We're not on.

There we are.

We'll call the common council meeting for Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 to order.

We'll start with roll call.

Christine.

Here.

Payne.

Here.

Wiggerson.

Piper.

Here.

Pan Trieste.

Here.

Wells.

Here.

Manion.

Here.

Molson.

Here.

Witeska.

Here.

Anderson.

Here.

Helvin Sleben.

Here.

Matthews.

Here.

Dean Lemke.

Here.

Rick Lemke.

Here.

Camacho.

Here.

Okay.

Everyone is present.

Uh, we do have a quorum.

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And for which it stands.

One nation under God.

Indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Okay, the next item is uh announcement of closed session.

Pursuant to Wisconsin stats section 19.85 parens one parense C to discuss the appointment of Abigail Shoshau.

Pretty close, I guess.

As treasurer for the city of Waukesha, we'll take that up at as one of our last items.

Um we would then come back into open it open uh meeting uh to take action if we do at that point.

Next item is public comment.

I don't think anyone signed up for public comment.

Okay.

Uh next item is approval of the minutes from December 16th, 2025.

Move to approve.

All the person Dale Matthews.

I'll second it.

Okay, discussion.

Okay, please uh vote.

Hald Sleigh and aye.

Camacho, aye.

Alderman Piper.

Aye.

That motion passes unanimously.

The next item is consent agenda.

Are there any items to be removed from consent?

Okay.

Uh without any um request for anything to be removed from consent.

The uh all the consent agenda is approved unanimously.

We now go to um there's two items for disallowance of claim or claim for property damage.

Um so Brian, I'm gonna turn it over to you.

Thank you.

The first is a claim for personal injury made by Brandon Coffey.

Uh this has to do with injuries that were suffered in a bus.

Um, you may or may not know that our bus system is actually operated by an independent contractor, a subsidiary of Transdev, and the drivers are not city employees, and there's a separate insurance policy that covers uh liability insurance policy that covers that.

So the long and the short of it is this claim is filed against the wrong party.

Uh it should be filed against uh PTMW and submitted to their insurance.

So since it has been submitted to the wrong party, we should disallow this claim.

Okay, so is there a motion on that all the person molton?

I move to disallow the claim of Brandon Coffee, all person Witeska.

Second.

Any discussion?

Okay, please vote.

That motion passes unanimously.

Thank you.

Go ahead.

Second is a claim for property damage to a car that was parked along uh sunset drive and was damaged by snow or ice, allegedly damaged, I should say, by snow or ice thrown by a plow driving by.

Um there is no evidence, and there's no allegation made by the claimant that there was any negligence on the part of the city or the plow driver.

It was simply a plow driver driving down the road and through snow or ice uh that allegedly resulted in damage to this car.

Um sometimes things are just accidents, and uh as you know, there has to be some basis for uh claiming negligence against the city.

There had to have been some disregard and uh of a uh a foreseeable damage and a failure of taking steps to prevent it.

There's no evidence of that in this case.

So I'm recommending disallowance of this claim, and of course, as you know, that doesn't mean that he cannot recover.

So I'm recommending disallowance of this claim, and of course, as you know, that doesn't mean that he cannot recover, it just means that he has to file a lawsuit to do it, uh, which is really the proper place for determination of negligence, fault, and liability in a matter like this.

So we are recommending disallowance.

Okay, all the person Molson.

I move to disallow the claim uh property damage by ideal auto sales.

Other person withesca second discussion.

Okay, the motion is to not deny the claim.

Please vote.

Other man Rick Lemke.

Aye.

Threw me out.

That motion passes unanimously.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Uh next item.

There's um three public hearings.

Um our process is to have staff provide um uh they they discuss it and uh they uh bring it forth to us, uh, and then we open it up for the public hearing.

Um, and the first one is rezoning petition, Dolphin Drive and Coral Drive store it right.

This is to rezone approximately 4.27 acres of vacant land uh northeast of Coral Drive, Dolphin Drive intersection from M3 Limited Business and Industrial Park to M1 light manufacturing.

