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All right, we're going to call this meeting to order at 609 p.m. on December 11, 2025, please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
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I
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think that's it.
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I'm going to do a public
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to stand on the mission of the car in this
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world.
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Like the
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minutes reflect that
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all council members are present
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and council member Mendeau has been
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excuse.
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We recognize that the city of the cross
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occupies the land of the Hachung people.
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Please take a moment to celebrate and honor the
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assessor of Hachung land and the sacred lands
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of all indigenous people.
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Thank you at this time.
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I will now take a motion to approve the minutes of November 13th regular meeting and November 17th
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budget meeting. Motion made by council member of Bedford, second by council member Northwood,
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any discussion or corrections. Seeing none, please vote.
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And that motion passes unanimously.
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Moving to reports, 251427 financial report from the director of finance for the month of October.
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Motion to receive and file made by Council Member Kalo second by Council Member Stein. Any discussion or questions?
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Seeing none please vote.
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And that motion passes unanimously.
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Not opening up for notices and discussions.
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Council President Dickinson.
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I'll try not to cough a lot. I have a backup plan in case it's serious.
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But the first off I want to think J.D. Roberts from our airport.
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He is our business manager and I want to give him accolades for our new
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allegiance services that will be twice a week starting in February,
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specifically February 6th. He has worked diligently over the last two years and
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attended approximately 33 meetings with various airlines to make this come to
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fruition. So I also think the support of staff that would be helping him to
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accomplished this, but he really did an outstanding job getting something that's exciting to come.
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So, you haven't heard in February, we will have non-stop flights to Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona,
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and then starting in May, we will have two time a week flights to Orlando, non-stop, with a legend.
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So I want to thank him.
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My second item that I would like to bring to everyone's attention is that District 1 has the second and third ADU of the city.
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So I'm excited to see that continue to move forward through this meeting today.
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They're all within a couple of blocks of my house.
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So I'm excited for that new option to be in District 1.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Council Member Tros.
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Thank you.
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One of the things I've done over the last couple of December is a list of thank yous to various staff
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who I've worked with.
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So here's my list for this year.
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I'd like to thank surveyor Coleman for the Ally Repairs of My District.
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I'd like to thank the Belieged Street crews who deal with the leaves and snow.
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I know they do the best they can, and they are always at the whim of the weather.
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assessors, Newman, Ben Roode, and Britain for following the law and having professionalism
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and personal discipline during the assessment objection hearings.
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Super-intending Griebond for planning the upgrades for our reservoir and giving me a
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behind-the-scenes tour of our water facilities.
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Compliance Manager for the Utilities Team Ericsson giving us a data-driven rate increase
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and advice to me for what to tell my constituents dealing with stormwater flooding. I'd like to thank
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the Department heads for their work and putting together next year's budget. I'd like to thank
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council president Dickinson for being a council president who's fostering collegiality and
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professional growth for council members. I'd like to thank the M.T.U. drivers since I've been writing
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bus and with the snow. I see that active transportation is actually social care. I see the way
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they help various riders off and on with their wheelchairs and the way they wait for buses for
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a rider who needs the bus. I'd like to thank previous councils for ending off street parking
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mandates last year at this very meeting. I'd like to thank this council and mayor for running
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And I'd also like to thank Library Archivist D'Rosher for using old sources to tell the truth to power about housing history and policy in this city.
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Thank you, Councilmember Gagan.
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Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to first thank Julie Hemsley, Jenny Dingman and Tim Mclin for bringing forward the opportunity to provide a vibrant space on the north side on Caledonia Street and District 2.
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Again, it's a win for the North Side, and it's going to bring in businesses, it's going
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to bring in a collaborative effort to have food trucks and events and just a really great
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idea for a great space there, so I'm very excited to have that.
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Secondly, I'd like to thank the police for helping out with the role-release parade.
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The route was coal and dark, and they were out there with very positive attitudes, keeping
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crowds back and keeping everybody safe. I just want to say great job. And then I want to thank
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a former Washburn member as she calls herself. Do I know for coming forward with the idea to
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raise the permit fees for billboards? It's something that has been long overdue and we will continue
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to research it and see what else we can do as we research other municipalities. And then the last thing
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I'd like to thank is the Park and Act Department for their work on just a torturous work
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on getting Badger Hickey Park to a bid stage that we're going to have new bathrooms there.
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And it's as my little, my little friends, Phoebe and Charlotte call it, the Red and White
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Park and it'll be exciting to have bathrooms there and to be able to continue this experience
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as we have there.
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So thank you.
