Common Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening everybody. We are going to call the common council to order. I will ask our clerk to call the roll. Alderperson Weigel? Here. Prishmann? Here. Grove? Here. Haas? Here. Halverson? Here. Keane? Here. Novak? Here. Nolan? Here. Root? Here. Turner? Here. 10 present. We have a quorum. Please rise if you are able and join us in the pledge which will be led by Alderman Weigel this evening. [clears throat] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat]

Thank you. We'll move on to part D of our agendas which are our public hearings and our presentations this evening. Um item one uh is our public hearing and item two is a presentation. I'll ask the clerk to read out item number one. Conditional use permit for El Toro Restaurant, a proposed restaurant use at 5632 West Burnham Street. Thank you and I'll turn it over to staff. Thanks, Mayor. I'm Steve Sherer, the director of city planning. With me this evening is uh Simo Meadows, our graduate intern. She'll be presenting the presentation after this public hearing. Um the uh conditional use for El Toro is uh within the old 57 Tap uh bar at 56 and Burnham. Um it was uh recently sold to a new proprietor who owns it um from Milwaukee County to uh Toribio Perez Martinez. Uh the property is zoned C2 commercial. Uh it's a 7200 square foot lot and the building comprises about a little over 1800 square feet. Uh the hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to midnight um and then Saturday uh 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. and then Sundays 10:00 to 10:00 to midnight. The um primary um change uh here, the most significant change is going to be within the building. Uh it is a mixed-use or was a mixed-use building and it will be converted completely to a restaurant uh with seating, um a full uh commercial kitchen and prep area, and then a small bar area. There will be some site improvements as well um including um updating um the site with some new landscaping, a refuse enclosure, and new fencing, uh as well as a bicycle rack and a new ramp to access the building. Um so um the the seating arrangement as indicated here on the floor plan is about for 40 42 uh uh people uh which comprised of 10 tables and then the bar seating area.

Um this other darker uh uh part of the building here is an addition. It's a cooler. It's actually a a walk-in cooler that will be put behind the building within that crux of the building. Uh it's not visible from the street frontage uh but behind the building um off of uh off of Burnham Street and behind the building. Just another view of the overall site plan and that cooler location in the dark gray spot. The parking configuration is uh uh sort of partially angled parking with an ADA parking stall and then two or or I'm sorry, four 90° um parking stalls near that uh just east of that refuse uh enclosure which will be four-sided with a gate. Uh a new fence will be installed along the north property line which separates the residential neighborhood to the north. And then um a new ramp uh walkway will uh enter the site from the public right-of-way, from the public sidewalk into the building. There's also another entrance point on the corner of the building here off of the uh at the intersection with Burnham and 56th 57th. The exterior uh will largely remain um the same uh featuring um some uh land and stone and um mansard style roof and windows. Uh that cooler addition behind the building will be screened from view within a um a cedar wood um enclosure um high enough to to screen the overall height and then um on both the east and north sides of that new cooler addition. And then this is the new ramp that's coming up to the the back door. Just another view from the north um similar treatment around that walk-in cooler area. And then planning commission has um recommended approval at the last meeting. A number of the conditions have been have been satisfied to date. There are a couple um

minor things that were were working through yet um with respect to exterior lighting or if the building's going to be painted. To date um uh there will there will be new exterior lighting. We're just looking for the photometrics and light levels on that. Uh it's our knowledge that the building will not be painted. Um and then on point C, that item has actually been taken care of. Food trucks will not be um stored on this site. Uh it may serve as a service base, but it will not be a storage location for food trucks. So with that, uh conclude my presentation and um happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Are there any questions from the members of the council on our public hearing? Seeing none, are there any questions from the members of the audience on our first public hearing? If you could use the microphone, please give us your name and address and turn on the microphone, which is I think the only button you can push. Perfect. It turned

Uh my name is Ron Rasman. I live at 5631 West Beloit Road. I own one of the only two single-family properties on this block that this is uh located at. Um always glad to see that something is going to happen uh with this. Uh I see limited parking uh off-street parking uh even with the uh uh with the uh enclosure on the back corner of the house of the uh building. Um the hours are long. I'm concerned about the hours. Uh it would be the only uh long late night uh uh element in that neighborhood. Um my other concern is not necessarily to this. I'm not going to say I'm opposed to the restaurant. I love the idea of the restaurant. I'm not opposed to it being [clears throat] a Mexican-style restaurant. My statement is going to be more as a general statement to the city of West Dallas. I drove past six Mexican-style restaurants between my house and here, and that was just on Beloit Road and Mitchell. Any vacant building to get an occupant is becoming a Mexican-style restaurant. And it's a trend that has been going on for some time. And I want us to I want you to be paying attention to that. If we're supposed to be diversifying, changing from one culture to another is not diversifying. So, I want you to be paying attention to that sort of thing. Um is this is this a sit-down? Uh how many I didn't catch how many seating uh Oh, that's the interior of the building with the tables and such. Correct. Yeah, Okay, that's I couldn't understand what that was.

