[1:28] All right, it is 5:50 p.m. as of my

[1:31] time. Uh, we have a public hearing

[1:33] notice for 5:50 for the intent to

[1:36] exercise special assessment powers

[1:39] relative to the replacement and

[1:40] installation of sidewalks, driveway

[1:42] approaches, and replacement of sanitary

[1:44] sewers.

[1:46] Please take notice that the common

[1:47] council of the city of Portage will

[1:48] conduct a public hearing to declare its

[1:50] intent to exercise special assessment

[1:52] powers relative to replacement and

[1:53] installation of sidewalks, driveway

[1:55] approaches, and replacement of sanitary

[1:57] sewers as follows: sidewalk and or apron

[2:00] replacement and or construction for the

[2:02] following streets: East Pleasant Street

[2:03] from Dwood Street to Hamilton Street.

[2:05] Sidewalk and or apron replacement and or

[2:07] construction for the following

[2:09] addresses. 414 Adam Street, 413 Adam

[2:12] Street, 508 Hamilton Street, 426

[2:14] Jefferson Street, 510 Jefferson Street.

[2:17] Sanitary sewer laterals for the

[2:18] following streets. East Pleasant Street

[2:20] from Dwit Street to Hamilton Street.

[2:22] Sanitary sewer laterals for the

[2:24] following addresses. 414 Adam Street,

[2:27] 413 Adam Street, 508 Hamilton Street,

[2:30] 426 Jefferson Street, 510 Jefferson

[2:32] Street. The public hearing will be held

[2:34] on the 10th day of September, 2026 at

[2:36] 5:50 PM in the common council chambers

[2:39] at the city municipal building, Portage,

[2:40] Columbia County, Wisconsin. All

[2:42] interested persons may appear in person

[2:44] or by their attorney or by agent for the

[2:46] purpose of offering proof either for or

[2:48] against the replacement and construction

[2:50] of sidewalks and or aprons and

[2:52] replacement of sanitary sewers dated

[2:54] this 18th day of August, 2026. This has

[2:57] been published according to law.

[3:00] Before we jump into public uh comments

[3:03] regarding that, um did just want to kind

[3:05] of outline the process. Uh answer a

[3:07] couple of probably would be questions

[3:09] associated with it. Um ahead of that, um

[3:12] assessments obviously are put in place

[3:15] uh because they are a benefit to the

[3:17] property. Um the assessments for the

[3:20] sanitary sewer throughout um this

[3:23] project um are in place because uh we've

[3:27] found a number of uh different

[3:29] deficiencies in relation to sanitary

[3:31] service laterals. Um what a lot of

[3:34] people don't realize is those sanitary

[3:35] service laterals are the homeowner's

[3:37] responsibility all the way from the home

[3:40] to the main itself. Um, so when we do

[3:42] these projects, we replace that portion

[3:45] for the homeowner uh from the main to

[3:47] behind the curb line. So if there was

[3:49] ever an issue down the line, it would

[3:51] likely be on the

[3:53] um sidewalks and aprons are included in

[3:55] the project scope um to primarily do

[3:59] spot replacements uh where utility

[4:02] laterals are in conflict as well as

[4:03] locations to decrease trip hazards and

[4:05] improve slopes. Um existing gravel

[4:08] aprons are also upgraded in these uh

[4:11] projects to meet city standards. Um

[4:15] topics of assessments were brought

[4:17] through in the municipal services and

[4:18] utilities committee back in July. Um and

[4:22] then a preliminary resolution was

[4:23] adopted by the council in August. Um the

[4:26] reason why this took place in July is we

[4:29] have gone through uh this process a

[4:32] number of times and we like to use

[4:33] relevant information. Um in years past

[4:37] um we've used engineer estimates for

[4:40] those special assessments and then

[4:41] there's been a wide range of whether or

[4:44] not those engineers estimates are

[4:46] correct. Um so we send out a preliminary

[4:49] assessment role and say it's $400 or

[4:50] $500 for a particular and then when we

[4:53] do the final it comes back and it's

[4:55] $1,500. we'd rather give you a a a real

[4:59] number um that we think is going to be

[5:01] adequate for those assessments before

[5:03] then final assessment role is complete.

[5:06] Um with the final assessment role that's

[5:09] will be coming in the coming months. Um

[5:12] how we do that is we take the um prices

[5:16] that were provided to us through our

[5:17] public bid opening and yield measure

[5:20] each individual property. Um, so you

[5:23] will only be assessed for the work that

[5:25] took place in association.

[5:30] With that said, I think we've

[5:33] all right. Uh, if anyone would like to

[5:34] speak, you can come up and state your

[5:36] name and address into the microphone,

[5:38] and you'll have five minutes to share

[5:40] any concerns, feedback, questions.

[5:56] Um, I'm from 229 East Pleasant Street.

[6:01] I just got a couple questions. How come

[6:03] some driveways did not have to be

[6:05] replaced and some did? Been noticing up

[6:08] the street that two or three driveways

[6:11] got to stay.

[6:13] There's nothing wrong with my driveway.

[6:14] I don't know.

[6:16] If if driveways were in conflict with

[6:19] any of the utilities or if the curb line

[6:23] uh changed elevation ever so slightly

[6:25] throughout the project, that means that a

[6:29] >> Okay. Um and I I used to live on a a

[6:34] flat street. Now it's a kind of a hill

[6:36] going to the Is that what was supposed

[6:39] to be or

[6:40] >> Yep. to improve drainage in the area. So

[6:44] every time it rains, I got a lake in

[6:46] front of my house. Now

[6:47] >> we have

[6:48] >> because of the it's not level yet.

[6:50] >> Con the concrete is not yet complete

[6:54] some of the the areas.

[6:56] >> Then one more question. When are these

[6:58] assessments due? So, is that going to be

[7:00] at tax time all at once or

[7:02] >> So, depending on the assessment uh

[7:06] amount um if it's under $300,

[7:11] » expect a lump sum payment

[7:13] >> remain under

[7:14] >> um if it's between 300 and 1500, you

[7:18] have the option to add it to tax roll

[7:20] and three installments. And then if it's

[7:22] over 1500, have the option tax.

[7:27] >> Perfect.

[7:28] That's it. Thanks.

[7:30] >> What was your name, please?

[7:32] >> Thank you.

[7:44] The

[7:51] » Go ahead.

[7:51] >> I'm Mike Pine at 221 East Pleasant

[7:53] Street. I was looking forward to uh

[7:56] Pleasant Street getting fixed and I

[7:59] realized I think I talked to Aaron at

[8:01] the public works and to me he said the

[8:03] street went down because of that. I want

[8:06] to do a little history and hopefully I

[8:07] can get it done in five minutes. So I

[8:09] apologize for that. I lived on a street.

[8:11] I had old sidewalks. I replaced them

[8:13] myself. Had the guy I think his name is

[8:16] B something. He does the lifting where

[8:19] he put the stuff under the concrete

[8:20] lift. I had a couple of trip hazards. my

[8:23] two sections that were my driveway. I

[8:25] had an asphalt drive approach before

[8:28] Pleasant Street was a little higher. I

[8:30] had the sidewalk raised so people

[8:31] wouldn't bump their feet on the ledges

[8:34] that I had on my sidewalk. I did it a

[8:36] couple of times. My sidewalk was raised

[8:38] up. So, my driveway was actually below

[8:40] the sidewalk. Now, it's even with the

[8:42] sidewalk. I have what I call a mogul

[8:44] hill. Now, my approach is quite

[8:47] dangerous. It's a ramp up for me. I had

[8:50] a nice flat one. Now, I have a ramp. I'm

[8:52] hopefully I'm not exaggerating too much,

[8:54] but my wife hates it. I have what's

[8:56] called a Lincoln MKZ car. That's her

[8:59] favorite car. It's a 217. It's a low

[9:01] rider. It just barely hits the sidewalk

[9:04] when I go up my approach and hit the

[9:06] sidewalk. So, it's about this much

[9:08] between my Lincoln and the sidewalk. So,

[9:12] it also was too skinny at the top. They

[9:14] said they gave me the same driveway. I

[9:16] now drive on a corner of what'll be my

[9:18] new grass because the approach at the

[9:20] top is not as wide as it is at the

[9:22] street. It did flare. I complained to

[9:24] Aaron. He did do me a favor and the guy

[9:26] from the cement company wasn't happy. He

[9:28] did do the flare to give me the flare at

[9:30] the street level because I had this odd

[9:32] looking ramp thing and then they finally

[9:34] put the flare on the one side. Looks

[9:36] better. But my wife's totally concerned

[9:38] about where we sit as hazard now. If I

[9:41] have a kid that's walking to school that

[9:43] now goes down my mogul hills, I'll call

[9:45] it. My responsible is the city

[9:47] responsible for that because I it's ice

[9:49] and snow, I'm going to have a problem I

[9:51] never had before that people are going

[9:52] to slip down my approach now into

[9:54] Pleasant Street. So that's all I want. I

[9:56] just want to make sure you're aware of

[9:58] it that when it comes insurance time, I

[10:00] don't pay for somebody the mailman or

[10:02] somebody falling into the Pleasant

[10:03] Street or the Amazon man or something

[10:05] like that because it's not flat anymore.

[10:07] It's a nice slope.

[10:10] I love the project. I love having the

[10:13] terrace look the way it does. I'm glad

[10:15] to see that it'll get paved and have a

[10:16] decent street on Pleasant Street, but I

[10:18] personally, I'm speaking for myself, the

[10:19] mogul hill scares me. It's actually

[10:21] higher on one side than is the other

[10:23] side because contractor matched my

[10:25] sidewalk, which had to, like I said,

[10:27] when I first started, had to be raised

[10:30] to get rid of a trip hazard a few years

[10:31] ago. So, I'm not going to say you have

[10:35] to change it. I just want you to be

[10:36] aware that my responsible now for a

[10:38] dangerous thing that wasn't there. in my

[10:39] driveway before. I don't know if you

[10:41] know that answer.

[10:44] That's all I ask. Touch you guys.

[10:58] There any uh any others that would like

[11:00] to come up and speak?

[11:13] Last call for any about the public

[11:17] hearing for the special assessments

[11:19] installation side.

[11:25] » State your name and address for the

[11:26] >> Yeah. Good evening. My name is Carrie

[11:28] Nielsen. I'm at uh 413 uh East Pleasant

[11:31] Street. Uh, I watched the I'm just

[11:34] making an observation. I thought the

[11:36] construction folks did a pretty good job

[11:38] of laying all this work down and I'm

[11:41] certain there was some uh issues that

[11:43] come along, but specifically my concern

[11:46] uh was this has probably been done

[11:49] before. So, what decisions go into uh uh

[11:54] allocating who pays for what? Is it a

[11:56] standard operating procedure? Let's say

[11:59] this was done at a different block a

[12:00] year ago. Are the same standards uh

[12:03] being applied as far as charging the

[12:06] citizens?

[12:07] You know, because it looks like

[12:09] percentages, 100 50% of this, that kind

[12:12] of thing. I I'm looking for an answer of

[12:15] uh when it was done before, are you

[12:17] applying the same standards or do you

[12:20] have an open uh book to say we can go

[12:23] here, go there? How do you determine

[12:25] those costs for the citizens? Is it

[12:28] consistent with the past? Sure.

[12:32] Um, so what what that does is it goes

[12:34] through our municipal services and

[12:36] utilities committee first and then

[12:38] obviously to the council for approval of

[12:40] a preliminary resolution. Um, typically

[12:44] the municipal services recommends what

[12:46] items are going to be special assessed.

[12:49] Um, what I can say for this project, it

[12:51] is in comparison to projects of similar

[12:53] nature in the past. uh primarily the uh

[12:57] West Conan Street project as well as our

[12:59] West Carol Street project that took

[13:00] place

[13:02] um which are similar kind of

[13:03] neighborhood.

[13:08] » Uh one more thing as far as that uh

[13:12] assessment sheet that came in the mail.

[13:14] So that's not the actual cost. Is this

[13:18] being evaluated still?

[13:19] >> Correct. That is correct. We field

[13:21] measure everything that goes in and then

[13:24] [clears throat] a final uh assessment

[13:26] notice will be provided.

[13:29] >> And can you recap uh if we can make

[13:32] installments? I know you did do it

[13:34] earlier. Can you recap again if we can

[13:37] uh make installments?

[13:38] >> Yep. So if it's $300 or less, the

[13:41] expectation was would be that you would

[13:43] pay in one lump sum. If it's between

[13:45] $300 and $1,500,

[13:48] you have the ability to add that to your

[13:50] tax roll in three annual installments.

[13:52] And if it's above $1,500, you have the

[13:55] ability to add it to your tax ro in five

[13:57] annual installments.

[13:59] >> Okay, great. That's all I got. Thanks.

[14:01] Thank you.

[14:03] >> Before we close that out, just to

[14:04] clarify, no action on these assessments

[14:06] are taking place tonight. Uh that will

[14:09] come by way of a final resolution coming

[14:11] months.

