Remarks by Jeremy Gragert
320 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 13
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“Thank you. Next on my list is Diana Hanson. Thanks for joining us.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Next on my list is Liz Spencer.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, next I have Jackie Christner.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“OK. Jackie. Yeah, I didn't quite see her, so thank you for that. And then I have Travis as well. OK. Go ahead and cancel. Like to pass? OK. Yeah, I'll pass. Anyone else from the gallery would like to speak during our public comment period? Just have up to three minutes per person. OK. Well, thanks, everybody, for coming tonight. And if there is no objection from council, this meeting is adjourned.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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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 · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you city clerk and welcome everyone to the Tuesday, July 28th meeting of the Eau Claire city council. Um, this is our, uh, legislative session. Uh, and first, first item we have on our agenda is the consent agenda. Um, this is items number one through eight. Um, and so we'll be considering this all at once. Um, And if your item is on the consent agenda, please know that unless the item is pulled out, all items will pass or fail on one vote. So do council members have any questions about the consent agenda or wish to remove any items for separate consideration? All right, then on a…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right, and that passes unanimously. Next item is our, we have one proclamation tonight, so we have Lieutenant Jesse Henning here to accept a proclamation on National Night Out. So I will go up and read it. So whereas the National Association of Town Watch is sponsoring its 41st Annual Nationwide Crime and Drug Prevention Program called National Night Out, America's Night Out Against Crime, and whereas the National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local anti-crime efforts, strengthen neighborhood spirit and…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right, thank you so much. All right, so moving on to agenda item number This is the first item on our business agenda. So this is a resolution to approve the redevelopment district identified as the Riverbend Redevelopment District proposed by the Eau Claire Redevelopment Authority. And a 2 thirds vote of the elected members or eight affirmative votes is required for adoption. via Wisconsin Statute 66.13336B. And we have Community Development Director Aaron White here to present on this item.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“OK. Are there any further questions? And I can perhaps just read the, well, so we have another item, number 10, that is just a different redevelopment district. So we'll cover that next. But is there, so we will move the item so we can discuss it. So on a motion by Council Member Werthmann and seconded by Council Member Orth, This item is moved. Is there any discussion from council on the River Bend Redevelopment District? Council Member Brewster.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so we have a motion to amend from Council Member Brewster. And there are copies of this at every desk. And it will be identical for the next one too, so I probably won't read the entire thing again. Okay, and Vice President Schoen?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so we have a second from Vice President Schoen. Is there any discussion on the amendment to agenda item number nine? Councilmember Werthmann.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Council Member Werthmann.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“okay so it has so there's a friendly amendment that is included that just strikes the comma and the word wealth here from that first paragraph of the amendment is that that's accurate it sounds like um So we will discuss the amendment without that word. And Council Member Otto.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Any other discussion on the amendment? All right, seeing none, city clerk, please call the roll on the amendment.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Aye. And that amendment passes unanimously. So now we're on to the resolution approving the redevelopment district as amended. And we can further our discussion here. Council Member Werthmann first.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice President Schoen. Yeah, I too am looking forward to getting to work on this. The I served on the redevelopment authority when we were, it was probably discussed years before I was on the redevelopment authority, but it was exciting to talk about some new areas of town, particularly because at the time I was representing District 3, which included this whole area on the city council. And it was an area that was going through a lot of change. The Shopko had closed, and then later on the hospital, the Sacred Heart Hospital, and there was Ron's Castle Foods back in the day. There…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Council Member Miller. Any other comments before we move to a vote on agenda item number nine?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Aye. And that passes unanimously. OK. we're moving on to agenda item number 10 resolution to approve the redevelopment district identified as the core reinvestment redevelopment district proposed by the eau claire redevelopment authority and this requires a two-thirds vote or eight affirmative votes as well so um Are there, I guess, I'm not sure if Director White, if you have anything you want to add. I know you've presented on this many times. But yeah, are there anything to add?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Any questions from the council on agenda item number 10? Okay, thank you so much. So... Let's see here. On a motion by Councilmember Miller and seconded by Councilmember Johnson, this item is moved. Is there any discussion or amendments? Looks like there is from Councilmember Brewster. Thank you, Council President.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Brewster and Vice President Schoen.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“OK. So we have another amendment. Exactly the same as the last one on the previous agenda item. Is there any discussion on the amendment by the council? All right. Seeing none, city clerk, please call the roll on the amendment.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Aye. All right. And that passes unanimously. So now we have an amended bill. Agenda item number 10, the resolution to approve the core reinvestment redevelopment district. Any discussion on the”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Werthmann and Vice President Schoen.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other discussion from council before we move to a vote on agenda item number 10? That's for this core reinvestment redevelopment district. All right. Seeing none, city clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right. And that passes unanimously. All right. We'll go on to agenda item number 11, resolution supporting STATE FUNDING FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. AND THIS WAS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MILLER AND ORTH. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026