Uh Doug is or Charlie.

I'll do this one.

Okay.

I'll do the first two, and then Charlie will do the last one.

All right.

Um yeah, so this is uh for 4.27 acres of land at the northeast corner of Coral Drive and Dolphin Drive.

You can see here on the air photo of the land highlighted.

Actually, it's two parcels.

Um, but they make kind of one long piece here highlighted in blue that runs along Coral Drive.

Um, so it is 4.27 acres of vacant land.

Um, it is currently in the M3 zoning district, as was the entire um industrial park just to the north of it.

The request is to go to M1 light manufacturing.

Um of the site.

Um, it's been zoned M3 for over 20 years, and um we've while we've spoken with numerous developers on developing this site, no one's been able to come up with a plan that could work in the M3 district.

Um, the M3 district has a little um more strict on their required green space and setback distances as well as some of the uses.

Um if you look on this photo, there's kind of a black line along the bottom just north of Coral Drive, and that's a uh navigable stream, so then that has an additional uh setback of 50 feet off of that stream as well.

So that makes it a kind of a very long and narrow piece to try to develop.

Um so we've had difficulties trying to find any kind of use that could fit on the site.

Um we've had developer come forward now that would like to do um a self-storage unit type of product on the property.

Um to do that though, they'd have to rezone it to the M1 district, it'd give them a little more um relaxed setbacks as well as allow for the use of that storage.

Um so here's our current land use plan.

It just identifies this whole area as uh industrial uses.

I'm including the the two parcels here in question.

Um so changing it from M3 to M1, it's still an industrial use.

That wouldn't be a problem with our land use plan.

And then as far as our current zoning goes, uh you can see it's all under the M3 zoning, which is that um industrial park zoning.

Um, and then directly to the south across Coral Drive is lands that are in the village of Waukeshaw.

And um the business here is the power sports business, um, where they have recreational vehicles, boats, uh, those types of things.

And then you can see on the air photo in the back of the building, they have warehousing and storage uh for their business at the rear of the property.

Um, so the use that's being proposed isn't unheard of in this general area.

Also, Coral Drive is kind of a dead end road, it doesn't really extend anywhere farther.

Most traffic that comes in is either going to the power sports or else going up to the north into the industrial park.

So here's the a proposed um storage use, uh kind of a site plan how they could fit it in.

See, they've identified the creek here and then kept everything set back at least 50 feet north of that creek to be able to accommodate uh use.

So they have a plan that could work on this site, um, and they would like to pursue a zoning change to be able to allow this use.

They did just give a rendering of how that kind of would look on the site compared to the existing buildings that are out there in the industrial park already.

Um here's a rendering of kind of what that would look like.

This would be the entrance just off of uh Dolphin Drive going straight in.

And then they'd also recently opened a facility store at right group in uh Conamwalk, and here's pictures from that facility, the inside lobby area.

Um see the kind of the the fence, the aluminum channel fence work that they use.

It's all secured and fenced in, um, and then kind of the building materials and architecture they like to go for for their look.

Um, just to give you an idea of what they'd be proposing.

Um, if the zoning is approved, they would be going through the plan commission for full architectural review.

Um, so this was before our plan commission at their last meeting, and uh they did recommend approval of the rezoning from the M3 business to the uh M1 light manufacturing zoning district.

Okay, we'll go to the next one.

Um I'm sorry, you know, something yes, is are there any is there any comments from the public on this?

Okay, we'll close the public hearing on the rezoning petition for Dolphin Drive and Coral Drive and move to the next one, which is Plan Unit Development 2310 Fox Run Boulevard to amend the Fox Run PUD to allow residential uses on lot four of the development, um, which is currently vacant under the B5 PUD community business planned unit development overlay district.

Doug?

Thanks.

So here's an aerial photograph.

Uh Fox Run mixed use commercial development.

It's at the corner of Sunset Drive in West St.

Paul.

Um, so currently there is the ascension hospital there, several financial institutions.

Um, and then with the plan, there's also an addition of residential at this corner, uh, the northwest corner where three um apartment buildings were built.

