[0:00] We will conduct an initial vote. If any candidate gets three votes at that point, the nomination

[0:08] process is over and we'll submit that nomination council. If that doesn't happen, we have to

[0:16] also split. We will have some discussion. The lowest vote totals will be dropped out and

[0:22] then we'll have a subsequent vote on who's remaining.

[0:27] So, shall we clear over going to do tonight?

[0:32] Thank you.

[0:33] Thank you.

[0:34] Thank you, everyone, for coming.

[0:35] We appreciate that.

[0:37] Our first candidate tonight is Michael Hemingson,

[0:41] and he is joining us virtually.

[0:48] So, yep.

[0:50] Excuse me.

[0:53] Mr. Hemingson, if you'd like to unmute yourself.

[0:58] Let's see here.

[0:59] Can you all hear me?

[1:00] Okay. All right. Hello. Thank you very much for allowing me to interview our virtually here.

[1:09] Right. On our first question comes to you from older industry look up.

[1:17] But Sheridan, we need him visually.

[1:24] This camera is that on? Can you show your camera?

[1:26] of course, let me see here. I wonder, select a microphone, select a speaker, oh my goodness.

[1:42] The video,

[1:46] allow, I'm sorry.

[2:02] You can't see me by any chance now, can you?

[2:06] So, I'm sorry, I'm more of a team's guy here.

[2:13] I'm sure.

[2:14] No, I'm not.

[2:16] I'm not a video.

[2:18] I'm here in my video.

[2:22] What are going to go ahead?

[2:25] I would like.

[2:26] I would like to see you.

[2:27] Sure.

[2:27] I'm here for you.

[2:28] Yeah.

[2:34] You dropped out.

[2:40] You apologize for this guy.

[3:06] Let's try to take a while.

[3:07] You know, as long as we have one candidate in person here,

[3:12] why don't we go to that interview.

[3:14] and then that Mr. Amyson come on when he's able.

[3:17] Is that fair?

[3:18] Yeah, I agree.

[3:19] Mark's having a chance.

[3:20] It's a fair thing.

[3:22] That's it.

[3:23] That's a fair thing, Canada.

[3:24] Okay, is it okay with Canada today?

[3:25] I think he's here and he's ready.

[3:27] And he got here early.

[3:29] It's always not creepy, first.

[3:31] I know.

[3:32] I know.

[3:33] My philosophy, my entire life, fair.

[3:36] So our first question will come to you, Mr. Myers,

[3:40] from August to Luca?

[3:47] Good afternoon.

[3:49] First question is, why are you interested in serving as an older person, then how do you

[3:54] personal and professional experiences qualify you for this position?

[3:59] First of all, again, thank you for your time this evening and the honor of being considered.

[4:06] I think the answer to your question is, I'm on a personal side.

[4:10] You know, I've moved to Wawatoza eight years ago. I started as a renter on 83rd Street. I've had that

[4:17] experience in the city and in my own district. We became homeowners in 2020 and what an experience

[4:24] that was and my had the joy of seeing both my district and my kids sort of flourished in that time.

[4:34] My kids attended curiosity corner, McKinley Elementary, now Christ King, and it's been a

[4:41] flutter to see them moving around the district, enjoying it, and then at time also the district

[4:47] has changed a little bit too. It's been great to see joy ice cream come online. Fortunately,

[4:53] this time of year I'm probably there more often than I should be, or, you know, Lion's Tale moved.

[5:00] Moving into the old law and garden space. And so that's, I think I would like to be a part of more of that. I'd like to continue to see

[5:09] safe district for my children and my neighbors move around and then I'd like to continue to see a flourish. And then professionally, I think what I bring to the table is as a chief operating officer of a company. I understand that is

[5:24] And he even take a budget's short term, medium term, long term planning.

[5:30] I know what it means to hire.

[5:33] I know what it means to fire in the consequences that come with that.

[5:38] And so I think I have a lot to offer both of my district and the city.

[5:42] And so I wanted to put myself forward and take the shot.

[5:46] Great. Thank you.

[5:48] Your question from Alder Dolan.

[5:52] What are your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[5:58] Gosh, I mean, I feel like the sixth district has got a lot going on.

[6:04] It's exciting.

[6:07] Again, I think it's a little bit of a crossroads.

[6:10] It's no pun intended with the activity that's coming on North Avenue soon.

[6:15] I think one of the priorities for the district is seeing the space

[6:18] over-behind Pius, the spade, the parking lot between mid and Lizo Elementary developed responsibly

[6:27] in a timely manner and get some important that it not get continued to get dragged out

[6:35] indefinitely. I went for a jog around earlier this afternoon and it'd be great to see

[6:40] something else there, but respecting the fact that there's a school immediately across the street

[6:46] and we're given a thing that comes with that.

[6:48] Obviously, I mentioned North Avenue,

[6:50] that's going to be a big project coming in the next few years.

[6:54] And then I think more medium to long-term

[6:57] is the space just across the road from us here,

[7:01] the current long-fella site.

[7:03] If the school district, in fact,

[7:06] moves forward with some of its plans,

[7:08] you have in prime property in the middle

[7:10] of our city right across from our city hall

[7:12] that is going to need to be developed.

[7:14] And again, developers constantly,

[7:15] Like a lot of people I love quick trip. I hate to see one there. So again, it's I think that that's a priority in for the city. Why just to touch on that I think continue to economic development, but responsible economic development.

[7:31] I don't think it makes sense to have high rises in certain places and I don't think it makes sense like I just mentioned have a gas station and a little of a certain space either so anyway that's.

[7:49] I think it's, I mean, obviously the city has got a budget deficit that it needs to address.

[7:58] And at the same time, continue to fund the critical city services, you know, fire police,

[8:06] But that's strange safety obviously, that's a big one for me, but, you know, floods, obviously created certain budgetary constraints that have to be addressed.

[8:18] So I think it's again managing this ability of providing city services, while also

[8:25] Continuity and economic development.

[8:30] All right.

[8:34] Thank you.

[8:34] Our next question comes to you for all of your gust of sun.

[8:38] And it is, first of all, thank you for taking here.

[8:42] And I think there's somebody that's better

[8:43] in this role to see it all over France and also,

[8:46] we've been doing this here for about six months.

[8:48] It's not the most delightful.

[8:51] By the question that I had was,

[8:54] what role does I'm going to development

[8:55] and play in the space financial health

[8:57] and does tax and incremental financing have a role in this?

[9:02] I think that to,

[9:08] we need continue development,

[9:09] Again, I mentioned Joy Ice Cream earlier, and for those of you, I think, who all remember

[9:16] maybe driving up and down North Avenue, it was an old gas station that was a bit of an

[9:22] ice ore. And so it is, I think, the shining example of what his joy has built to have a thriving

[9:32] business that fits with the neighborhood, that fits with the city. And so I think,

[9:37] Okay, we can't have ice cream shops on every corner, but things like that are a huge opportunity to make this a city that more and more people want to live in.

[9:47] I believe that TIFF or tax and criminal districts, I think there's that.

[10:00] Absolutely a place. It's trying to understand what the trade-offs are. The development, I mentioned

[10:07] across the street here. I don't see that. I'm like open the correction. I think all proposals should

[10:15] be considered fairly and openly, but that's a prime piece of property. I think that it can be

[10:20] developed responsibly without the city having to defer some tax in a short term. I think in

[10:29] other areas of the city. It presents an opportunity to

[10:34] encourage investment and development in a way that again

[10:40] wouldn't happen without it. And so like all things, there's a balance in act.

[10:46] It's about listening to people. It's about listening to judging

[10:49] proposals fairly and then partially, but I think that

[10:53] It's a great tool to have a city's back pocket when it makes sense.

[11:00] Okay.

[11:02] You go.

[11:04] Other folate.

[11:08] My question is, is part of being all good for us?

[11:12] You will be presented with decisions about taxes and budget.

[11:15] What would be your priority in allocating the limited resources?

[11:21] I mean, I

[11:25] suppose on it a little bit already public safety and emergency response

[11:30] are critical part of what the city should be providing, and so when it comes to things that

[11:38] need to be absolutely prioritized, that goes right to the top of the list for me. I think that

[11:43] other essential services, sewer is one water, things like that that affect the quality of life

[11:53] day to day for people need to be protected.

[11:58] As I've seen in my own business career and I know

[12:01] that the city faces these sorts of questions all the time, deferring certain investment, deferring

[12:08] certain decisions is part of the job. And so I think that as we look at certain things,

[12:19] I know that currently the city hall refurbishment is a part of that, that's a big thing coming

[12:27] up, but understanding the given take, and it's, I think, also explaining that taking

[12:32] constituents, what those gives and takes are, you know, if we're spending money here, it

[12:37] might mean we can do this other project today, it's not that it's not worth investing

[12:43] And then it's just we have to pick certain things to prioritize first and vice versa, you know, I think that revenue is obviously a part of this and if revenue is needing to be increased and lined with, you know, stay laws and city laws.

[13:02] It's explaining what's happening with that money where it's being invested how it's being invested, but I think there's

[13:09] Again, the core things to me are keeping people safe, keeping pedestrians safe, you know, I think some of the development around the city has been great, you know, some of the bulk bouts over in our district have been great.

[13:27] So I don't know if that answers your question, I should hope it does.

[13:29] You mentioned deferring is part of the job, you mean

[13:36] there could be 10 great proposals in front of Council and on their own merits individually all are worth the city's investment all are worth the city's staff's time to chase down to be particulars, but perhaps there's only funding for seven out of ten in my hypothetical.

[14:00] And so three worthwhile things have to be set aside.

[14:06] And to me, it's, those are difficult decisions to make,

[14:10] because again, they're worth, in my case, they're worth the investment,

[14:15] but we may just have to wait.

[14:16] And I think it's understanding when certain things are deferred,

[14:21] that there's a consequence, right, deferred maintenance.

