I was telling my son, I was like, I was born before Google.

And I really welcomed him the first time.

I love it.

Yeah, and then we'll definitely not think he'll call it here.

All right, we're gonna ask the others to please be seated as we get started, please.

Tonight we're gonna start uh the Common Council meeting for Tuesday, January twentieth, twenty twenty-six is six uh the hour six o'clock has arrived.

So first thing uh we're gonna stand for the pleasure leaders if you can.

Thank you.

Next item.

So here we're gonna have a public hearing to exceed geographical restrictions for class A retail permitted malt beverage license, MSBA services, LLC, DBA, Lath Cash discount located at twenty-five oh one Lathroom Avenue.

Uh and we're gonna turn it over to the city clerk.

We have one speaker signed up, Sileth Bazaar at twenty-five oh one Lathra bath.

Um I said for uh twenty-five oh one Latham Avenue.

Thank you.

Oh, I'm sorry.

And to do a good business.

Is there any other speakers for this item tonight?

No.

No.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

You welcome at this time.

We'll turn over to the clerk for our um for um our uh public comments.

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There will be one public speaker this evening.

Uh Aval Tom at 2021, Douglas Av.

Good evening.

Um I was up here once before, and it's the uh the same complaint.

Loud exhaust, popping mufflers, and everything else.

Um I have a medical condition also.

PTSD.

I'm sure some of you are familiar with it.

Those loud noises can cause me to do anything from uh jump to end up somewhere in my house not knowing how I got there.

I can have episodes that can cause me to do things that could possibly cause harm to myself.

I didn't want to have to do this the first time.

I've got a veteran down the street that was from Vietnam War.

Has the same issue.

And I know there's plenty of other people in this city with that condition.

This should not be allowed.

There's city ordinances that take care of this.

I have filed to the police department complaints.

I have given them descriptions of the vehicles, I have given them license plate numbers, I've given them names, I've given them the shop that's actually being done at.

Still nothing happens.

So this is the second time, and the reason I come to the common council is because this records everything, and I think we know where it goes from here.

So I hope that this gets taken care of.

And uh I hope I don't have to come up here and do anything else.

Thank you very much.

Have a great day.

Thank you.

This concludes the public comment segment.

Okay, next item.

Uh referral to the finance and personnel committee by Alderland.

At this time, I would entertain a motion to refer to following it.

I'd like to refer the following items to finance and personnel.

Item 0013-26 communication by the mayor for approval of the 2026 General Economic Development Service contract with Racine County Economic Development Corporation.

Item 0036-26 communication submitting the claim of Frank Coteer for consideration for disallowance.

Item 0059-26 communication sponsored by the mayor on behalf of the city administrators submitting the Racine Police Association 2025-2028 collective bargaining agreement for consideration.

Communications sponsored by the mayor on behalf of the water utility requesting permission to accept 150,000 from the state of Wisconsin.

I'd like to a second.

All right, I've been motion and second.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Motion carries.

Next next committee, uh uh the public works and service by auto mattion to refer the following items to the public works and services committee.

Make a motion to refer the following items to the Public Works and Services Committee.

Item 0031-26.

Communication requesting use of city right away for the annual St.

Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

Item 0032-26.

Communication requesting closing the 300 block of Hamilton Street on Saturday, March 7th from 4 to 2 a.m.

And on Sunday, March 8th for the 34th annual thoughts for food.

Item 0037-26.

Communication submitting change order number one to contract 2025 385 2025 sidewalk replacement, tiger restoration tuck pointing, LLC contractors, and finally 0038-26, a communication submitting final payment for contract 2025 385-2025 sidewalk replacement, tiger restoration, tuck pointing, LLC.

There's been motion and second all in favor signified by Senate.

Aye.

Opposed motion carries.

Nick's committee uh report uh public license and safety by all the uh we're on page four.

There you go.

Yeah, good.

I've got rusty this fast.

