Well, good evening, everyone.

The hour of six o'clock having arrived on this fourth of November 2025, it is my honor to call to order the City of Racine Common Council.

Now, the first order of business that we have after this call to order is the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.

If you could please rise as you are able and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance, 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.

Uh Aldermack, Arthur Kelly, Aldo Wagner will be late about 45 minutes, and Alder P will be late about 20 minutes.

Thank you very much.

So we duly noted in the minutes.

Now we do have three of them, and I will read them into the record now.

The first one is in regards to Veterans Day coming up.

It reads a proclamation from the city of Racine.

And whereas Racine's veterans have made the noble choice to serve and protect, and it is our collective responsibility to honor their service.

It is also a proclamation from the City of Racine, and it reads me just one second.

Whereas Small Business Saturday is an annual event held on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, established in 2010 to encourage customers to shop locally and support the small businesses that serve as the backbone of our economy.

And whereas the city of Racine is proud to be home to a diverse array of vibrant small businesses, including shops, galleries, personal service providers, delis, bakeries, coffee shops, eateries, and pubs that enrich the character and culture of our neighborhood.

And whereas shopping locally during the winter holiday season promotes sustainable practices, offering residents the opportunity to choose environmentally friendly products and get meaningful experiential gifts crafted within our community.

And whereas we encourage all residents to shop and dine at small, independently owned businesses, whether in downtown, uptown, West Racine, along the Douglas Avenue or Corridor, the Lath Avenue Corridor, or throughout our neighborhoods, not only on Small Business Saturday, but throughout the year.

Now, therefore, I, Corey Mason, mayor of the City of Racine, do hereby proclaim Saturday, November 29th, as Small Business Saturday in the City of Racine, and urge all residents to support our local entrepreneurs and celebrate the vital role small businesses play in building a thriving and connected economy.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Racine to be affixed, accomplished at the city at City Hall this fourth day of November, 2025.

One final proclamation to read.

It's a proclamation that reads from the City of Racine, and it says, whereas the first American Indian Day was celebrated in 1916, following the historic journey of Blackfeet Nation member Red Fox James, who rode across the country on horseback to gain endorsement from 24 states for a day honoring American Indians.

And whereas in 1990, the United States Congress authorized the president to proclaim the month of November as National American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of indigenous peoples across the nation.

And whereas the City of Racine's history is deeply rooted in the legacy of the Pottawatomi Nation who stewarded this land for centuries before being forcibly displaced in 1883.

Their enduring presence continues to shape our community's identity and values.

And whereas the Fire Keeper statute donated by the Pottawatomi Nation in 2024 stands proudly outside Festival Park along Kippikawi Causeway, serving as a lasting tribute to shared history and cultural continuity.

Now therefore, I, Cory Mason, mayor of the City of Racine, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2025 as National Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month in the City of Racine and invite all residents to join in recognizing the enduring strength, wisdom, and cultural richness of Native communities, past, present, and future, and witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Racine to be affixed this fourth day of November 2025.

Just for the record, I wanted to note that Alder Pete has joined us.

And then now we may move on to public comments.

I will ask the city clerk to read uh the procedures before we begin.

Hang on, just one second, Sam.

Go ahead.

The public comment segment is an opportunity for citizens to speak directly to the common council.

Speakers will limit their remarks to three minutes.

There shall be no dialogue or interaction between the speaker and elected officials or staff.

This time is not intended to be a debate or discussion.

The common council shall not hear personal complaints or attacks against any city employee or elected official or any matter related to an individual claim, citation, appeal, or lawsuit.

Profane, disruptive, threatening, or conduct that otherwise impedes the safe, orderly, and effective conduct of the common council meeting is equally unacceptable during the public comment period as it is during all other portions of city meetings.

Candidates for public office may not use this opportunity to campaign for office.

Speakers during the public comment period shall follow all rules of the common council and rulings of the chair, including a decision to terminate the remarks if the speaker does not adhere to these rules.

Public comment shall be limited to ideas or concerns regarding the city of Racine.

We encourage you to submit any detailed concerns in writing to the city clerk's office or your alderman, where they can be properly documented and directed for response.

There will be four speakers this evening.

Alder Pavone, did you have a point of order or something you want to do?

Yes, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I just we did not go over letter C on the agenda.

I didn't know if that was intentional.

Or no, it was an oversight on my part.

Okay.

Thank you for uh for bringing that up.

Uh my apologies before we begin public comments.

Um at this time I would entertain a motion to approve the approval of the council of proceedings for October 21st, 2025.

