County Board - Regular Meeting

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19 supervisors are present. Supervisors Colonia, Belsky, Carroll, and Morrissey are excused.

Okay, youth and governance, we have Sam Sheen, Finance Administration Committee. Thank you, Sam. Welcome. Appreciate you being here again. Okay, do we have any citizens' comments? Any citizens' comments? If you can approach the podium, state your name and address for the record.

Good evening. My name is Donna Nicolazzi and I live at 4610 Beverly Lane. I'm a lifelong resident of Kenosha and a retired paralegal.

Could you speak closer into the microphone or move the microphone? Thank you.

Do you want me to repeat myself? I would like everyone to recall mid-July of this year when most of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes, including Wisconsin, was covered with layers of smoke from the Minnesota and Canadian fires. Now, That was pollution that we could see and smell and taste. Everyone was affected and there wasn't anything we could do about it. What many might not realize is if data centers and the plants needed to power these centers are allowed to move forward, the pollutants from these power plants will be released into our environment and water. Pollutants that we will be unable to detect, not until years from now when it's too late. I'm asking this board, please, do what you need to do to support pausing the construction of this project to allow for moratorium to be put into place until a viable plan for safe practices can be submitted pursuant to the rules and regulations that protect our population and environment. And by the way, the word viable comes from Latin, meaning life. If these projects continue to move forward, I am concerned and afraid for the health and safety of everyone and for our land, our air, and our water. Also consider this. Within the next 10 years, these data centers may well be obsolete and most likely reduced to the size of a garbage can, all at the expense of the loss of our farmlands and the contamination of our waters. I think you know that when you end a people's way of life, prepare for what comes next. You have heard the deep concerns of your neighbors and fellow citizens. The members of this board need also be concerned. The pollutants emitted from the power plants will affect you and your families as well. It's up to you and us to be strong enough to act and to continue caring about our future generations the same way our ancestors have done for us. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any more citizens' comments?

Good evening. My name is Kimberly Laska, and I live at 2403 136th Ave, Kenosha. I'm here tonight to talk about something big, ugly, noisy, and wildly unpopular. I realize that could mean more than one thing. But I'm here to talk specifically about data centers, and in particular the proposed Microsoft data center in Kenosha. I live in Bob and June Cuny's old house. It's just by Whisker. I'm still in town of Paris. And Microsoft is now my new neighbor. In fact, their property is 10 feet out of my kitchen door. Microsoft purchased the land back in January of 2025. I discovered this while listening to a report on Wisconsin Public Radio. I didn't know much about large-scale data centers that cold winter morning, but since then I've learned quite a lot. I am still confused about some details of the deal with Microsoft Corporation. For some reason, Microsoft was able to purchase the 5.3-acre parcel of land directly north of my property, land that was zoned C2, conservation lowland. I'm also fuzzy on how the city rezoned the parcel on December 16th, 2024, from ag to heavy manufacturing, when that section next to me was never ag to begin with. I'm also confused about the state of Wisconsin providing tax incentives to a corporation with a market cap of $3.71 trillion. Microsoft is the fourth largest company in the world based on that market cap. Do tech giants in the business of AI need handouts from our government? I would encourage the board to follow the town of Paris in adopting a one-year moratorium on data centers. It may be only symbolic, but it could send a message to other counties and the state that data centers and AI need regulation. Thank you for listening. And I'll be sticking around later. I brought my knitting, so if anyone has any questions, I'm happy to answer and show you my documenting evidence. Thanks.

Thank you. Are there any other citizens' comments?