Okay, so I would move the following items to the public safety and licensing committee.

First item is 0011-26 communication submitting a new application for a class B and Class C wine license for Marinos Hospitality Group, DBA Marinos, Little Italy located at 1238 Lithrop Avenue, Logan Marino Agent, 13th District.

Item one 0012-26 communication submitting a new application for a Class B retail fermented malt beverage and intoxicating liquor license for RM Hospitality Group LLC DBA Harbor Spot Lakeside Dining and Spirits located at 207 Gaslight Circle Roy Peterson Agent First District Item 0014-26 Communication Submitting an application for a waste tired generator license Alex Auto Repair LLC located at 1332 Rapids Drive Alejandro Amazusa owner 7th District Item 0045-26 Communications submitting a new application for a cigarette tobacco and electronic vape device retail license for most market LLC DBA Most Market located in 1949 Racine Street Said Shabata Agent 2nd District Item 0046-26 Communications submitting a renewal application for a waste tire generator license LA tires LLC Use Tires 1 located at 1626 Douglas Avenue Lewis Batista owner 4th District Item 0047-26 communication on behalf of the Racine Police Department for the Licensed Premise Report Item 0048-26.

Communication on behalf of the public safety and licensing committee requesting the appearance of Andrew Wensing agent for AWW1 LLC DBA Pub on Wisconsin located at 525 Wisconsin Avenue pursuant to a formal expression of concern and also requesting consideration of rescinding the formal expression of concern first district item 0049-26 communication requesting oh communication on behalf of the public safety and licensing committee requesting the appearance of Kevin Dubiak, agent for Duby's beer joint, DBA Dubie's beer joint located at 3701 Durand Avenue, pursuant to a formal expression of concern, also requesting consideration of researching the formal expression of concern, 11th district.

Item 0051-26 communication requesting any consideration, any formal expression of concern or other actions pursuant to the police report.

Final item is 0061-26.

Communication sponsored by Alder Frazier requesting to discuss constituent outreach and what to do as it pertains to videos, text, emails, etc.

Received from the public regarding licensed establishment.

Opposed motion carries.

Now we're on to our finance and personnel committee reports.

Alder Land, do you have any items for separate consideration?

All right.

If not, we will we will put the follow send the following items to the consent agenda.

Nick's report, Alder Mack, the public's work and safety committee.

Do you have any items for separate consideration?

I have one item, and that is 1303-25 communications sponsored by Alder Jorgensen, Alder Mack, Alder Harman, Alder Allen, Alder Land, and Alder Pabone.

An overview of the city of Racine, Snow and Ice Removal Manual.

The recommendation of the public works and services committee on 11326 was to receive and file.

All right.

Would you like to speak to the item on the math?

Oh.

Automatic.

Would you like to speak to the today?

Well, uh I think we should have a second to that item, right?

And then I'll speak on it.

Okay.

Okay.

All right.

All right.

So this item was a presentation by staff on the snow and ice removal manual.

We kind of drifted off into a couple other areas that weren't covered by the agenda item, including uh leaves and the November 11th 12-inch snowstorm that hit the city of Racine.

After a robust discussion, which I think lasted well over an hour, um we kind of exhausted um discussion on the item because there was no actionable items to um take there were no items to take action on specific items.

Uh the item was received and filed.

All right, there's a good summary of it.

I just wanted to add the the reason that I had asked for this to be pulled is to let people know who are following along what the next steps were.

One of the things that came out of that was um I'm gonna meet with uh DPW on um you know coming up with some plans on what we can do to um improve snow plowing, things about how we handle our alternate street parking, those kinds of things, uh, as well as uh I'm going to do a ride-along uh with uh DPW, and I think the offer was for any alders who want to come along.

I would encourage anyone who's interested in it to um take along uh and see how uh how the sausage is really made or the streets are plowed.

