Common Council - Regular Meeting

Westmoreland. Cogs. Present. Jackson. Here. Zamoripa. Excused. Taylor. Here. Moore.

Present.

Bergalis. Present. Spiker. Here. Dmitryevich. Stamper. I'm here. Mister president. Present. 14 members are present. One is excused.

14 members present. One excused. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance to be followed by a moment of silent meditation.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,

with liberty and justice to all.

Are there any corrections to the Cabinet Council Journal proceedings for the meeting of 12/16/2025?

There are no corrections to the journal.

There being no corrections, the minutes of this meeting stand approved. Will the city clerk please inform the common council of any commendations or condolences to be acknowledged at this time.

Item one, communication from the city clerk relating to various commendatory and condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the common council. One, resolution recognizing the twenty sixth annual Kingfest celebration. Two, resolution recognizing Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral on the occasion of its annual church Slava. Three, resolution congratulating Market University public safety officer, Officer, Frank Schaller, on his retirement four, resolution congratulating Rana Altenberg on her retirement from Marquette University five, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of David Bacon Six, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Irma Del Boles. Seven, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Viola Hawkins.

Eight, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Alice Lawrence. Nine, resolution expressing condolences to family and friends of Alderman Donald F. Don Richards. 10, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Chisa Tatum. 11, resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Leonard White Junior.

12, Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of City Treasurer Wayne F. Widow. 13, Resolution congratulating Jeff Osterman on his retirement from the Common Council City Clerk's Office. 14, resolution congratulating Joe Adams on his retirement from the Milwaukee Police Department. 15, resolution congratulating Kathy Harris on her retirement from the Milwaukee Health Department.

16, resolutions congratulating the following on their retirements from the Department of Public Works. Billy Handy, John Laura Larry Mason Scott Olive Marcus Palmer

Are there any objections to the foreboring commendations and condolences? If anyone wishes to be added as a sponsor to any of the commendations or condolences, please fill out the form on your desk and submit it to the city clerk before the close of workday. We will now take up reports of standing committees. Alderman Andrea Pratt will now present the report of the License Committee.

Item two, Common Council File Number 251558, motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relating to licenses. Included in the file are the following recommendations. Non renewal of the class b operator's license of Glen Totsky based on second non appearance. No written objections have been filed. Non renewal of the recycling, salvaging or towing premise license of Don L.

Thurmond based upon the preponderance of the evidence in applicant, witnesses and aldermanic testimony that demonstrates that the operation results in a threat to health, safety or welfare of the public. For failure to comply with the towing regulations for the premise located at 2620 West Silver Spring Drive doing business as DT two towing in the first automatic district. Written objections have been filed. Renewal with a fifteen day suspension of the Class B Tavern public entertainment premise and food dealer license of Justin D. Jackson.

Based upon the preponderance of the evidence in the police report and automatic testimony that demonstrates that the operation results in a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public. For the premise located at 5321 West Green Tree Road doing business objections have been filed. Renewal with a ten day suspension of the filling station, food dealer and weights and measures licenses of Deepak Thapa based solely upon the preponderance of the evidence in the applicant testimony that demonstrates the operation results in the threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public for the disturbance of the peace and the failure to comply with the approved plan of operations for the premise located at 7002 West Center Street doing business as Petrol Mart in the 10th Aldermanic District. Written objections have been filed. Renewal of a fifteen day suspension of the class b tavern public entertainment premise and food dealer licenses of Evelisse r Navarro based upon the preponderance of the evidence in the health department, automatic and applicant testimony that demonstrates that the operation results in a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public for for ditching the health inspection for the premise located at 2242 South Kinnikinnik Avenue doing business as Pink Agave in the 14th Aldermanic District, no written objections have been filed.

Have the members of the common council read the report and recommendations of the license committee as well as the objections filed in these matters? Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, mister president. One thing I caught I didn't read it, but I wanna make a motion to send item number three that was placed on file, file number one zero one zero two six communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to the allocation of police resource and designated entertainment district in connection with licensed premises. I want to send that back to committee.

We'll get to that after

Alright. Cool.

Thank you. We'll let you know when that's done and make the appropriate Okay. Roll call, on members reading the report of the license committee.

On having read the report, Alderman Frank.

Aye.

Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Aye. Cox. Aye. Jackson. Taylor. Aye. Moore. Aye. Bergelis. Aye. Spiker. Aye. Dmitryevich. Aye. Stamper. Aye. Mister president. Aye. 14 ayes, one excused. 14 ayes,

one excused. Are any of the following or their counsel present? And if so, do they wish to address the common counsel? Don L. Thurman. Present by counsel. Elderwoman Pratt moves that the common counsel resolve itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of taking testimony in these matters. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Both sides are limited to five minutes and must confine the remarks to the report and recommendations of the committee. The floor is yours.

Thank you, President Perez. Members of the council, I'm attorney Brian Randall with Amundson Davis representing DT2 Towing. Don Thurmond is here as well as his crew. I did not represent the company at the licenses committee. I have been trying to catch up ever since.

But I'm here to represent them and the objections that were filed and I understand you all read them. So they did take the opportunity to provide some additional information in addition to the testimony at the hearing. Nonconsensual towing, DT2, what are they in the business of? They are hired by shopping centers and retailers, churches to help enforce the parking lots and orderly operation. Things like spaces that are marked for expecting mothers, handicapped drivers, veterans, curbside pickup.