Hello, Rachel Kirshner, 2613 136th Avenue, the town of Paris. Supervisors of the board, I am here today because of the proposed Microsoft Data Center on 136th Avenue, the same street I just said I lived on. It's a direct threat to the health, safety, and the peace of Kenosha County residents. I have lived in my home for 17 years. When I bought my home, I looked out at cornfields and Kamar's Cheese Castle. Since then, the city of Kenosha has annexed the land behind me for warehouses. I can accept the warehouses. I don't like them, but they're livable. But a data center crosses the line. I will be just five houses away from the massive data center. My mother's home of 40 years is less than a mile away on the northern side. That's not part of any development zone. Paris is actually planning on building more houses on 136th Avenue. We are not alone. There are over 50 Paris homes, not on City of Kenosha homes, on 136th Avenue, right next to the proposed site. This will be devastating impact to our homes. A data center is not a warehouse. It is an environmental and public health crisis. First, consider the power and air quality. Data centers require so much electricity that Envenergy is proposing a massive third gas plant in the town of Paris. According to the UW-Madison white paper, a plant of this scale can cause over a billion dollars in health care costs. Yet the city of Kenosha is bragging about their $9 million in tax money, a billion dollars in healthcare costs. The PSC docket says this plan is 100% for a single large customer, the data centers. I am terrified my young children will develop asthma or lung cancer just because a corporation needs power and the city of Kenosha's greed. Second, the city claims this facility is safe and will use a closed-loop system with minimal water. But to avoid water cooling, Microsoft will run massive air conditioning units 24-7. These cooling fans create a devastating type of pollution, infrasound or low-frequency noise. You might not hear infrasound, but you feel it. In Mount Pleasant, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft over this ongoing infrasound. For some, they don't feel it. For me, it's completely debilitating. When I am near the Mount Pleasant site, my arms and legs tingle, my ears feel like they're about to burst, and my brain goes foggy. I worry it affects drivers on I-94, and I can't imagine living so close to one running 24-7. You think I'm upset tonight? If approved, my home will become unbearable to live in, so I will just have to go to every council meeting and every county meeting to get away from it until it's turned off. I have spoken to the city of Kenosha's common council like four times. I've talked to the Kenosha's mayor and to Microsoft. Microsoft claims they're good neighbors, so no need to bite me out. The truth is good neighbors don't go around saying they're good neighbors. Servant residents say otherwise. The town of Paris has no authority to stop this. I am running out of options. So I'm turning to you, the county. You have the power to act. Other counties like Dane, Manitowoc, Green, Winnebago County have passed moratoriums. Kenosha should be next. I ask this board to step up, pass the countywide moratorium on data center developments, and act strict noise ordinance specifically targeting infrasound and low frequency vibrations to protect our border from Racine County's noise pollution. Intervene with the PSC to demand that any energy production or gas plants serving Racine County developments be built there, not dumped on Kenosha County residents. We avoided Foxconn. Let's avoid Foxconn too. Mess. We want to build this monstrosity on county roads, our roads. No amount of tax money is worth the health of Kenosha County families. Please protect our homes and our health. Thank you. Do it for yourself. It's a joke if you think the city of Kenosha is going to stop two data centers. Before you know it, the city will approve 15 more, just like Mount Pleasant. And you will start getting letters from PSC wanting to put a gas plant in your backyard. Gas plants in Paris and Darien out in Walworth are run or proposed on high-capacity wells. So don't think you're safe in Twin Lakes or Brighton, Bristol, Salem Lakes, Pleasant Prairie, or Wieland. It starts with the solar farms and batteries and ends with gas plants. Wheatland will get a gas plant next because we still don't have enough power for Mount Pleasant data centers, not including the Kenosha data centers. You cared about the Wheatland battery storage. Let's care about the core issue driving these needs, the data centers. Let's stop them until they figure out how to build them better without destroying our health, our land, our water, our lives. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any more citizens' comments? Any more citizens' comments? Seeing no more citizen comments, citizen comments are closed. Announcement of the chair. I have a few announcements. I think what we're gonna do first is we have an executive, we have two executive proclamations to give and call up Carrie Foss and Samantha Kirkman, our executive.

Good evening, Chair. Good evening, Supervisors. I'm Carrie Foss, and I'm the Assistant Director of Human Services for Kenosha County. And this evening, I'm really happy to share that this is National Co-Responder Week. And this evening, we have Captain Olila and Chief Selvidge with Pleasant Prairie Police Department, as well as Tori Sheldon, their co-responder. Their co-response program has been operational since December of 2025. We also have Sheriff Zerner and Kristen Rabideau, the co-responder for the Sheriff's Office. That program has been operational since March of 2025. And so this evening, I would like to turn over to the chair and the county executive to say a few words.

I just want to say a couple words and then I'll read the proclamation.

