live, a safe and a prosperous place. If you  

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did not have that goal, you would not be sitting 
here today. [snorts] Each of us should seek every  

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possible avenue to achieve that goal. That is why 
I submitted a proposed amendment to the municipal  

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code of Kenosha County to follow the 250-year 
long long-standing tradition of seeking divine  

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guidance to help us achieve our shared goal. 
That proposal would help us uh that proposal was  

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presented to the legislative committee last month 
where it was voted down though not unanimously.  

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The [snorts] reasons given for voting against 
it were a little outrageous to me. I was told  

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that there needs to be a separation of church and 
state, a statement that does not reside in either  

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federal law nor state law. The very fact that 
prayer has been given before every legislative  

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session on both the federal and state levels 
proves that notion incorrect. The first amendment  

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of the United States Constitution prohibits 
the government from establishing a religion  

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and it prohibits the federal government from 
interfering with its free exercise of religion  

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even in public spaces. I was told that there are 
a lot of legal cases that prove that prayer at a  

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board meeting would not be a good idea. What 
the committee failed to actually produce was  

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any legal case that stopped prayer from happening 
either on the federal level or the state level.  

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That prayer continues to this day. I was told that 
the logistics of managing the process of inviting  

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people to pray would be difficult. Just because 
it is hard does not mean that it is not worth  

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doing. Nothing worth doing is easy. [snorts] 
Lastly, I was told that giving prayers would  

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be seen as a divisive experience and a cause 
for people to offend others. I have far more  

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faith in our community than that. Like the early 
delegates to the first continental congress, such  

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a practice of seeking divine help would be seen 
as a unifying experience by the community. They  

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would recognize what we are trying to achieve and 
they would thank us for it. It would be an amazing  

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opportunity for us as board members to lead by 
example of showing unity despite differences  

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in faith traditions in respecting each other's 
beliefs. Hearing others pray differently than I  

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do or would listening's repair when you yourself 
don't pray is only offensive to you if you choose  

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to let it be offensive. That is the choice we all 
make. Are we one nation under God, indivisible, as  

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we pledge before every one of our meetings, or are 
we not? Are we one county under God, indivisible,  

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or are we not? Should this come before the board 
again in the future, as I expect it will, I hope  

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you will recognize that while it may be hard, it 
would be a net positive for our community as we  

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use every avenue at our disposal to make Kenosha 
County the best possible place to live. Thank you.

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Are there any other citizens comments?

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Justine Ham of Jones, 8456 Eastridge Drive, 
Pleasant Prairie. Our freedom to vote and to have  

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our votes counted is under threat. The federal 
government is moving to interfere in how elections  

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are run even though states have administered their 
own elections since the founding. An April 27th,  

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Reuters investigation, how Trump is moving 
to control US elections, one state at a time,  

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documented federal authorities, the Department 
of Justice, and the Department of Homeland  

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Security fanning out across the country, seeking 
confidential records, pressing for access to  

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voting equipment, and re-examining voter fraud 
cases that courts in bipartisan reviews have  

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already rejected. examples of federal interference 
already this year. Baseless claims of stolen  

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elections and investigations without charges into 
organizations that run voter registration drives,  

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especially in black and immigrant communities, 
justice department officials seeking access to  

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Dominion voting machines in Missouri. Demands for 
voter roles and lists of voters flagged as likely  

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non-citizens put on review by county clerks. The 
flag names were all allegible eligible citizens.  

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A March 31st executive order directing the 
postal service to manage access to mail and  

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ballots and directing DHS to build a list of who 
may receive them, excluding others. Demands for  

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2020 voting records in jurisdictions across the 
country. In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Election  

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Commission oversees the elections statewide, 
but local elections are overseen by county and  

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municipal clerks. County Clerk [clears throat] 
Reggie Wigglea is ultimately responsible for  

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ensuring the voter registration records are 
properly kept, polling places are efficient,  

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ballots are counted correctly and promptly, and 
results are properly certified in Kenosha County.  