I don't think anyone in this chamber necessarily violates those kinds of signs and would just park wherever but unfortunately that's what the businesses are experiencing when they have customers who are in need, a handicapped person who would like to have the striped area to extend the van ramp and access the facility or even have that space available to them. DT2 is hired by its business partners to help enforce those rules. Unfortunately, were a couple of incidents that were in the police report. However, this is a company that has had no prior remedial action against them. The ones that DT2 had notice of were 03/07/2025 incident where the driver of the car actually pulled a knife on the tow truck operators and the police report indicates that DT2 did not do anything improper in that regard and that driver of the car said he was in the wrong subsequently.

The 05/06/2025 incident that they had notice of, what stood out to me as I looked at this file and got to work with these guys is that there was an allegation no cash was accepted. That's what the business was saying. So as a result this morning, I worked with them and we filed an updated plan of operations supplement. We presented it the Elder Woman Pratt and sent it to the licenses division to make sure that the trucks office have very clear and prominent signage that cash or credit cards are accepted for payments. The company will have training for its employees to periodically remind them about verbally presenting those options and also to de escalate situations.

They've been doing that already but it will be periodic training. As well as there was a comment and some testimony that they only allow one person in the office to retrieve their car. That I come to learn is for their employee safety. People can be very upset and there can be heated exchanges. But there are situations where an elderly person or a young driver may feel uncomfortable going in alone.

And so the plan operations supplement we will allow people to make an appointment in advance by phone so they can be accompanied by a son or a daughter or someone else that they respect and would like to have. I believe attorney Mazelman actually testified at committee for Annie Smith, one of the people who presented some testimony. So with prior appointment, attorney Mazelman could have accompanied Ms. Smith to the appointment. Those are the types of updates that in just twenty four hours I've been working with them to make sure we have in the plan of operation and working with Alderwoman Pratt, we would be implementing them.

What we didn't have notice of at the hearing were several of the allegations that are in your findings and the evidence both in the appeal letter they filed as well as the photos that we have clearly show that Ms. Smith was parked in an accessible area. There was clear striping of where the parking should not have been And Ms. Shopshire Timmins, that vehicle was parked she wasn't even driving it by the way, but that vehicle was parked in a curbside pickup but there was no one in the car. That's the very definition of curbside pickup.

You're waiting for the business to bring out your goods and you're taking up that spot. We have photos and that information is before you. That is simply the legal objection though to the lack of notice for those things. They tried their best to address it at committee. They filed written objections and we can continue to object as needed but we'd rather focus on how we can improve the plan of operation and that's why we filed it in writing this morning.

With no prior remedial action regarding this license, we request that the council impose a ten day suspension notwithstanding the committee recommendation because of progressive discipline and this would be the first situation for this company and that they have provided an explanation and that they are working to improve their operational plan. It's a very difficult business. They're doing their best and I think they're going to do better if they are allowed to continue operating notwithstanding a ten day suspension. Thank you.

Thank you. Any questions by council members for Attorney Randle? Chair recognizes Alderman Westmoreland.

Thank you. I don't know if

you can answer these questions, but, I heard everything you've said. My question is, pointed at the drop fee. How are these collected documented? I've heard several people who have been asked for drop fees that exceed the legal cap?

So that is an area that I would like to work with them on. What they gave me is a sample package which shows how they document the full tow fee but the drop fee as I understand in the field and the ordinance governs that. They have advised that they do provide that drop fee but I think that follow-up and that they follow the ordinance and do not exceed that but I would like to make sure they have the same type of paperwork for a car that's brought in and they're holding it up that they do have a process by which they document it. So we can certainly work through Alderman Pratt or others as far as how that documentation occurs because I've heard those allegations that they exceed that. And one even said they took money.

The complainer saw people take money to a Burger King and go buy their lunch. Our testimony is that those employees use their personal funds. They just happen to be on their lunch break. So that's documentation that we do have generally, but we can make sure it's on file.

What happens to those drivers that

collect more than that max? They would be under our policy subject to termination. They should not be collecting more than what the ordinance allows and that's part of their employment with our company.

And what type of de escalation training do these drivers have? I've seen lots of videos out there in which these drivers are really poking fun at these people that are being towed and really pouring fuel into the fire, which is concerning.

Some of the some of the videos I've seen go back to 2024. We're now in 2026. So I believe some of those drivers are not with the company any longer. The de escalation training is led by Don Thurman and it's obviously his experience that he's had but I would make the recommendation to them to also work with the community liaison officers or to consult with other security professionals on how we can have that guidance implemented But it is something over the past practice of Mr. Thurmond in training. But those videos would depict people that aren't working for the company any longer in part because of those interactions.

Okay. Final question. Since 2023, how many employees have been terminated?

I don't know that.

Okay. Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alderman Demetravej.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. You cited that some of the towing situations were for parking choices in spaces that were meant for disabled persons or expectant mothers. What percentage of the infractions does that make up?

I don't have those numbers but the pictures that I see, so part of their process is documenting before taking a car and most of them are handicapped spaces or the curbside pickup. I was giving several other examples of what I see when I'm driving out to retail stores. I see other types of marked spaces that I choose not to park in but the ones that are in the record clearly show striped handicap spaces or clearance spaces. So it's not even a parking space or clearly are marked as a curbside pickup by that business. There's another one which is a Walgreens with a clear handicapped and there's no tag.

