[0:00] Yes.
>> All right, we're going to call the
[0:01] common council meeting to order.
Please stand for the pledge of
[0:05] allegiance.
[0:09] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[0:14] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:20] justice for all.
[0:25] » All right, our first on the agenda is
the swearing in
[0:29] of new council members.
>> Okay, so we are going to do all of the
[0:33] new alderpersons first. So, all the
newly elected alderpersons, please
[0:38] stand.
[0:41] You all [clears throat] should have it
in front of you if you need it, but I
[0:44] will read slowly.
>> [clears throat]
[0:47] » So, raise hand.
[0:50] I, state your name.
>> I, Mark Shady Schwartz,
[0:54] » who has been elected to the office of
alderperson,
[0:57] » who has been elected to the office of
alderperson,
[0:59] » solemnly swear
>> solemnly swear
[1:02] » that I will support the constitution
>> that I will support the constitution
[1:07] » of the United States
>> of the United States
[1:10] » and the constitution
>> and the constitution
[1:13] » of the state of Wisconsin
>> of the state of Wisconsin
[1:16] » and will faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of said office
[1:20] » and will faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties
[1:23] of said office
>> to the best of my ability.
[1:25] » to the best of my ability.
>> So help me God.
[1:28] » So help me God.
>> Congratulations.
[1:30] Please be seated.
>> Congratulations.
[1:37] » I, state your name.
>> I, Mark Herro,
[1:40] » who has been elected to the office of
mayor,
[1:42] » who has been elected to the office of
mayor,
[1:44] » solemnly swear
>> do solemnly swear
[1:47] » that I will support the constitution
>> that I will support the constitution
[1:50] » of the United States
>> of the United States of America
[1:53] » and the constitution
>> and the constitution
[1:56] » of the state of Wisconsin
>> of
[1:57] » Of the city of West Vancouver.
>> And will faithfully and impartially
[2:00] discharge the duties of said office
>> and will faithfully and impartially
[2:04] discharge the duties of said office
>> to the best of my ability.
[2:08] » to the best of my ability.
>> So help me
[2:10] » So help me God.
Thank you.
[2:19] All right, roll call has been taken,
correct?
[2:21] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[2:23] Uh motion to adopt the agenda.
>> Mike Barrington so moved, Brian Roberts.
[2:28] » Tim Roberts second. Motion made and
seconded. Any further discussion?
[2:33] Additions or corrections?
Hearing none, all in favor say aye.
[2:38] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[2:40] The motion is carried by all.
Approval of 3 17 20 26 and 3 24 20 26
[2:49] common council meeting minutes.
>> Alderman Fischetti, I move to approve
[2:53] the 3 17 and 3 24 26 common council
meeting minutes.
[2:58] » Tim Roberts second.
>> Motion made and seconded. Any further
[3:02] additions or corrections?
Hearing none, all in favor say aye.
[3:07] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[3:09] The motion carried by all.
Authorizing
[3:13] authorization [clears throat]
to pay the bills, Mr. Dorsey.
[3:16] » Yes, your honor. I make a motion to pay
the bills in the amount of
[3:19] $1,489,697.25.
[3:25] » Alderman Fischetti, seconds that motion.
>> Motion made and seconded.
[3:30] [clears throat] Any additions or
corrections?
[3:33] Hearing none, we'll do a roll call vote.
Pizzolla?
[3:37] » Yes.
>> Croy?
[3:39] » Yes.
>> Fischetti?
[3:41] » Yes.
>> Pass?
[3:42] » Yes.
>> Ritchie?
[3:44] » Yes.
>> Hutchinson?
[3:46] » Yes.
>> Dorsey?
[3:47] » All right.
>> Yes.
[3:48] » Dorsey?
>> Yes.
[3:50] » Roberts?
>> Yes.
[3:51] » Goloski?
>> Yes.
[3:53] » Barrington?
>> Yes.
[3:54] » All right.
>> Motion carried by all.
[3:58] Moving right along into public comment.
[4:02] Public comment.
One last time, public comment.
[4:07] Hearing none, we're rolling.
Organizational meeting items. Um, we'll
[4:13] start off with the election of council
president. I'll open up elections or
[4:18] nominations.
>> Would you make a motion
[4:22] nominate John Haas.
>> Lisa second that.
[4:30] » Motion made and seconded. Any other
nominations?
[4:36] Any other nominations?
Hearing none, we will close nominations
[4:41] and please cast your ballot.
[5:18] » [clears throat]
[5:30] [clears throat]
[5:45] » Unanimously?
>> Yes, sir. Yes.
[5:46] » Congratulations.
>> Thanks, everybody.
[5:49] » All right, next on the agenda these need
a motion and a second.
[5:55] Designate New London Press Star as
official newspaper.
[6:00] » I'll make a motion. Tim Roberts makes a
motion to designate New London Press
[6:03] Star as official newspaper.
>> Mike Herring can second.
[6:06] » Motion made and seconded. Any other
discussion?
[6:10] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Pizzolato?
[6:13] » Yes.
>> Croy?
[6:14] » Yes.
>> Fachet?
[6:15] » Abstain.
[6:18] » Hass?
>> Yes.
[6:20] » Ritchie?
>> Yes.
[6:21] » Hutchinson?
>> Yes.
[6:23] » Dorsey?
>> Yes.
[6:25] » Roberts?
>> Yes.
[6:27] » Adelski?
>> Yes.
[6:28] » Herring?
>> Yes.
[6:30] » That was
>> Nine yes and one or sorry, one
[6:33] abstention. Nine yes and one abstention.
Uh resolution designating public
[6:39] depositories.
[6:43] » I'll make a motion. Still makes that
motion.
[6:46] » Can I appreciate and second that motion?
>> Motion been made and seconded. Any
[6:50] further discussion?
Hearing none,
[6:54] roll call vote, please. Pizzolato?
>> Yes.
[6:57] » Croy?
>> Yes.
[6:59] » Fachet?
>> Yes.
[7:00] » Hass?
>> Yes.
[7:01] » Ritchie?
>> Yes.
[7:03] » Hutchinson?
>> Yes.
[7:05] » Dorsey?
>> Yes.
[7:07] » Roberts? Yes.
>> Adelski?
[7:09] » Yes.
>> Herring?
[7:11] » Yes.
>> Motion carried by all.
[7:15] » Very good.
>> Okay.
[7:17] » Moving into appointment of committees
and commissions and boards. Uh this time
[7:21] I'd like to make my mayor mayoral
appointments of standing committees
[7:25] stand as read in your packet.