[14:25] If it starts compounding the problem,

[14:27] and exponentially is going to create a much larger problem in the future.

[14:33] I think, again, that's the consideration at the beginning that needs to go into it,

[14:39] where it's paid with gosh, we don't do this today and we do it in five years.

[14:44] There's a massive impact on the city's budget.

[14:47] And so again, it's understanding that and communicating that back into the community.

[14:54] Thank you.

[14:55] Good afternoon.

[14:59] Thank you.

[15:00] There's a fifth question.

[15:04] What do you like, Troy? I love it. Two scopes is always where my heart is, but my stomach is, but my brain tells you a good answer.

[15:15] Well, thank you very much for coming in.

[15:16] Thank you very much.

[15:18] Thank you.

[15:18] Well, thank you very much for coming in.

[15:20] Thank you.

[15:21] Thank you.

[15:22] Thank you.

[15:27] Yeah, your child has that one. Yes, yeah, it's very good. Yeah, so it's a special destination spot for me for that reason. Absolutely. Nice reading. Yeah, nice reading. Yeah, nice reading. Thanks a lot.

[15:37] I should have time.

[15:42] Well, Mr. Hope is next.

[15:46] But he's not here. Well, I stopped up bigger than the hallway. So did you want to try to see it like?

[15:54] Yeah, we might have a peek in hallway and see if he was there.

[15:56] Yeah.

[15:59] Let's see, yeah, go ahead and check.

[16:02] What's this? What do we do?

[16:03] This is a famous for six to money. What's his name?

[16:05] Water?

[16:06] Water.

[16:07] Okay.

[16:28] I rang like skills are top notch. I got to water.

[16:31] Who will that?

[16:32] All right.

[16:33] Mr. Hold, this is your hot seat.

[16:35] Sorry.

[16:35] Can I have a seat in the gallery?

[16:38] It's even red.

[16:40] That's right.

[16:41] Thank you.

[16:42] Thank you for coming yet.

[16:46] Can you somehow get a message to Hemingson that we should for seven o'clock for him?

[16:53] Okay, thank you.

[16:55] So, welcome.

[16:56] What we're doing is conducting six interviews tonight and each of the candidates for the

[17:01] ask to answer the same four questions.

[17:05] So, we'll start you off.

[17:06] We have all there's to look up

[17:11] this first question.

[17:14] Thank you.

[17:16] All right, first off, why are you interested in serving as an older person and how do your personal and professional experiences qualify you for this appointment?

[17:26] Well, I have been a lot of things in my life already and it's, I look at this as an opportunity to get my feet wet kind of at the face level here.

[17:41] Um, I volunteered at a couple of different things and, you know, I'm still looking for that place for me here in my older life here and I saw this pop up and just grab my attention and I might be worth the try.

[18:05] And to kind of back up some of my background a little bit,

[18:12] problem in my biggest one is being at the VA in Tucson.

[18:18] And I was in RN, I worked ICU.

[18:22] I also was charged a lot in ICU.

[18:28] I was pep to run the implementation for the electronic documentation system for PECU and

[18:37] the ICU and stepped down and from there I was picked to go on to Philospatius, Philospatius,

[18:45] Philospatius, Philospatius, and Philospatius in the director's office working with the GVS staff.

[18:50] I ended up being there for four and a half years.

[18:55] And basically learning a hospital,

[18:59] the Sevehix, the Southern Arizona healthcare system for BA,

[19:06] was the third largest employer.

[19:09] Plus, we interfaced with all the hospitals in the area.

[19:14] We interfaced with all the military in the area.

[19:19] So, during the day, even though we may have only 2,000 employees, we ballooned to over

[19:27] 10,000 people that were coming in daily, coming in, going out.

[19:33] And we monitored everything from police, fire department,

[19:39] control problems with pharmacy, which

[19:41] is a big issue with veterans dealing with disruptive veterans. Basically running the hospital

[19:51] and it was basically the director's office. There were four directors, the main director,

[19:58] than the director of...

[20:02] Kind of the electrical and mechanical stuff, and then the CNL nurse for all the nurses and then

[20:11] Dr. Susoni, which is where I fell into. And we took care of all the doctors. But at any time,

[20:20] we had to fill all the other positions. So somebody got sick, was gone. And a lot of VA's tend to be

[20:29] a stop-and-drop, it's where people stop to get their experience in and go on.

[20:36] And because of that, people were going to other visits, other facilities, and so it fell

[20:44] upon the administrative area, the executive administrators, to help fill that role.

[20:52] Right.

[20:52] And that's what we did.

[20:53] we filled it. And it was everything from budgeting to contracting to whatever it took to keep

[21:01] the hospital rolling. Great. Excellent. Question two to all to go.

[21:09] Hi, thank you for being here.

[21:11] What are your priorities for the city and also for the sixth district as all the person?

[21:19] This is like overall, one, I think you guys have been good jobs, sorry, I think these

[21:25] I apologize.

[21:26] You know, let's shut that down.

[21:28] Go ahead.

[21:30] But yeah, we're over my appalling pretty, pretty, guys.

[21:33] I really think you guys are doing a great job and I'm physically active, so I bike, I run,

[21:42] I walk the dog three times a day, and I go through all different parts of, well, what

[21:50] tells us, and I just think it's a beautiful place to be in, so you guys have done a wonderful

[21:57] job.

[21:58] But I think as events go on and life comes up, I think, you know, we've got priorities and

[22:06] police, fire, you know, last summer we had a hiccup with

[22:14] monomony river and so, you know, emergency situations, we've been dodging tornadoes this year

[22:22] or anything. So, you know, I don't know how you respond to those by knowing to be, we have

[22:29] response team that was self-reduing that.

[22:36] I think those are probably a two major ones plus, you know, fixing the infrastructure

[22:44] where you can't, I don't know, where the county ends and momentosa picks up, but, you know,

[22:52] there's the infrastructure here, you know, water is important, garbage pick-up is important,

[22:58] you know being able to pick up debris from everything I'm sure maintenance

[23:03] for the streets you know and there's a lot of things there that have to be

[23:09] done and they have their own situations and if I throw something there around and

[23:17] I'm sure you guys you people are into a lot of different things that I'm not

[23:23] we're up and probably are just as important as those are, so you know, that's just, you know, me at my, uh,

[23:34] um, Libyan, uh, experience.

[23:37] Okay. Um, but so Mr. Chair, may I interject one point one point of order? Sure. Um,

[23:43] sure. Do you live at 2046 Northman Omni River Parkway? I do. That is not in district six. It is district seven.

[23:51] Oh, that changed, yes.

[23:54] Oh.

[23:56] I just didn't.

[23:58] Oh, good catch.

[24:01] Yeah.

[24:01] So that is, I bet.

[24:04] Calculation in my part, we've already run across the situation before.

[24:07] All right.

[24:08] I want to know what this, so I will just try to have the people.

[24:10] Yeah.

[24:11] I apologize.

[24:12] But that's fine.

[24:13] A few of you have been outside the district.

[24:15] It's not exactly.

[24:16] Not because of what you just said.

[24:18] Yeah.

[24:19] Yeah. It's not a technicality. It's no, I knew that before. I didn't even think of that. Yeah, you're in the soil. You're in the soil. That's fine.

[24:29] Okay, so you can run for office in the seventh history at some point, but yeah, you can't apply for this job.

[24:37] Yeah.

[24:38] Thank you, Samantha. I want to have me know, and I should have opened my thank you for your service to the VA. I'm, you know, on a whole thank you for it.

[24:44] Are you welcome?

[24:44] It sounds like you did an amazing job here,

[24:49] but thank you for explaining question number two as well, so yes.

[24:53] Yeah.

[24:53] Okay.

[24:54] How?

[24:56] And other comments if you want for the three and four?

[24:59] No, we don't.

[25:00] No, I can't consider you. I had a bit of a surrogate living outside the district,

[25:09] but yes, thank you very much.

[25:12] And again, you guys have done a wonderful job here, and we call it the Emerald City City.

[25:18] So, okay.

[25:19] Thanks a lot.

[25:20] Thank you for all great feedback.

[25:21] Thanks for coming.

[25:22] It's an apply.

[25:23] You're welcome.

[25:23] You're interested.

[25:27] Okay.

[25:29] We'll not go to...

[25:32] Oh, thanks.

[25:33] Mr. Chesapeake.

[25:36] A little bit early.

[25:39] It's not gonna help you if you're meeting a lot of the time.

[25:45] Okay, yeah.

[25:46] Four questions.

[25:48] Same four questions for all candidates.

[25:49] You have a five-minute answer.

[25:51] We'll be a little more, but not much.

[25:53] And we'll start with all of us to look up with the first question.

[25:58] Then again, thank you for coming in.

[26:00] Thank you for your time.

[26:02] All right, first question, why are you interested in serving as an older person?

[26:05] And how do you personal and professional experiences qualify you for this position?

[26:11] Thank you.

[26:12] Thank you all for your service.

[26:13] I know these roles in public service are both not necessarily always appreciated,

[26:18] but really serious and really important roles that you have.

[26:21] My interested in running for the older position is one being a service to the community.

[26:26] I did.

[26:27] To be a lead.

[26:28] I think that's something instilled to me.

[26:33] The community is a place that I live since 2011 and have been actively involved in the city of

[26:40] World War Two of the services for eight years in the school board.

[26:45] So I understand governance processes.

[26:47] our channel challenging is to come in and to possibly short-term role on new things to be able to

[26:51] pitch up really quickly. So would bring with me a lot of experience and collaborating with colleagues

[26:58] across lots of different areas of interest and advocacy working together to help move

[27:04] a municipality forward. So that I think it's something that I bring a lot of experience doing,

[27:10] have long history of listening and working and collaborating with community members. Sometimes

[27:15] they agreed, sometimes they didn't, but I was always very much willing to listen to engage

[27:20] to bring their perspectives and values forward. They obviously always influenced my decision-making.