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We are a part of the national faith in 
us initiative and we would like Miss  

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Wvagora to know that we support her. 
But as the people who elected her,  

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we will hold her accountable for protecting 
the right of our legal voters to vote without  

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interference or intimidation and to ens to ensure 
that all votes are counted. We expect Miss Wiggora  

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to pledge that she and the polling officers 
of Kenosha County who answer to her will one  

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abide by the US Constitution and state election 
laws, two refuse to comply with any unlawful  

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executive orders or data requests that seek to 
restrict voting, and three faithfully play their  

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role to certify and seat the rightfully elected 
winners this November, regardless of the party.  

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The right to vote is fundamental to all our other 
rights. Our ability to make change at every level  

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depends on the people getting to choose who 
represents us. This call to action will be  

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shared widely with the media outlets in Kenosha 
County and beyond. Thank you for your time.

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Any more citizens comments? Are 
there any more citizens comments?  

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Say no more citizens comments. 
Citizens comments are now closed.

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Okay. Um the only announcement I have 
um would be just uh for those of you  

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going to the 2026 annual conference uh some 
information should be on your desks I believe.  

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And uh if you have any questions, 
concerns or anything like that,  

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I think Reggie is a good resource or contact 
the conference center itself. Um I believe  

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that's it for me on that. Supervisor reports. 
Any supervisors wishing to give a report?

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Supervisor Tarson. I just want to let 
everybody know. Um thank you, Chairman.  

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Uh at the Kenosha Lakeshore Veterinary 
Clinic, there's a mural being painted and  

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the community is invited to paint that mural 
uh this Saturday coming up um all day. So,  

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please uh it be nice to support that, 
pass the word on, let everybody know.  

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Thank you. When is that? Saturday. This 
Saturday coming Saturday. Okay. Thank you,

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Supervisor Gray. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, 
as the liaison for the Primal Nature Center,  

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I just want to um remind everybody that 
the fall funfest is on uh September 26th,  

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11 to 3. And tomorrow afternoon, 
I believe it's 5:30, 6:00.  

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6:00 there was a ceremonial signing of 
the new agreement between the county  

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and the priming nature center that extends 
that relationship for another five years.

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Okay. Thank you, Supervisor Gray. Supervisor 
Gashki. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, as chair of  

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the Kenosha Joint Services Board, I just wanted to 
let the county board know that this coming Tuesday  

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uh will be our monthly meeting. It's not our 
typical uh week that we meet. and we'll also  

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be discussing doing some initial uh discussions 
about our upcoming budget. So, just wanted to make  

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you aware of that if that's something that you're 
interested in that we will be meeting this coming  

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Tuesday. Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Gashki. 
Are there any more supervisors reports? Okay, see  

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no more supervisor reports on we move. I'd like to 
announce that supervisor Carol is in attendance.

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Old business. Ordinance second 
reading to required. Ordinance  

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11 from the legislative committee. An 
ordinance to amend MCKC 2.133C related  

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to standing committee assignments. 
This passed unanimously at committee.

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Okay. Supervisor Morrisy. I moved by Supervisor  

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Morsy. Second by Supervisor 
Decker. Supervisor Morsy.

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Sorry. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Thank you. 
Go ahead. This ordinance uh clarifies that the  

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executive committee is not to be considered 
one of the three standing committees that  

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uh supervisors can be appointed to 
and as stated it passed unanimously  

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at the legislative committee 
and I'd ask for your support.

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Thank you, Supervisor Morsy. 
Supervisor Nudo. Thank you.  

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Uh I'm a little bit confused why 
this ordinance even came out to

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to be to take a vote on that to remove it. So 
could I ask the reason why this come out as  

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uh an ordinance to correct or to do something with  

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the executive committee if 
somebody can answer me that.

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Um I'm going to have corp counsel 
first to comment on that please. Jenn.

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Yeah. Well, as of right now, uh, Mr. 
Chairman, Mr. Chairman, as of right now,  

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I would just like to know maybe from whoever, 
uh, the sponsor of this ordinance why that  

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was done. And then we can ask uh maybe 
we can ask the...the county

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Oh yeah. Okay. Uh since this resolution or 
ordinance was put forth by myself, I'm handing  

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the gavl over to Vice Chair Franco uh because 
I will be commenting on this um as the I guess  

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um presenter. Um but to answer supervisor 
Nudo's questions in the past there have been  

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um um oversightes where there have been more 
supervisors. Uh let me hold on let me take  