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Thank you, Councilmember Podeski. Thank you, your honor. I just want to say happy birthday to anybody who's watching online with blue eyes tonight. I love you.
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Happy birthday.
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And also, there are some cupcakes left that I did see Mr. Flatmire noticed and so don't be shy. There's a few cupcakes left over here.
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So come on over. Thank you, everybody. Thank you.
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and have you bring it to your wife?
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Councilmember Bedford.
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Hello, I am in the head of the Disability Chair
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and today, one of the big things we talked about
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was snow removal, as I think is a tradition,
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every winter and fall and quite a lot of our time.
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Being in the meeting today is a big reminder
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of why we call snow emergencies, snow emergencies.
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I spoke to people that were forced into the street
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with their mobility devices that had trouble getting around
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with their dogs and we've heard a lot of complaints
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about various different things going on with the snow.
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But the reason for that is because of the emergency
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that it is for people's day-to-day lives when it's not there.
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And so the flip side of that is giving thanks
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to the wonderful people that we do have out there
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in our city that are applying the streets
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that are doing the work out there in the cold and even the normal citizens that are out there
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going ahead and getting their sidewalk and their curves plowed. So I want to thank you
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to everybody there and there was some praise given that is a little bit outside my area of expertise.
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But if there's any plow people watching this, that's swivel that you do in the intersections
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is apparently a wonderful thing that deserves a call out of praise as well.
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So I wanted to add that into.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Council Member Gaga.
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Thanks again, Mary, for that one person.
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I have been contacted a lot about snow recently.
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And I wanted to give a shout out to Ryan Restinson and his crew.
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The streets are pretended sent me a long and lengthy email about why they do what they do.
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How they do it.
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So now when my constituents call me, I will have a firm and smart answer to give instead of the, I'm not sure about that.
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So I just really appreciate Ryan when he is so busy taking this time to write me a very detailed message of why they do what they do and how they do it.
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So I can pass it along to my constituents and maybe make it a little bit easier to remove snow and a district too.
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Awesome. Thank you.
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Seeing other speakers, we'll move on to our council matters.
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Starting with 25, 1, 4, 2, 6.
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Resolution approval and 25 bills and energy engineering.
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Excuse me, estimates paid in December of 2025.
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Motion made by council member Northwood is their second.
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Second by council president Dickinson.
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Council member Gogh.
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Thank you, Mayor. You know, every month we just approve these and I thought, you know, it might be good for someone to explain to us what we're approving and what that chart that we get means every month.
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I've been doing a little research and I just thought maybe everybody else would like to hear about that too.
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A staff with that being directed out of there is that you,
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director of finance.
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Sir, a good question. I'm probably going to have to do a little bit more research on it,
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to give you better answer for it. I was not prepared to discuss on the list of bills that we go
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through every month.
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I mean, there are bills that we've paid over the course of the month.
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So by statute, you know, they have to be approved by council.
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So I have to look at that list again.
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I'm just going to give you better answer.
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Thank you.
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There's a motion on the floor.
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You know, with the speakers, please vote.
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That motion passes unanimously.
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Now I'm moving to the appointments by the mayor.
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Item 251424, bicycle and predation advisory committee
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Kevin Hunt, Climate Action Plan and Stair Committee,
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Lauren Fortin, Housing Authority Christina Beckner,
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the Cross County Convention in Visitor Bureau,
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excuse me, Jane Birch, police and fire commission,
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Joan Park, redevelopment authority,
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Philip Ostrung, Roontax Commission, Maurice Gode,
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and Wayne Dilligrade.
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Motion to adopt by a council member,
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trust second by a council member, new bearer.
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Councilmember Jensen. I'd like to move to divide and pull out the bicycle pedestrian advisory
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committee. There's a motion to pull out the bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee.
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Second, by Councilmember, no, sorry. Okay, here we go. Move by Councilmember Jensen,
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second by Councilmember Kalo. They need a discussion.
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All right, so we're going to vote to
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separate or to pull out the bicycle in pedestrian committee. So please vote
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or do we not vote on this? No, we just do that. Okay. All right. Help me out. Thank you. It's been a minute. No, okay.
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Customer emergency. You were going to speak.
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No, what's changed? So I guess I think this is worth discussing since this was voted on the last time. I don't see how anything has changed.
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so.
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Okay.
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Don't remember Kayla. Thank you, Mayor.
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Is it appropriate at this point since
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you have made this appointment for a second time to have you tell us your reasons or is that
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something we would have to talk about after we vote on this? I can say no. So I was able to talk
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to Mr. Hunt after the first vote and I still strongly believe that he would be a good candidate
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on the bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee with his knowledge of the city, both in
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bicycle infrastructure, as well as housing, although that has nothing to do with this, but
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he's very willing and wanted to serve on that committee and serve on serve the city.