[14:25] Rachel Schmidt, I just have a curiosity

[14:28] question.

[14:28] >> What's your address? 211 East Pleasant.

[14:30] >> What was that?

[14:31] >> 211.

[14:34] >> What's with the concrete,

[14:37] whatever that goes across the end of the

[14:40] 200 block? Why was that put there?

[14:44] It was never there.

[14:45] >> That's a drainage curb um to take water

[14:48] from uh areas of higher elevation across

[14:51] the roadway.

[14:52] >> Okay.

[14:53] >> Kind of an odd thing because it was

[14:55] never there and several of us have

[14:57] questioned.

[14:58] >> Sure. Yep. It's a it's a standard kind

[15:00] of design practice for watershed.

[15:03] >> Okay.

[15:08] Any

[15:12] others?

[15:17] for the final assessment or

[15:20] the intent to exercise special

[15:23] assessment public hearing?

[15:27] All right, we'll close that at 6:04 p.m.

[15:43] » All right, ging into the regular common

[15:46] council meeting scheduled for 6 PM.

[15:48] Becky, call the role, please.

[15:51] >> Bernander,

[15:52] >> here.

[15:53] >> Crowley,

[15:53] >> here. Dunahee here. Boss excused. Green

[15:57] >> here.

[15:58] >> Paul excused. Schlinkert

[16:00] >> here.

[16:01] >> Trento

[16:02] >> here.

[16:02] >> Wutzel.

[16:03] >> We have a quorum. Pledge of allegiance.

[16:10] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[16:12] United States of America and to the

[16:15] republic for which it stands. One nation

[16:18] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[16:21] justice for all.

[16:36] Approval of the agenda.

[16:37] >> I have no changes.

[16:39] >> Public comment. I have received none.

[16:41] >> I have received none.

[16:44] >> Proclamation for 2026 fire prevention.

[16:47] >> All right.

[16:50] Okay. City of Portage 2026 fire

[16:53] prevention proclamation. Whereas the

[16:55] city of Portage is committed to ensuring

[16:57] the safety and security of all those

[16:59] living in and visiting Portage. And

[17:01] whereas fire remains a serious public

[17:03] safety concern both locally and

[17:05] nationally and the presence of lithium

[17:07] ion batteries in many household devices

[17:10] introduce fire risks. And most of the

[17:12] rechargeable electronics used in homes

[17:15] daily, including smartphones, tablets,

[17:17] laptops, power tools, ebikes, e-

[17:19] scooters, and toys are powered by

[17:21] lithium ion batteries, which if misused,

[17:24] damaged, or improperly charged can

[17:26] overheat, start a fire, or explode. And

[17:29] whereas the National Fire Protection

[17:31] Association, NFPA, reports an increase

[17:34] in battery related fires, underscoring

[17:37] the need for public education on the

[17:38] safe use of lithium ion batteries and

[17:41] devices. And the way lithium ion battery

[17:44] devices are charged can make a

[17:46] difference in helping prevent home

[17:49] fires. And whereas safe charging

[17:52] includes using the cord and charger that

[17:55] came with your device or when approved

[17:57] by the manufacturer, charging on a hard

[17:59] flat surface, watching for warning signs

[18:02] like devices that are very hot or about

[18:04] to swell, unplugging when fully charged,

[18:07] charging larger devices like ebikes

[18:09] outside and away from access. And

[18:12] whereas residents are encouraged to

[18:15] understand that safe charging means

[18:16] making smart choices every time they

[18:18] plug in and for portage fire rescue

[18:21] remains dedicated to reducing the

[18:24] occurrence of fires through prevention,

[18:26] safety education, and community

[18:27] outreach. And whereas the 2026 fire

[18:31] prevention week theme, charge into fire

[18:33] safety, safe charging is a superpower,

[18:36] serves to remind all residents that safe

[18:39] charging can help reduce the risk of

[18:41] fires in homes and communities. Now

[18:44] therefore, I, Matt Feny, mayor of the

[18:46] city of Portage, do hereby proclaim

[18:49] October 4th through 10th, 2026 as fire

[18:53] prevention week throughout the city of

[18:55] Portage and urge all residents to learn

[18:57] about and practice safe charging habits.

[19:00] Given under my hand this 10th day of

[19:02] September, 2026 in the city of Portage.

[19:26] Justin's in.

[19:29] >> Good thing we got the official portage

[19:31] photographer, you know, aka

[19:35] [laughter]

[19:36] one.

[19:36] >> Yeah, exactly.

[19:43] » Say fire. [laughter]

[19:48] Try to get a little closer.

[19:55] Hey, one more.

[20:01] [laughter]

[20:03] >> Yeah.

[20:03] >> Bring your hand up like this.

[20:06] [laughter]

[20:16] » Say left or [laughter] right. They all

[20:17] were.

[20:20] Is that like a standard?

[20:22] >> They literally were all left.

[20:24] >> Absolutely.

[20:25] >> I just like to thank the mayor, uh, city

[20:27] council, all city staff members that

[20:30] recognize, uh, fire prevention week and,

[20:33] uh, with this proclamation.

[20:35] Um, fire prevention is a, uh, very

[20:38] integral component in life safety and we

[20:41] as a department take it very seriously.

[20:43] Um, so we really recognize or we really

[20:46] want to thank you guys so much for this

[20:48] and uh it means a lot to us. So I want

[20:50] to remind everybody that uh open house

[20:53] is going it's got a little bit of a

[20:54] change this year. Uh we're going to go

[20:56] on a Thursday night. Uh we're going to

[20:58] stay away from uh a busy fall Saturday.

[21:01] So it will be October 8th from 4 to 7.

[21:05] So put it on your calendars. We'll be uh

[21:08] pushing it out. What's that?

[21:09] >> We'll be here.

[21:12] >> Perfect. Great.

[21:13] >> We'll make sure this gets done nice and

[21:14] early so you guys can stop down.

[21:17] >> Thank you again. We appreciate it.

[21:23] » Resolution 26-018 relative to Theresa H.

[21:26] Johnson, Sergeant.

[21:28] >> So, this one is in recognition of all

[21:30] the great work that Teresa Johnson has

[21:32] done for the city of Portage Police

[21:35] Department. I'll read this off. Uh

[21:37] whereas Terresa Johnson served the

[21:38] Portage Police Department and the city

[21:40] of Portage from January 1999 until

[21:42] September 2026. And during Terresa

[21:45] Johnson's 27-year tenure with the city,

[21:47] she was assigned to the detective

[21:49] division, held the rank of sergeant, and

[21:51] obtained her master's degree. Terresa

[21:53] performed many roles within the

[21:54] department and the Portage community,

[21:56] including the triad officer, citizen

[21:58] academy instructor, field training

[22:00] officer, and Portage youth baseball

[22:02] board member. And whereas Teresa Johnson

[22:04] heightened the police department's

[22:06] professionalism and image and touched

[22:08] countless lives with her compassion

[22:09] first approach and while also serving as

[22:12] the past Wisconsin association of women

[22:14] police president and current board

[22:16] member. And whereas Terresa Johnson

[22:18] dedicated her professional life to

[22:20] service and excelled in mentorship and

[22:22] leadership amongst our agency and the

[22:25] law enforcement community partners. And

[22:27] now, therefore, be it resolved that I,

[22:29] Matt Feny, mayor of the city of Portage,

[22:31] and on behalf of the common council, the

[22:33] employees and citizens of Portage, do

[22:35] hereby thank Teresa Johnson for her

[22:37] commitment to protecting and serving the

[22:39] city of Portage, recognize her many

[22:41] years of service, and wish her a long

[22:43] and joyful retirement. Dated this 10th

[22:46] day of September, 2026.

[22:50] [applause]

[22:54] » [applause]

[23:09] » Teresa prepared a 10-minute speech that

[23:12] she's going to let [laughter] everyone.

[23:13] If

[23:14] >> you know me, that's not true.

[23:15] >> Yeah. On behalf of Teresa, no. Um she's

[23:18] a considerably huge loss for our

[23:20] department uh in the way of experience,

[23:23] in the way of being a mentor and a

[23:24] leader in our department. Um it's going

[23:26] to be hard to replace her. Um I've

[23:28] worked my entire career with Teresa and

[23:30] we have so many great memories to share

[23:32] and uh a lot of trials and tribulations

[23:35] along the way, but um she's such a a

[23:38] wonderful member of our department.

[23:40] Going to be very well missed and I hope

[23:42] you have one heck of a retirement.

[23:46] I have a picture up front.

[23:47] >> Can we do a motion first,

[23:50] >> please? [laughter]

[23:51] >> Oh. Ah.

[23:52] >> Go ahead.

[23:53] >> All right. Other person green.

[23:55] >> I'd like to make a motion to

[24:00] accept resolution 26-018.

[24:05] » All person.

[24:07] >> I'll second.

[24:09] >> Any further discussion? Becky, call the

[24:11] roll, please.

[24:12] >> Raleigh.

[24:12] >> I.

[24:13] >> Donny. Hi

[24:14] >> Green.

[24:14] >> Hi

[24:15] >> Schlinkert.

[24:16] >> Hi

[24:16] >> Tanto.

[24:17] >> Hi

[24:17] >> Watzel.

[24:18] >> Hi

[24:18] >> Fernander.

[24:19] >> Hi

[24:24] » now. It's official.

[24:51] » [laughter]

[25:11] » The whole family up there.

[25:22] [laughter]

[25:45] I'd probably take better pictures over

[25:47] here.

[25:48] >> You probably

[26:02] [applause]

[26:10] » [laughter]

[26:11] >> No

[26:17] [clears throat]

[26:22] approval of minutes of the common

[26:24] council meeting August 13, 2026.

[26:29] » Person Bordander.

[26:30] >> I'll move to approve the meeting minutes

[26:32] of August 13, 2026.

[26:35] All person Wetszel,

[26:36] >> I'll second it.

[26:37] >> Any further discussion?

[26:40] All

[26:40] >> personinker. Can

[26:42] >> I ask any questions about what happened

[26:43] in those minutes? Follow-ups from things

[26:46] that we talked about or No.

[26:48] >> Yeah. I'm wondering if there is any

[26:52] update on the park injury that we agreed

[26:54] to ask the insurance carrier to do their

[26:56] thing.

[26:56] >> I've not heard anything.

[26:57] >> Okay. Thanks. And then also um the

[27:00] contract for the blood services. Did

[27:02] that get completed?

[27:04] Okay,

[27:06] >> perfect. Okay, thanks.

[27:09] >> Any further discussion?

[27:13] » All right, Becky, call the roll, please.

[27:15] >> Uh, [clears throat] Dunny,

[27:16] >> hi.

[27:17] >> Green,

[27:17] >> hi.

[27:18] >> Slinkert,

[27:19] >> hi.

[27:19] >> Tranto,

[27:20] >> hi.

[27:20] >> Wetzel,

[27:21] >> hi.

[27:21] >> Bernander,

[27:22] >> hi.

[27:22] >> Cwley,

[27:23] >> hi.

[27:23] >> Passes.

[27:26] >> Consent agenda, Police and Fire

[27:27] Commission, July 29th. Library Board,

[27:29] August 11th. Business Improvement

[27:31] District Board of Directors, August

[27:32] 12th, Legislative and Regulatory, August

[27:35] 13th, Park and Wreck, August 17th, Plan

[27:37] Commission, August 17th, Municipal

[27:39] Services and Utilities, August 27th.

[27:42] Finance Personnel September 3rd.

[27:44] >> All person Green.

[27:45] >> Make a motion to approve the consent

[27:47] agenda.

[27:48] >> All the person wet.

[27:49] >> Second it.

[27:50] >> Any further discussion? All person. Um

[27:54] I'm wondering there was a zoning um

[27:57] change approved that requires a um

[28:00] conditional use permit and an update to

[28:01] the comprehensive plan. Will those be

[28:03] coming back to full

[28:06] council or will those be happening only

[28:09] at municipal services

[28:12] specifically the one at 341 Cemetery

[28:14] Road? That's the one that started off at

[28:17] plan commission. It will come before the

[28:19] council before its approval and does

[28:20] need a comprehensive plan as well. So,

[28:22] that's in the works, but it will be

[28:24] coming here before it's it's done. Yeah.

[28:28] >> Thank you.

[28:29] >> Other questions.

[28:37] » Becky, call the roll, please.

[28:39] >> Green.

[28:40] >> Hi.

[28:40] >> Slinkert.

[28:41] >> Hi.

[28:42] >> Tranto.

[28:42] >> Hi.

[28:43] >> Wetszel.

[28:44] >> Hi.

[28:44] >> Bernander.

[28:45] >> Hi.

[28:46] >> Cwley.

[28:46] >> Hi.

[28:47] >> Donahe.

[28:47] >> Hi. [clears throat]

[28:50] >> New business. Finance Personnel

[28:52] discussion and possible action on claims

[28:54] for August.