Uh the next one needs council
[7:29] confirmation of the planning commission
appointments. So I need a motion and a
[7:34] second for that.
>> Mike Herring shall move that.
[7:38] » Uh John Hass seconds.
>> Motion been made and seconded. Any
[7:42] further discussion?
>> I'll make a motion.
[7:45] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Pizzuto?
[7:48] » Yes.
>> Croy?
[7:49] » Yes.
>> Ricci?
[7:51] » Yes.
>> Hess?
[7:52] » Yes.
>> Ricci?
[7:54] » Yes.
>> Hutchinson?
[7:56] » Yes.
>> Dorsey?
[7:57] » Yes.
>> Roberts?
[7:59] » Yes.
>> [clears throat]
[8:00] » Galski?
>> Yes.
[8:01] » Farrington?
>> Yes.
[8:03] » Motion carried by all.
All right. Up next, Board of Public
[8:07] Works, Mr. Hess.
>> Thank you, Your Honor.
[8:13] The Board of Public Works met
Monday, April 13th.
[8:18] It was called to order at 5:15.
Motion was made to approve the agenda
[8:22] and seconded and carried by all.
There was no public input.
[8:27] Uh wastewater treatment plants
The wastewater notes are enclosed in the
[8:31] packet.
Approval of the sanitary cleaning and
[8:34] televising for the 2026 to Speedy Clean.
The bid tabulation for the 2026 sanitary
[8:41] sewer television program televising
program was reviewed by the board. This
[8:45] is an annual program and part of a
sanitary sewer budget. Director Gurski
[8:48] recommended the agreement with Speedy
Clean with the low bid of $48,350.
[8:54] Motion made and seconded carried by all.
[8:59] Approve to recommend
to the agreement with Auto Gaming Colony
[9:02] for cost share of Mill Beacon project.
Director Gurski reviewed the
[9:07] agreement proposed by Auto Gaming Colony
for the future Mill Street and Beacon
[9:10] Street project. Some elements were
preliminary probable costs and showed
[9:15] items are a 50/50 split and any utility
work are responsibility of the city.
[9:21] Motion made and seconded for the
agreement with Auto Gaming Colony to
[9:24] cost share for Mill Beacon Street.
Motion was carried by all.
[9:29] Approve to recommend McMahon proposal
for design of Mill Beacon project.
[9:33] Director Gurski presented to the
committee the McMahon proposal to design
[9:37] Mill Street and Beacon Avenue project.
Proposal was reviewed and approved by
[9:41] the Board of Game and County.
This design will be for the roadway,
[9:44] curb and gutter, and sidewalks
[9:48] with complement
pedestrian ramps. The cost of elements
[9:52] will be at a 50/50 cost share.
There is also design of the new sanitary
[9:57] system that will cost will be 100%
will land in responsibility.
[10:02] Motion made
to recommend the man proposal for design
[10:06] of Mill Beacon project.
Motion carried by all.
[10:11] Recommend approved Green Dot sidewalk
project to Fish Jim Fisher for the
[10:14] amount of $44,975.
[10:18] Director Garske reviewed the bid
tabulation for the project for four bids
[10:22] were received this year and Jim Fisher
incorporated came in with the lowest bid
[10:26] at $44,975.
[10:29] Motion made and seconded
to approve the Green Dot sidewalk
[10:33] project to Jim Fisher in the amount of
$44,975.
[10:38] Motion carried by all.
Next, approve recommended agreement for
[10:42] Robert E. Lee and Associates for County
S Landfill monitoring services.
[10:46] The proposal for the landfill monitoring
has increased over the last several
[10:49] years. A request for proposal A request
for proposals was sent out. Two bids
[10:54] were received and Robert E. Lee and
Associates came as the lowest bid of
[10:58] 16,400.
Jim Roberts asked for a clarification
[11:02] for the need of monitoring. This is
required by the DNR and it requires
[11:06] semi-annual to monitor the ground water
at the landfill.
[11:10] Motion made and seconded
to recommend the agreement with Robert
[11:13] E. Lee and Associates for County S
Landfill monitoring service. Motion
[11:17] carried 7-0.
Director's report included a packet
[11:22] reviewed by the board. Anniversary Julie
Geeson custodian, 8 years of service.
[11:27] Roman Much wastewater operator 2, 3
years of service.
[11:32] Water main repairs required due to low
pressure on Ice Box Street. PDS BTS
[11:37] contractors came out to make repairs.
Required a patch of the road to be cut
[11:41] out.
Keeping up with the sandbags and Sanford
[11:45] residents.
Future agenda items for the wastewater
[11:48] treatment plant updates.
Date and time for the next meeting.
[11:52] Board of Public Meeting will be May 4th
at 5:15.
[11:56] No further action.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:05.
[12:07] I'd like to make a motion to consider
awarding a contract to Speedy Clean for
[12:10] sanitary sewer cleaning and televising.
>> Motion made. David Dorsett second.
[12:16] Seconded by Dave Dorsett. Any further
discussion?
[12:20] Hearing none,
roll call vote, please.
[12:23] » Peaceout.
>> Yes.
[12:24] » Croy.
>> Yes.
[12:25] » McShea.
>> Yes.
[12:27] » Pass.
>> Yes.
[12:28] » Ritchie.
>> Yes.
[12:29] » Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
[12:31] » Dorsett.
>> Yes.
[12:33] » Roberts.
>> Yes.
[12:34] » Podolski.
>> Yes.
[12:35] » Farrington.
>> Yes.
[12:37] » Motion carried by all.
>> I'd like to make a motion to consider
[12:41] approval of the agreement with Outagamie
County Highway Department for cost share
[12:44] on the Mail Beacon Street reconstruction
project.
[12:48] » Farrington second.
>> Motion made, seconded. Any further
[12:51] discussion?
Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
[12:55] » Peaceout.
>> Croy.
[12:57] » Yes.
>> McShea.
[12:59] » Yes.
>> Pass.
[13:00] » Yes.
>> Ritchie.
[13:02] » Yes.
>> Hutchinson.
[13:04] » Yes.
>> Dorsett.
[13:05] » Yes.
>> Roberts.
[13:07] » Yes.
>> Podolski.
[13:08] » Yes.
>> And Farrington.
[13:10] » Yes.
>> Motion carried by all.
[13:13] » Next, I'd like to make a motion to
consider approval of the agreement with
[13:16] McMahon for design services for the Mail
Beacon Street reconstruction project.
[13:21] » Motion made.
>> Ritchie second.
[13:23] » Motion made and seconded by Mr. Ritchie.