The rest of the pictures show there was no tag and the vehicle license plate didn't have handicap marking on it. So the vast majority would be handicap and the second most prevalent would be a curbside pickup violation.

And then please Attorney Randell, refresh my memory if someone was to park in a curbside pickup, which is I well, okay. What would be the fee to retrieve your car?

It would be a standard tow fee that and there may be a special charge fee on top of that but it's what really is going on there, Alderman, is it's an unattended vehicle in a curbside pickup which is not a parking spot to be used for someone who's leaving their car and the business is asked to allow for their customers who utilize that service to be able to conveniently park there. So if the vehicle is towed without the drop fee situation, then it would be the full cost of the tow and if there was a separate special handling fee. It's all documented as far as what's presented.

Okay. And for the record, what was that amount?

The total, so for example, Moore Shropshire, it was $377 total because there's a $350 tow fee including the special handling.

And remind me if somebody who was in that situation could not afford because there's we have different situations within the city of Milwaukee when we have to do similar towing. But this being a private endeavor, what happens if someone can't afford that? Like they can't pay that first fee? What do they get charged per day?

Officially there is a charge per day but DT2 Towing has a track record of working with people providing discounts to seniors or to veterans or in several of these instances they waive the fee altogether. Expect that if someone were to make an appointment or to have a discussion about what they can afford to pay, DT2 Towing has had a history of working with people. But officially, the law allows them to retain the vehicle and charge a $25 per day storage fee. But that's not what they do all the time. It is driven by what that person can present to them. These are unfortunately some heated interactions. People can be very frustrated and that can create a hostile situation, but they do their best.

Okay. Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alder Men Berglis.

Thank you, Mr. President. How many times was the 140 special equipment fee not charged?

I don't know that answer. I think

That was a question that we had brought in committee that we had asked to have.

All right. And I apologize again. I didn't represent that on the committee and I should have asked them if they were open questions. I do know that the special handling charge is something that the company Special equipment fee. Special equipment fee probably airs on the side of using because if they cause damage to a vehicle that they think is not four wheel drive or they think can handle a typical tow, that's a bigger problem for everyone involved. So the way vehicles are designed today with technology, the special handling fee is something that is more customary

practice. When was the cash only accepted sign taken down?

When was it taken down? I advised them to put up credit only. I believe the cash only sign was from 2024, so that has since been taken down.

Testimony in committee reflected a different date. And we were instructed that or we were informed that the sign was taken down, but the date it was taken down was not given. Does the curbside pickup sign notify the threat of towing for cars improperly parked?

I don't know that each sign does. The pictures I have, there is a secondary sign under and all the parking lots do have posted sign about the threat of towing but I don't know if the curbside sign would have that. But for example, the So handicap

curbside designation sign does not provide the threat of towing?

I don't know that because I do see there's a secondary sign under the curbside which I recognize is a Walgreens one. But I also would note like this handicap wheelchair paints doesn't

That provide was a perfect my question.

Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Any other questions? Attorney Randolph? Thank you. Attorney?

Thank you.

I'd ask assistant city attorney Gresham to provide any testimony.

Assistant city attorney Travis Gresham, you have before you the findings of fact and conclusions of law related to this matter along with the recommendations of the licensing committee. Happy to answer any questions about this.

Hearing none. Thank you. I would now ask if Deepak Thapa is here. The floor is yours, attorney. Maiselman, floor is yours.

Attorney Mike Maiselman on behalf of Deepak Apapa. First of all, I heard my name mentioned at the last one. Are there any questions about my client who got illegally towed with handicaps? I'd be happy to answer them. Okay.

Under this one, this is a gas station that's been there for over forty years. This is their first offense in which a ten day suspension was recommended by the licensing committee. Since then, I've met with my client. My clients met with the neighbors who have had the issues with them. The issues that were brought up at licensing included some rodents, and incident responses, signage.

So what what we put together and you have it in your packet is a mitigation plan slash amended plan of operation where we would we would address a rodent plan before he hired an exterminator, and I have the receipt in the file. We're gonna be training our employees our incident responses and what to do if their problems arise. We're gonna be coordinating with the police. And in fact, we can also do work with them on using fuses, which I always encourage my clients to do. We're going be cutting the grass on a regular basis, removing debris, picking up litter three times a day, installing better lighting.

We're going to be screening our employees to ensure that they are not have criminal backgrounds. We're going to be engaging with the community. Our fuel pump options so I guess a number of gas stations in the community think that they can operate 20 fourseven without an extended license. That's what one of your colleagues told me that it seems pretty often that that happens. We were one of those.

The store was closed but the pumps were open. That was raised as an issue and we haven't since this was raised at licensing, we have not operated with an extended license. We shut down at the close of what our license says. So with everything that we are doing, we would ask respectfully that common counsel reduce the suspension from ten days to zero and issue them a warning letter. Again, they've been operating there since maybe over forty years. And this is the first issue. Any questions?

No questions by council members. Thank you. Thank you, mister president. Assistant city attorney Gresham.

City Attorney Travis Gresham, you have before you the findings of fact and conclusions of law with regard to this matter along with the recommendations of the licensing committee. Happy to answer any questions at this time.

