All right, it is 5 30.

I will call the finance committee meeting to order.

First up is poll call.

Everybody is present this evening.

Is this not?

Well, we'll just up.

All right.

So the first up is roll call.

The entire committee is present.

Then we'll move on to public comment.

Well, we thought there'd be some clunkiness with all the work, so that's okay.

So up next is public comment.

Is there anybody from the public that wishes to address the finance committee this evening?

Second call for public comment.

Third and final call for public comment.

Are we on Zoom this evening?

There's nobody on.

Okay.

When C none, I will close public comment.

Then we will move on to the consent agenda.

We have a couple items on consent.

Is there any item that any member of the committee wishes to have removed from the consent agenda?

None, I would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda.

So move to second.

There's a motion and a second.

There's no discussion on consent.

So all those in favor and opposed.

All right, consent passes.

First up is 26-0157, which is a hearing on a denial of a taxi cab license application.

Uh for Jay Hawker Hockerton.

So John, if you want to come up to the table, uh Corey, please come up to the table.

And then John, I'm gonna have city clerk Mackenzie Reed swear you in.

All right, John, as I mentioned prior to the meeting starting, this is your opportunity to address the committee this evening.

Um if they have any questions for you, that'll be their opportunity.

And then if the city, which is represented by Deputy Chief Pusel, um, if he has any questions of the testimony you're giving, uh, he'll have that opportunity as well, too.

So this is your opportunity.

Um so I I guess what I'd mainly like to address is there were there were two convictions that I had in my past that were cited in the recommendation item.

Uh one would uh WI and the other was a violation, but no contact order.

Um I've done a lot of things in the last 15 months or so um to change my life and the things that were troubling me at the time that I need I take full responsibility for my actions, but there were things in my life that were not right.

Specifically, I'm a recovering alcohol at the time of those incidents.

I was active in my addiction.

So um specifically to those um for the second OWI and my alcoholism in December 2024.

I saw treatment um residential 96 program in at Exodus in Glostum, Wisconsin.

Um did that program um in March last year and moved to one of their sober living houses also in Blask.

Um after a couple of months of the sober living, um I had an opportunity to become the house manager for that house.

Um not big responsibilities, but but some and uh I also was given the opportunity to be one of their uh van drivers taking the people that were in the house to events, uh recovery events and sold for did that on a regular page, and there is a letter from my counselor index to this case that we've said um I have enjoyed sobriety since that agreement so almost for a few months.

Um in November, uh I made the choice to move to a silver living house here at Manitobal.

Um, there were some it was some personal issues that I that I was having with one of the residents, and it just became awkward, and I decided to remove myself from that situation.

Something came of it.

I don't know, you know, I can talk in that way, but I just decided to review myself in that situation.

And I came to restoration house here in Manitow Penn Street, another silver living group on.

Um, and in about a month ago, uh, I became one of the house leads for that one.

Well, similar to the house manager I had down at X.

Um I I take my recovery very seriously.

Um my recovery program is solid.

Um I live with other recovering addicts, so I have constant support things of that nature.

Um far as the other um even no contact order.

That was with my ex-wife after our divorce.

Um again during my active addiction.

And I have since, especially since my treatment now over the past year plus, um, have largely repaired the relationship that I have with her.