All right. Well, good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for giving us a few moments tonight to recognize this important week. Obviously, we've spent a lot of time talking about our co-responders, our embedded social workers, both with Pleasant Prairie and with the Kenosha Sheriff's Office and our Human Services Department. And it's an important part of our public safety component here in Kenosha County because when our deputies and when our police officers are out on calls, many times there are families that are impacted that don't necessarily need law enforcement, but they need people to respond right away. And so we're really thankful that we have two social workers with us tonight. And I want everybody to give them a big round of applause because they do a great job. I know I was made aware of a call earlier this summer where a young child was hit by a car in a grandparent's driveway. And I know that, again, first responders, you know, fire, police were on the scene right away. But the immediate call then went to Pleasant Prairie's embedded social worker. And I don't know if Kristen responded or if both of you responded, but I know that that scene was kind of chaotic, and you were that force that came in to help calm everybody's very heightened emotions going on in that very, very tragic scene. And so those are the types of calls that every day that they handle, and they help our both sheriff deputies and police officers every day deliver the services for our residents. So I'm very, very thankful for their support. abilities and that they've taken on the challenge to be with us. So I have an executive proclamation tonight that I wanted to read. Whereas Kenosha County recognizes that individuals experiencing mental health challenges, substance abuse, substance use disorders and other behavioral health crises deserve compassionate, appropriate, and effective responses. And whereas co-responder programs began to bring together law enforcement officers, behavioral health professionals, and other community partners to respond collaboratively during times of crisis. And whereas co-responders connect individuals and their families with the appropriate resources, treatment, and ongoing support while promoting safety, dignity, and respect. And whereas successful co-response partnerships strengthen the relationships between public safety agencies, health and human services providers, and community organizations and residents. And whereas Kenosha County is committed to the innovation of posts that reduce unnecessary involvement of the criminal justice system, improve access to behavioral health services, and promote positive outcomes for individuals in the community. And whereas Co-Responder Week provides an opportunity to recognize the dedication, professionalism, compassion, collaboration of co-responsers, of all professionals who support this important work. And now, therefore, it hereby be known that Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kirkman and County Board Chairman Mark Nortigan do hereby proclaim September 13th through the 19th as Co-Responsor Week. Given on this day, signed, Samantha Kirkman and Mark Nortigan.

Yeah, I'd like to thank you for, this is such important work. I think that you can really take the edge off. You can work with people. They have a place, someone to talk to, knowing that it's just not, you know, someone in blue, which God bless them too, but we want to make sure that we really do point out important work that you folks do, and I very much appreciate it as the county does. Thank you.

I didn't know I was speaking. Very briefly, I just would like to thank the ladies. Mrs. Voss put this together a long time ago with Chief Selvidge's predecessor, Chief Smetana. They did a lot of work on it and got it prepared. They weren't able to move forward with it early enough. So after I took office, Mrs. Voss came to me and said, this is what I want to do and this is how we need to do it. And she was very instrumental in that. And I appreciate the work that both of you do. And Kristen has been absolutely phenomenal with our deputies in the sheriff's office. And I hear you quickly accolades about you as well, ma'am. So congratulations to the sheriff, to Pleasant Prairie PD. And I just want to thank everybody who's been involved in this program. And keep going. Thank you.

Hi, there's not much more I think that I can say. The program is instrumental in just about everything that we do in the police department, from dealing with people that are suffering from different illnesses or different episodes to sometimes just comforting victims. Tori's just done an amazing job since she's been working with us, and I can't even put into words the value of a program like this. So thank you for recognizing them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, I've got more announcements. There is the, unless someone else wants to bring it up, but I'll bring it up, Kenosha County Italian Fest. I'm sorry, Kenosha Italian Fest. I think it's second annual. Anybody knows it's the second one? Anyway, it is the second one. It starts Thursday, or Friday, 18th, 19th, 20th. Yeah, should have wrote that down. And then this coming week... I guess it would be Sunday night for some, but Monday and Tuesday, the WCA annual conference is being held. Hope to see everyone there who can make it. And that's all I have. Any supervisory reports? Supervisor Gaske.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to briefly update the board that this past week the Joint Services Board did meet. We approved unanimously our budget for the upcoming year, the proposed budget, and the county and the city and everybody, the finance teams all worked very well together and so that was a very smooth process. We were able to give a Increase to the wages, similar to what the county and the city are doing, as well as continued benefits without any changes or reductions. And so we're thankful for that. As far as vacancies go, Joint Services is doing very well, just a few in the telecommunication center, but overall things are going well. The Exxon implementation is continuing during this transition. And overall, things are going well with joint services. So if you have any questions, please feel free to talk to me, Supervisor Morrissey, Executive Kirkman, and we'd be happy to answer your questions. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Geschke. Supervisor Brown.