[27:25] Especially, I work at the University of Wisconsin Walkie. I have a background in leadership

[27:30] organization, change, manager organization, over 100 staff, $2.2 million, and it works

[27:39] very successfully for 15 years on that campus. Also serve as a performance coaching fellow

[27:45] really have been training a lot of listening, collaborative work, and how do we work together.

[27:51] So it was, I think, an opportunity for me to step in and to support what was going on in the community,

[27:55] a contagious support to work that's happening in East Towson, Pasadena, and balancing the issues

[28:00] about being really walkable, dynamic place to live, and the challenges of development and how

[28:06] make sure that we're continuing to develop and grow and make sure our community is welcoming

[28:10] everyone. So it's like a really wonderful opportunity to help serve the community.

[28:14] Great, thank you.

[28:17] Question two, over Nolan.

[28:20] Hi, what are your priorities for the city and for the sixth district?

[28:25] You all have made some really good decisions over the last couple years between the city hall,

[28:32] The library, the merger of the fire department, and so I think part of the role stepping into this would be to support those moving forward to make sure that they are on target both budgetarily and as you said the expectations of the council for the city moving forward. So I think that that is what I was really excited about the work of the business improvement district along North Avenue, and supporting that work in helping that make sure that that is moving forward and spent a lot of time certainly walking up and down.

[29:02] I have two kids of the work at Joy Ice Cream, so between my house on 74th and Joy Ice Cream.

[29:07] It's been a lot of time, and I know that Pasadena area in particular is the way to thrive right now.

[29:11] So continue to balance those things.

[29:14] One big issue that I would love to tackle during my time in this role as older would be,

[29:21] the intersection of 76th and 4th, which is an area that I know is coming up for redesign and development.

[29:27] and so being an advocate for safety and thinking through how to advocate in different ways to make sure

[29:33] that that's face is designed in a way that enhances public accessibility and safety for kids

[29:39] as they walk to and from certainly long fellow middle school. So I think those are some of my

[29:45] big ones making sure that I really, great walkable neighborhoods are there, safety and certainly

[29:50] an issue on going balancing development of the water bill at the support of our neighborhoods.

[29:57] Our services are really, really important, and I think.

[30:00] Make me sure those of you may taint with the budget pressures that we aren't wrong or anything with this

[30:04] local municipality, to allow us to be at the forefront of how I operate.

[30:09] Do you mention the bid and you've said we move forward and thank you for sharing your answer with me for number two.

[30:14] I just have a quick, I just want to touch on one thing quickly if I may.

[30:17] It's approved.

[30:19] How were you thinking as one of your priorities that you had helped the bid move forward?

[30:23] Do you have anything in mind like that kind of right out of the gate or?

[30:28] So I think the first step is to listen.

[30:30] I know they are beginning work now.

[30:32] They're about, I think nine months in, can we take?

[30:35] And I think it would be to listen to how I could support them in my role.

[30:39] So I don't come in with any, I would want to come in and listen and engage in five ways to support.

[30:44] I don't come in with any agenda.

[30:46] Oh, yeah, because it business improvement district by virtue of its name.

[30:49] I was thinking maybe if you had like the right brain and me it was like,

[30:53] well maybe he's got some creative ideas that he wants to like share with the,

[30:56] It's been like, I try to always serve from a place of listening and learning, and then where

[31:03] I have, I think that ideas.

[31:04] I wouldn't want to assume that I have answers that they haven't already gone with.

[31:07] Okay.

[31:08] All right.

[31:08] Thank you.

[31:10] Thank you.

[31:11] Oh, sorry.

[31:13] You said lockable neighborhoods.

[31:15] Did you have anything like overall for the other districts like for the city as a whole?

[31:21] Like, you know, priority and like, I'm not, I know that's kind of a probative

[31:25] question but more so like something that would stick out like there's an area of concern in other parts

[31:32] of the city that you might have. I think what which hosts has done a really inventive job

[31:37] finding ways on all over the community to find both great in really neat, uh, bike-able spaces.

[31:45] I think the work that's being done on the west side, uh, and the redevelopment to some of the

[31:48] roads that makes pathways to under one elementary to and from, uh, it's really inventive and I think

[31:54] really advocating. We can continue to advocate for pathways that we don't want to want to tell

[31:59] said safeways so that you can move about this city as much as possible. As urban as we are,

[32:05] yeah, it's amazing to me how much kids are consistently, always just able to be out and about.

[32:10] And so I would want to be able to do that at safeways possible. So certainly part of that is police

[32:15] and enforcement traffic loss. We part of it is infrastructure of making sure that when we're

[32:24] ways that are in place certainly investing in our green spaces to allow that.

[32:31] But for me, I think the walkability, capability is really important.

[32:35] Okay.

[32:35] Thank you.

[32:38] Question three comes from Olga Guss.

[32:41] So thanks for being here.

[32:43] Thanks for serving us by all your fellow time.

[32:44] Thank you.

[32:47] Good to see you.

[32:47] It's been a little bit.

[32:49] First off, when we had a role as outgoing development,

[32:52] the city's financial health and what does tax and incremental financing have a role in this?

[32:59] Yeah. I think this is an area that I feel like I know a lot about as a citizen and not nearly as

[33:06] much as I would want to know about it if I were in your shoes because so much of this I think

[33:10] for the tax incremental financing comes out to you this weighing and balancing of how do you

[33:15] encourage and spur growth? That seems to be essential to increase the tax base. Wisconsin is really

[33:21] not set up local Minhaus Palace in Minhaus Palace as well for increasing the resources that they have

[33:27] in a really, really resource-trapped moment. And so I think one thing I would add is, I think

[33:33] anywhere there is an opportunity for legislative advocacy to take a look at funding models.

[33:38] That's really important as a council and as a community and to partner with other communities

[33:41] statewide on that. But I think tax and quantifying where it could really be a useful tool is if

[33:49] something can't happen.

[33:51] So what's that balancing the act of if something is

[33:55] going to be developed or something

[33:56] going to be done?

[33:57] How can the community invest in that to ensure

[34:00] that that gets over the first line?

[34:02] So I do think it definitely plays role.

[34:04] I can have positives.

[34:05] I think investing in things that would otherwise still

[34:08] be developed is a misuse of tough ones.

[34:11] What I don't know at this point, and what

[34:13] need to be a learning opportunity for me,

[34:15] is how do I come in and learn as a council person?

[34:18] What is that balancing act?

[34:20] What are the metrics that are in use?

[34:22] What type of information would I know?

[34:24] How do I be a good steward of taxpayer resources

[34:27] as I think about an apply those things?

[34:29] So that's an area.

[34:30] I think there's definitely a space for it,

[34:32] and I think I'm not knowledgeable enough

[34:34] to know exactly how to do that.

[34:36] So I would lean on colleagues,

[34:38] do a lot of reading a lot of research,

[34:39] to make sure that that's something

[34:41] that I would be able to have the ground running on

[34:43] and do a lot of learning on.

[34:46] Thank you.

[34:49] Well, your foley is our fourth question.

[34:52] Hi. As part of being an older person, you will be presented with decisions about taxes and budget.

[34:58] What would be your priority?

[35:02] First, it would be to protect core services wherever we can. Certainly, please fire safety, infrastructure,

[35:11] things that are foundational and are non-negotiables. And I think I would very much support of what

[35:17] are creative solutions in terms of collaboration, either working with city, county, other municipalities. I

[35:23] the fire decision was a really creative solution, or we could

[35:27] conduct services in that manner. And then I would really listen to

[35:31] constituents. So I think that's an area where it would be important for me

[35:35] to be advocating for what the members of my specific

[35:39] district and community really want to hear. And so that's important to be a

[35:42] really good listener, to be engaged in different community groups, and to be

[35:46] participating in really that democratic way of listening to what the folks

[35:51] to our representing would really prefer to be areas of focus.

[35:57] We are entering a challenge where there is increasing debt

[36:00] within the community, tax is certainly right, risen.

[36:04] So how do we then bet that what's the balancing point

[36:07] for being able to ensure long-term investment?

[36:10] Because just because something may cost a lot

[36:13] on the front end, doesn't mean that that short,

[36:15] shorter-term, larger investment isn't financially

[36:18] the proven thing to do in the longer term. A lot of, whether it's school districts, communities

[36:24] are facing right now, a lot of backlog and work that needed to be done over several generations.

[36:30] And so figuring out what's the elegant solution in creative opportunities? And I think that comes

[36:34] back again to listening to being aware of what other communities are doing, how can we learn from

[36:39] good practices around the state of Wisconsin and nationally, and how do we balance those things

[36:44] with get core services needs an interest in the community and how do we use the taxes resources

[36:50] that we have for the state through different grants and through what we're doing to maximize

[36:55] the impact of positive way we can have what keeping taxes as low as we can.

[37:01] Yeah, there's, you mentioned for services infrastructure, public safety, but would not be

[37:09] where service is the city owners.

[37:14] I think there are things that may be value at it

[37:21] that the community may want at certain times

[37:24] that may not be able to be an initial immediate investment

[37:29] that may make.

[37:31] There is not a thing right now that Pockham

[37:32] immediately pops into my mind as something

[37:35] that I would peel back on.

[37:37] I think that's another area that I would need

[37:39] to continue to think about.

[37:40] And so, as things emerge and come forward, I think there's a balancing act that one would have to do.

[37:48] But it's a fine question, and I don't have an outstanding answer for what things.

[37:55] And I think that that's a challenge that communities are in.

[37:58] Is you probably hear that a lot of, like, the here's one that I thought was a really creative solution.

[38:06] There was a shift in how often the community was going to be collecting garg waste, and so one, that was delayed, but also there was an opportunity that was offered to the community of,

[38:18] do you want to buy into us a certain, ours has been great been, and so it was an opportunity to kind of have something that's available in that.