Okay, got it. Yeah. Um and then we do know that there's a neighbor directly to the north or west east of them and that they [clears throat] said there was going to be a fence. I'm [snorts] assuming that's going to be some version of a privacy style fence uh with vehicles pulling in, yard's going to get lit up uh from all kinds of, you know, from the cars and such. Um I guess that is my those are my concerns. I want the city of West Dallas to pay attention to what they're putting in vacant buildings. Um I welcome that somebody is going into that facility. It's [clears throat] been empty now for a number of years. And uh I do wish her much luck. Um so, I guess that would be it. All right. Thank you for your comments. Any other questions or comments on our public hearing number one this evening? All right. We'll public hearing number one. Can you say something on the public hearing? Oh. If no one objects to backing up the agenda, we'll go ahead. Steve, uh just a question. I was looking at the picture outside of this property. There are no parking restrictions that I see either north or south on Burnham Street that I can see any signs. Did you note anything as far as parking not being available? Uh street parking is prevalent within the area. Okay. And And secondly, um does the city of West Dallas get to state who goes into a property if it's zoned for that particular property or business? Just the basic use. I mean, there are there are permitted, limited, conditional uses throughout the city um and, you know, restaurants, in this case, cafes, retail is is all, you know, allowed use within this area.

Okay, so we don't get to choose that. Correct. That's the market conditions determine that. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Uh um Then we'll go back to um wrapping up the public hearing and we'll move on to item two and I will ask the clerk to read out that item. Turning ideas into impact internship highlights. Hi. Uh my name's Summer Meadows. I've been a city administrator here in West Allis for the past few months and I'm taking this time right now to share with you um what I've learned and what I've accomplished throughout this time as my internship wraps up. Um [clears throat] like I said, I'm a graduate intern with the city of West Allis, specifically city administrator intern. I'm currently getting my master's of urban planning and master's of public administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Um so the internship was designed to be introducing me to all levels of public administration as well as urban planning. Um I've working here for pretty much most of the semesters since since the end of January. Um I've been working with planning, housing, IT, marketing, and a variety of other departments. Um really just as opportunities came up. And my main goal was just learning more about how local government runs and all those pieces that go into keeping local government running in the day-to-day. Um I was very excited to come here work in West Allis. Um we're here all the time for things, you know, like Pan Asia, the farmers market is our favorite. We don't have to get up at like 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday, which is very exciting for us. Um and I really enjoyed my time and I'm very excited to share with you everything that I've done. Um one of the first projects I worked on is the consoli- um I created all the charts and tables for the consolidated annual performance and evaluation report. Um it's an annual report that gets submitted to um the federal housing um department um in order to receive uh community development grants to fund community programs in the city. Um it taught me a lot about how the city of West Allis supports the community and where the funds are being allocated and the different programs that exist in the city, um which was very interesting and gave me a really good insight into

you know, besides for just what the city itself does, but what programs they support in conjunction with that and may not be run directly through the city, but other primary programs. Another project was the mailing list. The city of West Allis had their residential feedback survey last month, and I created a resident mailing list that excluded residents that had already received a notification about the survey to help save the city money so that they're not sending notifications out multiple times, but a big part of this was learning, you know, we learn in planning and public administration that public feedback is very important. And so through this project I was able to sit in and listen on, you know, how are we getting survey? How are we letting people know it exists to make sure we're reaching all sorts of groups in the community. Are we making sure that it's available in paper in paper as well as digital format? Is it available in English and Spanish? So just that you're making sure that you're not just getting feedback from one group, but from everyone, and it was really interesting and impactful to see how that actually gets applied in the real life and it throughout the city of West Allis. This was another project I really enjoyed is I residents at Beloit Road Senior Housing in West Allis. Majority of the apartments there are public housing, and so they have to complete a re-examination every year to confirm that they meet the qualifications for public housing. As it's senior housing, a lot of the residents struggle with the online portion of that process, and so I went with the housing staff to work with residents one-on-one to help them go through their documents, go through the online portion, and fulfill it. But mostly just talking with the residents, making sure I'm answering any concerns, making sure that their documents are in order, and just really talking to them. One resident shared with me last time I was there that she recently reconnected with her high school sweetheart and was engaged to him. So it's really just nice like meeting people, you know, like especially you just see forms and like you just kind of see names, but really getting to meet residents and talk with them, and you know, they might share their concerns with the process, and I can see, you know, maybe where they're

