Remarks by Jeremy Gragert
320 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 13
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“This meeting of the Eau Claire City Council will come to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you and welcome, everyone, to the Tuesday, September 22nd meeting of the Eau Claire City Council. Item on our agenda, and agendas are in the back of the room if you need one, is the consent agenda. Some of you may be here for the consent agenda items, and those are items number 1 through 11. Please know that unless an item is pulled out, all the items will pass or fill with one vote. You are good to leave if your item passes with the consent agenda, but you are also welcome to stay. Do council members have any questions regarding the consent agenda or wish to remove any items for…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Seeing none, Deputy City Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Aye. That passes unanimously. All right, we have one proclamation for this afternoon, and that's for Fire Prevention Week. And I'd like to invite Deputy Chief Bob Haller up to the front of the room. Whereas the city of Eau Claire is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all those living and visiting our city, and whereas fire remains a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally, and the presence of lithium ion batteries in many household devices introduces fire risks. And whereas most of the rechargeable electronics used in homes daily include smartphones, tablets,…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We should go into our business agenda and onto agenda item number 12. And this is a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a subdivision infrastructure agreement with Linden Hills Development Team, LLC, for street and utility improvements within the plat of Linden Hills. And we have our engineering Director Leoness to present on this item. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Director Ness. Are there any questions from the council? Oh, Vice President Schoen.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other questions from council? Okay. Okay, thank you. Thank you. So on a motion by council member Werthmann and seconded by council member Orth, this item is moved. Is there any discussion? Council Member Miller.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, and the particular streets are mentioned of Siena Boulevard and then County Line Road as well, so... So those could also be named in a motion. Council Member Miller.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“OK, we have a motion to approve the requested deferral of sidewalk from Council Member Miller. Council Member? Brewster.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“OK. So with a second from Council Member Brewster, is there any discussion on that amendment to the resolution? City Attorney Nick.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We do, yeah. From Council Member Werthmann and seconded by Council Member Orth. And then the motion by Council Member Miller and seconded by Council Member Brewster to amend the resolution for the sidewalk deferment. Is there any discussion on that amendment? All right. Deputy city clerk, please call the roll on the amendment.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Brewster. Aye. All right, and that amendment to the resolution passes unanimously. Any further discussion on the amended resolution? to approve the subdivision infrastructure agreement. All right, seeing none, Deputy City Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Aye. All right. And agenda item number 12 passes unanimously. And we'll go on to agenda item number 13, resolution amending the city of Eau Claire handbook for public officials and guidelines for resident public forums at Monday city council meetings. And we have our city attorney, Steven Nick, to present on this item.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Werthmann has a question.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Any other questions from the council before we... Move this item for discussion. OK. So on a motion by Councilmember Miller and seconded by Vice President Schoen, this item is moved. Is there any discussion? Vice President Schoen.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Miller. Council Member Werthmann.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Werthmann. Any other discussion? Because I'll just say, Council Member Werthmann and I were both new. Well, I was a new council member Council Member Werthmann had been on already for nine or so years at the point of the creation of the public comment period, but a former council member, Emily Berge, really led the way on it, too, and that really opened, I think, a lot of opportunity in our community for engagement and sharing ideas, and it you know, these are pretty minor tweaks in a sense, basically, you know, related to like, you know, how we respond, you know,…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, and that passes unanimously. I want to move on to agenda item Number 14, resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $12,645,000 in general obligation promissory notes, series 2026A. And we have a few other notes. I'm not sure if you're going to want to present on all of them or just this one. But we have our finance director, Kitsie Winters, to present.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. Let's see, we have a question from Councilmember Miller.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other questions about any of the three? Okay. Should we have Sean come up at all?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you so much. And it looks like we have a question from Council Member Brewster.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other questions from the council? Council Member Orth.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“OK. So on a motion by Council Member Mboga and seconded by Council Member Otto, agenda item number 14 has been moved. It's the first of the promissory notes, 2026A. Is there any discussion from the council on that particular item? OK. Deputy city clerk, please call the roll on agenda item number 14. Orth.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right. And that passes unanimously. On to agenda item number 15, resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $7,390,000 taxable general obligation promissory notes series 2026B. No further questions about that one in particular. So on a motion by Councilmember Reed and seconded by Councilmember Serrano, agenda item number 15 is moved. Is there any discussion? Seeing no discussion, Deputy City Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That passes unanimously. Go on to agenda item number 16, resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $6,260,000 waterworks system revenue bonds, series 2026C. Not seeing any questions on that one in particular. So on a motion by council member Brewster and seconded by council member Werthmann, item number 16 is moved. Is there any discussion? Seeing no discussion, Deputy City Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026