Thanks. September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and Kenosha County has seen a recent increase in persons that have died by suicide. So Kenosha County Behavioral Health Services will host two sessions of Know the Signs, Ask the Questions, and they will be led by our two co-responders. They're one-hour community trainings on suicide screening. One will be held on September 24th, 6 p.m. at the Kenosha County Center, and one will be held on September 29th at 6 p.m. at the Pleasant Prairie Police Department. The training is designed to help participants recognize warning signs of suicide risk and feel more confident asking direct, compassionate questions when someone may be struggling. During this training, participants will learn how to recognize common warning signs and risk factors, Use severity scale. Connect individuals with appropriate support and resources. Build confidence when having conversations that can make a difference. And learn about harm reduction. And so I have some little tchotchkes here. I guess they're not really tchotchkes. Cable gun lock for harm reduction. Drug deactivation. These are all available, and they'll be available at this training, but they're available through our public health, or through Behavioral Health Services, rather. So if you ever think you might need these, you should be using them. And then with going back to school, medication lockbox is really, really, really important to send the kiddos away with those so that no one is grabbing their meds. Our county executive will be attending one of these trainings, and I encourage each and every one of us to also attend. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Brown. Are there any other supervisor comments? Supervisor Gashke.

I failed to mention Supervisor Poole as well as a resource. He's a relatively newer member to the Joint Services Board, but he'd also be able to answer your questions. Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Gashke.

Seeing no other supervisor comments, supervisor comments are closed.

County Executive Appointments 20, Kathy McCutcheon to serve on the Commission on Aging and Disability Services.

Refer to Human Services Committee.

21, Jeffrey Martin to serve on Kenosha County Veterans Service Commission.

Refer to Human Services Committee.

22, Scott Grundy to serve on the Land Information Council.

Refer to Planning, Development, and Extension Education Committee.

23, Patricia Pendleton to serve as Director of the Division of Land Information Services and Land Information Officer.

Refer to Finance and Administration Committee.

24, Jamie Rovers to serve as director of the Division of Behavioral Health Services.

Refer to Human Services Committee.

Old business ordinance second reading to required ordinance 12 from Supervisor Nudo in ordinance to amend MCKC 2.1. or Chapter 2.13 related to standing committee assignments. This failed at committee three to two, Supervisors Morrissey, Decker, and Pietra voting nay, and Supervisors Tarzan and Colonia voting aye. Sorry.

Supervisor Noto. Oh, sorry, hold on, hold on. Sorry about that.

Sorry. Move ordinance number 12.

Moved by Supervisor Nudo, seconded by Supervisor Tarzan. Supervisor Nudo.

Thank you. I'm going to try to make this very short. I've spoken quite a bit at the committee level and also in the last meeting. Just a couple things to recap. I'm bringing this resolution because I believe it's the right way to do it. However, there was one supervisor that during the comments, she made a reference by saying, why did I do this when I was chairman? Well, the reason I didn't do it when I was chairman, because it has been in that way all the times, and never that I can remember, there were nine people At that time, let me correct that. At that time, there were nine people, all from the city limits of Kenosha. They had one committee assignment. Now, after the vote that we took a couple weeks ago by changing the rules, now we have 12 out of 14 supervisors in the city of Kenosha that are on one committee. That was never done before. So that's the reason why. And ever since I can remember, this never happened before. There were one or two supervisors, some because they asked to be on one committee or pretty much they asked to be on one committee and they were accommodated, but never 12 out of 14 supervisors. So that's the reason why I brought that up. The other thing is, well, I also heard that I was doing this because I am vindictive. Well, I resent that from, there were two or three supervisors that say that. I'm not going to mention names, but I know what they are. I'm not doing this because I'm vindictive. I'm doing this at the resolution that I brought in. I meant everything that I said. I showed proofs. I know that I used a couple words that I think they were lying about it, and I proved that that was true, whether it was done on purpose or just by mistake, but they were lying. So that's what it was. Now, I still believe it's the right thing to do it, but I hope everybody will vote whatever they believe in. But please, I don't mind what anybody votes which way. I don't criticize anybody the way they vote. I might not agree with them, and I think everybody's got the right. But please, don't criticize by saying lies or that somebody is doing things vindictive, because that's not my style.