[38:29] So I think finding some other fees that we can add in certain things, the folks want certain

[38:33] things that others don't was a great solution for that.

[38:39] Well, I ask a follow-up, I don't need to start by this question, but you talk to several

[38:44] times about, you're willing to still listen to people and to be open to conversations.

[38:49] Yet, during your tenure, there was some criticism of the board being unwilling to listen,

[38:55] And there was a, you know, a plan that ended up in this lawsuit settlement of an open meetings

[39:02] violation.

[39:04] How do you drive those stupid?

[39:07] So I don't think anybody ever had any criticism of media not being willing to listen.

[39:12] I think the criticism that they may have had is that they'd integrate with how I've

[39:16] voted.

[39:17] I think there were many more people who did agree, and I think that's that I feel comfortable

[39:23] standing with.

[39:24] I think any time that you are pushing forward and advocating for certain things, trying to address

[39:32] a school infrastructure that hasn't been invested in for decades, and that costs money

[39:39] and that I really have a commitment to long-term planning and having honest conversations

[39:45] about where are the trade-offs.

[39:46] We don't have to invest in certain things or we can invest in others, but I don't think anybody

[39:52] ever had a criticism of me that I didn't listen or the board and I can't, that many, many people.

[40:00] And that with me, and we're kind of shocked and surprised, like, you really listen to me. You were really responsive. You responded every email, you kind of followed up on every phone call.

[40:11] People don't always agree with how I vote it. But I think it's a real good thing.

[40:16] And I think the majority of this.

[40:18] I don't know what I can and can comment on it in terms of the loss here.

[40:21] I would say I'm very comfortable ethically and legally was everything that we did.

[40:26] The only thing that was ever ruled on was ruled on by the I think, somebody that they

[40:32] found that it, they weren't going to move forward with any legal concerns based off that.

[40:37] That was the only ruling.

[40:38] My job as a board member is always to protect the fiduciary health of the district and that's

[40:43] not about me or my ego and winning.

[40:45] That is about doing everything we can to never put the district into position where they are

[40:50] financially on the hook for anything. So any time we can minimize them, we're in this case.

[40:56] It was in this case. It was in this case. It was for 132 thousand dollars.

[41:00] In this case, my goal was to ensure that the district wasn't paying for things out of its budgets.

[41:09] There's going to be covered by insurance.

[41:11] Thank you.

[41:14] Thank you.

[41:15] Thank you.

[41:16] Thank you.

[41:16] Speaking of financial issues, kind of followed by my question, like all the friends

[41:21] and said, were you the board president at the time who was discovered the financial

[41:27] problems with the director finance?

[41:32] Was there any statement issued by the superintendent or the board president addressing

[41:38] the election financial issues with the director finance?

[41:41] I certainly spoke that I'll look away with an award for the youth.

[41:46] Did the superintendent ever publicly say anything about it?

[41:50] I don't have specific memory of certainly we spoke about it in public and privately,

[41:58] but I can't speak for and I don't have notes on what my memory says on that.

[42:03] And so, turning around to what we do as council members.

[42:13] We guide, as you did on the school period,

[42:18] by people, you know, interact daily this day as all day.

[42:24] But we, my guides, and in one of those obligations,

[42:28] if you mentioned the board, the school board, the school board,

[42:31] the school board, the school board, the school board.

[42:33] Do you think as the boss, sort of, speak of the superintendent, the superintendent, should

[42:41] have issued something?

[42:44] What I would say is, as board president, I am meant to facilitate and coordinate a group

[42:51] of seven, that we are collectively the boss or the supervisor, and we speak as a single

[42:57] body, not as I can only speak on what the whole board has taken action, so that's one.

[43:04] I will say I believe very much in accountability and that's, I think I, you know, student

[43:11] talk publicly, whether it was to the public, the media throughout my time in the board,

[43:16] did shy away from difficult decisions, how they were taking the school district forward, and

[43:22] never shy away from taking accountability for anything that we did.

[43:26] Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. I'm sorry.

[43:31] What was the core thing that you said you wouldn't support?

[43:34] I'm sorry, I was in this debt.

[43:36] Alder Fully had asked what was on the core.

[43:39] Think you didn't support?

[43:41] I did a great answer to that.

[43:43] So I think what the things that I would prioritize

[43:46] would be safety.

[43:51] Help.

[43:52] Infrastructure improvements.

[43:54] And then I would, I think I would look for elegant, try to find any elegant solution for things where there was opportunities for any value added things.

[44:02] How do we find creative solutions to do that?

[44:05] And so I didn't have, there's nothing immediately that popped into my mind that said I would not support.

[44:11] I think that that's going to be a balancing at the moment.

[44:15] uh... would do that's decisions are being made or all budgets

[44:18] say not okay so like in your mind there's not anything that would if it came across

[44:22] your desk you'd be like no absolutely not

[44:25] there's nothing that without further

[44:29] reading explanation understanding of what the trade-offs would be

[44:32] i don't generally come in with any agenda

[44:35] okay thank you i just wanted to make sure that i was talking properly thank you

[44:40] thank you very much

[44:40] appreciate your time

[44:50] Is Mr. Havingson available to us?

[44:58] Hello everyone.

[45:00] I am still hanging around here. I had my shedding open, and I see myself. I don't know. Can you guys see me? No, I'm not yet.

[45:09] I think it's going to go for it. Oh, no. Well.

[45:17] Um, you can lower the panel list.

[45:20] What's that?

[45:21] Please, please.

[45:22] Let me see from all the panel list.

[45:23] Yeah, he must come on to the panel list.

[45:27] Let's see if he's able to talk.

[45:30] It should be.

[45:31] There's a video portion of separate.

[45:34] Good.

[45:36] You know what?

[45:38] Did you tell it?

[45:39] Did you mention?

[45:41] There.

[45:44] What's up?

[45:53] It's me.

[45:53] If he is part of the panel list.

[45:55] And I switched to panel list.

[46:00] I'm sorry about that everyone.

[46:02] No problem.

[46:03] I'm sorry about that.

[46:04] I don't need a wife.

[46:06] So thank you for joining us.

[46:07] Appreciate it.

[46:08] I'm sure you know by now that we'll be asking you four questions.

[46:12] And you'll have no more than five minutes to respond to that.

[46:16] All right.

[46:17] Thank you very much.

[46:19] And thank you for joining us.

[46:21] Appreciate that.

[46:22] So, Alderson, look over the last first question.

[46:27] Thank you for joining.

[46:30] Why are you interested in serving as an Alderman?

[46:33] Or Alderman?

[46:34] And how do you, your personal and professional experiences qualify you for this appointment?

[46:41] Well, why I'm interested is I am a civil engineer here

[46:48] here in LaWateau's of working for a private company, the United ESC group, and I've recently

[46:56] been working with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District on a few projects in Oak Creek.

[47:05] And over the course of that work, I was required to go before the Oak Creek variants board

[47:14] and the Oak Creek architectural review board.

[47:19] And I thought it was a very interesting process

[47:21] and that, well, it's also probably,

[47:26] you know, has these similar boards

[47:29] and perhaps I could in a way give back

[47:33] to the community that I've enjoyed living in

[47:37] for much of the last 13 years.

[47:40] So I just was reading your Facebook page and I noticed this job opening came up so I thought

[47:50] I'd apply as far as a personally qualified well I about two and a half years ago my wife and

[48:07] I bought a house on Clark Street in District 6 and we moved only one block from our previous

[48:16] home. We really love the neighborhood. My son goes to Roosevelt, so I think I'm personally

[48:27] very connected to Wallace OSA. And professionally,

[48:33] as I mentioned, civil engineer,

[48:37] the work we

[48:37] do is usually either site development projects or underground infrastructure. Specifically, I am

[48:50] What a resource is engineer that's my specialty within civil engineering.

[48:58] We often produce plans and specifications for clients such as MMSD as a big client of ours right now as is the Air Force and the FTE.

[49:13] Another thing we do is to produce engineering studies for various clients.

[49:23] Let's see, one of those I've been working on recently is for MMSD,

[49:31] for intercepting structures in the Milwaukee area.

[49:34] And we're just creating an alternative analysis showing sort of like four different ways that they could approach this project from sort of the cheapest, the most simple repair to

[49:54] some things that would perhaps reduce the amounts of

[50:00] Of dumping of wastewater that they occasionally do. And there are sort of balancing the financial

[50:13] priorities if they should, you know, just go with the lowest cost option or is it worth spending

[50:23] for example, in extra $70,000 to get a better repair.

[50:29] So this alternative analysis type studies or something

[50:34] we often work on.

[50:36] And I think they would be a valuable type thing

[50:42] that I would work on.

[50:43] If I were a older man for district six.

[50:49] All right, thank you.

[50:50] Mr. Chair, may I ask a follow up?

[50:52] Absolutely. All right. I mentioned the your work with O'Night. I'm just curious to, you know,

[51:02] these kind of works in engineering and development. Do you foresee any potential

[51:09] conflicts of interest with your current work in any of the development that may or may not come

[51:13] through all of Tosa.

[51:16] I don't know.

[51:17] That is a good question.

[51:22] I've overlapped with Volatosa once or twice.

[51:28] I'm currently working with MMSD and Arcades on a

[51:34] levy project around the village area,

[51:38] where we're doing some work on enhancing

[51:41] the storm sewers around there. So there's less flooding. And I'm not really on the developer side.

[51:57] Generally, just working for public entities,

[52:04] such as MMSD, the Air Force and the DFD are current biggest clients.

[52:11] So, if there's a conflict of interest there on your end, I'm sorry to hear that, but.

[52:23] No, no, no, it's just more of a, I just wanted to make sure that some of the projects, like if there were.

[52:28] How, like a development, but if you're more on public entity side, then it was just more of a trying to understand any.