The area highlighted in blue was identified as lot four in that development plan, and that parcel was called for for future commercial uses at the time that the PUD agreement was um executed.

They've been having difficulty finding commercial users for that site.

As you can see, it's set back quite a ways from St.

Paul and Sunset, so it doesn't really have direct street access.

Um they've haven't been able to find any commercial users that want to use that site.

Also, um, after developing the residential just to the west on lot five, there's three residential buildings there.

Um, it was very successful, it at least out quite quickly.

Um, they're getting requests for more housing.

Um, and so they would like to allow for residential or commercial uses on this lot four, not just commercial use.

So they're requesting a PUD amendment change to address that.

Um so here you can see it's all under this B5 PUD zoning.

Um, here's just a close-up of the parcel, and then uh you can see that the three existing multi-family buildings, two these are two-story multifamily buildings just off to the west.

And here's um proposal how they'd put in another multi-family residential building on that uh kind of corner piece of lot four.

It would kind of wrap around with the Fox Run Boulevard.

Um, but this would be a proposed three-story building, what they'd be doing there.

Um, and for approximately 63 units is what they feel they could get uh the site could appropriately accommodate.

So this is uh excerpt from the original PUD agreement.

Um, and highlight in yellow.

The proposed uses for lots three and four will be commercial use.

Uh so that's what they would like to change to allow for residential use.

And here you can see the different maps.

Here's lot five with the three uh multifamily buildings.

Lot one was the hospital, lot three over here became uh landmark credit union bank.

Um, but this lot four is the one without any direct access, so they would like to allow residential use there.

Um, so we would propose an amendment and that amendment would allow uh highlight in yellow the proposed use of lot four will be residential and or commercial use to allow for some future flexibility, but um it seems like the developers ready to go ahead with uh residential should this amendment be approved.

Again, this was also to our plan commission, and they um agreed with the uh proposal and recommended approval for the POD amendment to allow for residential use on lot four.

Okay, anyone from the public wish to speak on this item.

All right, we'll close the public hearing on that and move to the rezoning petition.

Rapids Trail and River Road, Balinski Homes does the rezone approximately 4.87 acres of vacant north of Rapids Trail from B5 community business district to R D 2 PUD two family residential with a plan unit development overlay district.

Charlie?

All right.

Uh this is the uh intersection of uh Salesville Road, River Road, and Rapids Trail.

Uh it's at the north north edge of the river's crossing subdivision, and it uh is a property that is uh currently vacant and and has been for many years.

Uh it's currently zone B5, a community business district.

Uh our belief is that it was always that it was intended uh when this area was developed uh to be a neighborhood business serving the uh serving the the surrounding area, uh but there's never been any any kind of uh commercial development proposal that's come forward there, and uh the city has received several proposals over the last few years for residential development.

Uh so when the comprehensive plan was updated, uh this area was uh uh was identified in the land use map as uh mixed residential commercial, which still allows for either residential or commercial uses.

Uh so this so uh residential use is consistent with the comprehensive plan there.

Um and the proposal is for uh a condominium development with uh 24 units of uh duplex uh 24 duplex units in 12 buildings, uh which will be served by a uh private road uh intersecting with Rapids Trail.

Uh at least uh 11 of the of the buildings will be, and then another one will uh have access directly onto Rapids Trail.

And the uh proposal is for uh to rezone the property uh to RD2 or two family residential with a PUD overlay.

Uh so just as a reminder um for a residential PUD, the code identifies a number of uh standards for review.

I'm not gonna go through all of them, but uh the most important ones are just uh noting that it it's uh consistent uh with the purpose and intent of the of the zoning code, uh, and then also uh that it's uh in perform in conformity with the uh land use plan.

And there are also a number of uh provisions for uh that it's uh providing adequate uh facilities, and then it won't be an undue burden on public services such as fire and police protection.

Uh there are also uh five findings.

Um the first one again is uh that that the development will create an attractive residential and environment of sustained desirability and economic stability, including structures in relation to uh terrain, consideration of safe pedestrian flow, ready access to recreation space and coordination with overall plans for the community, and again the uh the other uh findings are related to uh public facilities and uh uh adequate police from fire to fire protection.