Thank you. Alderman Pratt moves that the committee of the whole rise. Hearing no objection so ordered, chair recognizes Alderman Cox.

Thank you, Mr. President. Appropriate time, I have a motion.

Okay. In

the meantime, Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.

Thank you, Mr. President. As well, at the appropriate time, would like to make a motion.

Okay.

Alderman Moore, I probably move that the Committee of the Whole rise hearing no objections so ordered. Are there any motions with respect to the matters we just heard? Any motions at all? Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.

Thank you so much, Mr. President. Based on the conversation prior and talking to the businesses in District 10, business in question in District 10702 West Center Street, I would like to make a motion to reduce the ten day suspension to zero with a warning letter. The constituents and the neighborhood group is very active in that area and we will be continuing to work with the business. But based on the plan outlined, I'm pleased with the course of action.

Any objection to that motion? Okay. Hearing is ordered. Any further discussion? Hearing no further discussion, I would ask for a vote of the common council members to adopt the recommendations of the license committee as contained in file number 251331. Will the clerk please call the roll?

And forgive me. The file number is 251558. It is 251558.

Is Mister mister president. Yes. We're calling development of full file or just on the objection?

Just on the objection.

Thank

you. We still have the rest of the license committee to objection. 251558.

Alderman Pratt. Aye. Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Cogs. Aye. Jackson. Aye. Taylor. Aye. Boor. Aye. Bergellis. Aye. Spiker. Aye. Dmitrievich.

Aye.

Stamper. Mister president. Aye. 14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused. Will the clerk please continue with the reading of the license committee agenda, the remainder.

The licenses committee recommends placing on file three communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to the allocation of police resources and designated entertainment districts in connection with licensed premises. Four, communication from the chief of police relating to the implementation of electronic reporting by junk collectors, junk dealers, and other use and others using the Northeast Wisconsin property reporting system. Five, an ordinance relating to establishing valet service zones for loading and unloading passengers. Six, a substitute ordinance relating to licensing requirements and regulations for adult establishments. And seven, a substitute ordinance relating to the licensing of non conforming motor vehicle repair facilities.

Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, Mr. President. Item number 3,101,026, I request that I get sent back to committee, please. Thank you.

Okay. The motion by Alderman Chambers is to send back to committee. Are there any objections, any discussion on that motion? Hearing none, so order. Chair recognizes Alderman Cox.

Thank you, Mr. President. I would ask to send back to committee I will motion to send back to committee the recycling, salvaging, towing premises application of JLC, towing.

Okay. Let the record reflect Alderman Cogs motion to send back to committee. Any objections? Hearing none so order. Any other discussion of the file? Okay. Alderman Pratt now moves for the approval of the remainder of the report of the license committee. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Aye. Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson. Aye. Taylor. Aye. Orr. Aye. Bergallis. Aye. Spiker. Aye. Dmitryevich. Aye. Stamper. Aye. Mister president. Aye. 14 ayes, one excused. 14 ayes, one excused.

The committee report is adopted. Alderman Malele Akag will now present the report of the public works committee.

The public works committee recommends approval of eight. A motion relating to the recommendations of the public works committee relating to licenses. The public works committee recommends adoption of nine, resolution approving the Fifth Amendment to lease agreement with New Singular Wireless PCS LLC for the placement of personal communication service antennas and ancillary equipment at 5600 West Oklahoma Avenue. 10, substitute resolution relating to the addition of a tree planting request option to the MKE mobile action app. 11, resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a first revision to a state municipal agreement for a state led highway project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the construction of North 76th Street, Forest Avenue to city CTHQ and to set up funds for construction at an estimated cost increase of $815,000 with an estimated city share of $767,000 and a grantor share of $48,000 12, resolution authorizing the commissioner of public works to execute an amendment to the intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the city of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan sewage district regarding the Kinnickinnick River flood management project for an area abutting the Kinnickinnick River between South 6th And South 16th Streets in the 12th And 14th Automatic Districts.

13, resolution authorizing the commission of public works to execute a a $39,817.83 change order to the private property inflow and infiltration funding agreement M1000MI09, with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Surge District for a project at various locations throughout the city of Milwaukee. 14, resolution authorizing the city controller to transfer additional funds to the previously established project for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the city of Milwaukee for cost participation for the design of North Setonia Avenue from West Mill Road to West Good Hope Road with a total estimated cost increase of the project of $650,000 with an estimated grantor share of $0 and an estimated city share of $650,000. 15, resolution directing the commissioner of public works to execute a document entitled first revision state municipal agreement for a state led highway project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming design, real estate acquisition and construction of South 84th Street from West Greenfield Avenue to West Adler Avenue and to set up additional funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $530,000 with an estimated city share of $26,500 a grant to our share of $397,500 and a remaining $106,000 of costs to be funded by the City of West Dallas.