[52:34] Oh yeah, of course. Yeah, we're, we're consulting from generally hired by government entities.

[52:40] Okay. Yeah, that's all I had. Thank you. Yep, we hired you after we accused yourself. If you were

[52:49] if you were appointed. Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, I mean, I'm not really applying to

[52:56] to try to further our business or anything like that. I really first like to

[53:05] live in Wattosa and if there's any way I can, I'm not help the city out. I'm happy to do it.

[53:11] Our second question comes from all the dollar.

[53:14] Hi, good evening.

[53:15] Thank you for being here.

[53:18] The question is, what are your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[53:25] I did read through your 76th street in North Avenue.

[53:30] So faring that, what would be your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[53:39] If I would, well, sell it. I'll keep it short. I've liked living in this sixth district for

[53:50] much of the last 15 years, other than my internal job transfer to the Air Force Base, and I think

[54:03] I'm just a contractor, so not nearly as an danger as active duty folks, but yeah, I would say I really like living in districts six and over the years I've been here, you know, there have been road improvements in east town and west town and

[54:30] And I love the bike lanes and all of the bumpouts, maybe they're called the traffic

[54:38] calling the measures, you know, living west of 76th street in my son going to Roosevelt.

[54:48] It's always a bit of a challenge getting across that street can be scary at times, but

[54:55] now that there's that flashing light there.

[54:58] It helps a little bit.

[55:00] So, that's very good. And yeah, my supporting material or whatever it was called, along with my letter and resume was just something I was thinking about that might improve the intersection and make it more pedestrian friendly.

[55:21] I didn't mean to, you know, be pushing and say this is what we should do, but I just wanted

[55:30] to provide a possible idea that, I'm sure some people would find interesting.

[55:39] It was, yeah, essentially reducing the number of lanes running through that intersection.

[55:46] And I thought it was, it's a bit unique,

[55:50] I think, to have the number of lanes going through

[55:54] and intersection kind of expand out as you're going through

[55:58] the intersection and then reduce back down to one lane

[56:04] in either direction on either side of the intersection.

[56:09] So that was something I think about when I'm walking

[56:14] or biking in the area. And yeah, I really like the, you know, over the course of the last

[56:24] 10 or 15 years, lots of new restaurants in the area. And it's nice, nice, nice snow neighborhood.

[56:32] So what would be your number one priority for the city? Do you suppose overall?

[56:39] I would say, make sure, while we toast to has great schools and great public safety, police, fire, would be number one for me, although I'm a civil engineer, maybe it takes a bit of a back seat to some of those core services, but I would enjoy helping with

[57:07] the engineering side of things or whatever else comes before the various meetings.

[57:16] All right, thank you.

[57:19] All there are customers that will have a third question.

[57:22] Thank you for taking the time to apply and potentially serve the city.

[57:27] What role is ongoing development?

[57:29] The city is financial health and does tax incremental financing have a role in this?

[57:36] Well, I would definitely have to educate myself a bit more on the city finances if I were to be selected for this position.

[57:51] But I would say overall, I think tip districts can be a valuable tool and promoting development

[58:04] and expanding the tax base, creating jobs,

[58:11] so I would say that it would be a case-by-case,

[58:17] where we have to look at the pros and cons of what sort of developments would take place.

[58:25] And I just talked to the residents of District 6.

[58:32] And yeah, I'm not wanted to really, I guess, make waves in a, at a job.

[58:42] So I, I know this is a temporary position.

[58:46] I like to understand how you all do things and help out as I can.

[58:53] But overall, I would say the articles I read about the development

[58:57] and what was outside.

[58:58] I usually think they're pretty interesting.

[59:01] Like what's happening at May Fair, possibly, as well as yeah.

[59:10] out of the road improvements as a civil

[59:12] engine here, those are nice.

[59:19] There are four questions from older folks.

[59:23] Hi, as part of being an older person,

[59:26] you'll be presented with decisions about taxes and budgeting.

[59:30] What would be your priorities in allocating

[59:31] limited resources?

[59:36] Well, as I mentioned, I think education and public safety

[59:41] would be, would be out the top, and then with any extra money I believe continuing to make

[59:51] while it was a more vibrant community with safer streets and lots of activities.

[1:00:01] That would be nice. I mean, a lot of the things in the village, the toast to tonight, farmers market,

[1:00:12] the various festivals, the dairy land,

[1:00:16] like races recently. I, uh, the troll park, all of those things, I think, I think, almost make

[1:00:24] want to tell us, so I didn't really have its own identity and not just be, um,

[1:00:30] and all your typical suburb, so I would like to, uh, allocate at least some resources to, uh,

[1:00:36] continue to make things like that happen.

[1:00:42] Sure, man. Oh, please. Um, with the schools being operated

[1:00:47] by the school district and not the city. You mentioned public safety is one of your priorities.

[1:00:54] Would you have anything else if we exclude schools?

[1:01:00] So, anything else as far as the top priorities?

[1:01:06] I would say,

[1:01:09] how after public safety, of course, good infrastructure is important.

[1:01:21] I really like

[1:01:23] pedestrian safety. I enjoy riding my bicycle around. Well, it's also in Milwaukee and other places

[1:01:32] and making sure my son and his friends can get to school safely. Of course, there are

[1:01:42] water and sewer need to work properly. That's usually what I what I deal with at my day job.

[1:01:53] But there's a whole lot of other things to consider with the city budget. And as mentioned,

[1:02:01] would really need to educate myself on some of these items, but I'm happy to help, the city

[1:02:11] of WHOA, WHOA.

[1:02:13] Yes, one other question.

[1:02:15] Sure, WHOA.

[1:02:17] It's beginning of this interview, Mr. Hemingson, you mentioned that you were here in

[1:02:23] WHOA.

[1:02:24] Are you at your home now?

[1:02:27] I'm on vacation.

[1:02:29] Okay,

[1:02:33] so thank you for allowing me the opportunity to interview Virtually, did that phrase stuck out with me?

[1:02:40] Well, thank you very much for applying and for joining us and sticking through the difficulty so we could get to you.

[1:02:48] Yes, sorry about that.

[1:02:50] No, no, no problem. We got there. Thank you very much.

[1:02:56] Okay, our next division is 27, so that's 20.

[1:03:00] And, um, he is, he is online.

[1:03:03] He's online.

[1:03:04] He's online.

[1:03:04] And if it is online.

[1:03:06] Okay.

[1:03:07] So, Mr. Smith, are you, are you ready to go?

[1:03:10] One second.

[1:03:10] Yeah.

[1:03:11] Come on.

[1:03:11] Hello.

[1:03:23] Yes.

[1:03:24] I am able to talk.

[1:03:26] I'm ready.

[1:03:27] Great.

[1:03:27] Thank you very much.

[1:03:29] Um, as you probably,

[1:03:30] I guess we have,

[1:03:35] um,

[1:03:36] And you'll have a little more about five minutes or so to answer each one.

[1:03:41] Gar, first question comes from Alder Dolewood.

[1:03:46] I'm sorry.

[1:03:47] I'm sorry.

[1:03:48] And our first question comes from Alder's to Luca.

[1:03:51] I'm going to mean it that way, sorry, Alder.

[1:03:54] I'll copy it.

[1:03:55] I'll copy it.

[1:03:55] I'm sorry.

[1:03:56] I'll copy it.

[1:03:58] Yeah, I was like, I guess I got to modate off of that.

[1:04:02] That's it.

[1:04:03] Since I messed it up the last time.

[1:04:05] all right. Thank you for joining. Well, why are you interested in serving as an older person

[1:04:12] and how do you personal and professional experiences qualify you for this appointment?

[1:04:18] Well, I've been living in Wartoza for the last six years or so and had one other

[1:04:25] stint in Wartoza before a brief time in another city. While I lived in another city,

[1:04:32] actually did it, they had a really cool program, they did call this like a citizen's education

[1:04:40] project that they were doing, you would spend six weeks going to different events and learning

[1:04:44] about the first one was with the city treasure, learned about how the city finances work, the

[1:04:48] second one was at public works, we went to the fire department, the police department, and I've been

[1:04:53] interested in being involved in municipal government some way or another for the last decade or so.

[1:05:00] I was actually planning to run in the next term in 2028, the sort of, when I assumed that would happen,

[1:05:06] but with the opening that came up now, I decided to accelerate my timeline a little bit in interest

[1:05:12] in joining the council. But I believe that local government has an ability to affect everyone's lives

[1:05:20] on a daily basis. I think particularly at the local level, the decisions that are made in this room

[1:05:25] in the city hall, how a tangible effect on everyone's daily life.

[1:05:30] And I think that the council's role,

[1:05:32] one to hold the city government accountable,

[1:05:34] it's being operationally efficient and effective,

[1:05:37] also setting a vision and strategic plan

[1:05:39] for long-term growth and financial sustainability

[1:05:42] for the city is crucial.

[1:05:44] And I think that I could add value to the district's

[1:05:48] six residents representing them in that respect.

[1:05:51] Professionally, my background, as a sort of a public

[1:05:54] account and gives me a strong financial acumen, allows me to always have the financial impact

[1:06:00] at any decision we're weighing, in at least the back of my mind while we're also talking

[1:06:04] about some of the other, maybe less tangible or quantifiable values that we are deciding

[1:06:11] among.

[1:06:13] So, when I started my career, I was an auditor at the CPA firm, I went to different organizations,

[1:06:19] large in the nonprofit sector and reviewed their financials, you know, ordered them to make

[1:06:26] sure they were accurate and in alignment with generally accepted accounting principles.

[1:06:32] And then I also did compliance audit for state and federal grants in those nonprofits.

[1:06:38] And so a lot of government funding at the municipal level is also, you know, there are some

[1:06:42] grant funding elements to that.

[1:06:44] So just having a understanding of what compliance looks like at a high level.

[1:06:48] I think is something that I'll bring to this role.