Um so I'll be I'll be doing that and any of my colleagues who want to take along as well too, uh, and then we'll bring something back based on those discussions and those ride-alongs to see how we can how we can improve it.

So those were that's all I wanted to share on it.

Alder Harmon.

Thank you, Chair.

Um Alder Mack, I apologize.

I um I'm still new to the process of asking for separate consideration, so I don't know what I should do, um, but I would like separate consideration for 1306-25.

Uh stage point automatic.

Um, this item needs to be voted on first, and then I will address the second item.

All right, yes, thank you.

All right, thanks.

So the item at hand here is uh item one three zero three-25.

So we're going to vote for it.

Yep.

All right, the clerk.

No other speakers.

There's no speaker.

So at this time I will have the clerk to Otterrow.

Yes.

Yeah.

All right, record voting.

Oh, I guess tonight you vote on your your uh okay.

Yes, I'll know I'm there.

The motion was to uh the communication that was sponsored uh by auto mic.

It was to um of the uh the city and the city of racing snow and ice uh manual to remove the to remove the uh ice removal manual, and it was the uh to receive and file to get any priority yes.

We're asking for it.

Yep.

I cannot vote.

I'll just do it.

Okay, she's gonna do a voice vote.

Okay, she's gonna do a voice vote Alder Frasier, Alder Townsend, Alder Davis, Alder Mack, Alder Jorgensen, Alderman Weidener, Alder Ascada, Alder Pete, Alder Land, Alder Hartman, Alder Babone, 11 ayes, zero no's aldermat.

Um I want to address this without calling out for separate consideration first, and if my explanation explanation does not make sense, then I will request it be called out separately.

Uh the next item 1306-25 had to do with the professional um agreement for engineering services for taking down the McMinn uh parking ramp.

The committee recommendation was to vote no on that with one abstention, which essentially under Robert's rules of order is a no vote.

Um I was originally gonna call it out for separate consideration, however, staff has asked that we just um at this point go along with the committee recommendation there's more work that needs to be done on this item before it's ready to come back to committee.

Would that satisfy Alderman Harmon?

Yes, okay, so I'm not calling it out for separate consideration, it should be part of the consent agenda.

I'm just explaining why I'm not calling it out for separate consideration.

Okay, thank you.

Uh Alder Oh, okay, Alder Wagner.

Or the chair, just so I understand.

So the mo the uh recommendation was to deny.

Would it not be appropriate to defer this item?

So rather than denying button button, city attorney uh and I'm looking to the back of the room just in case uh Ron can help.

If the intent is to come back with a different proposed professional services agreement, then denying this one, assuming there's gonna be another one coming, would be the right thing to do.

If the idea is to bring this one back with a different explanation, then yes, deferring probably makes sense.

Yes.

All right, uh, thank you.

Um chairman, um, members of the committee just to provide a little bit of context on this, and part of the reason why I think that deferral might be a wise choice tonight.

Uh this is an item that you actually approved as a part of the budget.

Um, so it is part of the city's plan and DPW's goals of the going into the year that we get started on taking this ramp down.

There have been also some timing considerations because there was a desire for uh downtown to get this done and cleared away before the fourth of July holiday because having a deconstruction site can interfere with the with the parade.

Um, but I think that the general sense that we've gotten from the committee action, some conversations that I've had with members of the council is that there remain some open questions uh about this and perhaps some stakeholders who you know need to have an opportunity to weigh in on this, uh in which case if you were to defer, then we might be able to take a more informed decision on this going forward rather than if you were to deny it uh tonight.

All right, thank you.

Okay, right.

Can we hear from the assistant commissioner bulk, please?

Commissioner uh thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh I do agree with uh Administrator Sullivan's assessment here, so I think the proper the proper thing to do would be to defer it.

We have a couple of things that we need to go through and and make sure we have ironed out uh and uh we should sort of like to bring this back because there's a timing element uh as he discussed, and um we do need to get a proper design done and uh in a fairly short period of time, anything else, my catch.