[28:56] >> All the person Bernander

[28:57] >> move to approve 4,221,480.80

[29:01] in total paid claims and debt.

[29:04] >> All the person green.

[29:05] >> A second.

[29:07] >> Any further discussion?

[29:11] » Becky, color roll, please.

[29:12] >> Slinkert.

[29:13] >> Hi.

[29:13] >> Tranto.

[29:14] >> Hi.

[29:15] >> Wetszel.

[29:16] >> Hi.

[29:16] >> Bernander.

[29:17] >> Hi.

[29:18] >> Cwley.

[29:18] >> Hi.

[29:19] >> Donahe.

[29:19] >> Hi. [clears throat] I

[29:21] >> passes discussion and possible action

[29:23] ordinance 26-009

[29:26] relative to discontinuing the joint

[29:27] municipal court between the city of

[29:29] Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin and

[29:31] the village of Endeavor, Marquette

[29:32] County, Wisconsin.

[29:35] >> So this is a request from the village

[29:36] endeavor. We knew it may be coming for some time given how little they use

[29:40] our court in a given year. There's only

[29:43] a handful of cases that come from the

[29:44] village of Endeavor to our joint court.

[29:47] So this is um their request and um from

[29:51] staff's perspect perspective there is no

[29:53] concern with the request. What it

[29:55] ultimately ends up doing is just

[29:56] creating some administrative work for

[29:57] the city of portage for the design

[29:59] impact our court cases. Um we would have

[30:02] to pass this ordinance amend our

[30:04] ordinances instead of saying joint court

[30:06] be a portage municipal court. Um we'll

[30:09] have a court inspection complete a

[30:11] couple other items and then um um have

[30:14] our own court going forward. Um only

[30:17] thing that could still impact us from

[30:18] the village of Endeavor is past cases if

[30:20] they need to come back to our court, but

[30:22] that's would be a small impact if any.

[30:26] And um financially it does not really

[30:29] impact the city because they used our

[30:30] court so little. We we always um bore

[30:33] the majority if not all the costs

[30:35] associated with our court because of

[30:36] that. So staff would recommend

[30:38] considering an approval of the villages

[30:40] request.

[30:42] >> That was the first reading.

[30:44] Okay. too soon.

[30:48] >> All person green.

[30:49] >> I make a motion to suspend the rules and

[30:51] read ordinance 26-009

[30:53] second reading.

[30:58] » President Tranto.

[30:59] >> Second.

[31:01] >> Any further discussion?

[31:03] Becky, call a roll, please.

[31:04] >> Tranto.

[31:06] Butel. Hi.

[31:07] >> Bernander. Hi.

[31:08] >> Cwley. Hi.

[31:09] >> Dun. Hi.

[31:10] >> Green.

[31:11] >> Hi. Slinker.

[31:12] >> Hi.

[31:16] Uh, ordinance 26-009,

[31:18] ordinance for discontinuing the joint

[31:20] municipal court between the city of

[31:21] Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, and

[31:23] the village of Endeavor, Marquette

[31:24] County, Wisconsin. This is the second

[31:25] reading.

[31:27] >> All person green.

[31:28] >> Make a motion to adopt ordinance 26-009.

[31:32] >> All the person Bernander

[31:33] >> second.

[31:34] >> Any further discussion?

[31:38] » Becky, call the role, please.

[31:39] >> Wel,

[31:40] >> I.

[31:41] >> Bernander,

[31:42] >> hi. Cwley

[31:43] >> I

[31:44] >> Dunny.

[31:44] >> Hi

[31:45] >> Green.

[31:46] >> Hi

[31:46] >> Schlinkert.

[31:47] >> Hi

[31:47] >> Tranto.

[31:48] >> Hi.

[31:52] » Discussion and possible action

[31:54] resolution 26-019

[31:56] relative to exemption from county

[31:58] library tax 2027.

[32:08] » Person Green. I got a motion to adopt

[32:10] resolution 26-009

[32:13] or 019 sorry

[32:19] » person trying to

[32:19] >> second

[32:21] >> any further discussion

[32:25] call the roll please

[32:26] >> Bernander

[32:27] >> hi [clears throat]

[32:28] >> Cwley

[32:28] >> I

[32:29] >> Donnahe I

[32:30] >> green

[32:30] >> hi

[32:31] >> Slinkert

[32:31] >> hi

[32:32] >> tranto

[32:32] >> hi

[32:33] >> Wzel

[32:34] >> hi

[32:34] >> yeses

[32:36] legislative and regulatory discussion

[32:37] and possible action on change of agent

[32:39] foria LLC 125 WA trail class B

[32:43] combination license to Jeremy

[32:45] Santorelli.

[32:51] So in the packet I have that um Mr.

[32:55] Jeremy Centrelli he is here also he is

[32:58] buying the entire LLC. So that's why

[33:00] he's just required to be a change of

[33:01] agent and he's changing the trade name

[33:03] which also falls under it can just be a

[33:06] change like this. We don't he does not

[33:07] need to apply for the entire new

[33:09] license.

[33:11] So and he's had the background check and

[33:13] everything is

[33:15] >> all the person Bernierander

[33:16] >> move to approve change of agent for

[33:18] Rolandi LLC to Jeremy St.

[33:22] Person Wetzel.

[33:23] >> I'll second it.

[33:24] >> Any [clears throat] further discussion?

[33:28] » Becky color roll please.

[33:30] >> Caleley

[33:31] >> I

[33:32] >> Dunny I

[33:33] >> Green.

[33:33] >> Hi.

[33:34] >> Linkert.

[33:35] >> Hi.

[33:35] >> Trentto. Hi

[33:36] >> Wel Ernander.

[33:38] >> Hi

[33:38] >> passes.

[33:41] >> Municipal services and utilities

[33:42] discussion and possible action

[33:44] resolution number 26-020

[33:46] relative to Bureau of Aeronautics

[33:48] airport layout plan project approval for

[33:50] the fuel farm.

[33:53] >> Uh so this resolution uh essentially

[33:56] gives authorization to the BOA to move

[33:58] forward with the fuel farm relocation

[34:01] project. Um, back in 2023, we petitioned

[34:04] the Secretary of Transportation for

[34:06] airport improvement aid associated with

[34:08] this project. And then in 204,

[34:12] uh, we also passed a resolution that

[34:14] gave approval, uh, for the VO8.

[34:18] Planning and bidding processes

[34:19] associated with that project. Um design

[34:22] work wrapped up earlier this year and

[34:25] there was a public bid opening held on

[34:27] May 7th uh where Metco Fuel Systems

[34:30] provided the low qualified bid for the

[34:33] project. The total anticipated costs are

[34:36] roughly $900,000

[34:39] uh which includes METCO's construction

[34:40] contract as well as the design costs.

[34:44] Um, the project has a planned cost

[34:46] sharing of 95% federal, two and a half%

[34:49] state, and two and a half% local, which

[34:52] would come out to be roughly $22,000 to

[34:55] the city. Um I will note that if state

[34:58] funding is spent uh meaning that two and

[35:00] a half% state share uh we will be

[35:03] required to adopt two ordinances before

[35:06] January 1st 2027 relating to height

[35:10] limitation zoning around the airport as

[35:13] well as uh vehicle and pedestrian

[35:16] traffic ordinances as they relate to

[35:19] surfaces of the that would just be for

[35:22] their two and a half%

[35:27] adopt those ordinances. We would just be

[35:29] on the hook for that.

[35:38] [laughter]

[35:40] » Start lip syncing.

[35:43] >> All the person lickered.

[35:45] [laughter]

[35:46] >> She could be way off those quite the

[35:48] timing.

[35:48] >> Be way off base.

[35:51] it the those two ordinances are like in

[35:53] the works yet for more discussion.

[35:55] >> They are we've um briefly brought them

[35:58] to the attention of municipal services

[36:00] at our July meeting and then we had

[36:02] preliminary discussions with the

[36:04] representative

[36:06] at our August municipal services

[36:08] meeting. Our intent is to bring

[36:09] something back in October um to discuss

[36:12] it further.

[36:15] President Cwley,

[36:16] >> it was also brought to if I get it wrong

[36:19] correctly, but I think it was also

[36:21] brought to our attention that

[36:24] >> with city

[36:27] our decision to enforce

[36:30] that's uh

[36:32] >> correct. So that that's relative to the

[36:34] ordinances itself. Um, yeah, the city

[36:37] would have the the ability to enforce

[36:39] the ordinances obviously much like any

[36:42] of our other ordinances.

[36:44] We then also have the ability to modify

[36:47] the draft language that was

[36:52] forward

[36:55] over

[37:09] Person Bernander

[37:10] >> move to approve resolution.

[37:14] » Other person Dunny.

[37:16] >> I will uh second that motion.

[37:19] >> Any further discussion?

[37:22] Becky, call the roll, please.

[37:24] >> Donny,

[37:25] >> hi.

[37:26] >> Green.

[37:27] >> Hi.

[37:28] >> Linkert.

[37:28] >> Hi.

[37:29] >> Trantow.

[37:29] >> Hi. Wetzel.

[37:32] >> Bernander.

[37:33] >> Hi.

[37:33] >> Crawley.

[37:34] >> I

[37:34] >> passes.

[37:37] >> Discussion and possible action contract

[37:38] award. New Pinery storm sewer.

[37:42] >> Um so anybody that's lived in Portage

[37:44] knows that when it rains we get standing

[37:47] water on New Pinery in front of

[37:48] Quicktrip. Um we've come up with a plan

[37:52] um to relay some of that standing water

[37:55] that sits in the lowlying curb to an

[37:57] adjacent watershed. Um essentially we'll

[38:00] be tying it into some of the existing

[38:02] storm sewer in the area by adding a curb

[38:05] inlet. Um we sought proposals from a

[38:08] number of contractors to perform this

[38:10] work with concrete solutions uh

[38:13] providing the lowest and only qualified

[38:15] quote at 22,3.

[38:20] Um the 2026 capital expenditure plan

[38:22] does have $40,000 budgeted for this and

[38:25] we are recommending

[38:27] approval of this work through concrete

[38:30] solutions. Um additionally this work

[38:32] will be done

[38:34] their work associated property. Um so

[38:37] they'll be utilizing some of the same

[38:39] traffic control.

[38:45] Other person Bernander

[38:46] >> move to approve new pinary storm water

[38:48] repairs contract to concrete solutions

[38:50] $22,3131

[38:55] personel

[38:56] >> I'll second it

[38:57] >> any further discussion

[39:02] call the roll please

[39:03] >> green

[39:03] >> hi

[39:04] >> linkert

[39:05] >> hi

[39:05] >> trantow

[39:06] >> hi

[39:07] >> wetzel

[39:08] >> hi

[39:08] >> Bernander

[39:09] >> hi

[39:10] >> Cwley

[39:10] >> hi

[39:11] >> Dunah

[39:11] >> hi's

[39:13] discussion and possible action contract

[39:15] award traffic signal upgrades design

[39:17] services US highway 51 Hardle and US

[39:20] Highway 51 state highway 16.

[39:24] In 2024, we applied for two signal

[39:27] upgrade projects under the uh Wisconsin

[39:30] Department of Transportation's SISP

[39:32] grant program. Um we were awarded this

[39:35] grant uh which includes 90% funding for

[39:40] full traffic signal upgrades. um no

[39:43] different than what we're doing at the

[39:45] intersections of Collins and Slifer

[39:48] Street on New Pinery this year. Um

[39:52] the two projects that are next up in

[39:55] line for that grant cycle are the

[39:57] intersection of US 51 and Hardle Street

[40:01] and US 51 and 16 or McFarland and

[40:04] Wisconsin Street. Um

[40:07] we sought proposals for design from

[40:10] traffic analysis and design

[40:11] incorporated. uh for design services

[40:13] associated with these projects. Um they

[40:16] were contracted by the city for in 2024

[40:19] uh to submit the applications for this

[40:22] grant funding cycle and have performed

[40:24] for the city past. They provided pricing

[40:27] of $76,1.50

[40:30] for both intersections and the capital

[40:33] improvement plan includes $131,000

[40:38] associated with these

[40:41] program. Um so we essentially pay the

[40:44] full bill and then request reimbursement

[40:52] green. I make a motion to award

[40:56] contract design to traffic analysis and

[41:01] design incorporated in the amount of

[41:02] $76,154.50

[41:06] person wet.

[41:07] >> I'll second it.

[41:09] >> Any further discussion?

[41:11] All person.

[41:12] >> This is just for them to figure out

[41:14] where the lights go, all of the wiring

[41:17] and that not installing or sourcing of

[41:20] new

[41:21] >> correct. Um I think anticipated cost for

[41:24] the installations themselves are roughly

[41:29] >> for two stop lights.

[41:31] >> It's the whole intersection.

[41:33] So um it would be four four actual

[41:36] apparatuses

[41:38] >> two intersections

[41:41] >> in the wrong business. [laughter]

[41:49] First and second. Any further

[41:51] discussion?