16, resolution directing the commissioner of public works to execute a document entitled state municipal agreement for a state led highway project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming design and construction of the Forest Home Avenue intersection with South 16th Street and to set up funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $250,000 with an estimated city share of $25,000 and a grantor share of $225,000.17, resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works execute a document entitled State Municipal Agreement for a state led highway project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming design and construction of West Greenfield Avenue at South Cesar Chavez Drive and South Muskego Avenue and a set of funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $250,000 with an estimated city share of $25,000 and a grantor share of $225,000.18, resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document entitled State Municipal Agreement for a State Led Highway Project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming design and construction at South Cesar Chavez and South 16th intersections with Burnham, Mitchell And Lapham and to set up funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $500,000 with an estimated city share of $50,000 and a grantor share of $450,000.19, resolution relating to the 2026 capital improvements program to provide funds for multimodal transportation improvements at various locations 20, resolution relating to the 2026 capital improvements program to provide funds for traffic signs and signal work at various locations.

21, resolution relating to the 2026 capital improvements program to provide funds for street lighting work at various locations. 22, '26 capital improvements program to provide funds for underground communications and electrical conduit improvements at various locations. 23, resolution relating to the 2026 capital improvements program to provide funds for the maintenance and repair of the underground communications and electrical manholes at various locations. 24, resolution determining it necessary to make various accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes. With the city engineering costs estimated to be $70,000 for total estimated cost of these projects being $1,260,000.

25, resolution determining it necessary to make various non assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes. With the city engineering cost estimated to be $4,269,600 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $26,854,600.26, resolution approving construction of non assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes. With the city construction cost estimated to be $8,315,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $8,596,000. 27, resolution approving an operation an operating agreement with Ventures Endurance Events LLC for the staging of the twenty twenty six Milwaukee Marathon and Half Marathon in the city of Milwaukee on 04/11/2026, and a five ks run-in the city of Milwaukee on 04/12/2026.

Any further discussion of the committee report? Chair recognizes Alderman Cox. Thank you, mister president. I

move to send back to committee the public passenger vehicle driver's license of Mohammed Surpras.

Okay. Let the record reflect the motion by Alderman to send back that license back to committee. Any objection? Hearing none so ordered. Any further discussion on the committee report? Hearing none, Alderman Cogs moves for approval of the remainder of the report of public works committee. Will the clerk please call the roll.

Alderman Pratt. Aye. Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Aye. Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson?

Aye.

Taylor?

Aye.

Moore? Aye. Bergelis? Aye. Spiker? Aye. Dmitryevich? Aye. Stamper? Mr. President?

Aye. 14 ayes, one excused. 14 ayes, one excused. Alderman Peter Bergelis will now present the report of the Finance and Personnel Committee.

The Finance and Personnel Committee recommends passage of the following 28, a substitute ordinance relating to fees charged for services provided by the assessor's office. 29, a substitute ordinance to further amend the twenty twenty six rates of pay of the offices and positions in the city service. 30, a substitute ordinance to further amend the twenty twenty six offices and positions in the city service. The finance and personnel committee recommends adoption of 31, resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a 20 a US Department of Justice twenty twenty five COPS hiring program grant. 32, substitute resolution authorizing attendance at conventions, seminars, and other travel.

33, resolution authorizing the issuance of $25,000,000 in general obligation notes to pay a general and current municipal expense associated with the community development block grant and other grant programs. 34, substitute resolution relating to carryover of 2025 authorization for general obligation and revenue based borrowing. 35, resolution authorizing the commissioners of the public debt to market up to $150,000,000 of general obligation revenue anticipation promissory notes. 36, substitute resolution authorizing the issuance of general obligation promissory notes in one or more series. 37, resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation refunding bonds and or notes.

38, substitute resolution relating to tracking city attorney staff time devoted to Milwaukee Public Schools related issues. 39, substitute resolution relating to the use of sales tax revenues for the purchase of fire apparatus. 14, substitute resolution relating to the increase to increasing the reimbursable expenditure authority for the Department of Public Works in the Reimbursable Services Advance Fund. The Finance and Personnel Committee recommends placing on file 41, Department of Administration, Office of Innovation relating to current activities and initiatives. 42, communication from the Department of Employer Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action.

43, communication from the Department of Employer Relations amending the salary and positions ordinances relating to clerical or administrative corrections. 44, communication from the Department of Employer Relations relating to an amendment to the salary ordinance to increase The of the company. Company.

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office that's item number 29, by amending part one of substitute two to change the effective pay period from pay period 04/2026, which is 02/01/2026, to pay period one, eight 2026, which is 12/21/2025. I further move passage of the file as amended. What this does is ensure that what the council passed in our budget, a full 1% residency incentive for General City employees is paid out. What we heard in committee is that the department was ready to make that 1% residency incentive effective pay period four, Which is 11 which is 11. 5% less than what this council adopted in the 2026 budget.

That the math works out to approximately $207,000 that would stay in the abyss of the city budget and not go to the pockets of city employees. Thank you. I understand that things take time to implement and there are a lot of calculations to be This is a semi manual process and that's okay. If starts on paychecks on pay period four, I just want to ensure that the council's intent is enacted, that this pay increase is effective pay period one for all twelve months like we budgeted. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you. On that motion, Alderman Brower?

Yes. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Yes, I just wanted to thank Alderman McGillis and the other everybody else on the Finance and Personnel Committee for taking a look at this issue. We need to honor what we have committed to with our city workers that when we say that there's a raise effective and a residency bonus effective for 2026 that applies to the entire year of 2026, not just certain part of the year. So I really appreciate the work Alderman Gallistered here to bring this resolution here. Will be voting for it.