All right, I'm sorry, I saw you.

I thought you were looking at Alderman Armand and I saw her.

Um I would make a motion to defer this item.

All right, all right, been motion and properly second.

Should we take a vote?

No, everybody ready for okay.

We're gonna do a voice vote machine's not working.

Did they have to Alder Fraser?

Aye.

Alder Thompson?

Alder Davis.

No.

Alder Mack.

Aye.

Alder Jorgensen.

Alderman Widener.

Alder Escada.

Alder Pete.

Alder Land.

Alder Harmon.

Alder for bone.

10 ayes, one no.

Oh, sorry, Alder Allen.

I didn't know you came in.

Alder Allen.

11 ayes, one no.

All right.

Motion passes.

So we we will put the uh the following items to the consent agenda.

Next, we have a public safety and license commitment report by Alder Wagner.

Do you have any items for separate consideration?

Thank you.

I have two items for separate consideration.

Those would be items one, two, three, eight two five and one two four zero dash two five.

These two items are related.

Uh item one two four zero was related to the public hearing that took place tonight.

So if the council would recall at our last council meeting, I'd I had asked these two items to be sent back to committee for further discussion.

And that discussion was to include the alderman of the district that took place.

We had a three to two vote on this beer license, so I just want everybody to be aware.

Um, but I'd like us to vote on these two items separately, 1238 and 1240.

1240 is the petition for geographical restrictions that we had the public hearing on tonight, and that requires a two-thirds vote.

So if we could first um I could read item 1238, which is a communication uh for a new application for class A retail retail fermented vault malt beverage license for Lathrop cash discount located at 2501 Lathrop Avenue Mohammed Bazaar Agent 11th district.

The um recommendation of the committee was to approve.

All right, there's a motion and a second.

Uh Alderland is in the in the queue.

Okay, um you want to speak to this item?

Yes, I do.

Um Mr.

Bazaar, I've known him since as long as I've been in Alder.

He's been calling me about wanting to get this beer license for his gas station, and he was always discouraged from doing it.

Um then a lo and behold, you know, because of the restrictions, and then lo and behold, the gas station across the street got one.

So he put in for it again, and I he runs a good business.

I didn't get any objections from anybody in my district about this, and I would encourage you to support the city of Racine made a decision a while back to allow gas stations to sell beer, and I don't think you know that you should just say you can do it and you can't do it.

So I would encourage you to support Mr.

Bazaar and his uh license to sell beer at his gas station.

Thank you.

Alder Fraser, all right.

Um so out of respect for Alderland, um, I will support this.

Um I just want to um again say the same thing that I said a month ago is between Lathrope Avenue and Durand Avenue.

We have 15 businesses that hold licenses.

Um I'm not anti-bar.

This has nothing to do with Mr.

Bazaar and his business.

I've heard great things about him and his character.

Um, it's just calling to question um the amount of licenses that we have and the discretion that we as a city as city leaders will uh use uh in determining you know where these licenses go.

So with respect to Alderland, I will support this.

Um it's our district, she knows her district much better than mine.

Um and if she if she wants it, then I'll support her, Mr.

Bazaar, Alder Harmon.

Thank you, Chair.

Um I absolutely support Alder Land and her decision with regards to her district.

Um I am one who I'm I'm really concerned about where the licenses are going, and while there is nothing that can prohibit businesses from having 15 different liquor licenses within a small space of time.

And so therefore I will not be supporting this approval based off of I believe that there should be some allowances that allow the neighborhood to not be inundated with liquor stores and vape stores and massage parlors, um, and this is the information that I am receiving.

Although I do support Alderland and the businesses within her district.

Thank you.

Honorable.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Originally, when this came before public safety and licensing, I voted no for some of the same reasons that uh my colleague from the 14th district just stated.

Um, however, over the course of having it come back and just having different discussions.

Um, I think there is something to be said about oversaturation, and I understand that.

