Note on date discrepancy: The raw transcript indicates the meeting occurred on April 15, 2025, but per the provided metadata, this summary uses the date June 20, 2025. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. to swear in new aldermen, elect council leadership, and appoint standing committees.
Well, good evening, everyone. It the hour of six o'clock having arrived on this 15th of April 2025. It is my honor to call to order the city Racine Common Council for its organizing meeting. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So the first order of business is the oath of office for the incoming off uh for the incoming alders. If you are an incoming Alder or were elected this year and need to be sworn in as a returning alder, please stand and meet the clerk at the uh at the Diaz. Come on now. I mean everyone in the past here. All right. All right. Please raise your right hand and after me. I state your name. I'm swear. Solomon swear. That I will support the Constitution of the United States. And the state of Wisconsin. And the City of Wisconsin. And then I will faithfully. And partially. And partially. To the best of my ability. According to law. The new Alders, if they'd like to say a few words, they are entitled to do so. The way the microphones work, if you press the button on the base of your microphone, it turns uh it alerts me here to let you know that you speak. Uh and then I can call on you when you'd like to speak. So for for new alders who were just sworn in, if people would like to say a few words of gratitude or thanks, now would be the time to do that. Uh Alder Jorgensen. Alrighty. Well, thank you so much. I want to uh just say a thank you to uh all of my friends and family, everyone I met along the way um these past few months in the district for all of your help. Uh but there's a couple thank yous I really want to point out. Uh my parents are in town, thank you so much for being here. Uh, and my wife Nadia, who uh was with me through all of this. Uh and we've got a big day going on, actually, directly from here. Uh, we're getting in the car uh and going to the hospital uh to have our our daughter be born tonight. Uh thank you. Yes, so it's uh a big day in the Jorgensen household. Uh little Bonnie Jorgensen will be Racine's newest residence. So we're so excited to meet her. Um, and uh I'm very excited to get to work. Thank you. Thank you. Alder Pavan. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to say a thank you to the citizens and residents of District 15 that have allowed me to sit here and represent them at this level, as well as my lovely wife Hannah, friends and family that are here, my nieces Katana, Sylvia, and parents, of course. Um, and I think it's really important all that for all of us just to remember that we are spokes on the wheel that is city government, and we can only move forward if we're all going the right way. So thank you to all the people that vote entrusted me with their vote and everyone here.