Uh for the most part, the again the the uh the underlying zoning, the base zoning is RD2, two family residential, uh and the the development for the most part uh is in conformity with uh with that RD2 zoning.

Uh so the the only sections that will need uh relief uh in the PUD from that zoning are the uh this highlighted here, one building number five uh has a setback from the from the drive of uh 14 feet when there would typically be a street yard setback of 25 feet.

So all the other buildings have uh are able to meet that 25-foot setback and meet all the other uh setbacks in the underlying zoning.

Uh and then the other relief is is just to allow uh 12 12 buildings and 22 units on one single uh condominium property uh where it would normally be uh one duplex per property.

Uh so again, this will be served by a private uh drive, which will uh extend from uh rapids trail to a cul de sac near the west side of the property.

Uh the there will be a uh utility easement running along that drive, uh providing water and sewer uh facilities.

So you can see here the uh the the water main is highlighted in blue along with the water laterals, and then the sanitary sewer is is the green colored uh line.

Uh there's uh also an existing easement that runs along the south side of the property uh to provide uh utility service to an ATT service building that's existing on the south side of the property and which will remain.

Uh access to that building will be from a driveway coming off the cul-de-sac.

And uh the applicants have stated, and it was one of the planning commission's conditions of the site plan approval, uh, that there will be an access easement along the private driveway to for the uh uh use of that that utility building.

Uh the the uh condo buildings themselves will be uh two bedroom, two bath uh uh units with uh 1,300 square feet in area with the option of an additional, I believe, 600 square foot uh finished basement, and they'll all have uh front facing attached garages.

Uh the exterior will be uh vinyl lap siding, uh which will be uh varied at several colors uh across the buildings.

Uh most of the the buildings will have two front-facing garages, uh, one per unit, uh, but several which have uh direct uh views from the the right of way will be uh one front facing and one side facing garage.

Uh the there will also be uh masonry, uh a foundation level masonry uh veneer uh extending around the garages, around the garage sections of the buildings.

Uh this uh this slide shows uh the areas where they'll be removing some existing uh tree cover.

Um so that's the the uh hash marked area around the south edge of the property, and then you can also see an existing uh man-made uh wetland, which they have a uh permit from the DNR to fill.

Um but uh as you can see, this is uh an aerial photo facing south from uh over the property.

Uh there is still a very significant uh a tree line along the south side as well as a significant buffer uh with the wetland uh from the properties to the south in Rivers Crossing Subdivision.

Uh the applicants will also be adding uh pretty significant landscaping uh along the north and west, north and uh west boundaries of the property, uh where it intersects with uh Salesville Road and River Road.

Um that'll include a variety of shade trees, ornamental trees, and and evergreen trees along that area on a landscape berm.

Um it'll be a little bit less uh a little bit less dense uh going to the east uh where the pro where the uh the buildings are all on the south side of the uh of the property, uh but there will still be uh uh trees there as well uh and uh a stormwater retention area.

They'll also be extending sidewalk uh along Salesville Road, River Road, and Rapids Trail, and then about uh uh two-thirds of the way along the private drive up to the beginning of the cul-de-sac.

So the plan commission recommended approval of the rezoning from B5 to uh RD2 two family residential with the the planned unit development overlay uh for the River Road Villas, and the draft PUD agreement is is attached to the agenda.

Okay.

Uh anyone wish to speak on this.

All right, we're gonna close the public hearing on that.

We'll now move to action on these three items.

The first one is a rezoning petition, Dolphin Drive and Coral Drive, which the store at right.

Uh this is to rezone uh approximately 4.27 acres um northeast of Coral Drive and Dolphin Drive intersection from M3 Limited Business and Industrial Park to M1 light manufacturing.

Any questions, comments?

Alderman Jack Wells.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Okay, is there is there a second?

Alder person.

I'll second Alder Person Mike Grazin.

Thank you, Mayor.