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And I think that that's very important and recognizing that we with these committees don't always
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have a bunch of folks coming knocking on our doors to serve on committees. So what we do I think is
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important to acknowledge that they're across citizens that are willing and wanting in Thursday,
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so to speak, to serve. And so I would also say if the Council want Kevin is here and could speak.
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I think that would be great to give Kevin an opportunity to speak.
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Do we need to vote to open discussion or can I just
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know?
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Okay. All right, Kevin.
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Can you state your name in municipality?
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Will it across?
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Do you have any questions? Can you just speak to why you would like to join this particular committee?
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Sure.
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I wasn't sure if I was going to be speaking, I would know, in June, there was, I heard
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a desire for me to speak, so I wish I had been there and I could have clarified some
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things.
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So I have been a, I haven't owned a car in 20 years, so I'm very familiar with what it's
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like to try to get around in lacrosse as a bicyclist, as a bus rider, I also have extensively
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researched the housing and transportation history of the cross over the past few decades.
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And what I've concluded is that cars are very expensive, both for individuals and for
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the municipality. They're dangerous, both in terms of accidents and pollutants that they produce
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car culture, car oriented construction patterns, lead to low density construction that has
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had a devastating effect on lacrosse tax base and municipal expenditures. We have our climate
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obligations. So I think there's many, many reasons why we need to dramatically reduce
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car use. I don't believe in, I think that education is a good step towards that, but I think
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more important is infrastructure. We have infrastructure that is car oriented and it's relatively
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easy to get around by car. I know a lot of drivers don't see things that way, but in order
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to get here for my apartment less than about a mile away, I had to go into the street and then
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sidewalk that was barely plowed and then across intersection go, you know, all the way
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out of my way to get to another sidewalk and then dodges through some traffic and it's
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just not easy to get around by bike. So we shouldn't be surprised when people don't do it.
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My philosophy is based on what type of infrastructure are rebuilding. So that's the thing that's
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neglected, I've tried to comment on it many times, and I've felt sideline, so I think that
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being on the bicycle pedestrian committee is the thing that I can be doing to be advancing
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those goals. Specifically, I want to be looking at very specific infrastructure adjustments,
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I want to be looking at intersections, I want to be looking at connections, I want to be
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looking at doesn't make sense to put this bike lane here, how does this fit in with the
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plan is their larger plan. I want to work with the M2 Committee, the M2 Board, to create a
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more comprehensive non-card transportation plan. So those are my goals as a member of the
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bicycle pedestrian committee. And if I can answer three of them that I re-applied for the
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committee is that I think that there might have been some confusion or lack of familiarity with me.
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know that I tend to be an abrasive person. That's fair. I'll own that accusation. I like to say,
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I like to think of myself as a kind person, but I'm definitely not a nice person.
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And, you know,
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that's just how it is. I can try to temper that. I understand the rules of conduct for committee
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members and people representing the city in that capacity. So I can definitely code switch and
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it in and I also think that just some of the new council members might not have been so familiar with me
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so I took that opportunity to introduce myself to a couple and I think that we had some good
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conversations so I hope that does that answer the question. Yes that does. Thank you.
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Council member Klaw. Are we allowed to just ask a question? Is that will the chair allow me to ask
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question? Are you willing to answer questions? I appreciate everything you've said in your experience
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and on many of these issues we agree over the reason that I objected previously, it was
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your inflammatory conduct towards council members when you had a difference of opinion on
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policy and what we talked about is that we as elected officials and folks who are on those
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committees are held to a higher standard of conduct and that was my concern about conferring
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in that appointment.
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So my question is, you know, do you understand that and even though you said you're willing
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to act professionally on the committee,
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hopefully that will carry into other areas
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and not just on the committee.
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So the question is, do you understand
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why council members vote it?
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No, the last time.
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Correct.
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And some of the reasons why,
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it not because you may not be knowledgeable
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and you may not be a good fit, not as faced,
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but some of the inflammatory things
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that were said and personal attacks came across as very threatening to many council members.
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So what I'm asking is, you know, do you understand that that is probably something that
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is not appreciated on city committees?
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Yes.
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Councilmember Podeski.
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Thank you, Your Honor.
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I actually was one of the people coming and I reached out to and we had lunch and had a nice time that day and I told Kevin I find him to be very knowledgeable and intelligent young man and I appreciate it that.