Thank you. You. Alderman Taylor, see your light up, but it's not to this motion, correct? Okay. Any further discussion on the motion? Chair recognizes Alderman Spiker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I just did want to note for members who weren't able to attend finance, I want to be fair. The administration did come forward and say this would pose nearly insuperable problems for a small number of staff in DER and the Comptroller's Office. As far as implementing this, I think Alder Berglis is absolutely right. The council's intent was super clear. In fact, I had an amendment to reduce the vehicle registration fee a dollar by bumping a pay period of implementation back a notch and that was roundly voted down. So I don't think our intention could

have

been any more clear than it was. On the other hand, I do want to acknowledge the reality that this will create a great burden for some folks in the DER and the comptroller's office. Comptroller is independently elected. He does not have to sing from the same hymnal as the administration, the mayor's team, but he was. He was saying that this would be a great burden to his team.

So some folks might say cry me a river, but still where the rubber meets the road here is these are the same folks who are charged with implementing the IRP, the change to the new Workday system. And that's not enough and that's a really big deal, really big projects and the idea of pushing that back should cause concern. So I do have that concern. But just wanted to lay the facts out for folks who were unable to attend our watch committee. Thank you.

Thank you. Any more discussion on the motion? Any objection to the motion? All right. Hearing none, so ordered. Thank you. Chair now recognizes Alderman Taylor.

Thank you so much. I would just like to be added as a cosponsor to file number 251450.

Let the record reflect cosponsorship of 251450. By Alderman Taylor. Any further discussion of the committee report? Hearing none, Alder Member Gellis moves for adoption of the recommendations of the Finance Personnel Committee. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt. Aye. Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Aye. Cogs. Aye. Jackson. Aye. Taylor. Aye. Bohr. Aye. Bergelis. Aye. Spiker. Aye. Dmitryevich. Aye. Stamper. Aye. Mister president. Aye. 14 ayes.

One excused. 14 ayes. One excused. Alderman DeAndre Jackson will now present the report of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.

The Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends adoption of 46, resolution canceling real estate taxes levied against certain parcels bearing tax key numbers in the 2024 tax roll, plus interest applicable to date of repayment if appropriate. 47, resolution authorizing settlement in the claims in the lawsuit entitled Odele Okeechoo versus the City of Milwaukee. 48, resolution authorizing settlement of the claims of the lawsuit entitled MEDL LLC versus the City of Milwaukee. The judiciary legislation committee recommends confirmation 49, reappointment of Clarence Nicholas to the ethics board by the mayor. 50, reappointment of Catherine Doyle to the board of review by the mayor.

51, appointment of Alexander Costal to the Equal Rights Commission by the mayor. 52, appointment of Denise Maniares Rentaria to the Equal Rights Commission by the mayor. 53, appointment of Alex Brugian to the Administrative Review Board of Appeals by the common council president. The Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends placing on file 54 resolution relating to the claim of Cameron Kennedy. And the Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends disallowance and indefinite postponement of items 56 through 58 claims against the city.

Let the record reflect a no vote for me on item 47,251,519. Any further discussion? Of the committee report? Hearing none, Alderman Jackson moves for adoption of recommendation of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee. Will the clerk please call the roll.

Alderman Pratt. Aye. Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Aye. Cogs. Aye. Jackson. Aye. Taylor. Aye. Moore. Aye. Bergelis. Mister chair,

mister president, please note my objection for '47, aye on the balance.

Let the record reflect. What was it again, Alderman Bergel?

Objection on '47.

Okay. Let the record reflect. Alderman Bergel is subject on '47. Please continue with the roll call.

Bergel is recorded as aye. Spiker?

Aye.

Dmitryavich?

Aye.

Stamper? Aye. Mister president? Aye. 14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused. The committee report is adopted. Alderman Scott? Alderman Baughman, your light was on? Yeah. I was gonna object to forty seven as well. It was too late probably. Okay. Duly noted. Alderman Scott Spiker will now present the report of the public safety and health committee.

The public safety and health committee recommends passage of 59. An ordinance relating to parking controls, 60, an ordinance relating to traffic controls. 61, a substitute ordinance relating to locations where selling articles from parked vehicles is prohibited. The committee recommends adoption of 62 resolution authorizing the acceptance of the 2026 funding assistant program funding. 63, resolution relating to the acceptance of funding of a JAG gunshot location technology program expansion grant.

The committee recommends confirmation of 64 reappointment of Caroline Gomez Tom to the Board of Health by the mayor. 65 appointment of Claire Enders to the pedestrian and bicycle advisory committee by the mayor. And the committee recommends placing on file Item 66, communication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to a standard operating procedure.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report? Hearing none, Alderman Spryker moves for the adoption and recommendations of the Public Safety and Health Committee. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderman Pratt? Aye. Chambers?

Aye.

Brower? Aye. Bauman? Aye. Wissmoreland? Cox? Aye. Jackson? Aye. Taylor? Aye. Moore?

Aye.

Bergelis? Aye. Spiker? Aye. Dimitrijevich? Aye. Stamper? Aye. Mr. President? Aye. 14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused. Committee report is adopted. Alderman Robert Baumann will now present the report of the zoning, neighborhoods, and development committee.