This is in my district, and um obviously I'd like to see some other type of business or something else go in there, but it it is kind of being kind of a lowland.

It is also be nice to get a development.

It is kind of uh a dumping grounds of various things because people think that's it'll never be built or turned into something.

So they think this will be a nice uh um a nice use of that land and still allow the waterway to maintain the waterway and get that area cleaned up.

So I support it.

Okay, anyone else?

Alder Person Rick Lemke.

Uh there was an undeveloped parcel uh accord on the picture to the right, and should the need ever re be required for a city sidewalk to get back out to Les Paul for them to catch a bus or something like that.

Can we put something in the condition that they would pay for the sidewalk so the city wouldn't be responsible for it?

I guess I'll just comment.

We can always put in a sidewalk and charge the charge the property owner.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Thank you.

So uh good point.

I mean, uh we Jennifer, did we even talk about the sidewalk, do you know, out there or Doug?

Uh yeah, so we did we remember we see a new development consider sidewalks.

Um and as you're aware, we did complete a sidewalk plan about two years ago now.

Um, and and if you look at the rest of the district here on the air photo, um, there are no sidewalks typically in our industrial areas at this time, and so they're all at a low category.

If at such time in the future the city would decide to want to start putting sidewalks in, we would visit that at that point.

But as the mayor said, we always have the option to order in sidewalk and then charge it back to the owner.

Okay, and actually, I oh I did remember we did talk about sidewalking.

Plan commission was that's not it's not needed at this time.

Anyone else?

Okay, so the motion is to approve the rezoning for this property from M3 Limited Business and Industrial Park to M1 light manufacturing.

Please vote.

Motion passes unanimously.

The next item is Plan Unit Development for 2310 Fox Run Boulevard.

This is to um amend the Fox Run PUD to allow residential uses on lot four uh of the development under the um PUD community business plan unit development overlaid district that would allow residential or um commercial for this land.

Do I have Alderman Jack Wells?

Motion to approve the uh PUD amendment per plank plank commission recommendation.

Okay.

Alder Person have a slaven.

I'll second.

Okay, any questions, discussion?

Okay, so the motion is to approve the amendment to the plan unit development.

Please vote Alderman Piper.

Aye.

Motion passes unanimously.

Okay, the next item is rezoning petition uh for Rapids Trail and River Road.

Um to rezone approximately 4.87 acres of vacant land north of north of Rapids Trail.

Um South of Salesville Road from B5 Community Business District to RD-T2 PUD two family residential with a planned unit development overlay district.

Alder Person Matthews.

A motion to approve PC 25-0184, uh the rezoning position as approved by the planning commission.

Okay.

I'll second.

Alder Person Wells.

I was uh seconds.

I didn't look your way.

I know.

Oh, you get okay.

Alder Person having Slavin.

Um I I'm supportive of this proposal, but just for my own curiosity, did they um have uh um an idea of roughly how much those condos are going to be or how much they're gonna cost or be worth they did.

Um I believe the applicant is here.

I I can't remember the exact number.

I think it was in the 400,000 range uh, but uh he could probably give you a little more detail if you want.

Okay, I can see is that is it you I'll just ask you after it's not that important to the moment.

Oh 425.

Oh, thank you.

And for the record, for people who didn't hear it was 425.

Thank you.

Older older person Eric Payne.

Uh I guess just for Charlie.

Um I I think this is the intersection a few years back where all the neighbors were upset about the amount of traffic at that intersection.

And my I guess my concern would be where that driveway, how far is that driveway come um out in uh to the what is that road again?

Uh Rabbids Trail.

So it intersects uh let's see, it's it's um River Road, I guess.

How far is that from River Road?

Um it's about halfway back uh yeah, about a hundred feet back from the intersection.

Um this I guess we haven't heard uh uh we haven't heard any of the same kind of you know we have had a lot of opposition to developments right in that area for traffic reasons.

Uh we haven't haven't gotten any of that uh when it was at the planning commission uh uh either in it for its approval in December or previously uh in uh in I think January of last year for a consultation.