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that back. We have carved out for the executive 
committee the um chairman of finance who's not  

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supposed to sit on any other chairs to be able 
to sit on the executive committee. We don't have  

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that carve out for any other chairman for any 
other committee. This simply is to put forth  

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the fact that it this is a this isn't even a 
working committee. It's not even a committee I  

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would consider a standing committee. Uh I think 
there's less than two or three meetings a year  

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on average. Haven't even had one yet myself. But 
the three committee rule for standing committees  

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uh that would make a chairman who's on three 
committees not eligible currently for the  

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executive committee. And the executive committee 
as I said it's really a leadership. It is not a  

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working committee. Executive committee isn't 
just um compos composed I won't say just of  

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just supervisors. that's composed of the chairman 
and therefore it should be considered an extension  

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of their leadership responsibility rather than a 
fourth committee assignment. Um it's kind about  

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equal treatment too because you don't want to 
make an exception for finance administration and  

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ignore all the other standing committees. I think 
that's important as well. Uh and it strengthens  

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the executive committee. Uh if we're asking the 
supervisor to lead committees, we should want the  

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perspective when the chairs collectively discuss 
countywide issues. Like I said, I've not had an  

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executive committee yet. I haven't called one yet. 
Don't know if I'm even going to have one, at least  

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this year. I have no idea yet. But should it come 
to be that executive committee does get put forth,  

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the uh chairman, which currently is uh supervisor 
Decker, it would be a fourth committee, but she  

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is chairman of U. judiciary and law and therefore 
should be allowed to sit on an executive committee  

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which is not a real standing committee but not a 
work committee for sure. Uh I don't know if corp  

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council has anything more to add to that and I'll 
I'm uh Mr. Chairman I'm satisfied with your answer  

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for now but I'll have a a question for corporation 
council maybe a little bit later. Uh the reason I  

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don't know if you want to add something else or if 
I can go on since I have the floor. No, go ahead.  

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Okay. Well, that's the reason why I am so confused 
because when I was chairman, I had the same  

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problem. We had we had to work on this to make 
sure uh in fact that some of the people on this  

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board that were there when I was chairman that at 
one point I made some changes with the chairman  

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of some committees and I had to rework that and 
I talked to the attorney. Actually my vice chair  

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helped me out in setting up the committees at that 
time and everything and this year was a standing  

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committee. Now when I saw this the first time 
that I saw this when uh you prepared the committee  

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schedule I asked why there's one supervisor for 
committees. My answer sorry my answer the answer  

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I got it was well the executive committee is 
not a standing committee. I said wait a minute  

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what do you mean it's not a standing committee? We 
talked about it before whatever it is a standing  

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committee. We got the rules and regulation where 
it shows what the standing committees are. And I  

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say so that's what it is. I said so why didn't we 
do that? And the other answer was well that's what  

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the chairman wanted to do it. So that's why I am 
uh I don't know who you're talking about. I talked  

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to the attorney I talked to corporation. I'll 
tell you this. I talked to S uh uh Joel Cardone,  

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our our corp counsel. We both missed this when I 
was planning. We both missed it. Okay. And this  

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isn't the only reason to do it. But if we carve 
out one, okay, I understand. But let me finish  

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with and then you can make your comments. You 
know, I'll let you make comments before when I  

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had the floor. Oh, please. Uh, now going back just 
on what you say, which I was going to bring it up  

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later on. Now, at the committee level, that's what 
uh I believe you say that or Joe say that both of  

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you guys missed that. Okay. I don't believe it's 
true. I think it's a flatout lie. And the reason  

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I'm saying that is because if you missed it and 
Joe missed it when I called when I called then  

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you guys should have revised that and correct it. 
while waiting for 4 months. And the only reason  

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that you guys tried to correct that after that is 
because I brought in the resolution, ordinance,  

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whatever about changing the committees to seven 
people and that's when you guys did it. Now also  

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at the committee level. Okay. Everything just 
like you tried to say before about the chairman  

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or whatever uh the board chairman uh sorry the 
committee chairman there are three there are  

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three committees. This a standing committee. So 
that should count as a standing committee. And the  

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thing by saying oh well the chairman u committee 
chairman should be on the executive committee.  

