April 21, 2026 Common Council Meeting

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[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.