Uh we our thought was that uh since it's a little less dense than some of the previous uh developments that it would most likely be less uh so you remember when all the people were upset about the traffic at that intersection and quite a few people here.

Yeah, and I was just might wondering how much extra traffic is this gonna add to that intersection.

But if nobody is coming forward and complaining about it, I guess has notice been sent out to the people in that area.

It has okay, thank you within 300 feet.

Um actually, Charlie, one of the things you I do think that this was an area that was gonna have a coffee place in it, and that was brought out a lot of the people, even though it was zoned for commercial.

Um the last plant commission, there was no one there.

This is was noticed as a public hearing for tonight.

Um, and there was no one at the plant commission and obviously no one here tonight, so I think it's a little it's a little different situation at this point.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Just real quickly, Mr.

Mayor, thank you.

Um, yeah, I this is in my district, I spoke around the corner in our neighborhood.

Um, everybody that I've spoken to is very much in favor of this as the it's not as a high density, high multi-story building, and that they're more in favor of the residential use than a commercial or coffee shop or thing.

So um, everybody I've talked to is in favor of this.

Okay.

Anyone else wishes have a comment or question?

All right, so the motion is to approve the rezoning uh of this property from B5 Community Business District to RD-2 PUD two family residential with a planned unit development overlay district.

Please vote.

Rick Lumpke is an I.

The computer died.

Looks like it didn't work.

Motion passes unanimously.

Okay, um moving to reports, transit commission report, Alex.

Anything?

No meeting, no report.

Okay, water utility commission, all person Matthews.

Uh just real quickly, the uh building is going up rapidly.

If you get the opportunity, go by the new uh water commission building or water council build water building is going up.

So uh other than that, and a report.

Thank you.

IT board, alder person manion.

All items from our January meeting were approved as part of consent agenda.

No additional report.

Thank you.

Landmark commission report, Alder Person Chris.

Thank you, Mayor.

We talked about um reorganizing and revamping and maybe getting some new vimp members for the friends of uh Waukeshaw Springs.

So if there's anyone in the general public or in this room that uh would like to help join that task force and get that up and running, please see city staff or myself.

Uh we also talked about uh funding when that's available from the CDBG and our other funding.

We have not received those numbers yet, at least at our last meeting.

And our next meeting is February 4th.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Redevelopment authority report, older person Rick Limke.

No meeting, no report, our meeting was canceled.

Okay, park recreation for street board, all the person wells.

No meeting, but a couple quick updates about Jamboree.

Unfortunately, with the cold weather, the frosty 5K, the ice fishing clinic, Alaska Malmy, Wait Pole, and the candlelight hike are gonna be canceled.

Um the ice coupling competition will be rescheduled by the Walkshaw Downtown Business Association.

Fortunately, the uh glow walk and the egg hunt are just moving indoors to shoot.

So we're gonna do our best to keep as many events going with the cold weather and also keep everyone safe.

Okay, yeah, that's supposed to be minus 20.

So that seems a little cold.

Uh library board report, older person haven't sleeping.

Yes, at our last meeting, uh we approved the director goals for 2026, including uh very important recommendation from the trustees for a succession plan for the library, so that we are prepared for any unexpected departures or planned departures.

Um additionally, uh we got some board education in regards to the 2026 reading challenges that will take place throughout the year, not just in the summer, to encourage literacy year-round.

Um for more information, you can check out the Beanstock app.

And if anybody doesn't know how to do that, I would be happy to show you how it works after this meeting.

That was launched earlier today.

I checked it out.

It's really exciting.

I look forward to logging all of my 2026 books.

And finally, the most exciting piece of news that I have for you.

Um earlier today it was announced that the Walkshaw Public Library is receiving a $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Um, as some people may know and some people may not know, our library was originally built because of the Carnegie Corporation back in 1904.

Um, it's one of 63 Carnegie Libraries in Wisconsin that was built through the program, and thanks to them, we just received that $10,000 gift.

So thank you to the Carnegie Corporation for that.

End of report.

Thank you.

Uh cemetery commissioner report, alder person Chrisine.