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That's what they try to go around to make believe 
that the only reason you're doing is otherwise the  

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uh committee chairman cannot be on u on the 
legis uh on the executive committee. Well,  

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that's not true. They can be on everything on 
the executive committee. In fact, in fact, on  

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the rules, it says that's the only committee that 
the chairman doesn't have a choice how to set it  

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up because that includes the board chairman, the 
board vice chair, and the uh chairman of the other  

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committees. And in the event the board vice chair 
is a chairman of a committee, then uh the chairman  

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of the board can appoint another supervisor to 
take his place. uh and uh it will be you know  

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on um the executive executive committee and uh 
the board chairman can appoint somebody else. So  

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that was not I think all the discussion that was 
done in committee to say we're doing this because  

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the board we need we want the board chairman to be 
or the committee chairman to be there or whatever  

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that was just to distract the people to let them 
believe that this thing was done to keep that  

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that's as far as I'm concerned that's a complete 
why. It's not even an excuse. It's a complete why.  

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will let the court counsel speak here. Um she was 
going to say something and address this issue. No,  

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I can ask when I wanted to uh when I want 
her to speak. Let me finish what I'm saying.  

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I'm going back and forth quite a bit here. Let 
Let her I'm not going back and forth. I'm just  

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making my statement now. I'm not done with my 
statement. What else do you need to say? Well,  

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if you listen, you will hear it. Okay. All 
right. Finish it up, please. Thank you. So,  

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give me a second. Now I got to [clears throat] 
I got to tell what I was going to say. Um

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okay. Uh let's have you. Okay. I I want to 
still have uh after what I hear from I will  

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address the situation. Go ahead. You have the 
floor. All right. Um thank you. And as you know,  

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you guys will have to bear with me because I'm not 
in this chair very often. But um there's been some  

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statements made about any type of dishonesty or 
falsehood, and I can say with certainty that on  

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behalf of the corporation council's office and 
the chair that that is not the case. Um I've  

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spoken at length with attorney Joe Cardamone 
about this situation and tried to get up to  

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speed on it. And what my understanding is is that 
historically the executive committee has not been  

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treated as a standing committee by the various 
chairs. If you look back at it, some chairs like  

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supervisor Noodle when you were the chair you did 
use it quite frequently but historically there was  

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very little usage of the executive committee. 
I think in 2016 2015 it was used four times.  

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in 2016 zero times. In 2017, once 2018, zero. Um, 
I can go through all the years, but there's very,  

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very little usage with the executive committee. 
So, what attorney Cardamone has explained to me  

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is when we did the rules revision, it really 
should have been modified at that time. We  

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should have made it clear that it is not 
a standing committee. It's how the chair  

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determines how he wants to use it and it should 
have been addressed at that point when we did the  

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full total rules modification. Um to the there's 
been no dishonesty or or falsehoods. I believe  

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that attorney Cardamone has been very clear in his 
opinions that this amendment is in accordance with  

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our past practice and it's he's supportive of what 
the chair is trying to do. Okay. Thank you. Well,  

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you I passed the gavl back to him. Oh, do I still 
have left the floor then? Back to him. Are you  

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ready to finish up or you have Are you Yeah, go 
ahead. I'm not trying to fill a buser or anything.  

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I'm just trying to make my point. I can appreciate 
uh what corporation uh Jen what you said it and  

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uh but I want to make one thing clear. I never 
say that anybody did it in a dishonest way. I  

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say that I don't believe that's the true. Maybe 
I did not use the right word. I said to me what  

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the excuse that they said it was a lie because 
it was not the reason because [snorts] if it was  

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for something that they missed it when it was 
brought up then they should have taken care of  

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that time. Okay. And what they said that also I 
say that at the committee level the thing that  

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we're doing trying to make it believe that 
the only reason should have this so all the  

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committee chairs can be on the committee which 
it's a fact the committee is set up who's going  

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to be there or not. So that's the point I was uh 
making. Well, if we don't believe we should not  

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have the a committee in there, well, before we 
changed, we should have uh take a vote to take  

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it out and not making a stand extending committee. 
That is my point. If we're going to do that, well,  

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I guess it's fine. But to let it go after 4 months 
to bring it up, I don't think it's right. And the  

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only thing, but I did not say any dishonest way or 
anything. I just say that I don't believe I think  

