Remarks by Jeremy Gragert
320 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 13
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“Yeah, thank you, Director Riepel. Oh, sorry. Council Member Serrano has a question.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other questions from the council? All right, thank you, Director Riepel. So on a motion by Council Member Brewster and seconded by Council Member Werthmann, this item is moved. Is there any discussion? Council Member Serrano.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Serrano. All right. Any further discussion? All right. Seeing none, city clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, and that passes unanimously. All right, so we're going to go into the category of ordinances for action. Ordinance to amend our agenda item number 28, ordinance to amend title 17 land development ordinance, or LDO, and the official zoning map. And we, again, have our community development director, White, to comment.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Director White. Thank you. So on a motion by Councilmember Orth and seconded by Councilmember Miller, this item is moved. Is there any discussion on these amendments to the LDO? Councilmember Werthmann.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Aye. All right, and that passes unanimously. Next is agenda item number 29, ordinance amending chapter 8.32 entitled Management of Waste and Recyclables of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Eau Claire to create a comprehensive organics management and composting program. And is there any further presentation? Maybe we'll just move it, and then we can have further discussion from the mover. So on a motion by Council Member Werthmann and seconded by Council Member Miller, this item is moved. Is there any further presentation or discussion on this agenda item? Council Member Mboga.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Mboga. Any further discussion? Do we have any”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you so much. Council Member Orth.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Werthmann. Any other discussion? OK, seeing none, city clerk, please call the roll on agenda item number 29 on the composting program.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Aye. That passes unanimously. All right. So we have maybe a new category of agenda item, agenda items that folks haven't seen before. It's under the category of options related to direct legislation. So it's agenda item number 30. There's two routes that can be taken with this. It'll be presented by two different staff. So agenda item number 30, options for petition for direct legislation. Option a ordinance creating chapter 2.5, three of the code of ordinances of the city of Eau Claire relating to the citizens advisory healthcare action committee. And then part B is resolution placing a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you attorney Nick. Clerk Kerner, would you like to share a bit as well?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Makes sense maybe to have our health department director, Liska Giese, present before we go into questions. Would that be helpful to council? And I know we received a couple of emails, at least one email from Director Giese. Thank you for joining us tonight.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Director Yeezy. Yeah, I appreciate it. Maybe we might call you up soon, depending on the questions too. So the first person to have their light on, I believe was, I think it was Council Member Brewster. Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I guess my understanding is the only other community that I'm aware of is La Crosse, and so I'm not sure if they voted on it yet.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. So, yeah, it's been voted to go to referendum in the city of La Crosse. Council Member Serrano.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Serrano. Any other questions? Council Member Miller.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, city attorney. Yes, city attorney. Nick, do you have any thoughts on that?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Orth. All right, so in terms of queuing up an option for that we can discuss. Does anyone want to make a motion? Or do you have further questions? Make a motion for option B. Second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think that's the intent in this motion is to move one of the options. Thank you. Thank you so much. So we have a motion by Council Member Werthmann and seconded by Council Member Brewster for option B. Is that correct? OK. So let's discuss that now.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilmember Miller. Any other discussion? Councilmember Werthmann.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Werthmann. Council Member Mboga.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Miller. I had a question, I guess, for staff, because we've had a lot of, I mean, I guess in recent years there's been a lot of discussion about the staff time it takes to make sure that our board's committees and commissions are a meaningful experience for volunteers, but also have real tangible power, right? as much as, and this one has advisory in its name, obviously, so it's in that category, but is there an estimate from staff, like, how much time some of these additional duties and objectives of the committee would take, like, over a period of the two years…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. And do we, I mean, sometimes we have various boards, committees, and commissions that have multiple departments involved. And sometimes it's just within one. Is there a preliminary idea of this being housed within the city county health department and then maybe having support from planning? I don't want to assign anything here or imply anything here, but just want to try to get a sense of where What departments would be most involved?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Any further discussion of the motion to go with option B, which would be to pass a resolution placing a referendum on the November 3rd, 2026 ballot regarding a petition for direct legislation. Um, Any further discussion? Council Member Miller.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. Any further discussion? From council. All right, city clerk, please call the roll on the option B, please.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026