Any further discussion?
[13:29] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Be so.
[13:31] » Yes.
>> Troy.
[13:32] » Yes.
>> Richey.
[13:34] » Yes.
>> Pass.
[13:35] » Yes.
>> Richey.
[13:37] » Yes.
>> Hutchinson.
[13:38] » Yes.
>> Dorsey.
[13:40] » Yes.
>> Roberts.
[13:41] » Yes.
>> Gelskey.
[13:43] » Yes.
>> Berrington.
[13:44] » Yes.
>> The motion is also carried by all.
[13:48] » Yes, sir. I'd like to make a motion
considering awarding a contract to Jim
[13:51] Fisher
in the amount of $44,975
[13:55] for the sidewalk replacements.
>> Second.
[13:58] » Motion made and seconded.
Any further discussion?
[14:03] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Be so.
[14:06] » Yes.
>> Troy.
[14:07] » Yes.
>> Richey.
[14:09] » Aye.
>> Pass.
[14:11] » Yes.
>> [clears throat]
[14:12] » Richey.
>> Yes.
[14:13] » Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
[14:16] » Dorsey.
>> Yes.
[14:17] » Roberts.
>> Yes.
[14:19] » Gelskey.
>> Yes.
[14:20] » Berrington.
>> Yes.
[14:22] » The motion is also carried by all.
>> Mr. Mayor.
[14:25] » I'd like to make a motion considering
approving the agreement with Robert E.
[14:27] Lee and Associates for County S Landfill
Monitoring Services.
[14:31] » Be so, second.
>> Motion made and seconded. Any further
[14:34] discussion?
Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
[14:38] » Be so.
>> Yes.
[14:39] » Troy.
>> Yes.
[14:41] » Richey.
>> Aye.
[14:42] » Pass.
>> Yes.
[14:44] » Richey.
>> Yes.
[14:45] » Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
[14:47] » Dorsey.
>> Yes.
[14:49] » Roberts.
>> Yes.
[14:50] » Gelskey.
>> Yes.
[14:52] » Berrington.
>> Yes.
[14:54] » [cough]
>> The motion is carried by all.
[14:56] » It's all yours, Mr. Mayor.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[14:58] » Finance and Personnel, Mr. Dorsey.
>> Mr. Mayor, Finance and Personnel
[15:02] Committee met Wednesday, February 8th.
It was called to order at 5:15.
[15:09] Approved the meeting minutes
from March 11th.
[15:13] There was no public comment.
Mr. Mayor, I presented an amendment to
[15:18] the for a 2026 extension to the
maintenance assessment contract which
[15:23] would be carried up to council.
Finance director brought forth a
[15:27] resolution declaring the official intent
to reimburse expenditures from proceeds
[15:31] of the future borrowing.
Purpose of the resolution is to allow
[15:34] the city to reimburse itself for costs
associated with projects and equipment
[15:39] up to the time of future borrowing.
Currently the fire department is looking
[15:43] to begin the bidding process for the
purchase of fire pumper. Those results
[15:47] are then brought into future capital
projects being reviewed and discussion
[15:51] and decision on that purchase would be
decided.
[15:53] Motion made to bring that to council.
Finance director reports are reviewed.
[15:59] Finance director's report was discussed.
Meeting was
[16:03] No further business. End of the meeting.
[16:09] Motion for the consideration of the
approval of a contract amendment with
[16:12] Survey Group the company extending the
assessor maintenance services for 2026
[16:17] in the amount of $20,400.
>> Moved and seconded. Motion made and
[16:21] seconded. Any further discussion?
Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
[16:26] » Be sought.
>> Yes.
[16:28] » Croy.
>> Yes.
[16:29] » Bouchard.
>> I.
[16:31] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[16:32] » Reggie.
>> Yes.
[16:34] » Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
[16:36] » Dorsey.
>> Yes.
[16:37] » Roberts.
>> Yes.
[16:38] » Delsky.
>> Yes.
[16:40] » Farrington.
>> Yes.
[16:42] » Motion carried by all.
Motion to consider the approval of the
[16:46] resolution declaring official intent to
reimburse expenditures from proceeds of
[16:50] borrowing.
>> Moved and seconded. Motion made and
[16:55] seconded. Any further discussion?
Hearing none, please cast your ballots.
[17:00] » Be sought.
>> Yes.
[17:01] » Croy.
>> Yes.
[17:02] » Bouchard.
>> I.
[17:04] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[17:06] » Reggie.
>> Yes.
[17:07] » Hutchinson.
>> Yes.
[17:09] » Dorsey.
>> Yes.
[17:10] » Roberts.
>> Yes.
[17:12] » Delsky.
>> Yes.
[17:13] » Farrington.
>> Yes.
[17:15] » Motion carried 10-0.
[17:18] » Motion to consider approval of the lucky
license. This recommended for approval
[17:22] by the police department.
>> I would second. Motion made and second.
[17:26] Any further discussion?
Hearing none, all in favor say aye.
[17:32] Opposed.
Motion carried by all.
[17:35] » That's all I have, your honor.
>> Thank you, Mr. Dorsey. Parking and
[17:39] recreation, Mr. Veesa.
>> Thank you, your honor. Park and Rec
[17:42] meeting was held on Monday, April 6th.
5:45.
[17:47] Meeting was called to order at 5:15.
Motion was made to approve the agenda.
[17:53] Motion carried by all.
Motion second to February 3rd meeting
[17:57] minutes. Motion carried by all.
Public input, there was none.
[18:02] Consider approval submitting request to
DNR for swap of stewardship land in the
[18:06] London Nature's area.
Director Saul noted that the city has
[18:10] received a swap request to swap a
portion of the London Nature area
[18:14] for adjacent private land.
Swap involves 11.26 acres of the total
[18:20] land before eight department. Developers
representing request which to join the
[18:25] two private properties in swap.
Doing this would allow for a more
[18:28] efficient use of land for access meeting
any emergency requirement for
[18:32] development.
Motion was made and seconded to consider
[18:36] approving the submitting request to the
DNR swap stewardship land in the London
[18:41] Nature area.
Motion was carried 12-1.
[18:45] Wolf River Art League sculpture request
and agreement.
[18:48] Director Saul brought to the committee
the sculpture request agreement from the
[18:52] Wolf River Art League.
Kelly Paulson of the organization was
[18:56] introduced
and presented to address [snorts] any
[18:59] questions.
Sculpture does follow the guidelines
[19:02] that have been set along
being a natural nature subject.
[19:07] Final placement has not been determined,
but a couple of locations are being
[19:11] considered.