Thank you, Mayor.

Items were on consent, and we don't have uh meetings scheduled in February as of yet.

Okay.

Uh housing authority report, Alden Alderman Piper.

Thank you.

Um we had a meeting uh before Christmas time.

Actually, our next meeting is tomorrow at 9 a.m.

at the Housing Authority on Arcadian Avenue.

All are welcome.

Highlights from our last meeting.

We talked a lot about occupancy and kind of the wait list.

So right now on public housing, uh, we have a hundred percent occupancy in public housing for the housing authority, and there's over three thousand people on a wait list for a one bedroom at Saratoga.

Saratoga Heights is the building down on Carina.

Um so what the housing authority does is on a pretty regular basis, they pull names from that list, send a letter, and try to try to find out if individuals are interested in still being on the wait list or if they want to be removed from wait list.

But I've mentioned in the past the challenge with that is there's a requirement that all of this communication is done via US mail, which makes it very difficult.

So the housing authority does work, does do their level best to try to update that wait list.

So for those of you that are watching at home that have any questions on that process, um, I encourage you to drop a line to the housing authority um as it relates to the wait list.

End of report.

Thank you.

Community development block grant committee report, Jennifer.

Anything?

No report.

Do you know when uh meetings will start for that?

They usually start around March, April.

Okay, thanks.

Uh public art committee report, Alder Person Moltson.

I see we have new art in the uh lobby and down the hallway, so get a chance to look at that.

Otherwise, no report.

Okay, very, very call colourful.

Okay, Jennifer, anything for plan commission?

Uh, just a quick reminder uh or update on the zoning code.

The last working session will be January 28th at the Plan Commission's um January meeting, and then the full core full full code will be presented at a special meeting February 11th.

So if anybody is interested in either one of those meetings, you're welcome to attend six o'clock um in the chambers.

After that, uh it will start the approval process with the council.

So these are kind of the last meetings for changes and discussion um up until the approval process.

Of course, you can always make changes when it comes to council as well.

But we would encourage anybody interested to attend those one or both of those meetings.

Okay, thank you.

Finance committee report, Alden Piper.

Our meeting on the 13th was canceled.

Uh, our next scheduled meeting is for next week, Tuesday the 27th at 6 o'clock here in the council chambers.

January can be a little quiet for the finance committee meeting, so please keep an eye on your uh on your email in the event that that meeting is canceled as well.

End of report.

Okay.

Buildings and grounds committee report, Alderman Eric Pane.

All items on consent, thank you.

Okay.

O and L, Alder Person Witeska.

All items on consent, no further report.

Human resource committee report, Alder Person Wooderson.

We have a meeting tomorrow at six o'clock here in the council chambers.

Um, just reminding and a little update to all the council members.

Tomorrow we are discussing and finalizing our city administrators survey, which you guys will all receive an email on.

Um, you will have three weeks to fill it out and send it back to us so that we could proceed with his performance review.

Um, I'm gonna ask all of you to anticipate and make sure you're checking your emails for that survey because we want to get as many responses in as possible.

Quite frankly, I think everyone needs to fill that in.

It's really important because it is the most important job that we have as council members since he's the only person that reports to us directly.

Um, I also want to mention that if you are struggling with answering the survey questions, um, I would encourage you to go back and review all of his reports and um notes from previous council meetings where he reports and shares all the things that he does all year.

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Thank you.

Board of Public Works.

Alex, all items were on consent tonight.

Okay, you're you got a lot of people working pretty hard.

Yes, I was gonna say that uh we had a very busy weekend, as you know.

Uh, every day this weekend we were clearing snow.

Um, and we have another chance uh tomorrow morning or yeah, early tomorrow morning.

So trucks are ready to go for that call.

So expect to think I saw about 150 trucks go by today.

I'm hoping it was the same ones.

Yes, they were loading salt, and we were also hauling snow off the ramp across the street there today.

Okay.

So hard work is greatly appreciated for all the staff from public works and park rec that showed up for all those events.

Put in lots of hours.

Yep.

Thank you.

Um city attorney.