Move to approve, Mr.

Mayor.

There's a motion and a second from Alder Pete to approve the minutes.

Any discussion on said minutes from October 21st, 2025.

See none, all those in favor of those minutes of October 21st, 2025.

Please say aye.

Opposed.

That motion carries.

My thanks to Alder Probone.

We will now move on to public comment.

Uh, if the clerk could please read the name of the first speaker that we have this evening.

The first speaker, so that will be a vault tome, 2021 Douglas Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin 53402.

And sir, as you're coming up to the DS before you begin, everyone gets three minutes.

At three minutes, the microphone gets turned off.

That's not a reflection of your comments or anything you say.

It's just an attempt to treat everybody equally and give everybody equal time.

So, sir, please begin when you're ready.

Thank you, Mayor.

Hello, Mayor, hello, common counsel.

I'm here today to address this issue that's been going on for quite some time in the city of Racine.

I live on Douglas Avenue, and two of the things that you spoke about, I am.

I'm a veteran.

I'm a veteran of the United States.

And I'm also a business owner that own a business in this city for 35 years.

I keep my taxes up.

I do everything I'm supposed to as a citizen.

I have vehicles that drive past my house on Douglas Avenue with exhaust so exceeding, rattles my windows.

Also with loud bangs that sound like guns coming out of their exhaust.

I have made complaints about this to the city of received police department.

I have said videos.

I have said tips of where they can find this individual and other individuals that have loud speakers on their vehicles so loud that with my doors and windows shut, I can not even hear my TV set.

It's not being remedied.

And um now I'm here today.

So I have um a suggestion, if I might.

I know you can't afford to have policemen uh sat in one place, apparently.

I've been told that, so I understand that.

But uh the cost of a camera will be paid for by the actual fines and everything that will be done.

I would say that you can also find a business that modifies any muffler or any sound system on a car for 10,000.

So that's also legal.

There's also legal remedies I could go into further.

But if I have to come to the council to do this, it's a sad day in City Racine.

So I think the next speaker will be Sonali Notek, 3812 St.

Clair Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53402.

Hi, my name is Sanali Kanotik, and I'm 3812 St.

Claire Street.

I'm here to speak in favor of continuing Racine's community-based violence intervention and prevention initiative.

I'm here on my own free will because just like you, I care about the city and the people who live here.

For a community to thrive, we must all um do what we can to make sure that the entire community's well-being is being considered when we make budget decisions.

Dismissing life-sustaining programs such as the library and violence prevention program as other stuff is not in the best interest of our community.

Our budget should show our moral courage.

Everything comes with a price tag.

Sounding the alarm over the cost of services and programs that don't align with one's own ideas is counterproductive and is a disservice to the community.

Spending on programs like the library and violence prevention is not frivolous spending.

These are programs that hold a community together.

Can we step back and compare the humane and societal cost of policing people as opposed to interrupting crime?

The cost involved in policing, prosecution, and incarceration far outweigh the cost of crime prevention.

If we sincerely want to quote, put a stop to reckless spending, we should pay more attention to measures that actually reduce costs.

Violence prevention is not easy.

It also takes time.

Building relationships and trust in affected communities and building partnerships with stakeholders working for a common good, all take time and resources.

The work is even harder and more compounded when the main instrument of violence, guns, are freely available everywhere.

So I urge you to please carefully scrutinize budget priorities and adequately fund programs and institutions that help people, like the violence prevention program and the library.

Thank you.

Just before we go to the next speaker, uh, if there's side conversations that people want to have, uh, if we could please take those out into the hallway so we can hear that the current speaker that's before us, that would be great.

Uh next speaker, please.

The next speaker is Mary McKilvane, 1022 Villa Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403.

Good evening.

Thank you, Mayor and members of the council.

I'm here because I want to talk about gun violence in my neighborhood and in a sort of a larger context.

I would like to thank all of you for their efforts over the last several years on cleaning up problems, especially in my district.

Um removing decrepit buildings, which were trouble magnets, have had a huge positive impact.

So that's a great thing.

I don't really know much about what happened over the weekend, but I do know that there are two people deceived, and I think there might have been a couple more people injured from gunshots.

There should not be.

Thank you.

The final speaker will be Gwen and Jack Trussell, 3715 Burr Oak Drive, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, 53406.

Good evening, and thank you for your time this evening.

Um as mentioned, I'm Gwen Trussell, and I wanted to say that personally I am a recipient of uh retiree here at City of Racine.