Motion was made and seconded to approve
[19:14] the war for our league sculpture
request. Motion carried 13-0.
[19:19] Discussion of sled hill location
options. Director Solf presented to the
[19:23] committee standard safe brief
depressions considerations for a good
[19:27] location that we have available within
the city that we accommodate the needs
[19:32] for the sled hill.
Preference site placed by the members
[19:35] was Hatten Park.
It was determined to get some further
[19:38] information from the historical society
as the probability of being able to then
[19:43] proceed there or to have to designate
another location.
[19:47] No motion or vote was made.
Consider approval resolution authorizing
[19:52] application submittal WEDC vibrant
grants space.
[19:57] This application will be for five
funding to renovate and upgrade front
[20:02] patio space of the Hatten Pavilion.
Upgrades would include asphalt removal,
[20:07] concrete placement, installation of
propane fire pits, overhead lighting.
[20:12] This would allow for an extended hours
of use during the fall season.
[20:16] Motion was made to consider the approval
of resolution authorizing application
[20:21] submittal of the WEDC vibrant grant.
Motion is carried 13-0.
[20:27] Director's report was included in the
packet reviewed by the committee.
[20:32] Additional comments notes as follows.
Staff recommendation Lori Schneider
[20:37] 7-year senior program and transit
services supervisor retiring soon.
[20:42] Renewal of Tree City and Bird City
applications.
[20:46] Meeting with the NLYSA
and Lions Club related to concessions at
[20:52] Mack Memorial Park.
NLYSA
[20:56] withdrawing upgraded bathroom project
for Memorial Park.
[21:00] Continue working on future projects such
as a Pearl Street urban side trail
[21:04] easement.
Thank you to the New London youth for
[21:07] donation of equipment to the aquatic and
fitness center.
[21:11] Chairman's report was none.
Future agenda items is Sled Hill,
[21:16] Weikert Park Sturgeon agreement.
Next Park and Rec Committee meeting
[21:21] will be on May 5th
at 5:15.
[21:24] Any no further
things to discuss, the meeting was
[21:27] adjourned at 6:21. Motion was carried by
all.
[21:31] Look for a
[21:35] Consider approval of a resolution
authorizing a submittal of the WEDC
[21:40] Vibrant Spaces grant.
>> Kusche, second.
[21:45] » Motion made and second. Any further
discussion?
[21:49] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Pizzala.
[21:51] » Yes.
>> Croy.
[21:53] » Yes.
>> Kusche.
[21:54] » Aye.
>> Yes.
[21:55] » Yes.
>> Ritchie.
[21:57] » Yes.
>> Wichman.
[21:59] » Yes.
>> Dorsey.
[22:00] » Yes.
>> Roberts.
[22:02] » Yes.
>> Melchert.
[22:03] » Yes.
>> Gerhardt.
[22:05] » Yes.
>> The motion is carried 10-0.
[22:08] » We need to consider the approval
submitting a request to the WDNR of a
[22:12] swap
of stewardship land.
[22:16] » No, we're just getting the information
about that. So, if that comes to
[22:19] fruition that we can do it, then that'll
come back for consideration. So, an
[22:23] agreement would have to be approved
before that would be finalized.
[22:27] » All right.
I guess that's all I have for you.
[22:30] Park and Rec.
>> Thank you, Mr. Pizzala. Planning
[22:32] Commission, Mr. Ritchie.
>> There was no parks being here, your
[22:36] honor.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ritchie. Economic
[22:39] Development Committee, Ms. Croy.
>> Thank you, your honor. The New London
[22:43] Economic Development Committee
meeting was on Wednesday, March 24th and
[22:49] was called to order at 5:15.
[22:55] The minutes from February 24th were
reviewed and approved by all.
[23:00] There was no public comment.
Troy led a discussion on a Wisconsin
[23:05] Economic Development Corporation state
of downtown report. The document
[23:10] referenced 41 communities in Wisconsin
and placed their downtowns in one of
[23:15] three types of community
classifications:
[23:18] emerging, growing, or established.
Each classification provided insight on
[23:24] analyzing stages stages of downtown
growth.
[23:29] The report talked about the importance
of downtown high housing, vibrancy,
[23:34] resilience, placemaking, and overall
economy.
[23:38] The committee talked about how New
London relates in some of the
[23:41] categories, the great events being
bringing in visitors and recent
[23:46] beautification efforts.
Committee members were asked to think
[23:50] about future opportunities for the
downtown.
[23:53] Parks and Recreation Director Soul asked
about an implementation study proposal
[23:59] provided by Ayers and Associates, which
could continue planning starting from
[24:05] the SPARK placemaking report.
The proposal talked about steps for
[24:10] planning, public input, cost estimates,
and design.
[24:15] Formal design plans and cost estimates
would be needed for grant opportunities.
[24:20] The committee discussed the benefits,
publishing and request for proposals
[24:25] document versus just hiring Ayers and
Associates
[24:29] to continue the work.
The motion was made to obtain an
[24:34] agreement for consideration from Ayers
and Associates based on the
[24:37] implementation study proposal from the
city's property located south of the
[24:42] Wolf River.
That motion carried 14 to 1.
[24:46] No chamber report was provided for the
month.
[24:50] Administrator Herath reported that he
and Community Development Director Dibs
[24:55] were invited to a meeting with the
Realtors Association of Northeast
[25:00] Wisconsin to talk about developments and
opportunities in New London.
[25:05] It was a positive conversation with
connections made with local developers.
[25:10] SS Swiderski is planning a
ribbon-cutting event for their new
[25:13] downtown development on June 9th.
Future agenda items were reviewed. The
[25:20] next meeting is anticipated to be held
on April 28th.
[25:27] Then, um,
meeting
[25:30] Motion was made to adjourn the meeting
at 6:23 p.m.
[25:34] And that motion carried 15-0.
[25:39] And that is all I have, Your Honor.
>> Thank you, Ms. Broehm.
[25:43] Minutes and reports will stand as read
in your packet.
[25:46] Move along to reports of officers and
recent events and announcements to the
[25:50] public. Uh, we're Mayor's up first. I
have a couple things to read tonight.
[25:55] Uh, starting with the municipal disaster
proclamation.
[25:59] Whereas a disaster, namely
namely severe flooding from melting snow
[26:04] and recent heavy rains is impacting the
city of New London,
[26:08] Wisconsin and Outagamie and Waupaca
County starting April 13th, 2026.
[26:14] Whereas because of such emergency
conditions, the Common Council is unable
[26:18] to meet with promptness.