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The only thing we did talk about what Councilmember Kalo just did as far as that stuff.
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And I asked him to, you know, not publicly, he doesn't have to apologize, but I say, you know, just think it over, maybe privately apologize.
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I don't know if he did or not. I will say that I do appreciate the fact now, Kevin, you see, you see my little bit more sorrowful about what you may have said, and you also just agree that you know that.
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There's a lot of times that I'm a very emotional guy, you know, I can cry to drop a
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bit of a hat, but I can back in the day, I throw a fist at the drop of my hat, but I'll
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grow in that, not wait that, so it doesn't happen anymore,
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but I guess the big thing for
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me coming is I just hope you understand your representing the city, and as much as we do have
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freedom of speech in this country, we have to be held to a higher standard when we're
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committees or in these roles of council. So I just got to thank you for a few seconds, but I
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thank you for coming up and answering these questions. Thank you. Council Member Gagan.
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Hi, Mr Hunt. We, we have, you have disagreed with me and I'm, we've never had a personal interaction. We've
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never talked about any of my votes anything, but you've called me a murder. I should be shunned. Those
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things totally get it. Have a fixed skin, no problem. But what I want to make sure that you understand
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And now this to this date is that I've been in listening sessions with you.
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I've read some of your comments on public media and social media, excuse me.
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And I found them very nuanced and very well researched.
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And I really appreciate that voice because it's taught me things.
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So I want to just say that I'm encouraged and I look forward to actually being able to work
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with you.
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And when I have a question, maybe that I can use you as a resource.
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So, I just want you to know that I'm always open for you to talk to me about how I vote, why I vote, when I vote, because it is lacrosse first for me.
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Thank you.
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Council member Bedford.
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This will be a quick one.
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Do you have a history of violence?
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No.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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Let me say it, Kevin.
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Thank you very much for coming up.
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Sorry, Councilmember Weston, go ahead.
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Sorry, I, I, Mr. Anted, I do also just want to apologize.
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I think I think there's been an indictment on your character.
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And I do feel like we would all be at a loss if we were judged
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by some of the things that we have said and done.
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And I'm, to be honest, quite uncomfortable with the council's decision
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to pick out one person out of many when there are many,
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I don't know most of these people, and so I'm concerned that this is a trend that we will
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continue and I would like us to instead revisit the how we appoint people to these committees.
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Anyway, I will be supporting your candidacy.
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All right, thank you very much, Kevin.
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Please vote.
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This is to approve Kevin Hunt serving on the
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this is to divide so the vote is to divide so I was
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going to write the first time thank you all right so this is the vote to
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divide the question
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that most in passes so now we're going to vote on the
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bicycle pedestrian question correct we'll need to make a motion okay to confirm
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The bike pad.
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All right, emotionally by council member Benford, second by council member Northwood, any other discussion.
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Would I just like to council member Killa go first and then I'll go after you.
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Thank you, I'll be brief.
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I'm encouraged by Mr. Hunt being here and I'm always willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt.
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So I will this time be voting to confirm.
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All right, council member Johnson.
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I'm off for people changing their behavior, I don't think a few months necessarily meets my expectations after 12 years of seeing inappropriate behavior or consistent behavior that I don't think meets the standards of our committee selection. So I'll be voting no.
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All right, thank you.
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In this pretty unique situation, I just want to say thank you to Kevin for
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one showing up to council and also coming up to the front and being able to speak
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your piece.
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I know that that is not easy and can be uncomfortable, but without being said, please vote.
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And that motion passes with one day, 11, yes, and zero abstentions.
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Now moving back to all of the remainder committee assignments
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We'll start with. Are there any questions or discussion?
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Seeing none, please vote
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and that motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
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All right, so mention of Council rule 15 for the following items
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251392 and 251406
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Motion made by Councilmember Goggins second by Councilmember Sleznikov
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Please vote.
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That motion passes unanimously. All right, report of bid is quote to
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recommend it to be adopted. 25, 085, 0 report of bid in resolution awarding
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contract to T2 contracting LLC in the amount of 500,000, 500,622 dollars in
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$36 for the Badger Hickey Park Restrooms and Shelter Project. Motion made by
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Council Member Badesk, he sent him by Council Member Gaga and Council Member, sorry Council
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President Dickinson. I was wondering if Park Staff could come forward and explain the process that has happened
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over the last few years regarding the Badger Hikipark. Thank you. Mr. Jim Fletmire.
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Thank you and good evening. Gary thanks for the offer of a cupcake. I appreciate that.