My husband, who had served 40 years uh working for the city.

Um, here with me this evening is Jack Brees.

Both of us together have over 10 years of experience working with employee benefits and options for uh funding for those benefits.

We both worked for an outfit that had um shoe fits all, but today we both work for an agency that will allow us to um make fit uh benefits and customize customize those benefits for our employee needs.

So without further ado, Jack.

Good evening.

Again, my name is Jack Brees.

Uh, I do have experience with the City of Racine in terms of working with the benefits and the employees with the city of Racine.

What we have is a solution.

We have a solution for the employees that can have benefits be funded through a paycheck that will not impact their take-home pay.

We also have a solution for one of the biggest concerns in the city, and that's a budget.

Our solution is going to provide tax savings for the city of Racine by implementing a preventative care and health awareness program.

That program is going to be able to give the city and the employees benefits such as a limited virtual care for themselves and their family, urgent care prescriptions for a dollar or two, virtual vet care, and unlimited telecounseling.

We implement this, these types of programs in our groups that we work with.

95% of our clients use this.

This is a solution that could help the city of Racine.

Like I said, I'm very familiar with the employees managing Southeastern Wisconsin AFLAC for 13 years.

Right now, with the employee count that you have, there's probably a little bit over a million dollars available to the employees to use towards these benefits.

In terms of the city, a budgetary issue of savings is about a half a million dollars.

What we're truly looking for is the opportunity to continue the conversation to show you the inner workings on how this works and what we can do to help.

Gwen has been a great proponent, obviously, within the city.

She is homegrown, and she has been part of the city with BART.

She's going to finish up.

Again, thank you so much, you guys, for letting us make this presentation to you tonight.

Again, we look for uh another appointment, hopefully with the powers at B to discuss this in more detail.

Thank you.

This concludes the public comment section this evening.

Okay, we'll now move up to the next presentation.

We do have a PowerPoint that goes along with this.

Uh Jeff Neubauer here is here to give a presentation on unemployment situation racine and ask him to approach the Diaz and ask IT if you could pull up the slideshow.

There we go.

Um Mr.

whenever you're ready to begin.

Thank you very much, Mayor, and thank you, members of the council.

It's a pleasure to be here this evening and spend a few minutes with you talking about employment, unemployment opportunities, and a way to strengthen our city.

I'm Jeff Newbauer, live at 1145 Main Street in Racine.

And I was here with you a year ago in my role as co-executive director of higher expectations for Racine County.

I'm back in a new role at as the founder and CEO of an entity called Align Wisconsin, which is a workforce intermediary, and we'll hear more about what that is going forward.

This slide covers 35 years of unemployment data in the city of Racine, tracked month by month.

And what we do with this slide is we measure the distance between the unemployment rate in the city of Racine and the unemployment rate in the state of Wisconsin.

The goal being to get the city to the same rate as the state.

And in fact, measured annually, the city of Racine has had the highest municipal unemployment rate in the state since 1990.

And you can see that the gap between the city's rate and the state rate has gone up and down.

During the height of the Great Recession, it was about 3200 more people who lived in the city who would need to become employed to get to the state's rate.

Obviously, that has come down.

But in the last seven or eight years, if we exclude the outliers of the pandemic, we have made essentially no progress.

A statistician would say this is a system under control, meaning if you want it to change, you have to change something fundamental about the system.

So that red line indicates that we're basically flatline and that this is not going to get better on its own.

Now that number that you see down there in the corner with the red with the red circle around it, is 441.

So when we did this at the end of June, it would have required 441 people in the city of Racine to become employed for us to hit the state's unemployment rate.

And as you can also see from this slide, it's bounced around between about four and five hundred for about seven or eight years.

Now, interestingly, if you look at Racine County outside of the city, we're at the state's unemployment rate.

And for a long time, people have looked at the entire city and said, gosh, we're above the state rate.

But it turns out that when you dig deeper in the data, which is what we do in a workforce intermediary like Align Wisconsin, we always start with the data.

We find that that five central city census tracks, basically bounded by these cities, High Street on the north, Beacoven on the south, and West Boulevard to Kinsey on the west, is where that unemployment is concentrated.

And so it's in this part of the city that we have work to do.

The rest of the city is at the state's unemployment rate, but it's in this area where we are not.

So I'll sort of explain what's going on here.

If you look in those five central city census tracts, basically with the boundaries on the map that we just looked at, and you consider the prime age employment, which is a term used by the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce.

So that's people ages 25 to 54.