Now, therefore, be it resolved pursuant
[26:22] to Wisconsin State Statute 323.14
subsection 4 subsection B 2,
[26:31] as chief elected official of the city of
New London, I do hereby proclaim a state
[26:36] of emergency in effect until further
notice. In testimony whereof, I have
[26:42] hereunto set my hand done at 11:00 a.m.
this 15th day of April, 2026.
[26:53] Next, we have a curfew order.
On April 15th, 2026, the mayor of city
[26:58] of New London issued an emergency
proclamation.
[27:02] Pursuant to such authority, the mayor
has the ability to do all that is
[27:06] necessary to protect the welfare and
property of the community pursuant to
[27:11] section 323.14
subsection 4 subsection 8.
[27:18] The mayor has been advised by chief of
police of the need to declare a curfew
[27:23] to provide such protection in specific
areas of the city.
[27:26] I have determined such information to be
accurate and reliable.
[27:31] I specifically find that a curfew
restricting access to various areas
[27:35] within the city of New London is
required and is best implemented by the
[27:39] sworn officers of the city.
[27:43] Therefore, I Mark Herder, mayor of the
city of New London, do hereby authorize
[27:48] and delegate to Josh Wilson, chief of
police of the city of New London, the
[27:53] the specific authority to determine and
specify the location and duration of any
[27:59] curfews
and to provide reasonable notice of such
[28:02] restrictions.
This grant shall have the force of law
[28:06] subject to arrest, fines, and
forfeiture.
[28:10] This authority shall be liberally
construed to effectual
[28:15] effectuate the protection of the
community. This authority so extend
[28:20] during the time period of the emergency
declaration or until modified by the
[28:25] undersigned.
[28:31] Right.
[28:36] 34th annual Stamp Out Hunger
[28:45] Oh, yeah. Got it.
All right, yeah. I skipped over that.
[28:49] Consider approval of municipal disaster
resolution.
[28:52] » Keith, you want to come explain the
whole process of this why we would do
[28:54] this?
>> Okay, so
[28:57] the mayor as chief elected officer has
the ability when the council's not
[29:02] available due to a timeline to
make a proclamation and
[29:09] that's what he did. Okay, so he makes
that proclamation now and then under
[29:13] that proclamation he authorized the
chief
[29:16] and specific authority then to issue the
curfew as one of the orders. He could
[29:21] have spent money, could have done
whatever needed to be done during that
[29:25] proclamation time which is still in
existence. He has the ability to do
[29:28] everything that needs to be done.
Now it comes to you to essentially
[29:33] ratify or change it. Nothing you can do
though can overturn a decision. So let's
[29:40] just say the mayor said I'm going to
spend X dollars
[29:45] because I have to do something to
protect the building.
[29:48] If he does that, that's not a decision
that the council can overturn
[29:53] because he did what he had to do under
his emergency declaration. The
[29:57] proclamations.
Now what this does is essentially
[30:01] hopefully ratifies what was done just
from a belts and suspenders thing that
[30:06] the statute provides and then continues
the declaration to essentially making
[30:12] now a declaration of the
council and also specifically
[30:17] authorizing the mayor to continue to do
what needs to be done in the interim.
[30:22] » Thank you.
And then part of that is because having
[30:25] these declarations in in force
hopefully will give us the opportunity
[30:30] if there's any
external funding available for disaster
[30:36] relief because these are in place allows
us to We'll [snorts] for those if they
[30:41] become available.
We need to put those in place
[30:45] to always set ourselves up if things
become available.
[30:48] » And really to authorize the big one is
the curfew. Is that without that we
[30:53] didn't have the legal authority to give
Chief Wilson the ability to do what he
[30:57] had to do.
>> Gabe Wilson seconds.
[31:01] » All right.
>> Second.
[31:03] » Motion
>> First.
[31:03] » I'm going to make a motion.
>> Gabe Wilson makes the motion to approve
[31:08] a municipal disaster resolution.
>> Nat Sullivan
[31:11] » Motion made and seconded. Any further
[clears throat] discussion?
[31:15] Hearing none, roll call vote, please.
>> Pizzuto
[31:18] » Yes.
>> Croy
[31:19] » Absolutely.
>> Fuche I
[31:22] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[31:23] » Ritchie
>> Yes.
[31:24] » Hutchinson
>> Yes.
[31:26] » Dorsey
>> Yes.
[31:27] » Roberts
>> Yes.
[31:29] » Delsky
>> Yes.
[31:30] » Darrington
>> Yes.
[31:32] » Motion carried 10-0. Thank you.
Now
[31:37] we get some
official proclamation of the 34th annual
[31:43] letter carrier stamp out hunger food
drive.
[31:46] Whereas hunger affects millions of
people nationwide, including children,
[31:50] seniors, and military veterans. Whereas
food insecurity remains an important
[31:56] concern for our community, our state,
and our nation.
[32:01] And whereas food pantry shelves filled
from winter holiday giving are often
[32:05] bare in late spring. And whereas many
school meal programs end in the
[32:10] summertime, leaving families of school
age children needing to find alternate
[32:15] sources of food.
And whereas on the second Saturday of
[32:19] each year
second Saturday of May in each year,
[32:24] letter carriers across the country
collect non-perishable food items and
[32:28] donate the items to local food banks as
part of the nation's largest one-day
[32:32] food drive.
And whereas we recognize all letter
[32:36] carriers for their hard work and their
commitment to their communities, the
[32:40] letter carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food
Drive is just one example of how letter
[32:45] carriers work to make a difference in
the lives of those they serve.
[32:50] Whereas since the pilot drive was held
in 1991, more than 1.94 billion pounds
[32:56] of food have been collected and all food
collection collected in our community
[33:01] stays in our community.
We support letter carriers efforts to
[33:06] help those in need in our community.
And now therefore, I, the mayor of the
[33:11] city of New London, Wisconsin, by the
authority vested in me, do hereby
[33:16] proclaim the 9th day of May 2026 as
letter carriers food drive day in the
[33:22] city of New London.
And further, I encourage the citizens of
[33:26] our community to support the food drive
by placing non-perishable food items in
[33:31] or near your mail bath mailbox on food
drive day. Your letter carrier and
[33:37] their designated volunteers will pick up
the donations while delivering the mail
[33:42] and together we can help stamp out
hunger in our communities.
[33:47] Signed this 21st day of April, 2026.
[33:54] And with that I've I've
given our recent developments I've
[33:57] prepared a little note as well.