[41:53] Becky, call please.

[41:55] >> Linkert.

[41:56] >> Hi.

[41:56] >> Fantau.

[41:58] >> Wutzel.

[41:59] >> Bernander.

[42:00] >> Hi.

[42:01] >> Cwley.

[42:01] >> I.

[42:02] >> Dunny.

[42:03] >> I.

[42:03] >> Green.

[42:04] >> Hi.

[42:04] >> Passes.

[42:06] Discussion and possible action contract

[42:08] award. Well, six VFD replacement.

[42:12] Um so earlier this year we had a

[42:14] variable frequency drive or VFD um at

[42:18] one of our wells go down due to

[42:20] overheating. Um these VFDs control and

[42:23] regulate pump operations in attempt to

[42:25] ensure significant tear does not take

[42:27] place on processes. Uh we were able to

[42:31] reset that VFD. Um but h however in

[42:34] order cooling of the unit had to add

[42:38] some secondary equipment. um

[42:42] plethora of fans blowing on it.

[42:45] Unfortunately,

[42:46] um this existing VFD is approximately 15

[42:49] plus years old and needs more. Um we did

[42:53] receive quotes on this with municipal

[42:55] well and pump out of rep providing the

[42:58] lowest qualified quote in the amount of

[43:02] um this project would be funding funded

[43:04] through our six operational budget

[43:07] though this project was not specifically

[43:09] budgeted. uh funds are available.

[43:14] » Person Greens

[43:15] >> make a motion to award the contract to

[43:17] municipal well and pump in the amount of

[43:19] 17,9 $17,90.

[43:23] All

[43:24] >> person Tranto

[43:24] >> second.

[43:26] >> Any further discussion?

[43:30] >> Becky call please.

[43:31] >> Tranto.

[43:32] >> Hi.

[43:33] >> Wetzel.

[43:33] >> Hi

[43:34] >> Fernander.

[43:35] >> Hi

[43:35] >> Cwley.

[43:36] >> Hi

[43:36] >> Danahe.

[43:37] >> Hi

[43:38] >> Green.

[43:38] >> Hi Flinkard

[43:40] >> I

[43:43] » appointment by the mayor confirmed by

[43:45] council vote park and recreation board

[43:47] school representative at large Terara

[43:49] Syler to complete the three-year term

[43:52] ending 4:30 2028

[44:10] person link.

[44:10] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[44:12] appointment. All

[44:13] >> person.

[44:14] >> I will second.

[44:16] >> Any further discussion?

[44:18] >> Becky, color roll, please.

[44:19] >> Wetzel.

[44:20] >> Hi.

[44:21] >> Bernander.

[44:21] >> Hi.

[44:22] >> Cwley.

[44:23] >> Hi.

[44:23] >> Dun.

[44:24] >> Hi.

[44:24] >> Green.

[44:25] >> Hi.

[44:26] >> Slinkert.

[44:26] >> Hi.

[44:27] >> Tranto.

[44:27] >> Hi.

[44:28] >> Passes.

[44:32] discussion and possible action

[44:34] reconsideration of operator license

[44:35] application for Rebecca Crier. So if you

[44:38] remember this was recommended for

[44:39] denial. Uh so a letter went to Rebecca

[44:41] and she has the chance to come and um

[44:45] give her side and you can choose to

[44:47] overturn the denial or to uphold the

[44:50] denial.

[44:57] » Hi my name is Rebecca Crier. Um, I've

[45:00] never done something like this, but I

[45:02] applied for my bartender's license. I am

[45:04] currently the general manager of 1873

[45:06] Bar and Grill, Neil's Wine House, and

[45:08] the 1873 Bar and Grill food trailer. Um,

[45:11] I work roughly 60hour weeks. I am there

[45:13] all the time, open to close, especially

[45:15] on weekends and busy days or when we

[45:17] have events. Um, I hold the food manager

[45:20] um, certificate for all the places. I do

[45:23] all the scheduling. I do everything

[45:24] there. I applied for my bartender's

[45:26] license, not to make cash tips or to be

[45:29] the bartender so that I could hold the

[45:30] license so I could train new people, get

[45:32] new people in and working and save on

[45:34] payroll costs so that we don't have five

[45:37] people in the building. Me training

[45:38] someone holding the license and the new

[45:40] person working. I just wanted to hold

[45:42] the license so I could train them. Um, I

[45:44] wouldn't actually be bartending. I have

[45:47] a letter of recommendation from my

[45:49] employer. I don't know if you guys would

[45:51] like to read. I have two copies I could

[45:53] pass around or if you want me to read

[45:56] it, I could. I don't necessarily like

[45:59] speaking in front of all of you guys,

[46:00] but I would. Um,

[46:03] yeah, I'm just asking for

[46:04] reconsideration. Um, in my letter, I was

[46:06] denied from two or more drug or alcohol

[46:10] convictions in the last 5 years. My

[46:12] convictions are from September of 2023.

[46:15] However, my charges were April, the most

[46:18] recent one was April 6th of 2022. I had

[46:21] a very premature baby after that who was

[46:23] in the NICU and my court dates kept

[46:25] getting pushed back and that's why I was

[46:27] convicted so late. It's been almost five

[46:29] years since I've been in trouble. I'm in

[46:31] compliance with all of my AODA

[46:33] treatment, my probation and parole. Um I

[46:36] could pass UA at any time. I I don't

[46:39] drink. I don't do drugs. I I work and I

[46:42] go home to my baby. I just want to hold

[46:44] that license so I can train staff and

[46:46] save on our payroll.

[46:48] Um, I don't really have anything else to

[46:50] say. Do you guys want to read the letter

[46:52] from my employer?

[46:54] >> All right.

[46:56] >> Pass it around.

[47:09] » Slinker. So my concern is that um like

[47:14] if I understand you don't plan to be

[47:16] bartending but there's not a

[47:18] differentiation in the license.

[47:20] So like

[47:21] >> I would hold the license so that

[47:22] somebody there when we hire new people

[47:24] who don't have it they could work under

[47:26] my license.

[47:27] >> I understand but there's nothing that

[47:28] like if we give this to you then there's

[47:30] my understanding is there's nothing that

[47:31] stops you from doing that. So I know

[47:33] that's not your intent but we don't have

[47:35] a like trainer license. Correct. You're

[47:39] correct, Amy.

[47:40] >> So, so that that's my struggle with it

[47:43] is like

[47:45] it's

[47:46] if we start making exceptions

[47:50] like we don't have the ability to stop

[47:52] that because we already gave you

[47:54] permission. So, you could decide in a

[47:58] week or a month or a year that you want

[47:59] to do it and then you

[48:01] >> Well, I'm a salary paid employee. They

[48:03] don't allow me to make cash tips or work

[48:06] like that. But I mean, I understand I

[48:07] could take it some somewhere else, but

[48:09] that's

[48:11] not the intent.

[48:15] » Person Green.

[48:16] >> And that's my struggle with our our

[48:19] liquor license as we hold it here. Um,

[48:22] and I think it changed in the recent

[48:24] time statewide is that you could take

[48:28] the license even though not doing cash

[48:31] tips,

[48:32] you can go and work for another bar. Not

[48:35] that you want to because you're working

[48:36] 60 hours, but you could

[48:39] or you could leave your employer in a

[48:42] week and go work someplace else. Nothing

[48:46] stopping us from doing citywide, not

[48:48] just

[48:51] >> I understand. I just wanted to make the

[48:53] attempt.

[48:57] » President Crowley,

[48:58] >> I've had my own regrets in the past and

[49:01] changed things. Uh, don't make me regret

[49:04] this. I make a motion to approve her

[49:06] liquor license.

[49:08] >> The person wet.

[49:10] >> Second it.

[49:14] » All the person Bernander.

[49:17] >> I think I'll I'll vote with um but yeah,

[49:21] just don't don't screw up.

[49:22] >> I won't.

[49:22] >> Okay.

[49:23] >> I won't. I promise I won't.

[49:26] >> We've been we've been burnt in the

[49:27] recent past on it.

[49:30] You guys are making me cry and I don't

[49:31] even know half of you. Close to

[49:32] [laughter] you. Almost all of you.

[49:34] >> Okay.

[49:37] >> Thank you.

[49:38] >> Other

[49:40] uh other questions.

[49:44] All right. Becky, call the role.

[49:48] >> Bernander.

[49:49] >> Hi.

[49:50] >> Rwley.

[49:50] >> Hi.

[49:51] >> Dun. I

[49:54] >> Green.

[49:58] » Hi.

[50:01] Blinkert.

[50:02] >> No,

[50:04] >> I

[50:07] » passes. Thank you guys.

[50:13] » No, you're good. Thank you. You're good.

[50:19] » Discussion and possible action

[50:21] reconsideration of operator license

[50:23] application for Shaya Krebs.

[50:30] Hi, my name is Shaya Cubs. Um, so I also

[50:33] work at 1873.

[50:37] Um, it's just me and my son. I'm I take

[50:40] a pay cut when I don't have my liquor

[50:42] license. Um, I filled what I did wrong

[50:46] is I put I was assuming from Wisconsin.

[50:49] I had no felonies. Um, I have one felony

[50:52] from three years ago in Florida and I

[50:55] have one. Now, my cases they're um

[51:00] concluded and I just have a it is a

[51:02] felony, but it's a bail jumping. No drug

[51:04] charges, no anything like that. Um

[51:08] so once I get my liquor license, I can

[51:12] pay raise and then I can my son better.

[51:16] Um just asking to reconsider. I've

[51:19] really turned my life around um when

[51:22] everything I'm supposed to. on

[51:24] probation, but I'm complying with that.

[51:26] I've never had any um

[51:29] anything like that.

[51:46] » Um I understand and appreciate you

[51:48] coming. Um, but I'm in the same boat

[51:50] where the rules are the rules. We have

[51:54] reasons and rules

[51:56] to I understand the issue with the

[51:59] paperwork, but a felony from 23 in

[52:02] Florida. Um, and another pending for

[52:06] maintaining drug trafficking. Um,

[52:09] >> that's all concluded. I I was not found

[52:11] guilty of that. I just Yeah. So, I just

[52:14] have the bail jumping. Okay. Yeah,

[52:16] that's

[52:17] >> okay.

[52:20] Still, I appreciate that you've gotten

[52:22] your life turned around, but I take

[52:23] bartender licenses and being in that

[52:26] position of having the ability to make

[52:28] good choices for the rest of our

[52:30] citizens. Very important.

[52:36] » Person Bernander,

[52:39] >> so you said you're on probation.

[52:42] This that's for the methamphetamine and

[52:44] the drug paraphernalia.

[52:45] >> No, that that was from Florida.

[52:48] That's That was

[52:49] >> When was that?

[52:52] >> 2023 with methamphetamine in Florida.

[52:54] >> Yeah, that was Yeah.

[52:57] >> That pretty hard drug.

[53:03] » Yeah.

[53:05] Be kind of a difficult decision.

[53:18] person green.

[53:20] >> I think this one's a little more

[53:21] difficult for me because

[53:25] previous

[53:30] » Yeah. 2026.

[53:35] » Um,

[53:36] >> but I wasn't found guilty.

[53:40] >> It's that wasn't was updated. My case

[53:42] was concluded the beginning of August.

[53:53] I just looked at uh

[53:58] that key charge was read in

[54:07] may be able to explain

[54:10] I

[54:25] does say charge dismissed but read in

[54:33] drug trafficking please

[54:38] jumping

[55:24] All the person here.

[55:25] >> Can I ask what the probation is for?

[55:27] Which which offense?

[55:29] >> Felony bail jumping.

[55:30] >> And how long is the probation for?

[55:32] >> Years.

[55:38] » And how long are you into this now?

[56:00] I carry a bartender's license and I

[56:03] guess if

[56:06] Mr. Green said that if you were like a

[56:08] couple years outside of the probation,

[56:16] » I could understand. But when you're just

[56:18] right into starting the probation,

[56:22] » I don't I don't I wouldn't recommend.

[56:26] And again and again my my problem again

[56:29] is that

[56:40] I

[56:46] Green.

[56:46] >> I make a motion to deny this

[56:49] application.

[56:54] » Do we need to?

[56:55] >> Yes, a motion is needed

[57:03] » for the same reasons from the initial

[57:04] denial.

[57:09] » Bernander second.

[57:12] >> Any further discussion?

[57:16] Becky, color roll, please.

[57:17] >> We're voting to deny her appeal.

[57:19] >> Correct.

[57:22] >> Becky, color roll, please.

[57:23] >> Ryley,

[57:23] >> I

[57:25] >> Dan.

[57:26] >> Hi,

[57:27] >> Green.

[57:27] >> Hi,

[57:29] >> Linkert.

[57:29] >> Hi,

[57:30] >> Tranto.

[57:31] >> Hi,

[57:32] >> Wel

[57:35] Bernander.