They measure what is your prime age employment rate.

In other words, what percentage of the people who live in a certain geography who are in that age range are employed.

And when we look at that group, that area of the city of Racine that we just were considering on the map, it turns out that 74% of the people in the prime age employment rate are employed.

When you look at the national number, same measurement, it's 79%.

So our five central city census tracts are about 5% worse off than the rest of the country taken as a whole.

Now, if we got our prime age employment rate for people 25 to 54, and those five census tracts up to the national average, how many more people would it take to do that living in that neighborhood?

And it turns out that the number is 467.

So when you think about this, if we were able to accomplish this objective and move 467 people from actively unemployed, they're looking for work into active employment, living in those five census tracts, we would be at the state's unemployment rate.

So that is the nature of the challenge, and it is before us.

But we are struggling to find the people we really want, and so we get people on a temporary basis and see if they work out, and if they work out, we hire them, or maybe with some employers, they just keep rolling over the temp employees.

So that red line for all of us is the line of opportunity.

That line will never go down to zero, nor should it.

I mean, ONH Bakery hires temporary workers around the holidays to make more Kringles, and other firms do similar things, but really the red line is much higher than would ideally be the case, either for employers or for employees.

So people are looking for work, and we have employers who are looking for people, but somehow they are not aligned and they are not connecting.

I know you can't read this, but let me describe for you what's going on here.

This is a listing of the major occupations in Racine County that are fairly numerous, in other words, more than 400 positions of people actually working, and people making more than the minimum wage, not the minimum wage, excuse me, the living wage according to MIT for a single adult.

And the higher the dot, the more positions there are.

So a lot of opportunities also for people who do not have a bachelor's degree.

We pulled out two of these occupations, the two highest ones on the former slides.

On the left, that blue line is for nursing, and the blue signifies how many postings there are in any given month, and the green line indicates how many hires there were.

So if you have a lot more postings than hires, you know there's way more demand than supply.

In other words, there's a shortage.

On the right, you have truck drivers, and sometimes the green and blue lines intersect, but you can also see where there's a really strong and healthy demand for people who can drive trucks or who have CDLs, and so this is an indication of two of those professions, those occupations where people can make a good living and where we have a lot of demand, and oftentimes more demand than we have supply.

I know I'm throwing a lot at you here, but this is designed, this one and the next couple slides are designed to make another point.

What is that?

This is the labor force participation rate.

It's the number of people who are working age and who are either actively seeking employment or actively working.

And the top line is the state of Wisconsin, the purple line is Racine County.

The national rate is even below Racine County.

But you see the slope of that line.

That is an issue all over the United States of America, which means that fewer people in the workforce are choosing to work.

And so we have constrained supply.

We don't have enough people to do the good jobs that need to be done.

Now this one was quite a surprise to me.

On the left, you see the age of the population in Racine County.

This is not just the city, this is the whole county.

And that orange line, that purple line on the right, is the number of people over 65.

And the blue and the purple line on the left are the number of people in younger age groups.

So what you see in Racine County is that we have an actively aging workforce and population overall.

So these are people who are going to need more health care and who aren't going to be in the labor force working.

So once again, we have a lower labor force participation rate, and we have fewer people of working age.

Now the one on the right was also a surprise to me.

That light purple line on the far right is the number of white residents in Racine County.

The light blue or turquoise line on the left is the number of Hispanic or Latin Latinx restaurant residents of Racine County.

The number of white residents has gone down by just about 16,000 people in our county.

The number of Hispanic residents has gone up by 16,000.

Now, in a lot of Wisconsin, much of rural Wisconsin, we are seeing population leaving rural counties, and these rural counties are collapsing.

In Racine County, we don't have that.

We have stable population growing just a little bit, but all 100% of the growth in our population in Racine County, and the only thing holding up our population is Hispanic, black, and other people of color.

So what is going on here?

The working age population is getting smaller.

The labor force participation rate is going down, not unique to Racine County.

It's a Wisconsin thing, and it's a big thing across many states in the United States, but certainly it's true here.

And so we have to change.

Remember I said if we want to get that line in the city of Racine down to the state's rate, we have to look at some fundamental changes.

Now I'm a baby boomer.

There were a lot of us.

And the whole workforce system, HR talent acquisition system for the last several decades was built around dealing with baby boomers.

There were way many, there were way more of us than necessarily were required for any given job.

And so when I was hiring truck drivers at Crans Incorporated, we'd put an ad in the Journal Times, and a whole bunch of guys would show up with their CDLs, and we would winnow it down, we would disqualify people till we got to the best folks.