As we continue through this historic
[34:02] flooding event in New London, I want to
extend my deepest gratitude to our
[34:06] incredible community.
The outpouring The outpouring of
[34:10] support, volunteers, donations, and
neighbors helping neighbors has shown
[34:14] the true strength of our city.
Thank you to our city staff, emergency
[34:19] responders, public works crews, and all
agencies working long hours, difficult
[34:24] conditions to protect lives, property,
and critical services. Your dedication
[34:30] does not go unnoticed.
My heart is also with the families,
[34:35] residents, and business owners who have
been impacted
[34:39] impacted by this flood. We recognize the
hardship, stress, and uncertainty many
[34:44] are facing right now.
New London has always been a resilient
[34:48] community and together we will continue
to support one another, recover, and
[34:53] move forward stronger than before.
New London strong.
[35:00] That is all I have. With that,
we'll [clears throat] move on to the
[35:03] city administrator, Mr. Hurd.
>> Thank you, Honor. I'm going to piggyback
[35:08] off of Mayor's comments regarding our
recent flooding events. Um, I'm just
[35:12] going to take a lot of opportunity to
say thank you.
[35:14] Um, I'm probably going to miss a bunch
because this community really came
[35:17] together stronger than we've ever seen
before. First off, our staff. Normally
[35:21] on a day-to-day basis, we are definitely
short-staffed. Throw in a
[35:25] record-breaking natural disaster, that
easily could have been back-breaking for
[35:29] us. Extremely proud to say our staff
stepped up, probably gave more than they
[35:33] ever have before.
Um, there was some long hours
[35:37] since we've been working last Wednesday.
Some of our staff worked 24 hours to
[35:40] watch pumps to ensure public facilities
were not flooding. Police and fire
[35:44] department employees working extra
shifts for public safety. Wastewater
[35:49] treatment plant um employees holding the
plant together with record um sewage
[35:53] flows. I don't know if it was duct tape
or
[35:56] zip ties or what, but that that place
was um
[35:59] it was it was there. So, they did a
great job on the pumping plant.
[36:02] Um, other staff taking the lead in on a
massive sandbagging production process.
[36:07] Countless hours providing dozens and
dozens of announcements on social media
[36:12] and our website to keep people up to
speed. I know I'm missing um staff, but
[36:16] our staff stepped up big time and I want
to thank them for what they've done. Um,
[36:20] but unfortunately, um we still have a
lot of work ahead of us and it's going
[36:24] to be a long recovery.
Um, I also want to say thank you to
[36:27] other agencies, both the Sheriff's
Department, both counties, the County
[36:31] Health Department, the DNR, the State
Patrol, the Pack County Emergency
[36:35] Management. We had many resources come
to our community, the city, and our
[36:39] incident command center helping us with
the situation and assist with rescues as
[36:43] they came in.
Um, the school district were allowing us
[36:46] to use their administration building for
our incident command center. Um, as the
[36:50] municipal building, the police
departments were not accessible. We had
[36:53] businesses like Shamrock Heights and
Blackhawk Motors allow us to take over
[36:57] some of their spaces that we had to
split our emergency response resources
[37:01] on both sides of the river cuz we were
cut off from the flooding.
[37:04] And to the community, you came together
like you've never had before. Hundreds
[37:08] of volunteers helped us produce over
55,000
[37:12] sandbags to help our neighbors
um, and downtown businesses. All the
[37:16] people in the businesses that donated
food and has donated food, no one went
[37:21] hungry. I mean, there was a massive
amount of food that came in and there
[37:25] was a massive amount of people who
volunteered.
[37:27] Um, and I used this word before, this
was a massive undertaking and this
[37:31] community stepped up. New London has a
long road ahead of us.
[37:34] We have had hundreds of people who have
had major damage to their homes and we
[37:38] still need people to step up in the
upcoming weeks and months.
[37:42] So, please be patient with us as we get
in this transition and recovery and help
[37:46] us provide assistance to those that are
in need.
[37:49] I'm also very proud of our staff and the
communication we provided during this
[37:53] event. That was phenomenal, I think.
We've done a
[37:57] great job of Katie spent so much time
putting out information and just getting
[38:02] the word out. Um, we've now created a
webpage specifically on our city's
[38:06] website to provide a ton of the
different additional information
[38:10] for recovery purposes.
In the past we would In the past couple
[38:13] days we've been just doing social media,
but now since we're going from um,
[38:17] incident and uh, recovery to
uh, incident and uh, recovery to uh,
[38:22] helping people with the resources. We're
going to start putting that on the
[38:25] website so that information is a
one-stop-shop. So, please check out our
[38:29] webpage for that on the city's website.
But, keep an eye on things. We're going
[38:33] [snorts] to be
We're going to be coming out with
[38:35] updates on sandbag removal. That's a
question that people had on social
[38:38] media.
And the debris debris disposal. We've
[38:42] got a lot of homes that are going to
have some damages that they want to get
[38:45] rid of. We're making a plan to help them
with dumpsters with that. And obviously,
[38:49] the energy's natural gas restoration. A
lot of questions and we'll continue to
[38:53] pump out information as we get to that.
For those who've been displaced and need
[38:57] assistance,
please start by calling 211. That is
[39:01] your one-stop-shop for getting
everything that you need. They put you
[39:04] on a ticket and they help you out with
that. So, call 211 if you need it.
[39:09] Um if you need any assistance. That's
all I have.
[39:13] » Thank you, Mr. Hurt. Chief of Police,
Chief Wilson.
[39:17] » Thank you, Your Honor.
Going to echo a little bit
[39:21] what you guys have said.
Uh the easy one, Luke Curtis.
[39:24] Congratulations. He's 8 years in the
department now, so I want to acknowledge
[39:27] that.
[39:30] So, ask for everybody's patience with
the road closures. We are just as
[39:33] excited as everybody else to start
opening the roads.
[39:37] Uh you'll notice that DTE Energy is out
driving around on the closed roads.
[39:40] Their priority is to get the gas hooked
up on the houses. So, that's why you see
[39:44] those vehicles out with special
permission through the barricaded areas.
[39:48] That's not for civilian traffic. We're
working hard with Robert and his staff
[39:53] to get the roads open when appropriate.
Uh and then I just have the thank you's
[39:59] as well.
Um Ginger with the sandbag
[40:02] [laughter and clears throat] effort.
That was pretty incredible for those who
[40:04] were able to
able to volunteer with that or see that
[40:08] undertaking going on and the amount of
volunteers.
[40:11] Sand and the equipment that went with
that. So,
[40:14] thank you.