struggling in understanding that, and also just seeing what how their lives are going, and you know, what they're doing in their lives. And it it was really it was a great experience. Um this was something I did is um through the planning department, a developer uh had reached out with some questions about a specific property in the city of West Dallas. Um so I researched the property and then responded uh with a formal response on all these zoning information on it. Um I wasn't aware these actually existed. Um I'm I just completed um about to complete my first year of urban planning program, but this isn't something we covered. Um these happen pretty frequently to pretty much every planning department, but I did not know these existed. Uh so I am very glad that I learned about this, as well as just how to formally respond to them. Um you know, there generally is you want to make sure that it's you're giving all the information in a clear way that people can understand. Um and now I'm aware that not only does it exist, but how the proper way to do that is. Um I'm extremely passionate about elections, and I was very excited that it happened that this internship coincided with an election so that I could help with it. Um I helped prepare absentee ballots for um mailing. I was not aware that that happens by hand. Uh it is a long process, uh as well as working at the library polling location on election day. Um I worked with the voter express machines. Uh those are digital digital machines that people can put their ballots, especially for residents who have accessibility needs. Um cuz there's a touchpad as well as headphones for visual and auditory. As those we had a multiple residents who were older, and the font size on the physical ballots were too small. And so being able to use the machines to enlarge them was very helpful. But honestly, a big impact I took from it was just learning how much work goes into running elections, and like the sheer scale that goes on behind the scenes. Like I always knew elections was a lot of work, but seeing it in person,

I'm like, I really have to go vote. Someone's spent hours getting this all done. Like, it even more so now. Besides for my civic duty, it's just someone put in a lot of time. I should respect that time that they put in and go vote. Um and also, honestly, what's the I will say one of my favorite parts though is I vote in Milwaukee and we don't get fun stickers. Every time a kid came in, they were all so excited to get the fun stickers and I'm like, it's just not fair. I just have like the little small one. I'm like, I'll just steal one and fine. No one has to know I don't live here. Um another staff report I completed through the planning department is a staff report. So, this is, I'm sure you've all seen them, um but these are reports for various things that uh recommendations from the planning department that go to the planning commission. Um so, I someone had requested a board of appeals area variance. Um so, I wrote up the report and created a GIS map highlighting that as well. Um again, this is not something we're taught to do. I was talking with a second year in my program and she was like, "I went on an interview. They asked me to do this. I don't know what they're talking about." I was like, "Okay, I'm learning something very, very useful." Um and it really is and just know learning how to write, you know, formal writing is very different than academic writing and so learning how to do that in a, you know, a realistic example was very helpful and um my recommendation for a compromise was approved. Um I don't know that anyone truly happy, but you know, that's a good compromise if no one's, you know, very truly happy at the end. Um another one I created uh this one I actually created very recently. It's an interactive dashboard in GIS for the planning team so that they can view all billboards in the city. Um it is it does still need to be updated. Some of these um are not necessarily still in existence. Um but I created maps that feeds a billboard with land use layers and pop-ups. Um and I'll explain more in the next one,

but I've been using GIS, which is like a mapping software, to do a lot in this internship, and I was able to put this together in like a week, partially because I knew where the information was, I knew the software now, but also I learned a lot about what information is important, and what people who are looking at this might be interested in, like the zoning and the land use information, um just through interacting with different departments, and especially the planning department. And perhaps the biggest project that I worked on in this uh project is the parks map and the parks webpage for the city. Um so I redesigned the parks map, which I will attempt to pull up in a moment, um but I created an interact besides for redesigning the parks page, I created an interactive amenities park map um in GIS that is on the webpage, it's embedded into the webpage, so that viewers can filter for different amenities, they can also click on a park and just see all the amenities available. Um also bike trails and paths and Boulder bike stations. This is also going to be helping feed for the eventual update to the parks plan for the city, so that we understand what parks we have, what amenities we have in the city, where they're located, and where we might need some more, and so that we also have a concrete idea when we're asking residents for feedback, we can show them, "Here's where our parks are. Here's what we have. Is there anything you want to see more?" Especially creating those um the filters, you know, I was like, "Which ones should we add?" Pickleball was a new addition. That was a new filter. I was like, "People are going to be, you know, people are they want to search if there's pickleball." That's that's a big one. Um and then we'll see. Um this is just to demonstrate as well if people are interested in where it is, it's under city facilities. Um we just redesigned one to have really highlight the rentable park spaces we have within our city, um either county or city parks, and then this is the map here where people can filter as well as,