And that is embedded in HR practices and talent acquisition across virtually every industry across the United States, and it's certainly true here.

But now with these fundamental shifts that's going on, we have to qualify people.

In other words, we need to go find people, and then we need to build workforce, which is a complete reversal of everything that's been going on for the last four or five, six, seven decades.

This is a real mind shift.

It is a change in practice, it is a change in how we need to organize if we want to get the jobs that we have to get filled, filled, and if we want to meet the needs of the people in the community who have not been well served historically.

So what does the workforce intermediary do?

This is a line Wisconsin at the center.

We connect employers, educational and training providers, government entities and community organizations that support people and job seekers.

We do not step in to the role of any of those entities.

We merely try and connect people, figure out what's going on, and bring them together so that we can address these fundamental challenges, both for employers and for the people in our community.

That's what we do.

That's the organization that I founded here in January, and it's being supported by a national nonprofit to get us up and running initially so that we can do this work here as part of hopefully a national cohort of other communities that are using this same set of practices.

Okay clicker.

There we go.

Oh now, when you're doing workforce intermediary work, you start with demand, you start with employers, and you work your way backwards.

This is the city of Racine and data that we pulled, and the city of Racine is a great employer.

You've got about 900 employees.

In the last year, the average posting was 63,000, and the vast majority of these jobs did not require a bachelor's degree.

About 20% of them required a bachelor's degree.

But the city can't do it alone.

This is a team sport, and you need other members of the team.

And so these are some of the other entities and organizations that we are working with directly and who are involved with us in this work.

So Ascension Healthcare, All Saints, actively engaged, Twin Disc and Syncurator and ONH have participated as members of our steering committee and are very interested in this work.

We're seeing Unified, the superintendent was a member of our steering committee, and the county executive and the director of human services were members of our steering committee.

These are all major employers who are looking for positions to be filled, and at times really struggling with that, and maybe today continue to struggle.

So they're all invested in trying to make this happen.

But the city is in a unique position because unlike all those other employers, you've got the most to gain and the most to lose.

As an employer, if you are able to recruit and build workforce, it not only helps you in doing their city functions, but it also helps reduce this number, this 440 number, and makes the city more viable economically, supports those families, allows them to take care of their children, and to become active contributing members of our community.

You get the benefit of acquiring talent, which you need, and strengthening your governmental unit and the community at the same time.

So you literally, when I was in business, we were always looking for opportunities to invest where we got a good return on investment.

And the city of Racine has a great opportunity to get a great return on your investment.

If you lean in to this work, and we are prepared to partner up with you if you wish, to understand deeply what it is you require, just like all those other employers that we saw on the screen a moment ago, and then to find out what the barriers are and to work through those and help recruit those people into city employment.

There's a proposal in the in the budget to get a recruiter.

That would be a great investment.

Because we need to find these people.

And then once you bring them in, we have to build workforce.

That's what they're doing at Ascension.

We're working with them to build more nurses.

That's what we're going to be doing with the other employers to build more workforce.

And you've got a position right now in the city that works a workforce position that does exactly that.

Working with on the next round of activity, trying to build more firefighters and build more truck drivers, which we saw are in great demand.

This isn't just an immediate need.

When we look down the road, this is going to get tougher and tougher and tougher for every single employer offering good work.

So I urge you to take a look at this data.

Feel free to call me up, email me, whatever.

I thought I knew this area of work as a 30-year employer, and for the last 14 years doing this work as a nonprofit leader.

But I learned a bunch of stuff doing this data that I didn't know.

So I'm very happy to take questions and also happy to talk with anyone at any time and get into this.

But I ask you, think about your role as an employer, and get out and recruit people from our community, enhance their lifestyle, allow for their economic mobility, allow them to better take care of their families, and at the same time meet the needs of the city.

I don't know if I've overstated my welcome, mayor, but I'm very happy to answer any questions if anyone wants to ask.

Sure.

Any questions at this time for our presenter?

See none, thank you very much.

Oh Jordanson.

Thank you.

I just have one quick question.

So, you know, you put the problem up there, and you showed that we have there are we have an unemployment rate that's higher than the state average.

The city has all of these jobs that we uh are looking for people on.

For a lot of folks who look at that, they go, well, you know, why why would you need a recruiter?

Um can't those people just apply.

What's the barrier that that recruiter would help to overcome or to step in to try to fix that problem that from the outside looks like you know somebody needs a job, we have a job, let's link them up.