However, um, I would also point out that one of the one of the reasons that we can override certain things is if there is a benefit to the community, and while right now there's not really that benefit by having that beer license, but if you go back a few years and you look at the time, the effort and the money spent rehabbing this particular location and getting it and investing it, that proves to me that this is not just a run-of-the-mill quick trip or something of the sort where that money just flows out of an anywhere.

I mean, these people are putting their time, their effort, their money, their family into this.

So I think there's something to be said for that, excuse me.

And I and I understand about the businesses around them having license.

I wasn't on the council then, I wasn't on public safety and licensing then, didn't have any role over that.

Um, but we do have role now, and I think it's very important to understand in public safety and licensing.

It is our duty as a committee to take these individually and understand the individual aspects.

It is not black and white, it is not this or that.

It is very grand, it's very difficult because a lot of these things can feel like personal attacks.

A lot of these things can feel like not wanting this or that to succeed, while at the same time trying to defend the community and prevent oversaturation, so on and so forth.

Um, I am not one that blindly votes along with and or will do something just because the elder of the district wants to do it, because I think it's important to be independent, but I do take that into consideration.

Um, and as such, and seeing the commitment um well over a decade that this business has had and the ability to compete with those around them, especially when there's no police reports, there's no reports of anything like that going on.

Um, that is one of the things that we took into account, the length of the business, the success of the business, so on and so forth.

Those are all factors into that.

Um, so that is why I will be supporting this measure to grant not only the beer license, but when we get to the geographical restriction as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Alder Land knows that I 100% respect her, and I would always respect and lean towards what an Alder is recommending for their district.

But I am going to make uh a few comments that are going to uh respond to what all of the bones said and actually align maybe with what Alder Harman said.

I've worked with uh different areas in the country where we're doing development, city development, and we recognize that a city is designed uh for what you said is black and white, or uh economic considerations, right?

Where someone will put a dumpster or uh a garbage dump or where a city will decide to uh put certain kinds of businesses and and those that area is known for those kinds of businesses, or an area that is uh that has a high percentage of marginalized or um economically challenged community.

That's where you'll find a lot of things that maybe science has shown has a uh health risk assigned to it, but also there's a culture, you know, that we have to consider.

Like what is it that we want when we go around our county and we look at things, you know, there are some areas that will 100% refuse to allow fast food restaurants in their area because of the culture that they have and what they want to maintain.

Same thing goes with the other kinds of businesses.

Yes, a person might be really good.

This is this doesn't have so much to do with the character of an owner or how long they've been in in the an environment.

It has to do with what is it you're trying to create in a certain space, and how many of certain types of businesses are we going to allow for, and who is the demographic in that area that it is going to really affect the types of businesses that we are attracting.

Um we need to look long term as to the vision that we're trying to create for racing.

And we seen the city of Racine is the gateway into our county, and we have the luxury of building our area to be a hub that attracts and retains families, children, and uh and tourists.

And so we want to keep that in mind when we are thinking about the businesses that we are saying yes to.

That's all I have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Uh, first of all, I have to look at this from two different lenses.

Uh what my colleagues said is true in terms of the business.

I could I recall uh buying products at that service station when it was the old building prior to the pandemic, and I drove Pat down late for watching it sit there.

Uh look like it wasn't gonna ever get completed, primarily due to the uh the pandemic.

So it's not about me supporting or restricting the businesses per se, but I think kind of uh duck tail on what some other authors have already mentioned, uh, from a different lens.

We must be mindful of how excessive consumption of alcohol or outlets for alcohol does affect the community in terms of education, health care costs, rehabilitation in all of these areas, uh calls for police service, etc.

etc.

Uh motorists who are driving when they shouldn't be.

But in terms of our structure, we need to be a mindful of the consequences of over alcohol saturation.

Thank you.

Honor you.

I think it's back off.

Oh, the mic is back off.

