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The New Berlin Common Council met on October 13, 2026, at 6:15 PM in City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting began with public comments, followed by unanimous approval of routine items including minutes, plan commission recommendations, a right-of-way plat, mayoral appointments, and the consent agenda. No items were pulled from the consent agenda, and no closed session was held.
Alright. Again, welcome to the City of New Orleans Common Council meeting for October 13, 2026. Before we have the meeting, we have an opportunity for the public to address the Common Council. And privilege in a floor, I'll read the rules for a privilege of the floor. Speakers are limited to three minutes each. The total public comment period will not exceed 30 minutes unless extended and 15-minute increments by the mayor or common council. Comments must relate to issues subject to common council action and pertain to the city of New Berlin. Comments are not limited to items on the current agenda. Personal attacks, inflammatory remarks, or disrespect towards council members, city staff, or others are not permitted. When multiple individuals wish to speak, the mayor of the council may limit speakers to one opportunity for a meeting to ensure broad participation. This is a public comment period, not a debate. Comment should not be used to provoke argument or engage in math-informed discussion. To foster respectful and welcoming environment, attendees are kindly asked to observe quietly and refrain from audible reactions during public comment and council discussion. Applause, cheering, booing, or other disruptions are not permitted. We want to ensure that everyone feels comfortable expressing their views in a respectful setting where all voices can be heard without intimidation or interruption. In accordance with Robert's rules of order in the city, meeting protocol, the mayor or city clerk may intervene as needed to prevent, uh, present and preserve order and decorum. So your cooperation is appreciated. So with that, I'll open up privilege of floor that anybody would like to address the council and privilege in the floor. Please come up to the podium speaking that it might give us your name and address. Okay, home address, also address should be best. Okay. Good hour. Good evening, New Brown County Council members, Mary Miller, Francis Fogo, Executive Director of Albert New Berlin, Senior Taxi, and my wife Caroline and I reside actually in Southern Walking. We uh my stepson and his family just moved here to New Orleans implementing. On behalf of our entire team at the TAC, including March Bislaus Airport president and Diane Wickstrom, our treasurer. We're deeply grateful for your continued partnership and financial support. It's been a transformational year for us at the taxi most normally. We partnered with Warbasha County to expand our service area to cover the entire Easter half of the county and extend our operating hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. We did this to ensure that our seniors and adults with disabilities can get to where they need to go. To deliver this expanded coverage and be mandatory DOT and Medicaid compliance standards. We absorbed higher administrative costs and made the difficult decision to raise fares by two to three dollars per ride. Your continued partnership and funding helped us to keep this very recent manageable for our riders.