Uh Katie working through this, giving
[40:18] the information out live was very
beneficial. Probably and Mayor can
[40:22] attest to Katie being part of these
meetings.
[40:25] And as events unfolded, getting this
information out accurately and quickly.
[40:31] Uh, so it was very beneficial. She did
an outstanding job.
[40:35] Robert, your crew with the help with the
barricades, [cough]
[40:38] bobs,
uh, things to block off traffic, keeping
[40:41] it safe for everybody as well as the
flood waters as they
[40:47] increase and decrease, adjusting things
on the fly.
[40:51] Um, look forward to tomorrow, the
re-entry plan into the flooded area. We
[40:56] know it was the fifth ward behind the
police department, west of Shiocton
[41:00] Street. So, look for that tomorrow.
Katie and I are going to work on a map
[41:03] and the information for that.
Probably missed a few, but a special
[41:07] shout out to Zach Van Asten. He's the
emergency management director for
[41:11] Waupaca County. He hit it out of the
park for us, arranging all these
[41:16] resources for us from the DNR, sheriff's
departments,
[41:20] um,
whatever he needed, he was the guy. So,
[41:24] that, your honor, that's all I have.
>> Thank you, Chief.
[41:28] Director of Public Works, Mr. Gerski.
>> Thank you, your honor. Um,
[41:32] going back to the duct tape comment,
there was actually uh, incident in lift
[41:36] station number four where one of the
pipes started malfunctioning. They ran
[41:42] up to a Walmart, got some flex seal and
it did work.
[41:46] » [laughter]
>> Kept the water flowing off that float
[41:49] and that float could function properly.
Um,
[41:55] with all the thank yous and everything
and everybody covered everything and and
[41:59] and a shout out to
to all the crews.
[42:03] Um, I want to focus on
um,
[42:06] one, the waste water element. Um,
we did not have to do any emergency
[42:12] dough.
There was not an overflow as reported by
[42:17] somebody that called in to the DNR. Um
it ran um
[42:25] it ran at 100% for
5 days. It is still running at 100%.
[42:32] What that means is we have
four pumps at the head of the plant and
[42:38] these four pumps
um usually function one pump at 30%
[42:45] and they cycle on a 5-hour increment.
All four of those pumps are running at
[42:51] 100% to keep up which equals anywhere
between
[42:56] 6.1 and I think
uh 2 days ago we almost recorded 8
[43:02] million gallons going through that
plant.
[43:05] Um the effort the staff put in uh
wastewater staff
[43:10] running to these lift stations, having
hard access to the lift stations, and
[43:15] trying to figure out how to get to them
to keep those functioning properly was
[43:22] an undertaking in itself and they did a
phenomenal job. Um like I said, no
[43:28] reportable violations at the plant.
And as long as
[43:33] those pumps keep running, we should be
okay as it's starting to recede a little
[43:39] bit.
Um as far as bridge inspections go
[43:43] um tomorrow will pack and colon will be
in here inspecting the northern bridge
[43:49] that kind of goes over that canal on
Shavano Street. Um
[43:54] I'm hoping that they'll be able to
provide good news and that will be one
[43:58] that will pass and that will further um
the entry effort to get this uh
[44:06] north-south traffic going.
Um
[44:09] There's still a lot of road inspections
in areas that are covered with water.
[44:14] That'll take a little bit of time.
The bridge inspection on and East North
[44:20] Water Street,
that one will be done tomorrow
[44:24] afternoon. Hopefully, we have water
levels low enough that they can do the
[44:29] proper inspect inspection on that
bridge.
[44:32] Um
[44:36] The
uh East North Water Street is starting
[44:40] to peak out kind of towards Pearl
Street. So, I will be out there this uh
[44:46] early tomorrow morning to check out that
roadway. Um it is beat up pretty bad.
[44:52] Um
with all the cracks and uh
[44:57] the open seams in that area
and that ground saturation, it's kind of
[45:02] compared to
if you were to receive like a inch and a
[45:06] half in a farm field and you go to walk
through it
[45:10] uh
2 hours later and how you squish through
[45:14] it, but if you give it 2 days, you can
walk across it once it's dried up.
[45:19] We're not going to wait till it gets to
that level, but we have to get it to the
[45:23] point where any vehicle traffic that
goes over it doesn't immediately start
[45:29] to um wheel rot and start to push up the
asphalt. So, um hopefully, we can get a
[45:35] good eye on that tomorrow morning and
and that will help with the effort too
[45:39] as far as traffic to and from the
north-south side.
[45:43] Um
I also want to give a a big shout out to
[45:46] the PD as far as
um helping us out. I mean, they were
[45:52] there instantly to to give us that
support, to give us that coverage so we
[45:57] could get our barricading done.
Um
[46:01] Uh the communication back and forth, the
opportunity to kind of see their side of
[46:06] things, too. Um,
over the last four or five days has been
[46:10] outstanding. It's
It's It's great to see the effort that
[46:14] they put in. So,
and the and the public works staff, um,
[46:20] facility staff, uh, the hours they put
in uh
[46:24] to keep city-owned property, um,
not so much dry, but as much effort they
[46:31] could to keep as much area dry as
possible. And the work they put in,
[46:37] um,
yeah, I I know I'm missing a ton, too,
[46:41] but
just just a huge thanks. So, that's all
[46:45] I have for
tonight, Your Honor.
[46:48] » Thank you, Mr. Garske.
Director of Parks and Rec, Ms. Soule.
[46:52] » Thank you, Your Honor.
I'd be sounding like a broken record at
[46:56] this point, but I just want to
specifically highlight the number of
[46:59] volunteers that showed up um to work the
sandbagging operations.
[47:04] The companies that paid their staff to
come and work, the school district that
[47:08] allowed the students to come for
weightlifting classes, the families that
[47:13] came together, and the older generation
that said, "I can't just sit at home and
[47:18] not do something when knowing that they
could
[47:21] come down and help with us they could."
It was during the most heartbreaking
[47:26] time in the community and yet the most
heartwarming time in the community. And
[47:30] I just want to thank anybody and
everybody that showed up, whether it was
[47:35] the little lady that came with a bag
full of sandwiches that she made, you
[47:39] know, and just said, "I had to do
something." So, I just want to thank
[47:42] them all for coming. Um, that was really
spectacular thing to see.
[47:47] Um, in the parks department, uh, Piper
Memorial Park were both greatly affected
[47:53] by the flood waters and will be closed
until further notice.