you know, manually click onto different parks. This is really the culmination of my project simply because I allowed me to I was taking a class in JS at the same time, so I was learning about stuff in class, bringing it to this map. I was learning stuff while I'm working on the map and bringing it to class. Um and I got to learn a lot about uh parks planning and how that functions in general. Um yeah. Which one is this one? Um But yeah, I really enjoyed my internship here. I've told all my classmates this is probably, not probably, it is the most organized and productive internship I've done where I showed up and I had things to work on with clear goals and um Aaron especially, city administrator, was excellent [clears throat] in having me sit in on meetings. Um even if I didn't have projects interacting with the departments, just having me sit in on those meetings so that I learned more about them. Um I can confidently say that I know what most departments in local government do now. Um I could not say that a few months ago. Um but yeah, I've really loved it. West Allis has done amazing things um and it's a really cool city. So thank you for letting me be a part of it for a few months. Thanks so much, Ms. Meadows. Appreciate the presentation and glad you got a lot out of this, especially since you attend my alma mater, which I still hold dear to my heart. So um any questions from the council on the presentation? Mayor Divine. Alderwoman Keen. Um thank you for joining us. The parks map is great. I think it's a great feature. Um we appreciate having you here and I just want to say, based on that presentation and what you've done, I think your future looks very, very bright. So uh thanks for being with us during this time and coming away with something, in my opinion that is very beneficial to all residents. Thank you. I I appreciate

all the opportunities and yeah, I West Alice is you know, good food, good people and it's a great place to be. Excellent. Any other questions? Mayor Divine. Alderman Overson. Ms. Manousos, two things. [clears throat] Tell me more about how we're better than Milwaukee and also having an internship is a big responsibility that comes with like no pay and you're going to school, you're doing great work for us and you probably have some sort of part-time job to like fill in the gaps. So, I just want to thank you for [clears throat] putting in all that hustle cuz you did more than just make like a spreadsheet here. You you did a lot of background work that will help us for years to come and I echo Alderwoman Keene's sentiment as well. So, thank you. Thank you, Alderman. Any other questions, comments from the council? All right. That'll wrap up our presentation. And we will move on to part E, which is public participation. This is where the council can receive information from members of the public during this 30-minute period. Again, we ask each speaker to announce their name and address before they speak and limit their comments to one statement of no longer than 5 minutes and we cannot take action on the topics that are raised or can we discuss the topics with those speaking to us. We are just This is a portion where we just listen. Does anybody wish to address the council under public participation this evening?

Uh, good evening everybody. My name is Neil Steffek. Um, two things I want to apologize about is one, I'm sorry if I go over more than 5 minutes. And two, hopefully I don't use any curse words. If I do, um, try and use my filter. Um, I'm going to let everybody know just how absolutely frustrated I am. I am born and raised in West Allis. And about two or three weeks I turn 51 years old. I've gone to three different uh, grade schools here. I went to middle school here. I went to high school here. I love my city. I love my city and more importantly I love having a small business here. When I opened up 13 years ago and I got my liquor license, I was met with nothing but bad, negative juju here at City Hall. I've had members of my of my common council accuse me of being a drug dealer. Not true. I've been drug free my entire life. I've had members of my common council accuse me of being a front for my friend's businesses down on Water Street and Third Street. Not true at all. Everything went great until 2019. 2019 I opened up for my remodel. It took a bit longer than expected and more money than expected, which everybody expects that. I was open for 9 months and then COVID happens. I I I was one of the few ones that actually did everything right. I was closed for all 10 weeks. I The The 2 weeks that we were supposed to be shut down went to 4 weeks, 4 weeks to 6 weeks, 6 weeks to 8 to 10. We all know that story.