The zoning, neighborhood, and development committee recommends adoption of 67. Substitute resolution granting the appeal of the certificate of appropriateness for rooftop solar panels at 2591 North Summit Avenue in the North Point North Historic District for his Chris Sager. Committee vote is four ayes and one no. 68, resolution authorizing the sale of and approving a land disposition report for the city owned taxi property at 3743 North 35th Street to connect the Dax Property Investment LLC in the 7th Automatic District. 69, resolution approving a land disposition report and authorizing the sale of the city owned taxi property at 1246 West Atkinson Avenue in the 6th Automatic District.

70, resolution approving a land disposition report and authorizing the sale of the city owned taxi property at 1606 West Walnut Street in the 15th Automatica District. The committee recommends placing on file item number 71, communication relating to the twenty twenty four, twenty five activities of the Granville Havenswood Advisory Council. 72, communication relating to the 2025 activities of the Joint Committee on the Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes. 73, communication relating to the twenty twenty five activities of the Bronzeville Advisory Committee. 74, communication from the Department of Neighborhood Services relating to the demolition application process for the property located at 140 West Garfield Avenue.

75, Communication from the Department of Neighborhood Services relating to the scanning of properties prior to demolition.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report? Hearing none, Alderman Baumann moves for adoption of the recommendations of the zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee. The clerk please call the roll.

Alderman Pratt. Aye. Chambers. Aye. Brower. Aye. Baumann. Aye. Westmoreland. Cox? Aye. Jackson? Aye. Taylor? Aye. Moore? Aye. Bergilis? Aye. Spiker? Aye. Dimitrijevich? Aye. Stamper? Aye. Mister president? Aye. 14 ayes when excused.

14 ayes when excused. The committee report is adopted. Alderman Russell Stamper the second will now present the report of the community and economic development committee.

The community and economic development committee recommends adoption of 76. Substitute resolution relating to the application for acceptance and expenditure of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Vibrant Spaces grant on behalf of Cosimoto Inc. 77, substitute resolution encouraging all city departments to host events like Big Truck Day to promote city employment. 78, substitute resolution relating to the promotion of internships and apprenticeship opportunities for the youth council. 79, substitute resolution directed at Milwaukee Public Libraries to report to the common council on library metrics.

80, substitute resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the fiscal year 2024 continuum of care program from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Milwaukee City and County Continuum of Care. The committee recommends confirmation of 81 reappointment of Tosha Freeman to the business improvement district number eight by the mayor 82. Reappointment of Sharon Grenker to the business improvement district number eight by the mayor 83. Appointment of Katie Clennard to the Business Improvement District Number 16 by the mayor 84. Appointment of Nicole Hagen to the Business Improvement District Number 48 by the mayor.

85, reappointment of Michael A. Michele to the Business Improvement District Number 2 by the mayor And the committee recommends placing on file item number 86, reappointment of Mark Larson to the Architectural Review Board by the mayor.

Chair recognizes the Alderman Spiker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to be recorded as a cosponsor on Item 79, please.

Let the record reflect cosponsorship, Alderman Spiker, Item 79. Any further discussion of the committee report? Hearing none, Alderman Stamper moves for adoption and recommendations of the Community and Economic Development Committee. Will the clerk please Chair recognizes Alderman Stamper.

Discuss the special arrangement that happened in committee. Jim, you can articulate it.

Yes. It's not on the agenda, so it's not your main

Thank you.

Any further discussion? Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.

Thank you, Mr. President. Can I please be added to item number 78,251,446 as a co sponsor, please?

Let the record reflect co sponsorship of Alderman Moore for item 78. Any other further discussion? Hearing none, Alderman Stamper moves for adoption and recommendations of the Community and Economic Development Committee. Will the clerk please call the roll.

Alderwoman Pratt? Aye. Chambers? Aye. Brower? Aye. Baumann? Aye. Wissmoreland?

Aye.

Cox?

Aye.

Jackson? Aye. Taylor? Aye. Moore? Aye. Bergelis? Aye. Spiker? Aye. Dmitry Yevich? Aye. Stamper? Aye. Mister president? Aye. 14 ayes when excused.

14 ayes when excused. Committee report is adopted. We will now take up communications from city officers.

File number 251529, appointment of Nathan Charles Godley to the Community Collaborative Commission.

Order on file.

File number 250531. Communication relating to various appointments to the anti illegal dumping policy and research committee. Order on file. File number 251534. Communication from the city clerk relating to service of papers. Order on file. File number 251535. Communication from the from the city clerk relating to various combinatory condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the common council.

Order on file.

File number 251536. Communication from the city clerk relating to official notices and reports. Order on file. File number 251554. Communication from the zoning code technical committee relating to their 2025 annual report. Portal file. File number 251555. Communication from the city advise Citizens Advisory Committee on the naming of public buildings, facilities, and streets transmitting its 2025 annual report. Order on file. File number 251573. Communication from the controller's office relating to a report on sewer user rates.

Order on file.

And file number 251598. Appointment of Eureka Martinez to serve as special deputy city treasurer by the city treasurer effective 01/12/2026.

Order on file. Are there any items for immediate adoption?

There are two matters for immediate adoption. Item number 87, file number 251,125, resolution conditionally approving a final certified survey map, and item number 88, file number 251658, resolution declaring Cesar Chavez Day an official city event and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of contributions for this purpose.

Chair recognizes Alderman Spiker.