Hit it from okay, there you go.

I spent eight years on public safety and licensing, eight years of making these type of decisions, eight years of weighing them case by case, and it's always difficult as Alderman Pabone is learning when uh you have somebody sitting in front of you.

Some people it's easier to grant a license to than others.

When you have business owners that have a good track record, I think that is an indication that they um will handle the responsibility uh will handle it responsibly, the um privilege uh of selling alcohol.

I went past um when I when I saw the name, I wasn't sure it was uh a gas station, and then uh when I saw it, it's like oh wow, that's a nice looking building.

It looks like he's an owner that takes pride and care in his facility, his building there, and that's a positive for me.

I'm also looking at um as Alderman Allen was genderly uh treading the condition of the the neighborhood.

Lathrope avenues uh a solid business district, and I don't think that granting this license is going to be the tipping point for Lathrop Avenue.

We've all seen businesses when I spent eight years on public safety, I made motions to go to due process hearings on several businesses in neighborhoods where those businesses were preying on the neighborhood with their tactics with uh selling to underage um minors and all kinds of issues and problems.

I don't think that this is going to be an issue here.

I'm not one that votes gingerly to grant licenses.

It's it's a privilege, it's not a right for everyone to sell alcohol.

And so after reviewing this, um, I'm comfortable supporting this application, thank you.

I look at Lathrop Avenue uh where these there are four gas stations in this particular area that now the fourth one should have a beer license as well, depending on how this council votes tonight.

But what I did see with those four gas stations is how the free market and capitalism actually works.

So we saw one very tacky looking building, fix itself up, uh put in new new tanks, fix up the building at a restaurant in there, then we saw another gas station that competes with that one, start fixing themselves up, then across the street they start fixing themselves up, and then another one fixes themselves up because they're competing with one another.

And the best thing that government can do, because government does not create business, people willing to invest their own money, take their own risks, are the ones that create business.

The best thing government can do is if they can't get out of the way, assist them in some way in how we can assist is by leveling the playing field.

What we are talking about here is packaged beer.

We're not talking about somebody going into the gas station and pulling their chair up to the bar and getting drunk.

We're talking about somebody filling up their tank with gas, going to buy some snacks and buying a six-pack of beer and going home.

And regardless of which of the four gas stations they choose to do that from, they should have the same, each of those gas stations should have the same opportunity.

And I realize that we tried to make a restriction with the geographic area, but we do have to take these on a case by case business, and you have to look at the improvements that all four of those buildings had made to themselves in order to compete with each other.

And I hope that uh my colleagues will not only support this application but will also uh um support the geographic restriction waiver.

Thank you.

Yeah, I I know it's been said multiple times tonight, but I I I too don't uh approve alcohol licenses lately.

But the the thing that really uh influences my decision is the um the input from the alder.

I mean, there's 15 of us for a reason.

We're supposed to know our districts and represent um the people of our district, and so uh she's come tonight to talk about how you know she she knows the owner that they do good work, that the that her community uh is looking for this and would be supportive of it.

Uh and so I believe it's it's part of our job to listen to that.

Uh and uh as long as there is there's no extenuating circumstances, go along with it.

I mean, I if if uh I came forward looking for something in the fifth, um, you know, we've talked about stop signs, there are other things.

Um we put a lot of faith uh behind the the 15 of us to really represent our district correctly.

So uh while I'm I'm not gung-ho on approving alcohol licenses all over, um, I I'll go along with the the Alder uh that's supporting this business uh getting this license on proposal.

Thank you, Chair.

Just something really quickly.

I wanted to mention that for those of my colleagues that aren't familiar with the process that we have in public safety and licensing.

If we were to grant this, and if this were to become an issue, we um can call what is called formal expression of concerns.

Once we receive and file two of those, they start negotiating with the attorney's office on different things.

So, yes, we we are granting it.

Yes, we need to be wary of oversaturation.