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Badger Hikipark we've been working on this for quite some time. The third time was the charm to get across
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of finish line. The old shelter at Badger, Hitchie Park, FEMA ordered the city of La Crosse
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to tear it down. So we tore it down a year and a half ago. We brought various
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changes
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and such to the shelter to try and get it under budget. We get some COVID pricing so it kept going
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up but we got it we finally got it right it's coming across the finish line we
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got the base bid for the bathroom so it'll start construction here in the
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spring. Awesome thank you any other questions.
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Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no other speakers, please hope.
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And that motion passes unanimously. Next agenda item 251231 report of beds and resolution, awarding contract to
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100, excuse me, 2000 block on Prime Street in Cameroa Project.
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Motion made by Councilmember Stein, second by Council President Dickinson, any discussion?
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Seeing none, please vote.
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Motion passes unanimously.
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Next is in Item 251347, Report of Bids in Resolution, Award in Contracts of BKC, Construction
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LLC in the amount of $2,471,634 in two cents for the highway 16 water transmission line,
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North Project.
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Motion made by Council Member Goggins second by Council Member Podeski, any discussion?
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Seeing none, please vote.
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And that motion passes unanimously.
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Next is item 25134A, Report of Bends and Resolution Award and Contracts of Gerkey, Excavating,
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Inc. and the amount of $5,174,219 dollars in 92 cents for the hotway 16 water transmission
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9 South Project, motion to approve by Council Member Gaggan, second by Council Member
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Padeski, any discussion, CNU employees vote,
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and that motion passes.
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Next is the item 251350 report of bids and resolution awarding contract to follow and hammer
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ink in the amount of $588,809 dollars in 23 cents for 2025 signal replacement at
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more Macoolie Road and Losing Boulevard Project.
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Most of the approved by Council Member Kalo's second by Council President Dickinson.
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Any discussion?
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and see a non-pleasable,
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and then motion passes.
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Moving on to items to be adapted,
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starting with agenda item 251352 resolution
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authorized in the mayor in the city clerk
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to sign the State Municipal Agreement
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for the reconstruction of a cross street
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from South Street to 12 Street.
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Most of them are approved by council members,
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Rose, second by council president Dickinson.
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Council member Kaylo.
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Thank you, Mayor.
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This stretch is partially in my district and partially my colleague comes
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member of Janssen and the design including the bike lane.
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I'm not really happy with and I think we could have done better on it.
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It's a state highway.
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I would have preferred a somewhat of a separated and protected bike lane, and we weren't really given many options, so I will not be voting in favor of this.
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Got some emergency.
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Many of the business probably basically all of them showed up for the public works meeting to share their displeasure with the options.
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And I think that we are doing a disservice to our businesses and the property owners on the
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cross street this section by choosing this design.
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So I'm going to be voting a note as well.
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It's just the continuation of a bad design from the other side of the cross street, which
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is currently filled with snow by the way.
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Any other discussion?
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All right.
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Next is an item 25, 1, 3, 5, 8, a resolution and comforting and comforting, additional funds from previous allocations for the row street, streetscape and St. James Street reconstruction projects.
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Most of you are approved by Council Member Gaga and second by Council Member Stein any discussion.
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See you now, please vote.
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And that motion passes unanimously.
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Next is an item 251372.
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Amanda Resolution authorized and the sanitary sewer utility to reallocate unused funds
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from closed capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital projects and equipment needs.
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needs. Motion to approve by constant number
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trolls second by constant number northward any discussion.
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Seeing none, please vote.
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And that motion passes 11 to 1.
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Next is an item 251373 resolution authorized in the water utility to
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reallocate unused funds from closed capital projects and appropriate additional
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funds for capital project needs. Motion to approve or most of the
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doubt by constant number northward second by constant number trolls.
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Seeing a note discussion, please vote,
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and that motion passes 11 to 1.
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The Consident Jett of the following Consident Jett will be approved with a single voice vote
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based on the recommended actions, unless an item is removed at the request of the mayor
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or a council member, so I will ask out this time, are there any items that you would like
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to have removed from the consent agenda.
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We've got it.
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All right, CNN, we will vote as most of you to approve by Councilor McKaylow, say goodbye
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Councilor President Dickinson, so everyone please vote.
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And that motion passes unanimously.
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All right, before we wrap up, I just want to say this is our last Councilman meeting of
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2025. I want to thank you all for serving your districts and serving the city of Lacrosse.
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I want to say thank you to every one of our directors for all of the hard work that you all
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do and commit to the city every day and thank you to all of our city staff and all the work that they
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do to make this city a better place for everyone. That being said, this meeting is adjourned.