Thank you, Mr. President. We'd like to be recognized as a cosponsor for Item 88.

Let the record reflect cosponsorship of Alderman Spiker for '88. Chair recognizes Alderman Bergelis. Thank you, Mr. President.

Please add my name to Item 88 as well.

With the record reflect adding Alderman Bergelis, Alderman

Moore.

Thank you, mister president. Please also add me as a cosponsor for item number 88.

Cosponsorship of 88 by Alderman Moore. Alderman Pratt. Same. Cosponsorship by Alderman Brett. Chair recognizes Alderman Brower. Same as well.

Mister president, can we just do unanimous consent? Can we

do unanimous consent on the motion is unanimous consent on item 88. Any objections? Hearing none, so ordered. Alderman Jackson, that's what you wanted? Yep. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate the support. Is there any other discussion on the items for immediate adoption? Hearing none, Alderman Pratt moves adoption. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderman Pratt? Aye. Chambers? Aye. Broward? Aye. Baumann? Aye. Wissmoreland? Cox? Aye. Jackson?

Aye.

Taylor? Aye. Moore? Aye. Bergelis? Aye. Spiker? Aye. Dimitrijevich? Aye. Stamper? Mister president? Aye. 14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused. Are there any announcements? Any announcements? Chair recognizes Aldo McCox.

Thank you, mister president. For 6th District residents, we will be having a town hall meeting. That meeting will take place tomorrow, January 20 Wednesday, January 21. It will be at La Follette Elementary School from 05:30 to 06:30. Various departments will be represented to answer concerns from residents.

Again, that is tomorrow, January 21 from 05:30 to 06:30 on sixth district town hall meeting, La Follette Elementary School. The gym entrance on 10th Street is where people should enter. It's at 3239 North 9th Street. Additionally, we are having our, I believe, fourteenth annual MKE Business Now Entrepreneurship Summit. That, summit is at a Saturday, July I mean, January 31 from 10AM to 02:30PM at MLK Elementary School on King Drive And Ring.

There will be more than 25 different vendors, some city departments, but other banks and organizations throughout the city that give business assistance. There will be three workshops on everything on how to fund your business to some other information that people want. There'll be a panel discussion with local successful small business owner owners and a keynote address from a local successful entrepreneur, mister McPiles. So we will be there from 10AM to 02:30PM, King Drive And Ring at MLK Elementary School. It is free and open to the public.

The fourteenth annual MK Business Now Entrepreneurship Summit. I hope to see you there. Thank you.

Thank you. Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, mister president. 2026 marks the hundred year anniversary of black history and black history month. We will be celebrating our tenth annual Black History Month program on Tuesday, February 10 at twelve noon at the City Hall Rotunda. We will have live performances, African drummers, libations and etcetera as we celebrate the one hundred year anniversary of Black History Month. Additionally, we'll be capping off our Black History Month celebration with Black History Month edition of Power Hour networking event.

Same place for 1st Floor Rotunda the same day from 05:30 to 07:30. It's a great opportunity for like minded individuals and professionals to come in network in celebration of Black History Month. We hope to see each and every one of you there. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other announcements? Chair, I recognize Oliver Brower.

Yes. Thank you so

much, Mr. President. A couple of things here. First of all, we want to welcome back students at UW Milwaukee. Their semester starts on January 26. We wish them all a good semester here. And I also wanted to announce that on Monday, February 2 at 6PM, our office will be hosting a town hall regarding, immigration and customs enforcement, here in Milwaukee at the Viverium on Farwell Avenue. We wanna invite all District 3 residents to come on out here from community organizations like Comete Sin Fronteras, that will be talking about their work,

to stand up to ICE. Thank you. Thank you. Chair recognizes, alderman Taylor.

Thank you so much, mister president. I wanna say, thank you to, alder Alderman Stamper, and thank you to Alderman Alderman Chambers, and thank you to Deborah and the team that she brought with her to support and help make Kings Connect our first annual event for human trafficking awareness luncheon for our young men. It was a great success. The young men enjoyed it, learned a lot, from the speakers that were there. And so I just wanna say thank you to them for, the support that they gave.

And hopefully, we'll have another event next year that will be just as successful as this one was. And then also, I'd just like to make mention Denzel Taylor, my son, won best director on the Atlanta Broadway stage. So I just wanted to give kudos to him and mention.

Thank you. Any further announcements? Any other additional? I'll ask the chair recognizes alder Woman Moore.

Thank you so much, mister president. I just wanna quickly say to the residents that are in my district, we had a community forum to talk about different businesses that may be coming to the area. Residents' input are so important. And so I want to continue to share with residents that if there's something that you don't like, show up. The elders typically have meetings or some sort of engagement when new businesses come.

But to see I had over 85 people you know, show up on an evening to express their their concerns, and, the business owner was able to hear that and wanted to revamp their plan. So that sort of input is so critically important, and just thank you to the residents and the Sherman Park Community Association, the ministry that we met at. It's just an opportunity that is so critically important when people get together and be able to hear each other. So I just wanted to thank those residents and the community association, the church that we met at, pulling together and just, you know, coming together to address concerns are so critically important. So, you know, community, continue to speak up.

Thank you.

Thank you. Any other announcements? Okay. Hearing none, this meeting is adjourned. No further business is adjourned.