[1:06:52] And then I also, after leading public accounting,

[1:06:54] I worked with in companies in their finance department,

[1:06:57] doing the accounting, being responsible for financial reporting,

[1:07:00] budgeting, forecasting, for companies large and small.

[1:07:05] So I understand kind of at a deep level,

[1:07:09] how financial statements are supposed to look

[1:07:11] and kind of the story they tell about the financial health

[1:07:13] and organization or municipality.

[1:07:16] Also, I have been a board member and finance committee member for various nonprofits over the years.

[1:07:22] And I think that the experience being on those boards would be relevant to this role as well.

[1:07:27] Well, the scale is different than any other organizations I worked with.

[1:07:31] The process of decision making will be familiar.

[1:07:34] You know, finding consensus, making the case to other members on what the right moves are for the organization or the municipality.

[1:07:42] And regularly having other board members, regularly having conversations with board members about balancing the desire to do everything that's great towards the mission with the financial realities of a decision.

[1:07:55] And I'm often in that role on the boards that I've been a part of because of my background in finance.

[1:08:00] I get it as excited about the mission as anyone else on the board, but I also know that

[1:08:07] just because of the idea is good and would be in support of the mission if we don't have a financial

[1:08:13] ability to make it happen, then we have to say no. Or we have to come up with an alternate funding

[1:08:20] method to make it happen. So I usually try to frame things not so much as

[1:08:27] Yes or no, but if this is important, how do we make it happen?

[1:08:32] For example, I'm on the Finance Committee right now for a nonprofit that supports the arts in Milwaukee.

[1:08:38] And funding has been a challenge for the last three or four years in particular.

[1:08:43] The grants that they are used to getting are smaller or non-existent.

[1:08:48] And, you know, they keep putting together budgets that put them in the red and amount that, you know,

[1:08:56] they can absorb for a couple of years, but if they don't make changes, the organization will be

[1:09:00] installed into the future. And, you know, they put together a budget that doesn't stand any chance of breaking

[1:09:06] even, you know, you know, I'm calling that out and say, this budget won't work long term.

[1:09:11] So what do we need to change. Thank you.

[1:09:16] Our second question, I think I've got to say, right?

[1:09:19] I've just moved all the way.

[1:09:22] I think if we're being here this evening,

[1:09:25] what are your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[1:09:29] What are your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[1:09:34] Well, I think my priority in the council will be to continue the

[1:09:38] I think the great progress that the city is making in making

[1:09:40] while we're toasted a destination of choice for both residents and employers and businesses.

[1:09:46] So I think anything we do needs to be in alignment with the mission, vision, and

[1:09:51] long-term strategic plan for the city that's already been adopted. But then in addition to that,

[1:09:57] I think that we become a destination of choice.

[1:10:00] Becoming a place that people want to live.

[1:10:02] It people move to a place that businesses tend to follow.

[1:10:06] So I think recent efforts, such as the creation of inclusive shared comments, spaces and parks

[1:10:10] like the pocket park on 69th and north, is a great example of a city investment that created

[1:10:16] a space that brings value to that whole community.

[1:10:21] All of the recent traffic calling efforts along North Avenue and other areas of the city have

[1:10:25] also made our neighborhood more walkable in vibrance and I think the businesses come in and

[1:10:30] response to that. The first time I lived in Moatoso was before any of that happened and North

[1:10:35] Ave had businesses on it but fewer and they were a lot less frequented by the people in the

[1:10:42] neighborhood than they are today and I think that the investments that have been made in that

[1:10:46] corridor that were determined by the council and you know that the council made happen is a big

[1:10:54] part of the development that then followed along that along that route.

[1:11:00] So, and then the other, you know, another area is I think attracting businesses and employers

[1:11:08] is great, but then we also need to figure out a way to also keep abundant and achievable housing that can work for both young professionals, families,

[1:11:19] and those who are aging in our community to allow them to stay in the place that they call home.

[1:11:23] That's a challenge that comes with becoming a destination of choice,

[1:11:27] when more people live here, it can make affordability challenging.

[1:11:31] And I think that the council has a part to play and making that happen.

[1:11:36] But for this interim set seven month period,

[1:11:38] I don't expect that I'll have any major projects that I'm pushing through from start to finish.

[1:11:43] So my priorities to, you know,

[1:11:45] thoughtfully contribute to the discussions and debates within the council,

[1:11:49] particularly trying to lend my financial

[1:11:51] vacuum into any of those conversations.

[1:11:53] Then I'll also prioritize being a resource

[1:11:55] for the residents of District 6.

[1:11:57] As evidenced by the letter since the Council,

[1:12:00] having a representation for our community and our district

[1:12:03] is important to the people of our district,

[1:12:06] and my primary goal would be to be that resource

[1:12:09] during the interim period.

[1:12:13] Thank you.

[1:12:14] Our third question comes from all of our customers.

[1:12:17] I just like every candidate before you thank you for taking

[1:12:19] time to be here tonight and showing an interest in serving your community. What role is on going

[1:12:26] development plan the city's financial health is tax incremental financing of our role in this?

[1:12:32] Great question. I think ongoing development is crucial for any city or municipality of any kind

[1:12:38] to survive financially and otherwise for a few reasons. So I think the first is financial obviously

[1:12:45] development provides you know direct new property tax revenue to the city and all the other

[1:12:50] taxing authorities in the in the city like the school district, NTC and the NSD, all of those

[1:12:56] organizations benefit by net new development and then the second piece is the municipal funding

[1:13:02] formula through the state requires development to continue funding the government at levels that

[1:13:09] even approach keeping up with inflation and so I think the development plan allows us to continuously

[1:13:15] grow at a manageable pace that we can absorb as a city without radically changing the character

[1:13:21] of the city, but also meeting the threshold set out by the state funding formula and meeting

[1:13:27] the other, like the long-term strategic goals of the city and the council set forth, I think

[1:13:32] are important. The second reason that I think development is important is to provide the housing

[1:13:37] to the residents that we're going to be attracting to our city by becoming the destination of

[1:13:42] Household size is much smaller than it used to be 50 years ago, so we need more housing

[1:13:46] units to house the same number of people.

[1:13:49] And I think that the awful development that provides housing for the residents throughout

[1:13:53] their life cycle will allow us to support young professionals, growing families, and those

[1:13:57] who wish to age with support in our community.

[1:14:00] The third is that without development, the community will fail to meet the needs of the future.

[1:14:05] For example, research park was an excellent office park when it was conceived.

[1:14:08] Now, the realities of work have changed and the proposals to modify zoning in the park to diversify the uses, including the tid that was created.

[1:14:18] I think are incredibly forward looking and have that potential to create a really, well, get ahead of future blight and create an exciting new part of the city for contemporary growth.

[1:14:29] As far as TIF goes, I think it's a tool.

[1:14:32] I think the tool often misunderstood by the public, but it's a valuable option for municipalities

[1:14:37] to encourage development that is crucial.

[1:14:41] And I think the tip should be strategically to direct investment in a way that benefits the city,

[1:14:45] but it might not be economically feasible without financial assistance.

[1:14:49] I really appreciate that the city has went possible.

[1:14:52] Utilize the pays you go model.

[1:14:55] It reduces the risk to the city, so if you get a developer who doesn't perform,

[1:14:59] and we aren't on the hook for the...

[1:15:00] Senator failure, but it does still create the incentive that allows for

[1:15:05] pop projects to go forward that wouldn't otherwise, but I think there are cases if the benefit

[1:15:11] is large enough to the organization or to the city that limited use of bonding could make

[1:15:17] sense as well, but I think we need to have kind of a process to filter those little projects

[1:15:22] that get to support. So my first thought is does the project further the long term strategic

[1:15:25] of the city is the project economically feasible without to funding and third is the city asking for

[1:15:31] concessions such as public parking, affordable units, specific design elements that are valuable

[1:15:36] to the community, but not economically reasonable for the developer to include. And so the more of

[1:15:42] those things that we're asking for or the more of those boxes they check, I think the higher the cases

[1:15:48] for us to use TIF as a tool in those cases.

[1:15:55] Thank you.

[1:15:57] Fourth question from all their, oh, hi.

[1:16:01] As part of being an older person, you'll be presented with decisions about taxes and budgeting.

[1:16:07] What would be your priorities in allocating limited resources?

[1:16:13] All organizations, municipalities, companies, households, have to work within their financial constraints.

[1:16:18] There's so many ideas that would be excellent for our city, but funding is not limited.

[1:16:22] So as I said earlier, my priorities continuing the work to make

[1:16:25] toes of destination of choice for residents and businesses, and I think that spending decisions

[1:16:31] should be made in a line note with the mission vision industry to plan for the city.

[1:16:35] I think first, the first thing we have to make sure happens that

[1:16:38] every year is essential services are supported.

[1:16:41] The city has to be able to continue to provide essential services to all residents

[1:16:45] to make sure that the quality of life stays strong in the city.

[1:16:49] Secondly, we have to look at the long-term financial stability of the city,

[1:16:52] including budgeting for long-term capital projects.

[1:16:55] It's just reasonably servicing waste and stormwater management,

[1:16:57] and this will build things.

[1:16:58] And probably things that I don't even have awareness of yet,

[1:17:02] as a laborers in here, but I think that category is crucial,

[1:17:06] and shouldn't be neglected for short-term gains.

[1:17:10] And then, finally, any special projects that are considered on top of

[1:17:13] the two things that are required for the long-term financial stability should be evaluated based on

[1:17:20] the long-term value of the city, financial plan, and the impact to our budget.

[1:17:26] Asking our residents to pay increased property taxes should not be done lightly,

[1:17:30] but sometimes it could be necessary and worth the investment in which case we should be willing to take

[1:17:34] public comment and make the case and ultimately make the decision that the council believes is best

[1:17:40] for the long term by ability of the city.

[1:17:47] Follow up.