[57:38] » Thank you.

[57:43] discussion and possible action. Change

[57:45] normal meeting date of Tuesday, November

[57:47] 2020 20 sorry, November 24th, 2026 to

[57:51] Monday, November 23rd, 2026.

[57:54] This is for budget passing the week of

[57:57] Thanksgiving.

[58:01] » Person Berner, I'll move to approve the

[58:03] change of date.

[58:05] Hello,

[58:06] >> personel.

[58:08] Any further discussion?

[58:11] Changing.

[58:12] >> Call the roll, please.

[58:13] >> Donny,

[58:14] >> hi.

[58:14] >> Green.

[58:15] >> Hi.

[58:16] >> Slinkert.

[58:16] >> Hi.

[58:17] >> Trantow.

[58:18] >> Hi.

[58:18] >> Wetszel.

[58:19] >> Hi.

[58:19] >> Bernander.

[58:20] >> Hi.

[58:21] >> Cwley.

[58:21] >> Hi.

[58:22] >> Passes. So, put that on your calendar,

[58:24] please.

[58:28] » Uh, department head reports. Q&A with

[58:30] department heads.

[58:52] I'll ask a question.

[58:53] >> Yes.

[58:54] >> Prove I did my homework.

[58:55] >> Um I have a question on the you have

[58:58] shifts A

[59:01] are those what what kind of shifts are

[59:02] they working? Are they like out like

[59:04] second third or is it

[59:11] just three cohorts?

[59:14] Okay,

[59:16] >> I was trying to correlate some things.

[59:24] » Other questions for our department

[59:26] heads?

[59:31] » I was going to ask one otherwise. Uh I

[59:33] was going to ask Debbie. Uh so I know

[59:34] that we have the our big read book

[59:36] coming up with uh the America's 250th

[59:39] Women in the Revolutionary War. Do we

[59:42] know how many people have signed up for

[59:43] that and like what the usual numbers for that is

[1:00:13] Other

[1:00:37] questions?

[1:00:46] discussion common council and committee

[1:00:48] process.

[1:00:50] >> Everyone, I'll jump on here to kick off

[1:00:53] the conversation.

[1:00:55] Um, for the last couple years, the

[1:00:57] common council has had a temporary

[1:00:59] resolution governing how the standing

[1:01:01] committee common council process works.

[1:01:03] Uh the prior resolution that was in

[1:01:05] place um uh created a council kind of

[1:01:09] driven process. Two meetings per month,

[1:01:11] items started at the council um unless

[1:01:14] otherwise required by an ordinance or

[1:01:16] others um statute and then um discussion

[1:01:20] and action could take place at the

[1:01:22] council level um through the process. On

[1:01:25] the memo tried to make a little bit of a

[1:01:26] flowchart that kind of outlaid a process

[1:01:29] an item would follow. Uh then earlier

[1:01:33] this year um cuz that resolution

[1:01:35] expired, we had a conversation about it

[1:01:37] and adopted a new one that um took the

[1:01:41] very similar type approach the end of

[1:01:43] the day and has one council meeting per

[1:01:46] month versus two. Originally we had a

[1:01:49] discussion about general items like this

[1:01:51] on the front end. We've moved to the

[1:01:53] back of the agenda and some other items

[1:01:55] around. So now it's one agenda packet

[1:01:58] and items start the council discussion

[1:02:00] and action unless otherwise referred to

[1:02:03] committee then ultimately come back to

[1:02:04] the council. So we're here tonight

[1:02:07] because this um resolution was temporary

[1:02:09] last six months which is October. So

[1:02:12] check in and see how you like this

[1:02:14] process um and what direction you may

[1:02:17] have for staff as we work to bring back

[1:02:19] something for October to help navigate

[1:02:22] what comes forward from staff's

[1:02:24] perspective. are happy to work any way

[1:02:26] you guys wish. Um the one meeting a

[1:02:28] month does give us a substantial

[1:02:31] administrative

[1:02:32] savings in terms of time in a given

[1:02:35] packing week takes about a half or 50%

[1:02:38] of someone's time to prep and push a

[1:02:41] council packet out. So um for us it is a

[1:02:45] time saving allows you to work on other

[1:02:47] items that we bring forward. But if you

[1:02:49] guys wish to go back to two meetings or

[1:02:50] a different structure, happy to take

[1:02:52] your feedback um and bring it forward in

[1:02:55] October.

[1:03:03] » Person Cwley,

[1:03:04] >> I don't like changing things back and

[1:03:06] forth. I'm fine keeping it the way it

[1:03:07] is. [laughter]

[1:03:12] » Want to go back? I don't want to change

[1:03:13] it. [cough]

[1:03:15] [clears throat]

[1:03:17] Other thing to point out this resolution

[1:03:19] does did it combine finance,

[1:03:20] administration and personnel into one

[1:03:22] committee or HR into one committee. Um

[1:03:24] so that's a part of it as well.

[1:03:31] » Um I think that we ask you guys to do a

[1:03:34] lot with a little um and if having one

[1:03:38] meeting helps alleviate burden and we

[1:03:42] can get everything done in one

[1:03:45] I like it. I also get more done because

[1:03:48] I prepare once for what we're going to

[1:03:50] talk about rather than multiple times a

[1:03:52] month. I like it.

[1:03:57] » Well, person Bernander,

[1:03:58] >> I feel like we're losing a little bit of

[1:03:59] touch with the department heads by a

[1:04:03] month, but I understand

[1:04:06] the the struggle the balance here.

[1:04:10] I guess that's my feedback.

[1:04:13] I guess my my question when you say that

[1:04:14] we we lose like touch with department

[1:04:16] heads, do you mean like we have less

[1:04:17] time to question them or like just that

[1:04:19] we don't see them as often or like I

[1:04:21] guess what do you mean by that?

[1:04:23] >> Yeah, I miss them. No, [laughter]

[1:04:27] » no, I it's it's you know things do come

[1:04:29] up and need timely answers and so I

[1:04:32] think that's another part that we're

[1:04:34] missing.

[1:04:36] Quick feedback, but

[1:04:39] I don't know. Not that you're going to

[1:04:40] go, you know, rogue or anything, do

[1:04:44] anything crazy while we're gone for 30

[1:04:47] days out of 31, but

[1:04:50] I do feel like having more contact

[1:04:53] creates better rapport and uh better

[1:04:57] check-ins. But I understand building

[1:04:59] packet is the time.

[1:05:04] It's a a resource

[1:05:07] losing out on

[1:05:12] the resolution though or the way we're

[1:05:14] operating does allow like if something

[1:05:16] did need to get discussed even and I

[1:05:18] think that's I think we're all open to

[1:05:21] if we need to have a meeting next week

[1:05:23] or we need to have a meeting the week

[1:05:24] like if we need a meeting like we should

[1:05:27] have a meeting but I don't like the idea

[1:05:29] of having two on the calendar just for

[1:05:30] the sake of having two on the calendar

[1:05:32] either right so it's like do we have one

[1:05:34] on knowing we could have another like

[1:05:37] more impromptu one versus scheduling two

[1:05:40] when we really only needed one.

[1:05:47] The good thing is it's temporary. So

[1:05:49] let's say something big happened or

[1:05:52] somebody new came on,

[1:05:55] I don't know, you just never know. So

[1:05:57] it's good to have

[1:06:00] in case

[1:06:02] we all start to disagree with somebody

[1:06:04] or something. [laughter]

[1:06:06] I mean, we all pay taxes and everybody's

[1:06:09] big complaint in the in the community is

[1:06:11] we pay too much taxes

[1:06:14] and you guys have very little to work

[1:06:16] with. [laughter]

[1:06:18] I don't know. We're supposed to

[1:06:19] represent those people who are paying.

[1:06:22] We should have

[1:06:26] connection.

[1:06:30] I'm doing a nice segment video segment

[1:06:32] coming up for the budget on where

[1:06:34] exactly tax money is going because that

[1:06:37] way when people say we're spending too

[1:06:38] much on this like well here's how many

[1:06:41] dollars going to police here's how many

[1:06:42] are going to fire here's how many are

[1:06:44] going to public works and parks so that

[1:06:45] way like well if if we were to remove

[1:06:48] this you'd lose like garbage if we

[1:06:50] remove this you'd lose whatever so that

[1:06:52] way people can see exactly where

[1:06:54] everything's going

[1:06:57] like a lot of people don't realize that

[1:06:58] they they think it's all going somewhere

[1:07:02] a lot of people Becky if I'm wrong let

[1:07:04] me But I don't think a lot of people

[1:07:06] come and request copies of our budget to

[1:07:08] look through. So [laughter]

[1:07:10] >> that'd be true. That'd be true. [cough]

[1:07:12] >> So I just figure like

[1:07:14] >> it's on the website. They might It is

[1:07:16] right.

[1:07:16] >> They might.

[1:07:18] >> Fortunately, it's not.

[1:07:22] » So what I can do going into next month

[1:07:24] is I can work to bring forward um an

[1:07:28] ordinance that that governs this and at

[1:07:31] any time the council can bring it back

[1:07:32] to an agenda. can amend it in the

[1:07:34] future. Um, I think our city attorney

[1:07:38] would want us to work our way out from a

[1:07:40] temporary resolution to have something

[1:07:42] just that's in place, but there's

[1:07:44] nothing to say an older person or the

[1:07:45] mayor can't call it back in a future

[1:07:47] meeting and have changes made.

[1:07:53] » I mean, it's it's to have something

[1:07:57] temporary resolution.

[1:08:01] So I think it seems to me that

[1:08:08] working well

[1:08:14] » sure I can bring attempt to extend it

[1:08:16] and then later this year we can

[1:08:25] next or meeting. Okay,

[1:08:30] got it.

[1:08:32] Sounds good to me.

[1:08:35] >> Else I got what I need. Thank you

[1:08:37] everyone.

[1:08:40] >> Discussion electronic mobility devices.

[1:08:43] >> Hey. Um, so Justin, I think I emailed.

[1:08:47] >> Perfect. So, I just wanted to touch base

[1:08:49] with you guys because, uh, ebikes. So,

[1:08:52] that's a thing. Um, that's what I'll say

[1:08:55] right now. When when Justin and uh Sam

[1:08:58] and I were at the chief's executive

[1:09:00] conference, there was quite a bit of

[1:09:02] debate about this. Uh I don't know if

[1:09:04] you guys saw the latest edition from the

[1:09:06] municipality, but there was a segment in

[1:09:08] there about ebikes. And I know that some

[1:09:11] people have brought up different things.

[1:09:13] And so I have kind of talked a little

[1:09:15] bit to um administration. I've talked a

[1:09:17] little bit uh to you know, Chief Klafky

[1:09:20] a little bit about, you know, his

[1:09:21] thoughts on it. And so I kind of wanted

[1:09:23] to very briefly line out like what

[1:09:26] options we do have versus what options

[1:09:28] we don't have and see kind of where you

[1:09:31] want to go from there and that way we

[1:09:32] can get Chief Hassi and um Chief

[1:09:35] Klafky's kind of input right here. So

[1:09:38] one of the things that the league was

[1:09:41] telling us that we should try to stay

[1:09:42] away from is anything where you're just

[1:09:44] saying nope we're not going to allow

[1:09:46] these just ban them. Right? So they've

[1:09:48] advised us like there's regulations here

[1:09:51] in state statutes. So don't try to sit

[1:09:53] and prohibit and certain things here. Um

[1:09:57] and then trying to create age

[1:09:59] requirements. They they've also told us

[1:10:01] to not go for that. That also creates a

[1:10:04] issue for police because if you're

[1:10:06] seeing somebody riding an ebike like are

[1:10:09] they 15, are they 17 like that if you

[1:10:12] try to throw an age number on that that

[1:10:14] becomes kind of a nightmare to enforce.

[1:10:17] um if you're driving by there and then

[1:10:19] trying to license some of these ebikes,

[1:10:21] they've also kind of steered us away

[1:10:22] from that um because with some of these

[1:10:26] regulations that are in the state code

[1:10:30] um those might get challenged in court

[1:10:32] and might not hold up. So they've

[1:10:34] generally recommended uh we avoid those

[1:10:37] options there on the right. So that's

[1:10:40] their guidance for us. Um, one of the

[1:10:44] things that we have seen other

[1:10:45] municipalities do that are totally

[1:10:50] okay that have worked. So up like Nino

[1:10:52] Manasha up in the Fox Valley, a lot of

[1:10:56] um those cities have banned things like

[1:10:59] stunt driving, trick driving, towing

[1:11:01] riders, things like that. So anything

[1:11:04] where you're trying to have unsafe

[1:11:06] riding and they have their definitions

[1:11:08] for that, that's something that is okay.