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it's it's a lie. I don't think it's a mistake. 
It's a lie. And uh for not having it. Well,  

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I'll deal. I'll uh Okay. So, there's been a motion 
by Supervisor Robinson. Call the question and  

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seconded by Supervisor Meadows. Is this a uh roll 
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All right. All those want to call the question and 
get to the vote, I guess, is what you're looking  

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to. No more discussion. Correct. Okay. All those 
in favor would vote. Oh, we got to wait till we  

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get it up. Yeah. Two majority. Mhm. Right. But 
to all those in favor of uh going of cancelling  

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discussion, going to the vote, yes. And all 
those who want to continue discussion, no.

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Call the question um to end 
discussion. Yes. 18. No. Five.

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Okay. So, the question will be called and uh do I 
need to pass this over back to John since it's my  

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resolution? I think so. Not if there's no more 
debate. Okay. Okay. Okay. Um then all those in  

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favor of the ordinance uh do we need to read this? 
Okay. Um 2/3. Roll call vote has been called.  

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All those in favor of the uh resolution would 
vote yes and all those against would vote no.  

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And it requires two and it requires a twothirds 
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Speak the resolution. Supervisor Gre wants 
to give a resolution stated. Yeah. Supervisor  

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Gray. Okay. He ordinance 11, an ordinance to 
amend MCKC chapter 2.133C related to standing  

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committee assignments. Do you want me to read 
the change? Okay. The Kenosha County Board of  

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Supervisors does hereby ordain the Municipal 
Code of Kenosha County Chapter 2.133C. The  

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County Board rules of procedure is hereby amended 
as follows. Three committee assignments. C. No  

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supervisor shall serve on more than three standing 
committees. For the purposes of this subsection,  

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the executive committee shall not count 
as one of the three standing committees.

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The ordinance passes. 22 yes and one no.

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New business. Resolution. One reading. Resolution 
43 from the public works facilities committee. a  

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resolution for Kenosha County to adopt the 2026 
2030 comprehensive outdoor recreation plan. This  

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passed unanimously at committee. Supervisor 
Bellski was excused. Uh this was moved by  

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Supervisor Meadows, second by Supervisor P. 
Supervisor Meadows. Uh move resolution 43.

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Uh I'm sorry. Move by Supervisor Meadows, 
second by Supervisor P. Supervisor Meadows.  

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Thank you. Thank you, chairman. Uh this was 
a resolution to create a 5-year comprehensive  

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plan for our parks division. Uh this gives 
us some strategic planning to of how we're  

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going to manage our parks over the next 5 
years. Uh such a plan is is is necessary to  

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receive grant money from the state and other 
other people. Uh so this passed unanimously  

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in committee and we ask for your support. 
Uh if there are any questions, we do have  

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uh the parks director uh Riot Moore here to answer 
any questions. Thank you. Okay. Are there any  

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questions or discussion on this ordinance? I'm 
sorry. This resolution. Oh, it is an ordinance.  

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Yeah. It's a resolution. I'm looking at the 
other one. Sorry. One month off. [laughter]

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Uh, okay. Seeing no discussion. All those in 
favor vote. I I opposed. Motion carries. Ordinance  

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first reading to required ordinance 12 from 
supervisor Nudo an ordinance to amend MCKC2.133C

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related to standing committee assignments. 
Communications 35 communication from the  

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human services committee. A resolution to modify 
Kenosha County's Division of Health's budget to  

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purchase new equipment. Refer to human services 
and the finance administration committee. 36.  

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A communication from supervisor Colonia and 
supervisor Gearson. A resolution supporting  

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the funding of W Parkside and the Universities of 
Wisconsin workforce and innovation initiatives.  

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Refer to legislative and human services committee. 
The approval of the August 18th, 2026 minutes by  

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Supervisor Gearson. Supervisor Gearson. Thank 
you, Mr. Chairman. I move approval of the August  

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18th minutes. Is there a second? Second by 
supervisor Robinson. Any discussion? All those  

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in favor vote. I I I opposed. Motion carries. 
Second. Move to adjourn by Supervisor Decker,  

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seconded by Robinson. We'll go with We'll go with 
Robinson. Keep it going. All those in favor vote.