[1:17:48] Yes, thank you.

[1:17:49] Just because I asked the previous applicant that was virtual,

[1:17:52] are you here and told us, are you somewhere else?

[1:17:54] I am somewhere else.

[1:17:56] I am actually in Nashville this week.

[1:17:58] I'm really unfortunate timing for work.

[1:18:01] My company headquarters is down here and all newer employees in the last quarter are on site

[1:18:06] for kind of an onboarding training for two days.

[1:18:09] Normally I travel for work.

[1:18:11] I'm in town most of the time, but the short-term nature of the short-note is nature of this just

[1:18:18] generally only flexibilities.

[1:18:19] I appreciate you accommodating me virtually for this, but I am not at home at the moment.

[1:18:25] I appreciate it.

[1:18:25] One other question in your resume, you list all the things you do professionally,

[1:18:34] it appears

[1:18:35] you've lived in Tosa for beyond six years, true.

[1:18:39] I moved back to Wawatoza in 2020, so been just over six years.

[1:18:46] I lived in Shorewood for five years before that, and then I was in Wawatoza for

[1:18:52] Wawatoza, and then like, immediately on the other side of the border in the Milwaukee,

[1:18:56] but right in the region for five or six years before that.

[1:18:59] So I've been local for a long time.

[1:19:03] In those six years or so you've been here.

[1:19:05] Have you been involved in any community organizations in the area?

[1:19:13] I really have not, in the area specifically, I guess, I'm on the board of, like I said,

[1:19:20] that nonprofit that is in the Milwaukee area for supporting, like, the arts, but specifically

[1:19:29] I have not gotten involved on specific boards or organizations.

[1:19:37] Thank you.

[1:19:38] Okay.

[1:19:39] Thank you.

[1:19:40] We should take the time and join us from Nashville.

[1:19:43] Of course, I'm happy to make it happen.

[1:19:45] I appreciate you accommodating me.

[1:19:47] Thank you for your application.

[1:19:49] Appreciate it.

[1:19:53] One more candidate.

[1:19:56] And he's here ahead of time.

[1:19:57] So that's good.

[1:20:00] Please take a seat. You probably figured this out, but you format is, we will ask you four questions. This is the same four questions that are going to ask of the other candidates, and you have five or so minutes to answer that.

[1:20:15] below that, but total 30 minutes. Okay, I want it. We'll get on here. I'm sorry.

[1:20:22] Our first question comes from Alder still Luca.

[1:20:31] All right. Thank you.

[1:20:32] That was having problems getting the mute button off. All right. Why are you interested in serving

[1:20:37] as an older person and how do you personal and professional experiences qualify you for this appointment?

[1:20:43] Sure. Well, yeah. Thank you. Thank you for having us tonight. My interest at its course

[1:20:48] because I believe it's civic duty for us all to volunteer in this when there's an opportunity

[1:20:51] to do so. This opportunity came up and I saw it as a great chance for me to land in my

[1:20:57] skills and knowledge to the city, even if it's for an interim term, to try and just be part of

[1:21:02] the conversation, part of the growth while we're toasting.

[1:21:08] professionally where I feel like I can

[1:21:10] really contribute to this is my day-to-day work involves handling very complex problems and effectively

[1:21:16] managing timelines, resources, sorry, and timelines and resources specifically to reach

[1:21:23] strict resolutions to very big issues. I work as a sales manager at Bosh of

[1:21:30] Decision machinery of the Butler, and we import five lines of European machinery.

[1:21:36] I am the logistics person for that, so my day-to-day involves making sure that everything from

[1:21:42] Springs and bolts to heavy pieces is a press break machinery come in working with what just

[1:21:48] six coordinators all around the world to make sure that these shipments adhere to North

[1:21:54] America customs authority regulations and when I look at what city councils involved and what

[1:22:03] I imagine the projects would be I believe that my ability to handle these kind of problems to

[1:22:09] looking to the details while making sure that very heavy, heavy problems, heavy machinery is coming

[1:22:16] here on time. I think it's helping to develop a very clear understanding of what we need to

[1:22:23] support the very large scale project. I also manage a $2 million inventory system at our work that

[1:22:31] I have been managing now for about three years. So I think really just yeah, to not show it, it's

[1:22:37] I feel like I have a good sense of big problems and how to handle them at a district involvement in the city while I love them.

[1:22:45] Thank you.

[1:22:46] Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[1:22:49] Hi, thank you for being here.

[1:22:52] What are your priorities for the city and the sixth district?

[1:22:55] The sixth district.

[1:22:56] Sure.

[1:22:57] So, when this came up, I thought of three major topics that had been on my mind since I moved to Wawatoza

[1:23:04] and that I would want to focus under in my time at City Council.

[1:23:09] The first being safe streets, and I mean quite literally safe streets.

[1:23:13] It's not a surprise in Milwaukee County. We have a bit of an issue of speeders,

[1:23:16] reckless driving. I would like to spend my time here contributing to

[1:23:21] literally being able to walk around the sixth district safely, knowing that regardless of your

[1:23:26] physical limitations or abilities, whether you are find to walk in your own two feet or you need a

[1:23:34] safely and securely, and know that you can walk our beautiful neighborhoods in the sixth district

[1:23:39] without really having to worry about it. Part of the safe streets too, when this comes to mind,

[1:23:45] is making sure that the actual sidewalks in the sixth district are level for people who again have mobility issues

[1:23:52] as well as when the winter comes around, making sure that the slopes to get on the sidewalks are clear of ice and snow and debris,

[1:23:58] so that again regardless of what your abilities are, you have access to every part of the district.

[1:24:05] The second thing that comes to mind is affordability.

[1:24:09] I want to make sure that everyone who wants to live in Walla-Tuice,

[1:24:12] who tells they can do so.

[1:24:15] And longtime residents continue to stay here and invest in our city.

[1:24:19] While we can, as a municipality, can only do so much to sabotage,

[1:24:23] rise and cost across the planet, across the world, and the country.

[1:24:28] One small thing that I feel like we can do is

[1:24:32] help in the facilitation of us to have

[1:24:36] accessory dwelling units and existing properties.

[1:24:39] It is something that I've been reading more about and learning more about.

[1:24:44] It has the potential to both increase income for residents or and or cut costs for residents, either by renting it out and generating a new stream of income,

[1:24:54] or reducing costs by maybe allowing someone who needs a living center to live on.

[1:25:00] Properties and therefore not have to spend that money elsewhere. This facilitation, I believe, too, can also be done without just by

[1:25:10] looking at into introducing any potential red tape or cumbersome zoning restrictions that might be in place, I don't know if they even exist. But, if there are

[1:25:20] are looking into that, making sure that people who want to approach this are able to do so. While also keeping a close sign, what kind

[1:25:26] products are being undertaken and making sure that our neighborhoods,

[1:25:30] same neighborhoods and we're being good neighbors.

[1:25:33] The last point for this is maintaining a good business,

[1:25:37] neighborhood relations.

[1:25:39] I frequent a lot of businesses on Northath.

[1:25:42] They're walkable.

[1:25:43] They're part of what makes the district so appealing.

[1:25:45] They're part of what made me in my life.

[1:25:47] I think we hit the jackpot when we've got a house here 2022.

[1:25:51] It's everything from breweries to grocery stores to restaurants.

[1:25:54] And I want to, during my time in the city council, make sure that both sides of that equation are heard.

[1:26:01] If there are problems, questions, issues that arise on either side, I want both businesses and their neighbors, residential neighbors, to know that they have someone who's going to listen.

[1:26:10] Someone who's going to hear of cake any concerns to city hall and make sure that the problems are solved.

[1:26:15] And just make sure that no one is left out or feeling not heard.

[1:26:22] Third question, all the guests.

[1:26:23] So there's thanks for being here.

[1:26:26] I'm sure you're going to get a question.

[1:26:29] Number three is, what will design going to be a development

[1:26:31] play in the city's financial health,

[1:26:33] that does tax incremental financing and all of this?

[1:26:36] Sure.

[1:26:38] This is a key trend keep this brief.

[1:26:41] I mean, the rule I'm going to implement plays is,

[1:26:43] I think we all are kind of aware of that.

[1:26:45] And I think the last person that was speaking touched shy too.

[1:26:47] I'm going to implement, as well as to increase the tax

[1:26:50] space.

[1:26:50] So it allows us to increase tax revenue.

[1:26:52] that increased tax revenue over time will help to offset what I imagine will be increasing

[1:27:01] municipal costs. Making sure that the city continues to develop and continues to have people

[1:27:08] move here will generate sales tax revenue to for the state.

[1:27:17] The role this tax incremental

[1:27:19] financing has ongoing development, has multiple answers, but I think the most important

[1:27:25] aspects is that depending on the current needs of the city and the district that the

[1:27:30] wall that the financing is happening and while we chose as the option to figure out how

[1:27:36] they want to leverage that financing. It can be it can change as the city grows over the years

[1:27:41] to come and it can be directed in appropriate fashion to either help offset the cost of development

[1:27:48] or aiding in incentivizing development by being allocated towards infrastructure needs, changes, improvements, point forward.

[1:27:57] In regards to how the TIF effects, the overall financial health, it kind of circles back to my first point.

[1:28:03] If we're helping to spur our development, if we are helping to increase the tax base, we're helping to increase tax revenue over the years.

[1:28:12] Yep. Thank you.

[1:28:14] older foliar, fourth question.

[1:28:16] Hi, as part of being an older person,

[1:28:19] you will be presenting with decisions

[1:28:20] about taxes and budgeting.

[1:28:22] What would be your priorities

[1:28:23] in allocating limited resources?

[1:28:27] So for me, the top two items that come to mind

[1:28:30] what I think about allocating limited resources,

[1:28:33] the safety and essential services,

[1:28:35] both of which really go hand in hand

[1:28:37] but to kind of personal out of it,

[1:28:39] safety in mind includes everything as simple

[1:28:42] as level sidewalks, cloud roads,

[1:28:44] two more specific items like senior resources,

[1:28:47] traffic calming effects, stormwater management,

[1:28:49] those all, those things.