During COVID, small business owners, we were told that the state would be able to help help us out. I received nothing. The reason being is because I did my remodel and I finished up 9 months before COVID hit. And because of that, all the money I spent for my remodel was still on the books in the last 12 months. So, at 12 months up to COVID, on my books, I had showed a loss. And the state's not going to bail out any small business that shows a loss. According to the bank, I'm doing great, but according to the state, I'm doing horrible. At one point, my mayor contacts me and says, "Hey Neil, come to city hall. I got something for you." I show up and Dan has a check for me. I was very, very surprised, very, very thankful. I told Dan, "Thank you. This is the very first penny I've gotten from any anything from the government." And how frustrated I was and how the state has lied to me about everything during COVID and probably a lot of other small businesses at that point. I expressed I never wanted to pay my taxes ever again to the state. I don't know why I'm paying taxes to the state. I'm getting nothing in return. Dan replies to me, "I wouldn't pay my taxes if I was you, either." I said, "Well, how do I get my How do I keep my liquor license if I'm not paying the state my taxes?" And he replies, "Well, the city controls your liquor license, not the state. As long as you give the city everything we want, I'll guarantee you always have a liquor license. So, I did. Now, it's been 6 years at this point. In the back of my head, I had a thought to myself, "This sounds good, but it's probably too good." So, I always kept a little money to the side just in case. 2 years ago, almost 2 years ago,

a young lady from the state come to see me at my business looking for me, wanting to know why I am not paying my taxes to the state, but I'm paying everybody else. I explained to her why. And she says, "Well, we have to get this figured out." And I said, "Yes, we do." We went over the different options. One of the options is this. The state will give me a new seller's permit if I go to the bank, get a $10,000 money order, go to her office, and put a $10,000 deposit on for my new business that I'm starting. Thankfully, I had the money saved up. I went to her office. I did everything the state wanted me to do. At the end of this, she says, "Great. The state approved everything. All you have to do is the simple part. Go to your city hall

Mr. Speaker, I just want to let you know you're at 5 minutes, so if you can kind of wrap things up. Thank you.

I'll give you two more. Thank you, sir. The simple part is this. All you have to go to now is go to your city hall and transfer your liquor license from your old seller's permit to the new one, your old LLC to the new one. I cannot tell you how grateful I felt when I left that state building. I felt like I was 50 lbs lighter. I was like, "Thank god this is over." I come to city hall to transfer my liquor license, and hell is just starting. I'm told that we can't do that. So confusing. This should be just easy. Uh I tried to transfer the liquor license to a family member. He guys said no to him, accused him of being a drug dealer. Uh 2 months after that I make national news because city hall and the city's police department on a Facebook page is accusing me of misconduct in my bar. No proof, no anything, just throwing it out there. Anybody got Anybody ever been there? Anybody ever seen anything they don't like? Come in, get a complaint, we will take it as truth. We won't follow up, we won't look into it, just we'll take it as truth. So, in a couple days it'll be 1 year. I've lost my license I lost I lost my license because of this. The next common council meeting I am allowed to come and reapply for my liquor license, so I'm told. I've been trying to reach out to my common council members. I've I think I've got to about half of us. What do I have to do? What do I have to do? I've done everything I've been I've I've tried to do I've everything I've been told to do. If I missed anything, please reach out to me. I can understand if I went to trial with this this girl who's accusing me of doing things and I was found guilty, I can understand that. Didn't happen.

The state The state approved me to be open. I don't know what I don't know why that's not being realized. I don't know why The state says it can be open, then that should be the end of it. It should I shouldn't hear from my own common council that "We want you to do this. We want you to do this to the state." Well, the state already approved it. There's no I don't know what more I can do. [sighs]

I've now not worked for a year. It's been the worst year of my life. It's been worse than COVID. I was hoping to live to be 105 years old and die behind the bar with a bar full of people and a beer in my hand. I stopped drinking a year ago. I have not seen anybody in my bar in a year. Any customers in my in my bar for a year. I [sighs]

I find it hard to believe that if I can never have a a business in West Allis, that this is why. I can have a business because I listened to the government. I did exactly what the government told me to do. And this is why I'm going to be out of business. I'm sure I took more than 2 minutes and I'm sorry. Everybody have a good evening. I'll see you guys in 2 weeks. Thank you. Does anybody else wish to address the council under public participation this evening? All right. Seeing none, we will close public participation. And we will go on to uh part F of our agendas, which is the room numbers where our standing committees will be meeting. They will be um in the art gallery and in room 128. If you are here for a specific item, whether that's a a license or a permit or uh something that's on our agenda and you're not sure where to go when we break for recess, please uh stop anybody up here that can get you to make sure [clears throat] we get you into the right room. Um Next item up is the mayor's report. I've got two quick things. Um Volunteers are needed for the community cleanup, which is coming up on May 16th from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the West Allis Police Department satellite station on 69th and National. Uh gloves, buckets, and pickers, and a light breakfast will be provided. Please note that children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. There is information on the city's social media as well as the city website if you're interested in getting some friends to volunteer. Uh the other thing I want to just mention is that this week is municipal clerk's week and I want to take a minute to um give well-deserved props to our staff. Um Rebecca,