thank you thank you supervisor nudo let me clear the board and see are there any supervisors who any discussion okay i'm going to hand the gavel over to vice chair franco i do want to address a couple things um the 24 26 20 22 and 18 to 20 sessions there were 100% of the supervisors that were on those committees were all, I'll say, east, eastern, as I think Supervisor Newdow was pointing out. In 2020, I'm sorry, 2024 and 18 to 20, there was 100% from the east side on human services, 100% on 18, session of 2018 to 2020 on judiciary and law, So, it's been pointed out, I know you're talking about the individual committees, but that also reduced a lot of members, five members to individual committees, seven member committees that have been reduced to five member committees. So, the chairman has the authority to pick five or seven committees, and that's what we're talking about here. both in the sessions from 2018 and 2020, and 2020 to 2022, there were five member committees. Not all of them, but there were five member committees. And in the 2022 to 2024, that chairman had seven member committees, and then in 2023, reduced one of the committees down to five. So the chairman has the authority to do that. And that's simply what we're talking about here. i do agree with supervisor noodle if you are for the resolution and you're going to vote for it and it passes then we will deal excuse me we will deal with that i will make the committee seven and if it doesn't stay how they are so i just wanted to bring that up these are facts they are from the information i've gotten both from court counsel and from the clerk's office so i'll also bring up that the chair and vice chair positions, and the current, how it stands out, four of the chairmen are from the east and four of the vice chairmen are from the east and two are from the west. So there was a lot of thought put in to spread things around and make sure that there isn't any, There isn't one, for instance, the West is carrying everything. Like we saw on finance, administration, human services, justice, judiciary and law and legislative committees, which were very heavily weighted to the east. And that happened throughout. So I do believe that I will, I know I'll be voting against this resolution and I'll leave it up to everyone else to decide how they're going to vote too. Thank you. I'm done.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It seems to me that there are two issues at play here that we need to consider. One is a procedural question. in regard to the authority of the County Board Chair. The other is a substantive question having to do with the reasons why the Chair made the decision to reduce standing committees to five members. So I see them as two separate issues at play. Let me address the substantive issue first. I have to admit that I am sympathetic with Supervisor Newdo's position. Frankly, I think the county would be better served with seven member committees, or better yet, requiring all supervisors to serve on at least two committees. To put it another way, I think the real issue is not how many members total are on standing committees, but rather how many committees should all supervisors actually serve on. Unfortunately, the ordinance change we are considering does not address this distinction. This would require additional language explaining how and why this should be done as well as the circumstances where exceptions could be made. For example, under what acceptable conditions can a supervisor serve on a third committee or only one committee for that matter? As to the procedural question, As per county board rules, Chairman Murdigian does have the authority to reduce the number of committee members to five, regardless of whether I agree or disagree with the stated reasons for doing so. Also, another concern I have is that if this ordinance change passes, it would be impractical and disruptive to reorganize committee assignments now almost five months into the new session. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it would be a bit challenging. In fact, the language of this ordinance might be received quite differently if the intent was to make the change for the next two-year session. Unfortunately, there is no timeline mentioned in the language. So, with that in mind, I won't be supporting the ordinance change as written.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Vice Chair. Let's see. Supervisor Gashke. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Just three points that I want to bring up regarding this issue. One question is, should all committee chairs be serving on the executive committee? Yes, I think absolutely they should. The committee chairs form almost like a cabinet or a sounding board for the chair. They're used for specific purposes, and so I think that it is a good idea to have all the committee chairs serve on the executive committee. The second question is, is the executive committee a standing committee, or should it be? And just looking at past history, looking at past practice, I've been on the executive committee for four of my last eight years on the board, and really we've only met a handful of times, as has been mentioned, historically speaking. If you look at the website, if you look at the calendar, this is not a regularly scheduled committee. It doesn't say it meets on the third Tuesday of the month or the first Thursday of the month. It's not assigned a regular day or time. It's simply stated that it meets as needed. So the case clearly could be made that the executive committee is not a standing committee because I believe standing committees should be standing and have a place on the calendar. So that being said, I do think that all chairs should serve on this committee. I do think it's reasonable to consider the executive committee to just be an as-needed committee and not a standing committee. And then the third point I wanted to bring up really echoes what Vice Chair Franco mentioned, the idea of committee sizes. And I think the case certainly could be made that you know, it may be better to have people serving on more committees. The case certainly could be made that having many people serving in only one committee and others serving on three or four may not be the best way to organize things. That argument could be made. But I don't feel that tonight's issue, the one that's before us, is the best way to address that. So for those three reasons, I do not plan to support this change tonight. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Gashke. Thank you, Supervisor Gashke. Supervisor Pollack. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