[1:28:50] In my mind, after especially after looking

[1:28:52] at the flooding last year, those things

[1:28:54] are all part of safety.

[1:28:55] So making sure that the infrastructure itself

[1:28:59] and is up to code, they're not up to code necessarily.

[1:29:02] But it's safe, it's working, it's making sure

[1:29:05] that people know that their city is working for them.

[1:29:08] And of course, the second one,

[1:29:10] more obvious, police firefighters, EMT services, the health department, all those things.

[1:29:17] I would essentially budget the same way most of us budget our households, you know,

[1:29:21] needs first, want second,

[1:29:24] and taxes will never make anyone happy. I get that, but

[1:29:28] residents should continue to know that their taxes are being spent in a way

[1:29:34] that it proves the city and they should feel confident that those essential services are in place

[1:29:39] and making what we're supposed to continue to be a safe place to live.

[1:29:45] Follow up.

[1:29:46] I may have a follow up.

[1:29:48] I'm supposed to.

[1:29:49] Same question as I have asked maybe one or two other people.

[1:29:53] You mentioned essential services.

[1:29:54] Let's not essential service.

[1:29:56] What are non essential services in your mind?

[1:29:59] Oh gosh.

[1:30:05] Yarways collection. I guess it's not essential. It's very nice. I mean, it makes a big difference. I would hesitate to say it's not essential, but it doesn't affect day-to-day commutes, so I must leave files get really big, which sometimes you got to go through them a little bit, but I would put that up there.

[1:30:26] So, and last question I just asked recently, too,

[1:30:31] is on your materials you mentioned, you list things

[1:30:37] that you've done in the area.

[1:30:39] Could you talk about any community involvement you've had?

[1:30:42] Sure.

[1:30:43] I was formerly on Pacific Celebration Committee,

[1:30:46] Mayor Kathy Alley, he pointed at pointed me to that.

[1:30:49] I was there for, I believe, two years

[1:30:51] I'll have to plant two independent state parades.

[1:30:54] And I was very briefly on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Committee.

[1:30:59] The only reason it was brief is because I ended up moving out of the district that I was represented on the committee.

[1:31:06] And on a, on a paid, it was in a paid role, but I was the event planner for the Wavocosa Historical Society for a year.

[1:31:15] And it helped them to plan a proper fast or murder mystery night, the Firefly Art Fair, and it's like that.

[1:31:27] You mentioned one of your three parties, business neighbor, business neighbor related relations.

[1:31:33] You also mentioned that upcoming North Avenue project.

[1:31:37] What would you do if anything?

[1:31:40] That is going to be a big project that's going to last by two years.

[1:31:44] What would you do to assist a neighborhood that businesses that will be impacted by the project?

[1:31:52] At the risk of giving a non-answer, I think I'd want to talk to them first

[1:31:55] and understand their needs.

[1:31:59] The first item that comes to mind is I imagine parking is going to become a complication,

[1:32:03] especially in the residential neighborhoods.

[1:32:06] You look at the parking even by a lion's tail brewing and that we're so popular and they do

[1:32:12] such good business and they've become a wonderful community hub, but the parking goes all the way to

[1:32:16] the street. And I imagine I don't know how I don't have an answer, but dealing with parking

[1:32:22] overflow on residential streets or do something that would be a probably intermediate concern

[1:32:26] for the residents.

[1:32:29] Thank you.

[1:32:30] Do you know what other things?

[1:32:33] I knew her briefly at the Historical Society.

[1:32:38] Okay.

[1:32:39] That's it.

[1:32:40] Thank you very much for coming in.

[1:32:42] We're fine.

[1:32:42] We appreciate it.

[1:32:43] Absolutely.

[1:32:43] Thank you for your time.

[1:32:45] Thank you.

[1:32:48] Okay.

[1:32:50] In the interviews.

[1:32:53] I think we should take a five minute break.

[1:32:59] Let's stretch our legs a little bit and let it come. We can be in the five minutes.

[1:38:41] Okay, I really see them. We were at the zoo for two weeks, like two weeks ago and three weeks ago.

[1:38:47] Oh, they're cute. Oh, my goodness.

[1:38:51] I think we need to do that.

[1:38:53] Oh, this is it.

[1:38:54] There we go.

[1:38:55] We have a membership right this morning.

[1:38:57] Do you know?

[1:38:57] Oh, yeah, they go all the time.

[1:38:58] Yeah, I think we need to find it.

[1:39:00] My egg was made.

[1:39:01] It was getting tired of it.

[1:39:02] Yeah, I'm busy outside and below.

[1:39:04] Yeah.

[1:39:04] I'm eight and six.

[1:39:06] All right.

[1:39:07] Let's ask a good fact that business here.

[1:39:10] Our first order now is to conduct a boat.

[1:39:14] And see what happens again.

[1:39:16] If anyone gets three boats, that person will be the nominee.

[1:39:20] And if not, then the lowest will be dropped, and we, let me have some discussion and continue with more.

[1:39:32] So, how do we do this for him?

[1:39:35] Oh, he's going to be here.

[1:39:36] He's going to be here.

[1:39:37] Oh, okay.

[1:39:39] Yeah.

[1:39:39] I was emailing D and...

[1:39:43] No.

[1:39:44] Oh, sorry.

[1:39:47] That guy.

[1:39:48] Well, no, I remember. I'm trying to follow

[1:39:53] Adam Koli's formalities and call them.

[1:39:57] That's good.

[1:40:00] Now, remember, on these, you write the name and your initials.

[1:40:20] And then work like that.

[1:40:23] I think the victim.

[1:40:29] No question.

[1:40:31] You don't have them.

[1:40:36] Take it now.

[1:40:38] Okay.

[1:40:42] Do you want me to write in these out of these of paper?

[1:40:46] Sure.

[1:40:47] Yeah.

[1:40:48] Absolutely.

[1:41:17] You can do that.

[1:41:19] Yes.

[1:41:20] Okay.

[1:41:27] Although I got an out of office from D, I don't think that's accurate.

[1:41:32] No.

[1:41:33] So

[1:41:36] we have a two, two, one.

[1:41:39] Okay.

[1:41:41] You all need to say who they are?

[1:41:45] Yeah.

[1:41:46] You have two votes for John Myers,

[1:41:54] two votes for Derek Stylitz, and one vote for Joe.

[1:42:01] So I hear.

[1:42:11] So

[1:42:19] I hear.

[1:42:19] So just a anger and hammison.

[1:42:28] You want to continue voting?

[1:42:30] Are you going to talk about it?

[1:42:33] I would just continue voting.

[1:42:34] Fine.

[1:42:35] I would just continue voting.

[1:42:37] I would also.

[1:42:40] I think we just discussed last night that we weren't going to discuss.

[1:42:43] We're going to just know.

[1:42:44] Well, yeah.

[1:42:45] Okay.

[1:42:47] So we have two from wires, two from assignments,

[1:42:50] and one presupplyer.

[1:42:53] Let's have another round.

[1:42:59] Thank you.

[1:43:04] Let's have another round.

[1:43:06] Thank you.

[1:43:12] That's not turned to another world, doesn't it?

[1:43:16] Or a council president.

[1:43:19] A fire commissioner.

[1:43:20] Fire commissioner.

[1:43:21] What's the fact that the fire president is.

[1:43:23] The fire commissioner.

[1:43:24] I think the

[1:43:29] truth is out in that.

[1:43:30] I said, I don't know.

[1:43:31] I said, look for the sustainability of the system.

[1:43:34] And now again, the lowest vote total on this one will be dropped out.

[1:43:41] Captain Flash.

[1:43:43] Captain Flash.

[1:43:44] It was copy that.

[1:43:47] I'm going to get you a CD.

[1:43:49] It's a radio everything.

[1:43:56] Please tell me.

[1:43:58] I don't want to annoy anyone that's in the room.

[1:44:02] Oh,

[1:44:07] I'm going to see you again.

[1:44:23] What?

[1:44:24] The same result.

[1:44:25] Same results.

[1:44:27] Sorry, Mr. Dwyer,

[1:44:32] I do appreciate your interest in the job and you're coming in and talking about it.

[1:44:36] Absolutely, thank you very much.

[1:44:37] Thank you, sir.

[1:44:38] Thank you.

[1:44:40] Okay, we have a few candidates left.

[1:44:42] They will do Rob's free.

[1:44:47] Thank you, sir.

[1:44:50] Let me have a look.

[1:44:51] I agree.

[1:45:16] Thank you.

[1:45:17] I did an upset.

[1:45:17] What a

[1:45:36] walk for you.

[1:45:37] I'm getting myself sent.

[1:45:40] I count double after

[1:45:47] seven.

[1:45:47] Good enough.

[1:46:16] So there are three votes for John Myers.

[1:46:21] Then two first time.

[1:46:24] Thank you.

[1:46:25] Mr. Myers will be our nominee to go past under the council and might be a special meeting.

[1:46:31] in early September or mid September. We're not sure about that yet. Okay, so you'll be the nominee.

[1:46:38] So Mr. Chair, just finally I would move, you know, nominate Mr. Chair.

[1:46:42] Sorry, you're right, you're right.

[1:46:43] I would move to nominate Mr. Myers as the appointed Alderman for the six district until the April 2027 election.

[1:46:52] No, of second. No, no, no, no.

[1:46:55] Yeah, all the buses and seconds. Thank you.

[1:46:58] All the favor?

[1:46:59] Hi.

[1:47:00] Okay, we're done tonight, we got your questions, thank you for your consideration.

[1:47:08] Thank you for your

[1:47:12] advice.

[1:47:12] Thank you.

Aldermanic Nomination Committee 8.26.26

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