Monty, I think Andrew Van Natta is here. Oh, Rebecca is here, too. I didn't see you, Rebecca. And uh Tracy, but Keith right next to me. Yeah, and someone else I can't remember. Now, I just I just want to take a minute to acknowledge the incredibly valuable work that they do. Um despite them all being here tonight, often the work that they do is behind the scenes and does not get really seen by the public. They they keep our vital records, they take all the minutes from the meetings that we do in this room, they issue licenses and permits, they grant oaths to people that serve on our committees, and they run our elections with transparency and with integrity. So, I just want to take a minute to recognize them and thank them for all the work that they do. And let's clap.

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Uh that does conclude the mayor's report. Do we have any reports from the alderpersons? Mayor Divine. Alderman Haas. I move for approval of the minutes of the April 28th, 2026 Common Council meeting. Second. We have a motion, we have a second. Are there any changes or corrections to the minutes? If not, all in favor? I. Any opposed? The minutes are approved. Moving to uh part J, we have no standing committee reports, so we will get to part K. Mayor Divine. Alderman Haas. Uh do any alderpersons wish for separate action on any of the items in our consent agenda. Then seeing none, I move for approval of item K, our consent agenda. Second. We have a motion and a second. If there is no other discussion on the motion, I will ask our acting clerk to call the roll. That's quite a bar you just set. Alderperson Weigel? Hi. Prisom? Hi. Grove? Hi. Pass? Hi. Halverson? Hi. Keen? Hi. Novick? Hi.

Nollin? Hi. Rote? Hi. Turner? Hi. 10 in favor, zero opposed. Motion carries. Mayor Divine? Alderman Nuss? I move that the Common Council stand in recess until the conclusion of our committee meetings. Second. There's a motion and a couple seconds. All in favor? Hi. All opposed? We are in recess.

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Good evening. We will call the council back to order and I will ask our awesome clerk to call the roll. Andrews in the audience. [laughter] Exactly. I know. I'm not even offended. Alderperson Wygal. Here. [laughter] Christian. Here. Grove. Here. Haas. Here. Halverson. Here. Keen. Novak. Nollin. Here. Rote. Here. Turner. Here.

10 present. We have a quorum. We will begin with the administration committee. The administration committee recommends adoption of item 20. Mayor Divine, I move adoption of item 20. A short report. Thank you very much. Any questions on item 20? Also known as the committee report. All right, hearing none I will ask our stellar clerk to call the roll. [laughter] Alderman Weigel. Aye. Chrisom. Aye. Grobe. Aye. Haas. Aye. Halverson. Aye. Keane. Aye. Novak. Aye. Nolan. Aye. Roach. Aye. Turner. Aye.

10 in favor, 0 opposed. Motion carries. We do not have a public works committee report tonight, so I will ask clerk to read out the economic development committee. The economic development committee recommends approval of items 21 and 22. Mayor Devine I move in accordance with the committee report. Thank you very much. Any discussion on the economic development committee report? All right, hearing none I will ask clerk to call the roll. Alderman Weigel. Aye. Chrisom. Aye. Grobe. Aye. Haas. Aye. Halverson. Aye. Keane. Aye. Novak. Aye. Nolan. Aye. Roach. Aye. Turner. Aye. 10 in favor, 0 opposed. Motion carries and we will move to the public safety committee. The public safety committee recommends holding of items 23 and 27 for special public safety committee meeting to be held on May 12th at 6:00 [clears throat] p.m. Denial of items of item 24 due to police background check and non-appearance and granting of item 25. Mayor Devine I move for approval of the public safety committee report. Thank you very much. Is there any discussion? Seeing none I'll ask the clerk to call the roll. Alderman Weigel. Aye. Chrisom. Aye.

Grobe. Aye. Haas. Aye. Halverson. Aye. Keane. Aye. Novak. Aye. Nolan. Aye. Roach. Aye. Turner. Aye. 10 in favor, 0 opposed. Motion carries. Mayor Devine. Alderman Haas. I move that the council stand adjourned until our next scheduled meeting Tuesday, May 19th, 2026. Second. There's a motion and a second.