[1:11:11] We also have the power to decide where

[1:11:13] we want these. So we can say they need

[1:11:16] to operate in the roadway. We can say

[1:11:18] they need to be on the sidewalk. Uh we

[1:11:21] can say they can be in park trails or

[1:11:23] they can't be in park trails. So we have

[1:11:26] options on where we would like to see

[1:11:27] these. Um we could require helmets. Um

[1:11:32] if you're riding one of these, that is

[1:11:34] an option. Um I know that that can be

[1:11:37] problematic. Um, if somebody repeatedly

[1:11:40] violates, we we could look at a possible

[1:11:43] impound. Obviously, I'd like to defer to

[1:11:46] kind of Chief Klafky's um thoughts on

[1:11:48] that. If we have someone repeatedly

[1:11:51] violating um something like that, then

[1:11:54] we could look at at that. But, um I I

[1:11:57] just figured I'd bring this up so that

[1:11:58] we could have a full council

[1:11:59] conversation. we get input from police

[1:12:02] and fire chiefs on kind of what they

[1:12:04] think because some of this enforcement

[1:12:06] might be difficult or you know in terms

[1:12:08] of like EMS related stuff. I know that a

[1:12:11] lot of mayors in the Milwaukee area have

[1:12:13] good relationships with Children's

[1:12:14] Hospital and there's just been a

[1:12:16] insanely

[1:12:18] rapid rise in the amount of injuries

[1:12:20] Children's is seeing because of ebikes.

[1:12:23] Um, and I think it's also important to

[1:12:25] note too that

[1:12:27] there's limits to, you know, government

[1:12:29] action, too, because a lot of, you know,

[1:12:31] kids and a lot of people that work on

[1:12:33] these, they can do modifications to

[1:12:34] these things to make them go faster. Um,

[1:12:37] so we we do have options. That's not,

[1:12:40] you know, going to be everything, of

[1:12:42] course, but I wanted to just kind of

[1:12:44] have this conversation. I've had a few

[1:12:47] residents that have reached out to me. I

[1:12:48] know a few of you guys have also reached

[1:12:50] out to me with some ideas. There's some

[1:12:52] good ordinances from like the village of

[1:12:54] Weston, from uh, you know, Manasha and

[1:12:56] Nenina that that have some of these. So,

[1:12:58] there's different options. Um, and I

[1:13:00] just kind of wanted to kind of give you

[1:13:02] guys the opportunity. What have you

[1:13:04] heard? What things would you like to

[1:13:05] see? And then questions for the chiefs

[1:13:08] if they wanted to get their input. Um

[1:13:16] other person done he

[1:13:17] >> you know that they uh are at the skate

[1:13:21] park with some of them

[1:13:26] » look into signage skate

[1:13:34] they're not a skateboard so I've seen

[1:13:37] him riding around on the skate park um

[1:13:39] and also on the splash pad in that area.

[1:13:42] And I just if we can look into signage

[1:13:45] that they know that they can't use

[1:14:04] regular bikes are not allowed.

[1:14:19] other slicker.

[1:14:20] >> And so are we specifically only talking

[1:14:22] about actual ebikes right now or are we

[1:14:24] talking about all things E?

[1:14:27] >> I [laughter] think I I think I think

[1:14:29] before that I just kind of wanted to get

[1:14:30] a temperature before because it we could

[1:14:32] if we go down a rabbit hole of well

[1:14:33] which E do we want to talk about? Like I

[1:14:36] think we should first like take a look

[1:14:38] at what options do we kind of prefer.

[1:14:41] >> So we're talking about ebikes, the ones

[1:14:43] with pedals, classes one, two, and three

[1:14:45] that the state has already defined for

[1:14:47] us and these are our limits. So in my

[1:14:51] mind, the only one that we should

[1:14:53] probably worry about is number two,

[1:14:55] which goes to like where they can be,

[1:14:57] but that should be consistent with where

[1:14:59] bicycles can be. um is my understanding

[1:15:03] from what I've read.

[1:15:05] >> Well, the person Bernander,

[1:15:06] >> I'd like two maybe three things. One,

[1:15:09] when I walk my dog early in the morning,

[1:15:11] there's one that whizzes by me, got no

[1:15:13] lights on, so I think they should have

[1:15:14] lights on when it's dark out. And two, I

[1:15:18] don't want them on the trails because

[1:15:20] they go super fast and my dog's going to

[1:15:22] get run over by it

[1:15:25] and she's stupid, so it's going to

[1:15:26] happen. [laughter]

[1:15:28] >> But wouldn't that be the same thing for

[1:15:30] bikes? themsel like the lights would be

[1:15:32] right.

[1:15:33] >> They go 30 miles an hour on the path

[1:15:35] though. I mean, and they're silent. So,

[1:15:37] there's no warning when they're behind

[1:15:38] you. Unlike a bicycle that's maybe going

[1:15:41] 12, 15 miles an hour. This thing's going

[1:15:43] twice as fast with no light and my dog Barks.

[1:15:48] >> I have a litany of things.

[1:15:50] >> Um, [laughter]

[1:15:52] >> so, so Fondelac and Westbend. Um, if you

[1:15:56] haven't seen, I think I sent you

[1:15:57] Westbends. It's really good. Um, no

[1:16:01] passengers. No passengers. No passengers on bikes,

[1:16:04] scooters, anything. No passengers. It's

[1:16:06] built for one. It gets one. Done. No

[1:16:09] passengers. That's going to stop kids

[1:16:10] getting hurt. The second thing, they

[1:16:13] take your bike. In Westben, is it

[1:16:15] Westbend or Fondelac? If you're in

[1:16:17] violation and you're a child, they take

[1:16:20] your bike and a guardian has to get it.

[1:16:22] It's it's a oneandone, at least

[1:16:23] according to their ordinance. Um, I

[1:16:26] think helmet requirements

[1:16:29] would do a lot just to keep kids off of

[1:16:31] them because helmets aren't cool if

[1:16:32] you're a kid. Um, I think helmets under

[1:16:34] 16 should be mandatory. Um, if that can

[1:16:38] happen. Um, but that falls against the

[1:16:41] sort of age requirements thing. Um, as

[1:16:44] far as where they can and can't ride. I

[1:16:46] get to see downtown every day. I don't

[1:16:48] think there should be any ridden bicycle

[1:16:50] traffic, motorized or otherwise, between

[1:16:53] um Lock Street and Adams and Conan and

[1:16:57] um

[1:16:59] I guess it would be Cook. I think it

[1:17:02] should be walking in that area. In the

[1:17:04] downtown area, no riding your bicycle in

[1:17:07] any way.

[1:17:09] >> Is that

[1:17:12] » Yeah,

[1:17:13] >> in the bid district there's no bikes.

[1:17:16] Well,

[1:17:16] >> well,

[1:17:18] are there signs up the

[1:17:20] >> No,

[1:17:21] >> I'm just because I see a lot of people

[1:17:23] doing it. A lot of lot of kids,

[1:17:24] especially this time of year. Uh,

[1:17:26] emotos.

[1:17:29] » We're talking about just

[1:17:30] >> they can't run. Well, okay. Well, I'm on

[1:17:33] it. Um, but the helmets, uh, no

[1:17:36] passengers. I think, uh, if you're

[1:17:39] operating under pedal power, um,

[1:17:42] sidewalk and trails is okay. That's my

[1:17:43] opinion. If you're operating under pedal

[1:17:45] power, if you're on throttle or a or if

[1:17:48] you're on throttle, you've got to be on

[1:17:50] the road. So, for example, if an officer

[1:17:52] was driving and they saw somebody going

[1:17:54] up, maybe under the train tracks and

[1:17:55] they were on the sidewalk without moving

[1:17:57] their legs.

[1:18:02] Um, so pedal power gets you on the

[1:18:05] sidewalks. If you're going to do

[1:18:06] anything else, you got to be on the

[1:18:07] street, but it's still got to be legal.

[1:18:09] and deferring to the other laws. You're

[1:18:12] supposed to have a b a light on your

[1:18:13] bicycle anyway. That's just a that's

[1:18:16] already a thing. So that's

[1:18:19] >> Yeah. Well, and you'd think the ebike

[1:18:21] would just have like a USB is it's just

[1:18:23] there.

[1:18:25] >> Yeah,

[1:18:27] >> um

[1:18:29] >> can't take a picture,

[1:18:31] >> of course. Yeah, banning the stunt

[1:18:33] driving and all of that. But yeah, those

[1:18:35] are my my things.

[1:18:37] All person

[1:18:38] >> I like the idea like how we have the

[1:18:40] semis they need to follow a route that

[1:18:42] is yellow posts. I think we should do

[1:18:45] that to the bikes. Need to have a route

[1:18:48] mapped around town

[1:18:50] off the city streets, follow the street

[1:18:53] rules. And

[1:18:55] >> I I guess my my question I think to

[1:18:58] Chief Klafky would be because I think my curiosity is how easy some of that

[1:19:04] would be doing a force because my

[1:19:05] concern is cuz like I have to teach

[1:19:07] teenagers all day and that's hard enough

[1:19:09] but trying to get them to like because

[1:19:13] if we start having well you can ride

[1:19:15] this on the sidewalks here here and here

[1:19:17] but you can't do it there there and

[1:19:19] there I think that becomes kind of a

[1:19:21] nightmare to try to help people

[1:19:24] understand where I it might be easier if

[1:19:26] it's like it's all or nothing, right?

[1:19:28] Like we're either putting them on the

[1:19:29] sidewalks,

[1:19:32] you know, here and that's it because if

[1:19:35] the more that you try to make exceptions

[1:19:37] or say, well, here they can't hear the worse that's going to be, I think,

[1:19:41] for everybody. Um, so I guess

[1:19:45] that's kind of what what I'm looking at.

[1:19:47] >> Well, I don't think the route would

[1:19:48] work. So the reason a semi route works

[1:19:50] is because they're passing through our

[1:19:52] city. So I don't know how you would

[1:19:54] enforce like if I don't live on the bike

[1:19:56] route, I have to still get to the bike

[1:19:58] route. So what am I going to do? I'm

[1:19:59] going to ride my bike. So then you're

[1:20:01] still going to have people riding their

[1:20:02] bikes not on the bike route because you

[1:20:03] have to get to the bike route versus a

[1:20:05] semi route which is for thoroughfare

[1:20:08] purposes. So I don't know that that

[1:20:10] would work. But I I mean I agree. it. I

[1:20:13] like the if you're going to ride your

[1:20:15] bike um with your own feet, you can ride

[1:20:18] it on the sidewalk and otherwise you

[1:20:19] have to ride it in the street. If you're

[1:20:21] going to use assist, if you're going to

[1:20:22] be moving the speed of traffic, you

[1:20:23] should be with the traffic.

[1:20:31] » That probably does get harder, too.

[1:20:34] >> Yeah, that gets really tough.

[1:20:36] >> Oh, person green. Um well I guess my

[1:20:39] sorry my question would be for the chief

[1:20:42] um bike helmets

[1:20:45] we don't

[1:20:51] I didn't think we did but we do stop and

[1:20:54] talk to kids that do it if they're not

[1:20:56] wearing a helmet you guys will stop and

[1:20:58] hey

[1:21:03] yeah I know do they do the same thing

[1:21:04] with like the ebikes try to teach Um second thing is is with the lights.

[1:21:10] There is state or state law that they

[1:21:13] have to have working lights on.

[1:21:18] Um I guess that's my

[1:21:22] doubt who that is so that get them.

[1:21:26] But I I struggle with where the ebikes

[1:21:31] should be

[1:21:32] because

[1:21:35] on the sidewalk, yes, they're going fast

[1:21:37] and they're going somebody is walking on

[1:21:40] the road. Now you're putting them with

[1:21:41] traffic. That's where I

[1:21:44] car is much bigger than a bike and they

[1:21:46] don't look they just turn

[1:21:49] front of a car or a truck. So

[1:21:52] struggle with where to put them.

[1:21:56] Oh, the person crawly.

[1:21:57] >> We don't have bike lanes.

[1:21:58] >> The ATV, UTV. I don't think we were able

[1:22:00] to limit where they travel either. So, I

[1:22:02] don't think that's that's a non-starter.

[1:22:05] Um, I do think we should impound the

[1:22:07] bikes for reckless and danger dangerous

[1:22:10] riding and mandate that they have lights

[1:22:13] on them. Don't have a light, you're

[1:22:14] going to lose your bike.

[1:22:16] You get a a warning.

[1:22:22] But we do have bike lanes.

[1:22:25] >> We do.

[1:22:26] >> Yeah. On

[1:22:27] >> Elbert Street. I have a bike lane my

[1:22:30] house.

[1:22:30] >> One street.

[1:22:31] >> No, that's not the only street. There

[1:22:32] are other streets. There's

[1:22:33] >> opponent or Carol does not. That's so

[1:22:36] they'll be weaving in and out.

[1:22:38] >> But they do have we do have bike lanes

[1:22:39] throughout the town and they are still

[1:22:42] riding on the sidewalk even with that

[1:22:44] bike lane right there.