Great question.

Thank you for asking that.

When I first started understanding when I was an employer, and we struggled to hire truck drivers, teamster wages, teamster health care, teamster pensions, and people working in the warehouse.

You didn't even need a CDL.

We'd teach you how to drive a forklift.

I I went to Mike Batten at Twin Disc and other employers in town, the oldison family said, What's up with that?

I mean, what's going on here?

We got these good jobs, we've got a high unemployment.

Why isn't this working?

I've been working on that for the last 14 years.

But I can tell you that we know a lot more than we used to.

We hired a researcher from Stanford University, and they looked at 50 different studies.

They look closely at 30 different studies across the country about people who've done this kind of work.

They zeroed in on six studies where there are successful efforts to try and move the needle.

Most all those studies have been in the last five years, mostly actually in the last three years.

We know a lot more than we used to know.

And a workforce intermediary is a common thread that you need somebody who wakes up every day, and their job is to try and bring people together.

And to answer your question more directly about recruiters, um, whether you're in health care, whether you're in manufacturing, no matter what industry you're in, you got to go find these people.

If we if it if the market was working, when I went to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, they said, oh, well, you got demand, you got supply, it's gonna come together, it's all gonna work out.

Well, it hasn't worked out here for 35 years.

Okay, a lot of work's been done, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, a lot of money's been spent, but the market isn't working.

So we need to make extra efforts.

And the recruiter's job is to go find people, engage with them, understand what's going on with them, and then work with the employers, bring people in and then build them into nurses, build them into bus drivers, build them into police officers, build them into whatever needs to be done.

The demographic, the demographics have changed.

The demand is too great.

Thank you.

Other questions or comments?

If not, Mr.

Nabar, thank you very much for your presentation.

Thank you very much, everyone.

Feel free to follow up.

We'll now move on to communications introduced to Council Alder Land.

Would you like to make a motion on these items being referred to finance and personnel?

I would like to move the five, make a motion to move the following items to finance and personnel.

Item 1018 25 communication for review and approval of the 2026 operating plan for business improvement district number one downtown.

Item 1103-25 communication requesting a carry forward of $15,000 of the 2024 budget funds for help pay for contracted services for first choice pre-apprentice program.

Item 1096-25 communication submitting the claim of Apolinar Dela Cruz.

Item 1098-25 communication.

Submitting the claim of Catherine Oswald.

Communication for the review and approval of the 2026 operating plan for business improvement district number four, Douglas Avenue.

Item 110-25 communication for review and approval of the 2026 operating plan for business improvement district number three uptown.

Communication requesting permission to submit the presentation of the third quarter 2025 fiscal results and invest in summaries.

Seconded by President Horton.

All those in favor referring these items to finance the personnel, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed that motion carries.

Thank you, Mayor.

I move to refer the following items to public works and services.

Item 1078-25.

Communication sponsored sponsored by Alder Mack on behalf of the Department Works.

Submitting final payment for contract 2024-209-Racing Fuel Depot M and M services.

Next item communication sponsored by Alder Mac.

Um on behalf of assistant commissioner.

Staff recommendation to public works and services committee that the request for assistant commissioner and public works waive formal bidding procedures for the purchase of the NEA foundry products be approved.

Next item 1080-25 communication sponsored by Alder Mack on behalf of assistant commissioner.

Requesting to weigh formal bidding procedures for the purchase of material for the Johnson Controls Systems staff recommendation to the public works committee.

Next item 1081-25 communications sponsored by Alder Mack on behalf of assistant commissioner.

Requesting to weigh formal bidding procedures for the 2026 brush removal and wood chipping services from mobile reductions.

Staff recommendation to the public works and services committee that the request be waived the formal bidding procedures for this.

Next item communication sponsored by Audemac on behalf of assistant community commission commissioner of public works.

Request to weigh formal bidding procedures for the purchase of the case wheel loader vehicle.

Next item communication sponsored by Auder Mac on behalf on behalf of Department of Public Works.

Submitting bid requests for transfer station municipal solid waste and recycling transportation services.

Staff recommendation that transfer station municipal solid waste and recycling transportation services be awarded to elder brothers, then being the bid being the lowest responsible bidder.

And item number 1084-25.

Communications sponsored by Alder Cal Kelly to have a flashing light system installed onto the existing stop sign located at Linderman Avenue and Grove.

Next item 1085-25.

Communication sponsored by Alder Mack.