In light of Vice Chair Franco's comments and Supervisor Gashke's comments, I don't need to say anything else. I yield back.

Thank you, Supervisor Pollack. Any further discussion? No further discussion. I think we need a two-thirds. Joe, can you explain the vote, please?

Two-thirds vote.

Yes, because this is an amendment or change to the rules, it does require a two-thirds vote of the full board, so we need 16 in order to enact it.

So a vote of yes is supporting the resolution, a vote of no is opposing the resolution. Fails.

Resolution fails. Five yes, 13 no, and one abstained. Oh. Let that be corrected. 14 no. Supervisor Gashke intended to vote no. Okay. New Business Resolution 1 reading, Resolution 44 from the Human Services Committee, a resolution to approve David Lux to serve on the Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency Board. This passed unanimously at committee.

Supervisor Stocker? Move Resolution 44. Moved by Supervisor Stocker, seconded by Supervisor Robinson. Supervisor Stocker.

This resolution passed our committee unanimously and I would appreciate your support in passing it here.

Okay, any discussion? Seeing no discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. I'm going to that right now.

Resolution 45 from the Human Services Committee, a resolution to approve Guida Brown to serve on the Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency Board. This passed unanimously at committee.

Supervisor Stocker. Move Resolution 45. Moved by Supervisor Stocker, seconded by Supervisor Decker. Supervisor Stocker?

This resolution came before us and also received unanimous consent, and we'd ask the same thing here.

Any further discussion? Seeing no discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Resolution 46 from the Human Services Committee, a resolution to approve Annette Flynn to serve on Kenosha County Commission on Aging and Disability Services. This passed unanimously at committee.

Supervisor Stocker. Move Resolution 46. Moved by Supervisor Stocker, seconded by Supervisor Decker. Supervisor Stocker.

Again, this is a resolution that passed our committee unanimously, and we ask for your support here today.

Any further discussion? Seeing no discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Resolution 47 from the Human Services Committee, a resolution to approve Dave Tarzan to serve on the Kenosha County Human Services Board. This passed unanimously at committee.

Supervisor Stocker. Move Resolution 47. Moved by Supervisor Stocker, seconded by Supervisor Nez. Supervisor Stocker. Again, this resolution passed our committee unanimously and we ask for your support here tonight.

Any further discussion? Seeing no discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Resolution 48 from the Finance Administration Committee, a resolution to approve the appointment of Tim Stocker to serve on the Kenosha County Library System Board. This passed unanimously at committee. Supervisor Carroll was excused.

Supervisor Gergtsen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Move Resolution 48.

Moved by Supervisor Geertsen, seconded by Supervisor Poole. Supervisor Geertsen.

Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. Finance Committee approved this unanimously. It is a reappointment. Thank you to our colleague from the 14th for your continued service in this area. And we would request and recommend your approval.

Any further discussion? Oh, Supervisor Stocker.

I would like to abstain from this vote since it's about me. Supervisor Stocker will be abstaining.