[1:22:46] But I mean, if they're able to do 25

[1:22:50] miles an hour, then I agree they should

[1:22:52] be on the road. But if

[1:22:55] instead of on the sidewalk

[1:22:59] » and it's just common sense, like we're

[1:23:02] telling saying something about the kids

[1:23:04] being common sense that um they need to,

[1:23:08] you know, watch out for people. I think

[1:23:10] as car drivers, we should also use our

[1:23:13] common sense that if we see somebody

[1:23:15] going down the road, we know that we

[1:23:17] need to either pull over, avoid them,

[1:23:20] because it's not just the kids on the

[1:23:21] bike, it's not just the adults on the

[1:23:22] bike, it's also people driving cars or

[1:23:24] people walking on the sidewalk. It's

[1:23:26] everybody.

[1:23:27] >> So, do that. But we know that a lot of

[1:23:29] motorists don't pay attention. That's

[1:23:32] the problem.

[1:23:32] >> It doesn't matter what they're driving.

[1:23:34] >> I I see it. I see it all the time out on

[1:23:36] the road,

[1:23:38] >> living during the summer. and they don't

[1:23:40] pay attention to a big truck, let alone

[1:23:42] a bike. Um, but that brings another

[1:23:45] question for the chief. Um, if they're

[1:23:48] out violating like road rules, I know

[1:23:51] you're supposed to use like hand signals

[1:23:53] if you're turning or whatever and

[1:23:56] looking, but if they're violating any

[1:23:58] hand or any road rules when they're on

[1:24:01] the road, not stopping for stop signs,

[1:24:04] stuff like that. Is there any ticket

[1:24:05] process or anything that

[1:24:12] » I see them all the time. They they blow

[1:24:14] right through stop signs.

[1:24:16] state

[1:24:17] >> or state laws all that they could.

[1:24:26] » I see it all the time that they bike

[1:24:28] will just blow right through a stop

[1:24:30] sign. It's like you didn't even look

[1:24:31] either direction.

[1:24:32] >> So, but and I guess to that point,

[1:24:34] that's my issue with them being on the

[1:24:35] sidewalks. I think when they're on the

[1:24:38] sidewalk, they think they somehow don't

[1:24:40] have to follow the rest of the rules of

[1:24:41] the road. So, if they come through a

[1:24:43] sidewalk, they're not really by the stop

[1:24:45] sign. That's for the cars. Like, I

[1:24:47] actually had a kid in my neighborhood

[1:24:49] tell me that they didn't have to use

[1:24:51] signals because they don't have them

[1:24:52] like a car does. And I'm like, then you

[1:24:55] if you don't know the rules, you really

[1:24:57] shouldn't be riding on the Yes. Didn't

[1:24:59] know that, you know, and it's like they

[1:25:00] don't think they have to stop at those

[1:25:02] stop signs. And like and I know that's

[1:25:04] both all of the devices, but for ebikes,

[1:25:07] if they're to me, if they're in the

[1:25:08] street, they should be more cautious

[1:25:10] because they should recognize that's

[1:25:12] they're less safe, right? And they

[1:25:14] should be following the stop. Like it

[1:25:16] makes it should make them feel like a

[1:25:18] vehicle to follow the appropriate

[1:25:20] things, not just off the sidewalk,

[1:25:22] across the road, right into the next

[1:25:24] one. Because my my understanding from

[1:25:27] what what I have read, my understanding

[1:25:28] is that unless we specifically say these

[1:25:31] can go on the sidewalk, it defaults to

[1:25:34] these can only be on the road for

[1:25:35] ebikes. That is my understanding. And

[1:25:39] if I'm wrong, that means we because part

[1:25:43] of why we we haven't I don't think have

[1:25:45] pushed that as much is because wanted to

[1:25:48] have this conversation and but if we

[1:25:51] want them to be allowed on sidewalks,

[1:25:54] then we would need to, I believe, make

[1:25:57] an an ordinance change for that.

[1:25:58] Otherwise, my understanding is state law

[1:26:00] defaults these two. They they're on the

[1:26:02] road.

[1:26:28] Never mind.

[1:26:32] Typically, they're allowed on

[1:26:44] Currently

[1:26:51] they're not allowed

[1:26:54] [clears throat]

[1:26:59] over nextto. [laughter]

[1:27:04] » Um what are some of the successes? This

[1:27:07] is really just for the chiefs. What are

[1:27:10] some of the successes that you guys have

[1:27:12] been seeing through, you know, the

[1:27:14] public safety side of these? So, not

[1:27:17] just enforcement, but also citizen

[1:27:19] safety um from, you know, your peers.

[1:27:22] >> Yeah. So we haven't had too many knock

[1:27:25] on the thick wood that we haven't

[1:27:32] really comes down to, you know, guys

[1:27:34] trying to balance

[1:27:41] school.

[1:27:44] You guys already talked a little bit

[1:27:49] trying to ban it one.

[1:28:03] Some of the things that I've seen is

[1:28:09] part

[1:28:11] we really didn't have any issues. We've

[1:28:12] had ebikes for years. We

[1:28:15] But it's popping up. Mostly what you're

[1:28:17] seeing now is about the motor.

[1:28:20] >> That's where your concerns.

[1:28:28] » Those over 30, that's a completely

[1:28:30] different story. That's

[1:28:34] so the e- motorbikes that you guys are

[1:28:35] seeing is what's really generating.

[1:28:39] Not so much ebikes.

[1:28:43] Um emotals most municipalities are

[1:28:46] banning them

[1:28:50] emot

[1:28:51] They put them on put them only on

[1:28:53] private property,

[1:28:56] but they're not allowed on street

[1:28:59] leg. They were going back and forth

[1:29:01] about that wanted to allow them.

[1:29:08] That gets really tricky when you start

[1:29:10] put on it.

[1:29:20] So easy things we can do

[1:29:24] ban an e- motor bike. We can take care

[1:29:26] of that. The e the ebikes themselves

[1:29:29] class one two and three

[1:29:33] bikes

[1:29:38] bicycle here. have any

[1:29:42] realize on that.

[1:29:46] It should be allowed on the

[1:29:50] [laughter]

[1:29:53] It's really hard to tell. Like you say,

[1:29:55] they modify stuff. It's hard to tell

[1:29:57] when a bike passes

[1:30:02] because of the speeds.

[1:30:04] They're coasting down a hill and they're

[1:30:06] not using

[1:30:10] So many things that

[1:30:15] first hurdle is where you want

[1:30:23] sidewalk use. agree.

[1:30:28] Do we really want kids that are

[1:30:37] » Yeah. I I I think the from what I've

[1:30:40] looked at and from what I've talked to

[1:30:42] with some of the mayors that I looked

[1:30:43] at, the thing that I think is is a

[1:30:45] pretty easy thing to do is kind of like

[1:30:47] what Alder person Tranto was saying,

[1:30:49] like the towing riders or getting

[1:30:51] passengers, that kind of thing. That's pretty straightforward. That's a

[1:30:55] simple thing to do, right? Um because

[1:30:57] then you're not trying to fight helmets.

[1:30:59] You're not trying to fight ages. Um and

[1:31:01] then if you want to impound a, you know,

[1:31:04] egregious violations,

[1:31:06] you know, I I think those are relatively

[1:31:08] easy. And then personally for me, like I understand the the concern about being

[1:31:14] on sidewalks, but being I know, you

[1:31:17] know, we have kids going, you know, on

[1:31:19] Slifer on New Pinery getting to school

[1:31:21] with these, I really don't want

[1:31:23] elementary school kids that are going to

[1:31:26] be on New Pinery Road. I think that

[1:31:28] would be a a big problem. Even Sliper in

[1:31:31] the mornings can get relatively um busy.

[1:31:33] So, personally, I don't have an issue if

[1:31:36] they're on the levy trail or on these

[1:31:38] multi-use paths or or sidewalks. Um, I

[1:31:41] would I'd be a little more concerned

[1:31:42] with young kids going down new pinery

[1:31:45] because the second we say you can't be

[1:31:46] on any sidewalks, new pinery, I think,

[1:31:50] becomes a nightmare. Um, that's kind of

[1:31:52] the way I I see it. So if if I was

[1:31:55] looking at it, I would say like you want

[1:31:56] to ban the passengers or stunt or

[1:31:59] whatever towing people because that's

[1:32:01] something that was happening is it take

[1:32:02] rope and they'd be towing like none of

[1:32:04] that, right? Um and then saying formally

[1:32:08] yes or no to sidewalks and then

[1:32:11] impoundment I think would be

[1:32:15] >> other person Crowley

[1:32:16] >> might be a Jesse question. I'm not sure.

[1:32:18] um your situation. A 12-year-old's

[1:32:21] flying down the road with no headlights

[1:32:22] on and runs into Kyle. Who's liable for

[1:32:24] that?

[1:32:25] >> The dog. [laughter]

[1:32:30] » The parents of the bike owner be be

[1:32:32] liable for it or is it going to be

[1:32:34] processed like well this is a juvenile

[1:32:35] kid and we're not going to do anything?

[1:32:39] >> Possible that they're

[1:32:47] Starting

[1:32:54] to get a little

[1:32:55] >> I know things breaking,

[1:32:56] >> but I mean Kyle definitely

[1:33:04] » he's wearing all black.

[1:33:06] >> You're Are you talking about C? Because

[1:33:08] he could still civily sue for whatever

[1:33:10] and then

[1:33:11] >> Right. I mean

[1:33:21] I I guess as a community if we're going

[1:33:23] to allow them more and more um and not

[1:33:26] really have an age limit on there,

[1:33:27] Wisconsin bike fed does have an ebike

[1:33:30] safety course that you can take. Also,

[1:33:32] AAA also has online courses that allow

[1:33:35] you to um learn more in regards to

[1:33:38] safety on these ebikes.

[1:33:46] Well, if you do the ebike, it's online

[1:33:49] and and then also if we wanted to do a

[1:33:53] program, there is also a bike rodeo,

[1:33:56] which is where you can have somebody

[1:33:58] come in. Kids can come in with their

[1:34:00] bikes or whatever, go over the course,

[1:34:02] have a pamphlet or something, and let

[1:34:06] them know what the rules are going to be

[1:34:07] or ordinances are going to be in this um

[1:34:09] community, whether they're kids or

[1:34:11] adults, and what they need to do. I

[1:34:14] mean, if if we're going to allow it, we

[1:34:16] might as well welcome it and let them

[1:34:18] know that, you know, we do have rules

[1:34:20] and stipulations. And if we're going to

[1:34:22] tell them that they can't do this, then

[1:34:24] we need to explain to them why and what

[1:34:26] they can do.

[1:34:29] be safe.

[1:34:30] >> All the person.

[1:34:31] >> Yeah. If I can I address the emoto stuff

[1:34:33] now. Somebody moved on to pass bikes. Um

[1:34:37] so um that I think we should ban them

[1:34:40] entirely. I also think we should ban the

[1:34:43] electric scooters um that the kids

[1:34:46] terrorize, as far as I know, every

[1:34:48] neighborhood in the city with um on and

[1:34:50] off of curbs, into the street, back on

[1:34:53] the curb, in the middle of the street.

[1:34:55] Um I know other communities have done

[1:34:58] that. Um I get that there's I an ebike I

[1:35:01] can understand that it's being used as a

[1:35:03] transportation device for people that

[1:35:05] are not you know don't have another

[1:35:07] option or it's a convenient option. I

[1:35:11] think the motorcycles the ones that

[1:35:13] classify as motorcycles if that's the c

[1:35:16] if it's a cost issue and the person can

[1:35:18] afford that and they want to drive it

[1:35:20] they should be 16 in license. So I think

[1:35:21] that is already covered but I do not

[1:35:24] think we should be allowing like the mo

[1:35:27] little motori any little motorized thing

[1:35:29] other than like the mobility devices for

[1:35:34] people who have um disabled type.

[1:35:38] Weston has a very strong I loved

[1:35:41] Weston's little thing that they put out

[1:35:42] with the red X's of where you can't ride

[1:35:45] things and those are just no you may not

[1:35:47] ride these all these other e things

[1:35:49] anywhere on our stuff. go to your

[1:35:50] private yard and do it.

[1:35:52] >> So, if I just to move things along, just

[1:35:54] kind of want to just take a very quick

[1:35:56] rapid fire temperature check. Um, just

[1:35:59] so that we can kind of get a quick

[1:36:01] temperature check and move on here. Like

[1:36:04] in terms of would we be okay with like

[1:36:07] no passengers or stunt driving trick

[1:36:10] racing? We kind of on board with that.

[1:36:12] That's okay. Um, are we thinking okay on

[1:36:17] sidewalks for ebikes? peding only

[1:36:21] or at a relative safe speed.

[1:36:25] >> Okay.

[1:36:26] >> Yeah.

[1:36:28] I was going to say that one would

[1:36:29] probably be difficult, but generally

[1:36:31] okay with the on sidewalks because if

[1:36:33] kids want to get to school, we don't

[1:36:34] want them on the roads,

[1:36:35] >> right?