On behalf of Assistant Commun Commissioner, submitting the 2026 summary of lease agreements for office space.

Staff recommendation is that the mayor and city clerk be authorized and directed to enter into a 2026 lease agreement for rental office space and city hall, city annex and safety building at the rental rates as submitted.

Next item 1101-25 communication sponsored by Alder Mac on behalf of City Engineer.

Would like to edit the following items in section one to parking at any time from North Main West Side from 80 feet south of Gould to 200 feet north of Goul Street, North Main, both sides 250 feet south of Gould, 200 feet north of Gould.

North Main East Street from 200 feet south of Walton Avenue to Romain Avenue.

North Main, East Side, 200 feet south of Walton Avenue to Melvin Avenue, North Main, West Side from Melvin Avenue, South Creek Road.

North Main East Street from Melvin Avenue South Creek Road.

We would like to eliminate the following items from selection eight, no parking.

From 730 a.m.

to three LaSalle Street, East Side, Remain Avenue, South 400 feet, Remain Avenue, South Side from La South Street to Superior Street, Superior Street, West Street from Remain Avenue, South 150 Street, 150 feet.

We would like to edit the following items from Section 9, no stopping, standing or parking from 7:30 a.m.

to 430 p.m.

on any school day except for school buses, mass transit vehicles owned and operated by the city.

Gillis Street, North Side, from 100 feet east of Drexel, east 300 feet, Gillen Street, north side, 10 feet east of Drexel, east 170 feet.

We would like to eliminate the following from section 9, no stopping, standing or parking, 730 a.m.

to 430 p.m.

Mitchell Street, South Side from Drexel Avenue, East 400, Superior Street, West Side from 120 feet south of Romain Avenue, 16th Street, North Side from Peary Avenue to Ohio Street.

We would like to eliminate the following items from section 20.

No parking from 3:30 p.m.

to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday, North Main Street, East Side from Romain Avenue to 100 feet north of Jonathan Drive, Superior Street, West Side, from 120 feet south of Remain Avenue, south 130 feet.

We would like to eliminate the following items from Section 32.

No parking from 8 8 a.m.

to 7 p.m.

From May 1st to September 30th of each year.

North Main Street, West Side from Walton Avenue to Remain Avenue, and Walton Avenue South, 350 feet.

We would like to add the following items to section 46.

No parking loading 7 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

on school days.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

Mitchell Street Southside from 400 feet east to Drexel Avenue.

The notes change from what was found on the municipal code denotes change from what was found in the field.

Next item 1102-25 communication sponsored by Alder Mac.

On behalf of the city engineer, yielding stop and through streets, more specifically section 94-66 through streets and stop intersection dissected designated schedule C.

We would like to add the following.

Multiple seconds to move these items to public works and services.

All those in favor of referring these items to public work and services, please say aye.

Opposed that motion carries.

We'll now move on to public safety and licensing committee.

Alder Widener, would you like to make a motion?

Thank you.

I would move to refer the following items to the public safety and licensing committee.

First item is 1086-25.

Communication requesting the appearance of Brucadays de Leon Osorio for a new operator's license.

Item 1087-25 communication requesting the appearance of Anthony R.

Lopez Figueroa for a new operator's license.

Item 108825 communication requesting the appearance of Austin Lynn for a new operator's license.

Item 108925 communication requesting the appearance of Carlo Robinson for a new operator's license.

Item 1090-25 communication submitting a new application for a class B.

Retail fermented malt beverage and intoxicating liquor license for recent event planning LLC.

Located at 1962 Taylor Avenue, Gregory Moore Agent, 11th District.

Item 1094 communication on behalf of the city of Racine Police Department for the license premise report.

Item 109325.

Communication requesting any consideration, any formal expression of concern or other actions pursuant to the police report.

Final item 1095-25.

Communication on behalf of the city clerk's office requesting the appearance of Jordan Green for a new operator's license.

Oops, see I got a couple more.

Oh, I'm sorry about that.

Item 1106-25 communication sponsored by Alder Pabone.

Uh requesting a presentation by the public health department on the effects of vaping.

Item 1107-25 communication sponsored by Alder Townsend requesting an ordinance that sets a maximum safe temperature limit for indoor common gathering spaces in housing for older persons.

Thank you.

There's a second to move these items to public safety and licensing.

All these in favor of moving these items to public safety and licensing, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

That motion carries.

We will then move on to the committee reports.

Umder Land, did you have any items requested for separate consideration?

No, your honor, I do not.

Then without objection, these items will be placed on the consent agenda.