All those in favor? Any further discussion? No, all those for vote aye. Who? Aye.

Any opposed?

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Go ahead.

I'm sorry. Okay. I just wanted to start by saying that I really respect and have appreciated working alongside Supervisor Stocker as a colleague on the County Board. But I do have some concerns about the appointment to the library system board specifically, because in 2024, Supervisor Stocker authored a resolution intended to restrict and segregate library materials. And at the time, I spoke out against this policy in the meeting during citizens' comments before I was a supervisor. And I feel strongly about equitable access to education, and our libraries are instrumental to that access. So because of that, And because this resolution dealt directly with library policy and this position advises on library policy, I will be voting against the appointment. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

Thank you, Supervisor Nez. Any further discussion? Seeing no further discussion. All those in favor, vote aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? And one abstention. And who was the other name? Supervisor Taglia Pietro.

Okay.

Right. Resolution 49 from the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee, a resolution to approve the appointment of Daniel Gashke to serve on the Kenosha Joint Services Board. This passed unanimously at committee. Supervisor Gray was excused.

Supervisor Decker?

Move ordinance 40, or I'm sorry, resolution 49.

Moved by Supervisor Decker, seconded by Supervisor Pollack. Supervisor Decker?

This resolution is to approve Supervisor Gashke to the Joint Services Board, reappoint him, and the past unanimously at committee, like the clerk stated, if you have any questions, please ask Supervisor Gashke. Okay.

Are there any discussion? Anybody want to ask Supervisor Gashke anything? Okay, say no discussion. All those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Resolution 50 from the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee, a resolution to approve the regular cabaret license, Packard Enterprises, doing business as Great Lakes Dragway, 18411 First Street in the town of Paris. This passed unanimously at committee. Supervisor Gray was excused.

Supervisor Decker. Move Resolution 50, please. Moved by Supervisor Decker, seconded by Supervisor Gashke. Supervisor Decker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This resolution is a resolution to approve the regular cabaret license for Great Lakes-Duraguay. It passed unanimously at committee, and we urge your support. Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Decker. Any further discussion? Seeing no further discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.

Resolution 51 from the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee, a resolution to approve the probationary cabaret license for Lafferty's Pub LLC at 4410 200th Avenue in the town of Paris. This passed unanimously at committee. Supervisor Gray was excused.

Supervisor Decker.

Move Resolution 51.

Moved by Supervisor Decker, seconded by Supervisor Pollack. Supervisor Decker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This resolution is to approve the probationary cabaret license for Lafferty's Pub. It passed unanimously in committee, and the owner, Mr. Decker, is sitting behind me if anyone has any questions for him.

Thank you, Supervisor Decker. Supervisor Taglia Pietra.

Just like to comment on this. I will be voting against this only due to the result of many public posts I have seen from this business promoting visiting their business to consume alcohol as friends or family before the license was put in place. And I can't support something that is actively promoting sidestepping the law.

Thank you, Supervisor Taglia Pietra. Are there any other, is there any other discussion? Seeing no other discussion, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Two nays. Two nays. Who was the other one? Supervisor Lutz. And? Okay, Supervisor Nez, sorry.

Is that right?

Yes, correct.

Communications, 37, communication from the Public Works and Facilities Committee, a resolution to approve the right-of-way plat and relocation order to construct a new bridge on County Trunk Highway C. Refer to Public Works, Facilities, and the Finance Administration Committees. 38, communications from Andy M. Bueller regarding future items scheduled before the Planning, Development, and Extension Education Committee.

Receive and file.

39 communications from public works and facilities committee a resolution authorizing the director of parks to apply for grant funding for freedom Lake sport fish stocking refer to public works facilities and the Finance Administration committees the approval of the September 1st 2026 but minutes by supervisor Grady supervisor Grady Oh

and 26 as presented.

Second.

Moved by Supervisor Grady, seconded by Supervisor Decker. Any further discussion? Seeing no discussion, all those in favor, vote aye.

Aye. Motion to adjourn. Aye.

Grady and Decker, all those in favor, vote aye. Aye. Opposed? We are adjourned at, what are we gonna go? 749, 749. Please second.