[47:57] Um, you have to remember that these
whole parks were both built on
[48:02] um
dump sites, so there's going to be a lot
[48:04] of settling after the weight of that
water comes off of that turf. Um I was
[48:10] down to a 5-ft today and my foot went
down
[48:14] » [snorts]
>> I couldn't touch the bottom of the hole.
[48:16] So, you're just have to we're going to
have to see what that looks like once
[48:20] the water comes down.
Um
[48:24] Hatton Park is as we as we mentioned is
currently used by the weed energies as
[48:28] their staging zone for recovery work.
They have requested that it is closed to
[48:33] pedestrian and vehicular traffic, so we
ask that the public does stay away from
[48:38] Hatton Park. There will be a lot of
traffic.
[48:41] Um just remember this as well when
dropping off and picking up children
[48:46] from the schools. That's a pretty busy
zone over there.
[48:50] Um and then recreation programming and
the aquatic fitness center will be
[48:54] closed until further notice. We do hope
to get back to um business as usual as
[48:59] soon as the staff is able to travel
safely to work. So, that's kind of what
[49:04] we're facing now. So, [snorts]
other than that, just
[49:10] that's it.
>> Thank you, Ms. Olson.
[49:11] » Thank you.
>> Director of community development, Mr.
[49:14] Dean.
>> Thank you, Your Honor. Uh I want to take
[49:17] one last opportunity just express how
thrilled I was uh
[49:20] I was with this community being someone
that was um newer here. Um still
[49:25] learning, uh still learning what the
town is all about. Um really, really
[49:29] cool to see this community come
together. Um as Jennifer touched on,
[49:32] whether people were filling sand
sandbags or simply coming and bringing
[49:35] food for our volunteers, it was really,
really cool to see that. Um and I'm
[49:39] excited and proud to say that I work for
a community like this. So,
[49:43] uh with the events of last week, I also
want to take an opportunity to talk
[49:46] about um some things that we're going to
see coming forward here as we move into
[49:50] recovery and cleanup um and what it
means for some of our properties that
[49:54] were affected by floods.
Uh first off, the jet chat kind of
[49:58] touched on this a little bit. Um for
people that are without gas service at
[50:02] this time, uh we energies is working to
hopefully um get service back to these
[50:06] people affected. Um but people that were
affected by floods, um we need to look
[50:10] at
whether their appliances were affected
[50:13] and look at getting a licensed HVAC
technician to sign off on that before we
[50:17] energy tries to turn that on.
More information on that is coming. Um
[50:21] keep an eye on the city's social media
and the communication with the energies,
[50:24] but we'll put that out there that that
may be required for some people.
[50:28] Uh next up, as many of you've seen with
the extent of the floodwaters in the
[50:32] city, uh we have a lot of properties
that are located within the flood plain
[50:36] and receiving this.
Um with that, uh comes rules and
[50:41] regulations for getting these properties
cleaned up and fixed.
[50:45] Uh for these properties located within
the flood plain, um many of them are
[50:49] what we consider non-conforming.
And what that means when it comes to the
[50:52] flood plain and flood plain zoning is
that these properties were legally
[50:56] established, placed legally at the time
flood plain regulations came in after
[51:01] that. Um these properties were legally
there, able to be maintained um to be
[51:06] there. However, um
when issues happen like this, where
[51:11] floods come in, disasters come in,
um repairs need to occur, there's
[51:15] something that applies what we call the
50%
[51:18] The 50% rule comes from state statutes
and local ordinances,
[51:21] um which essentially places a limit on
how much these non-conforming structures
[51:25] can be
Uh
[51:27] I didn't want to go too far into that
cuz it's it's a detailed and technical
[51:31] standard that has a lot of different uh
nuances to it. But essentially what it
[51:36] means is that uh properties that are
considered non-conforming in nature
[51:40] within a flood plain below or below or
within the base flood elevation,
[51:44] um essentially are only able to improve
their value up 50% of what their
[51:48] assessed value and equalized assessed
value is.
[51:51] So, as we move forward and people are
looking to restore uh these homes that
[51:55] were affected, rebuild, renovate,
uh I encourage people to reach out to
[52:00] the departments uh for information and
we'll provide them all some information
[52:03] as well.
Um but
[52:05] uh there will be rules and regulations
that we need to look at and do city
[52:09] staff and it's important to educate our
community members on what they can and
[52:12] can't do
uh going forward.
[52:17] Uh on a lighter note, uh community
development issued 19 permits in March.
[52:22] Uh we're up to 51 uh for the year
through March and we already issued a
[52:26] couple permits this week
uh for single-family homes.
[52:29] So, development is still happening.
Uh
[52:31] we're open
to receiving questions, please
[52:36] » Thank you, Mr. Deep.
Building and Standards Mr. Bessette.
[52:40] » Thank you, Your Honor. A couple of
outages to back up in our report. On
[52:44] April 2nd,
uh around 10:00 a.m. we had 130
[52:47] customers see a breaker operation out of
the main sub. 30 customers were out for
[52:51] a period when crews had to repair some
primary that had gone down.
[52:55] Uh due to that ice storm, we also had a
broken pole affecting a couple meters
[52:59] and then a handful of about 10 services
that needed electricians for
[53:03] restoration.
Uh we also had an outage on 4/11
[53:07] affecting approximately 360 customers.
Breaker 82 at Warner sub operated at
[53:12] 11:41.
We restored power at 1:08 p.m. and a
[53:17] squirrel was the cause of that outage.
Uh last I'd like to report that we had
[53:22] zero outages during our flood event.
We disconnected 29 meters at the request
[53:26] of our customers.
We had one call for a tree on a wire,
[53:30] but crews removed the branch and the
customer never seen an outage.
[53:33] Our shop came within 1 in of flooding,
but we remained dry throughout the
[53:37] event.
I'd like to sincerely thank the city and
[53:40] the police department for the
communication and the constant updating
[53:43] through this ordeal.
Uh I'm extremely proud to be the manager
[53:47] of a great group of employees that have
built and maintained the water and
[53:51] electric system that um through total
service to our customers during a
[53:55] 100-year flood event uh experience, we
maintained that service through that
[53:59] 100-year flood event.
Um and last, I'd like to recognize Matt
[54:03] Abbott for 6 years of service this month
with the utilities. That's all I have.
[54:08] » Thank you, Mr. Bassett, and that's an
outstanding effort as well. Thank you.
[54:14] All right, with that, we move on to uh
motion of adjournment.
[54:19] Motion made.
>> I'll second.
[54:21] » And second. Any further discussion?
Hearing none,
[54:26] all in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.
[54:28] » Opposed?
Motion carried. We are adjourned.