And we will move on to public works and services.

Alder Harmon, did you receive any requests for separate consideration in the public works and services report?

No, your honor, I did not.

Then without objection, these items will be placed on the consent agenda.

And we will move on to public safety and licensing.

Alder Winer, did you have any requests for separate consideration?

Thank you.

I do have one item for separate consideration.

You could please read that item.

That would be item 1073-25 communications sponsored by Alders Jorgensen and Horton proposing ordinance 0012-25.

Spectating and other conduct at illegal traffic events.

I've moved to adopt.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, I just wanted to take a moment on this one for all the the folks that are here watching at home.

This is something that you know we it was in the news this past summer.

It's been a timely issue, not just here, but um in communities uh around us.

Uh there's been a lot of uh coverage on this in Milwaukee.

Um this ordinance is is really meant to target something uh that's often referred to as the street takeovers.

And so uh I just wanted to take a moment and and thank um the police chief, the department of community safety and violence prevention, um, all three of us uh in a in uh addition to uh Alder Horton.

We worked together to really come up with a plan.

Uh we took uh quite a bit, uh it's modeled after what was done in Milwaukee.

Um but to bring this to um Racine and I'll thank the attorney's office for taking our ideas and putting it in there, but bring something that uh we could really try to prevent these from happening and and allow the police department to uh have one more tool in their tool belt um to uh um really curb this uh terrible trend that these are happening.

Um so I just wanted to thank everyone who was involved with it and uh let the the public know, you know, when we hear about those if someone should do something, uh a lot of uh great folks work together to uh to be able to bring something together so that something could be done.

And I want to thank this body uh in advance for hopefully approving this.

police department to uh have one more tool in their tool belt um to uh um really curb this uh terrible trend that these are happening um so i just wanted to thank everyone who was involved with it uh and uh let the the public know you know when we hear about those if someone should do something uh a lot of uh great folks work together um to uh to be able to bring something together so that something could be done and I want to thank this body uh in advance for hopefully approving this uh uh to uh um thank you for your support in uh in allowing this to be changed and any other discussion on this item seeing none uh we are voting electronically today so this is again this is item 1073-25 this is a communication sponsored by Alders Jorgensen and Horton proposing ordinance 0012-25 regarding spectating and other conduct at illegal traffic events when the clerk opens the roll please vote on your screen as you wish ask IT to come to the floor we're having some technical difficulties with one of the screens alder townson's screen is giving him some difficulty on the voting after capturing all the Alders votes that passes unanimously 13 to zero um alder wider did you have any other items for separate consideration I do not and without objection the remainder of this report will be placed on the consent agenda and at this time Alder Horton I entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda second there's a motion and a second multiple seconds to approve the consent agenda all those in favor please say aye.

Aye oppose that motion carries this now takes us to announcements announcements are limited to recognition of city residents and employees memorials and nonpolitical community events discussion of matters related to governmental business is prohibited are there announcements before we leave tonight Malik or I'm sorry Alder Frazier uh I just want to speak to uh the violence that happened over this weekend um the violence mainly happened in my district and uh I haven't had the chance to say anything because I've been trying to process everything uh we at the city are racing and I know I can speak for my colleagues um we hear you we see it we're bothered by it and uh we are committed to doing something about it so it's very unfortunate that two people as I know right now uh lost their life to gun violence um it's very unfortunate that this is continuing to be a trend in our community and I hope that uh people in the community can take some initiative and um and help curb this violence thank you thank you any other announcements before we adjourn alder allen I don't really have a an announcement I was going to make a comment too though uh as Alder Frazier did about our community and the and the unfortunate uh loss of of life that we saw happen over the last few days uh and it is gonna take a uh concerted uh more of a concerted effort and more partnership you know to kind of address you know these things that are happening in our community the other thing I wanted to do is I wanted to thank everyone for your support love and progress when I had my medical emergency uh the last time we were together I really appreciate your patience and um understanding thank you thank you any other announcements Alder Horton not not really an announcement just a comment uh just want to thank uh uh thank that thank god that Alder Allen is uh back tonight and that she's uh in conspiracy and will uh I I failed to do that last week because so much was going on and uh you know just the concern of you being back and just want to say it's good to see you back.

Yes I too am thankful for a less exciting council meeting than we had last time any other announcements before we adjourn if not Alder Horton at the time entertain a motion to adjourn is a motion to adjourn in multiple seconds all those in favor of adjournment please say aye.

Oppose that motion carries we'll see everyone tomorrow