Yes, the alder of this district would like this, but we do have tools and resources at our disposal because again, the license is not a right, it's a privilege.

So I just wanted to make that point.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Uh at this at this time we have the item we have item 1240-25.

It has my motion and I was going to the 238.

Oh, you you pull both.

You want the other one too?

Want the first one too.

Okay, you want to separate.

Okay.

Item 1238-25.

Yep.

Call the clerk.

The clerk will call the road.

Uh the motion is to uh approve.

Uh, this is uh 1238-25 from the committee to approve.

Alder Escada.

Alder Allen.

Alder Pete.

Alder Land.

Alder Harmon.

No.

Alder Babone.

That would be 11 ayes and one no.

All right.

Motion carries.

Next, then now the next item.

1240-25.

And that is for the new um for the new petition of geographical restrictions.

Alder Fraser.

Oh no, she's trying to hear she's trying to hear it.

Yeah, go ahead.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

I move to approve item 1240-25.

This was communication for a new petition for geographic restrictions for a class A retail fermented malt beverage license for M SBA services.

DBA Lathrop Cash Discount located at 2501 Lathrop Avenue, Mohabed Bazaar Agent, 11th District.

The recommendation of the committee on 1146 was that this be approved.

All right, motion and second.

Yep.

Yep, discussion discussion on item.

Well, I do have a question for the city attorney.

I know we've had this discussion many times about the two-thirds vote.

Do we have to have two-thirds of those present or two-thirds of the body, which is 15, and we only have 12 presentations?

In this case, it's two-thirds of the entire common council.

So it's 10.

So we need 10.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

Alder Fraser.

Alder Townsend.

Alder Davis.

Alder Mack.

Alder Jorgensen.

Alderman Weidner.

Alder Escada.

Alder Pete.

Aye.

Alder Land.

Alder Alan.

I apologize.

Alder Allen.

Alder Harman.

Alder Pabone.

Aye.

That would be 10 ayes and two no's.

Motion passed.

Right.

All right.

No other, no other items for several consideration.

Oh.

Okay.

We will we will uh put the following items on the consent agenda.

Now we are at the consent agenda.

I get a motion to approve the consent agenda.

Motion motion and a second.

All in favor, 65 by 7 aye.

Aye.

Opposes?

Motion carries.

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Alder, oh popping in.

Hi.

Um again.

I have to recognize my nephew Max Contreras, who kicks for Lutheran High School.

He's now been recognized by Red Zone Football as the number one kicker in the state of Wisconsin.

And uh I'm then I I have to uh commend his brother to his older brother Jackson who plays soccer for Carthage College and his first year.

He he got um a 4.0 grade average, so they're both doing good.

Alder Harmon.

1600 Ohio Street in Racine.

Um recently I visited the residents there.

The staff is absolutely amazing.

Um and I just would like everyone, anyone within um the area to continue to support them.

They are in need of donations, any donations that you can um give, blankets, um, um food items, anything like that to assist.

Um so I want to give a shout out to the activities director there, as well as all of the residents.

Hi, Margaret.

Um, so just shout out to them.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Honorable ball.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, just want to say we have some some pretty dangerously cold weather coming up, so there's warming centers, things like information available online for anyone who may need it or may need to refer somebody with to it.

Several events coming up the next couple of months.

Um we have things like the heritage ball, we have empty bowls, uh, receiving neighborhood watches, ticket taste out of crime, those kind of things.

So, and a lot more going on that I've missed, I'm sure.

Um, also, I want to wish my father a happy sixtieth birthday.

His birthday is Wednesday.

So um, that's a really big milestone in our family.

So, happy birthday, Dad.

Um I forgot what I was about to say.

I need to go to sleep.

Oh, um, so as many of you know, if you don't know, now you will.

So I want to make that announcement before I leave.

And yes, there will be food.

So if you're hungry and you want to engage in good conversation, stop on by.

We are adjourned.