[1:36:36] >> Okay. And then

[1:36:39] impounding possibly if we have someone

[1:36:42] who consistently is would you be okay

[1:36:44] with that or are we on that one?

[1:36:50] Yeah. I mean, if you have someone who

[1:36:51] recklessly, there's an option there. It

[1:36:53] would probably be work, but you

[1:36:55] >> give the officer some.

[1:36:57] >> Yeah.

[1:36:58] >> Um,

[1:36:58] >> yeah. I mean, having the ordinance is

[1:37:00] like, did I choose to enforce it? Right.

[1:37:03] Do I right now think that this is

[1:37:05] something I need to enforce? Oh, this is

[1:37:06] the third time I've talked to you in

[1:37:08] three days about what you're doing is

[1:37:10] dangerous. Then at least it gives an

[1:37:11] option and it it gives some teeth to the

[1:37:14] ordinance, right? Like this is the last

[1:37:17] stance you your bike will be impounded.

[1:37:20] >> Traffic.

[1:37:21] >> Yep. Yep.

[1:37:22] >> And then

[1:37:23] >> three in the first week.

[1:37:24] >> Yeah.

[1:37:25] >> What's that?

[1:37:25] >> Take three in the first week.

[1:37:27] >> Yeah. Right.

[1:37:28] >> And then uh

[1:37:28] >> well I have a theory to share with you.

[1:37:30] And then uh [laughter] and then I guess

[1:37:33] uh the last one emot you know not the

[1:37:36] you know not ebikes but emot okay with

[1:37:38] just saying no to those because those I

[1:37:41] believe are

[1:37:43] >> motorcycles

[1:37:46] » property

[1:37:46] >> we we okay with saying no no entirely to

[1:37:48] emot

[1:37:49] >> only on private property.

[1:37:52] >> Oh they can go 30 plus right?

[1:37:59] Yeah,

[1:38:06] » it's the ones that don't have pedals.

[1:38:08] They don't they're not bikes anymore.

[1:38:10] >> They're like dirt bikes terrorizes our

[1:38:12] neighborhood.

[1:38:12] >> So basically they're So basically

[1:38:14] they're a scooter.

[1:38:16] >> No, they're electric dirt bike.

[1:38:18] >> Yeah,

[1:38:18] >> they they some of them

[1:38:20] >> those little ones running around like

[1:38:22] little dirt bike things.

[1:38:24] >> Yeah, I've seen those. Yeah,

[1:38:25] >> they look like pit bikes.

[1:38:27] >> I I don't I don't know what they are. I

[1:38:28] was trying to look up what they were.

[1:38:30] >> That one that has like that huffy seat

[1:38:31] belt or seat

[1:38:33] >> know that wide seat.

[1:38:35] >> They got bigger bigger tires on them.

[1:38:37] >> Mhm.

[1:38:38] >> Yeah. I think I've seen a couple running

[1:38:39] around my

[1:38:40] >> No. No. We don't want those on the

[1:38:42] street.

[1:38:42] >> So, it basically So, to basically quick

[1:38:45] recap before I move on, it sounds like

[1:38:47] we're okay with getting rid of the stunt

[1:38:49] trick racing, you know, pulling

[1:38:51] passengers around that. We're okay with them being on

[1:38:55] sidewalks and we can impound and no to

[1:38:58] emotos. Is that a summary of kind of

[1:39:00] where we are?

[1:39:06] » Most scooters.

[1:39:07] >> That's only a one person device. Anyway,

[1:39:09] we do we have a problem with electric

[1:39:11] scooters.

[1:39:12] >> They do the same thing. They go like 30

[1:39:13] miles an hour.

[1:39:14] >> Are you talking standup scooter or sit

[1:39:15] down scooter?

[1:39:16] >> Both.

[1:39:16] >> They go that fast. I know I see them zip

[1:39:19] by me, but they're zip by my house, but

[1:39:20] I think

[1:39:22] >> so. I guess I'll say emotos and e-

[1:39:24] scooters. We okay with saying if there's

[1:39:26] no pedals on it.

[1:39:27] >> No pedals and

[1:39:28] >> no pedals, no dice.

[1:39:30] >> Exactly.

[1:39:31] >> Well, but then that muddies the water

[1:39:33] because then you have one wheels and

[1:39:35] electricity.

[1:39:37] >> There's a boat [clears throat]

[1:39:41] in town.

[1:39:46] » Yep.

[1:39:47] aren't going to tear up a yard like

[1:39:49] those tires are only what

[1:39:52] >> you get literally six-year-old kids on

[1:39:54] them like just zoom right across the

[1:39:56] street.

[1:39:57] >> I mean I do think

[1:39:58] >> Oh, I see it.

[1:39:59] >> The I think the e scooters are way more

[1:40:03] dangerous than the other things because

[1:40:05] the kids are standing and you just

[1:40:07] backed up.

[1:40:12] And I think some of them do have age

[1:40:14] limits on it, but parents do for their

[1:40:17] kids.

[1:40:21] » But I still think not on the streets or

[1:40:23] the sidewalks like ride it around your

[1:40:25] yard.

[1:40:26] >> Okay. With an e scooter.

[1:40:34] I mean, I guess I'd rather have kids be

[1:40:36] on ebikes on the levey trail than going

[1:40:38] down 16 or 51.

[1:40:42] >> That's a bike, though. Those are

[1:40:43] covered.

[1:40:45] >> All right. Um, so that I think got some

[1:40:49] clarification there. So, we'll go ahead

[1:40:51] and move around to the next one.

[1:40:55] >> Administrator report.

[1:40:58] >> One second while I switch PowerPoints if

[1:41:00] it wants to listen.

[1:41:04] We hear Jeopardy music

[1:41:08] lost connectivity. So

[1:41:11] I'll do a quick highlight summary. Road

[1:41:13] projects, sidewalks projects are all

[1:41:15] coming to the end. Is that time of year

[1:41:17] that fund is drawing to a close? Um so

[1:41:21] um Calip bathroom Hey, there it goes.

[1:41:28] Health uh Warden bathroom projects is

[1:41:31] slated to begin after park bathrooms

[1:41:34] closed for the season which is October

[1:41:36] 5. Goals being completed largely in

[1:41:39] March but no later than April 15th. Is

[1:41:41] it Toby?

[1:41:42] >> Ha.

[1:41:46] » Perfect.

[1:41:48] And then um in terms Hey, there we go.

[1:41:52] In terms of the finances year to date,

[1:41:53] the city's budget is good. We're in the

[1:41:55] green. Um, we're very close. We're

[1:41:58] running with sub% um of more revenue

[1:42:02] than expenses to date. Some revenue

[1:42:05] lines are a little behind than they were

[1:42:06] last year. Uh, but uh, also there's been

[1:42:10] cost impacts along the way. Gas is

[1:42:13] really expensive. Diesel has gone up a

[1:42:15] lot. Inflation's hit us just like any

[1:42:17] other employer. So, we're watching it

[1:42:18] closely. Um, again, that's just through

[1:42:20] July. That's up on the screen. And once

[1:42:22] we go through August numbers, we'll have

[1:42:24] a better understanding where we're

[1:42:26] standing for the remainder of the year.

[1:42:28] Should any changes need to happen, we'll

[1:42:29] let you guys know. But our goal is to

[1:42:31] maintain in the positive.

[1:42:34] Um, a reminder, the water utility rate

[1:42:36] increase will happen in October while a

[1:42:38] 3% increase. Uh, it is roughly an 80

[1:42:42] cent increase on the average monthly

[1:42:43] bill for a resident. Um, and this is

[1:42:45] again driven by PSC requirements needing

[1:42:48] us to bring in more revenues per their

[1:42:51] standards.

[1:42:52] Then the 2027 budget process is

[1:42:54] underway. The finance personnel

[1:42:56] committees met once already and

[1:42:58] department heads are plugging away. They

[1:43:01] were once again given the 0% budget

[1:43:03] increase directive. And we tossed two

[1:43:06] new things in this cycle. Um we are

[1:43:08] developing a sheet on the side. So if a

[1:43:10] department can't maintain zero and what

[1:43:12] has to come out to get them to stay in

[1:43:15] zero, we're tracking it. So, as we go

[1:43:17] through, we find um ways to save if

[1:43:20] something go needs to go back in, we

[1:43:22] have that running list. Additionally, um

[1:43:24] we're asking staff to look closer at our

[1:43:27] capital plan. Usually, we just look at

[1:43:30] next year's closely, then the rest are

[1:43:32] more of a forecast. We're asking staff

[1:43:34] to look very closely at 27 and 28. So,

[1:43:37] we start planning a little further out.

[1:43:39] Um um from from just the planning

[1:43:42] perspective also because we have kids

[1:43:43] who have some positive fund balances we

[1:43:45] need to plan to spend out down and close

[1:43:48] it and all comes out of the same

[1:43:50] employees managing and doing. So

[1:43:52] thinking ahead is going to help us

[1:43:54] address those at the same time. And our

[1:43:56] goal will be next year to look at the

[1:43:58] remainder three years of our financial

[1:44:00] uh our TID dang I can say the right word

[1:44:02] sometimes um capital plan to make it um

[1:44:06] a little more um realistic long term. So

[1:44:09] that's that that's that one. Last but

[1:44:12] not least is general updates. I know we

[1:44:14] just had an election and next one's just

[1:44:16] around the corner. Absentee ballots go

[1:44:18] out next week and Becky is looking at

[1:44:20] already about 515 to be mailed on out.

[1:44:24] Engineering department is growing by

[1:44:26] one. The public works department

[1:44:28] promoted Aaron to the deputy director

[1:44:31] role and they were on the hunt for a new

[1:44:33] um engineering tech and we're able to

[1:44:36] hire an intern who fun fact was actually

[1:44:38] a seasonal employee in the parks

[1:44:39] department for a while too and he is

[1:44:41] finishing up his college degree down in

[1:44:43] Platville right now. He was gone, but

[1:44:46] he'll be coming back January part-time,

[1:44:48] then full-time after graduation. So,

[1:44:51] we're able to take our intern who has

[1:44:52] shown improvement and welcome him

[1:44:54] full-time to the city. So, that's a nice

[1:44:56] win.

[1:44:58] Um Walmart, just an FYI, um during the

[1:45:01] open book process and most recently,

[1:45:03] they their attorneys reach out to our

[1:45:04] attorney. They plan on challenging their

[1:45:07] assessment. That's nothing specific to

[1:45:10] portage. This is what part of Walmart's

[1:45:12] MO. they go around um and select some of

[1:45:16] their stores to challenge their

[1:45:17] assessment to lower their tax liability

[1:45:20] and we're next up on the list. So, our

[1:45:23] insurance has coverage should they

[1:45:24] choose to continue to go forward um with

[1:45:27] that process. So, just an FOI if it ever

[1:45:30] hits um a a public channel.

[1:45:33] Additionally, one thing we have our eyes

[1:45:35] on as we start to look towards next year

[1:45:37] are some new accessibility requirements

[1:45:40] uh for public local government websites.

[1:45:44] Our site is largely compliant, but we do

[1:45:46] have work to go through to ensure we're

[1:45:48] compliant. And then there's a large

[1:45:49] amount of documents and images on our

[1:45:51] website we have to go through and tag

[1:45:53] and structure in specific ways to be

[1:45:55] compliant. So that'll start to become a timeconsuming lift next year, but

[1:46:01] we're aware of the requirement and we'll

[1:46:03] start working on it in advance of April

[1:46:05] 28th because it'll just take time.

[1:46:08] >> Would that be something that um you

[1:46:11] could hire an intern to do?

[1:46:14] >> Or attemp like

[1:46:15] >> Yep.

[1:46:16] >> It seems like a good winter project for

[1:46:19] a college student.

[1:46:21] >> Yeah, potentially if we fit in the 27

[1:46:23] budget potential intern. Winter's

[1:46:25] January.

[1:46:28] » Oh, 27. That is 27. Dang. [laughter]

[1:46:33] >> That's four months away. Yeah.

[1:46:38] » That's my update for tonight.

[1:46:44] » Possible action, recruitment, selection,

[1:46:46] and compensation for the position

[1:46:48] director, including common council.

[1:46:52] Sure.

[1:47:00] So, um we're I've requested to go in

[1:47:02] close session reg uh discussing our

[1:47:05] finance director and her compensation

[1:47:07] and uh future employment.

[1:47:12] » All the person Bernie

[1:47:13] >> move to go into close session pursuant

[1:47:15] to Wisconsin state statutes 19.85 8 by

[1:47:18] parent one parent C for considering

[1:47:20] employment promotion compensation or

[1:47:22] performance evaluation data of any

[1:47:24] public employee over which the

[1:47:25] governmental body has jurisdiction or

[1:47:27] exercises responsibility finance

[1:47:30] director.

[1:47:31] All the person.

Public Hearing and Common Council 9.10.26 5:50 P.M.

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