No report.

All right, city mystery.

Uh just another reminder about uh council retreat next week.

If you are able to make it on Tuesday, I highly encourage you to because we'll be having some uh good presentations and hopefully some interesting policy discussions as well.

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Some good presentations, and I'll be talking to for under um uh my report.

Uh I do have uh request for approval of a reappointment to the IT board by of Brandon Colstini.

I think I said it right.

Um, and uh this is uh I did talk to Chris about this.

He definitely wants Brandon to continue.

So do I have a motion?

Okay, Alder Person Manion.

Thank you.

I'll make a motion to approve the appointment.

Alderprison having saved.

I'll second.

Okay, any discussion.

All right, so the motion is to approve uh Brandon uh uh reappointment to IT board.

Please vote.

Piper aye.

Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you.

Uh then I have uh two resolutions to honor.

Um the first one is a resolution to honor the life of Steve Wimmer.

As you all are aware, um Judge Wimmer passed away um very recently.

Um his funeral was Friday.

Um I and many other people from the city attended that funeral.

Um, but uh the resolution to honor the life of Steve Wimmer was provided to the family uh at the visitation.

Um I'm gonna um hit the highlights of the resolution, which is Steve um served the city of Walkshaw as a municipal judge since 2018.

Um, but um in addition to being judge, he uh was involved in many roles throughout his career, including a county board supervisor, president of the Walkshaw Sunrise Rotary Club, and president of St.

John's Lutheran Church.

Um he had a remarkable passion for Walkshaw.

He was very, very thoughtful and thought and and deliberate.

Um and he had a very kind approach within the judicial system.

Uh his leadership and compassion showed in in his faith in his community, the people he worked with, and his remarkable professionalism and respect for those around him.

He's survived by his wife Debbie of 35 who they've been married for 35 years.

He has two sons, Matt and Dan.

Um, two grandchildren, which is one um will be um arriving uh very shortly, and countless friends, family, and colleagues who will long remember his impact and kindness, and the city of Walkshaw wishes to remember and stay and thank Steve Wimmer for his remarkable service to his community.

Um and as I indicated, um uh the resolution was presented to his wife um at uh the visitation.

Um and we keep a copy of the resolution in our files um uh forever.

Uh the next resolution is to honor the life of Paul Varakis.

Um his um celebration of life was Sunday.

Um Paul as if you don't know Paul Varakis served uh as a as an alder person within the city, but also um as the city's longest serving mayor, um he was mayor for 16 years um in two different um he had two eight-year terms.

Um and Paul's uh had uh uh wonderful people skills, very generous, and his love for those around him led him to uplift uh minority voice voices within the city.

Uh he was uh colle he collaborated with organizations such as La Casa de Esperanza and participated in multiple goodwill trips to Walkshaw sister cities.

Um Paul presided over a time of rapid growth and revitalization for downtown Walkshaw during his time as mayor in the 70s.

He was probably Walkshow is known as the fastest growing uh municipality in the in the United States.

Um and Paul was mayor during that time.

He spearheaded development, affordable housing, and maintaining green spaces and walkability along the Fox River.

His love for his community drove him to partner with multiple civic and charitable organizations, as well as remain a vital part of Walkshaw's musical community.

He was uh a very accomplished uh musician and very very well known both here and in Florida.

Um Paul's legacy lives on through his beloved wife of 74 years, uh Evie and their sons Daniel and Andrew, as well as a memory of their son Timothy, and whereas the city wants to remember and thank Paul Varakis for his indelible service to the committee.

We will also keep um this resolution in our files.

Um and uh the resolution was presented to uh his uh wife and sons at the visitation, so and they're both very very well attended.

Um both these individuals were um pillars of our community, and they will be missed.

Um referrals, I have one Alderman Eric Payne.

To the Board of Public Works, please extend the guardrail on Madison Street Hill in front of 524 and 530 Madison Street.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Alder Person Anderson.

Thank you, Mayor I have three all to building grounds, all to review parking regulations on Wilmont Drive, Corporate Drive, and South Grand Avenue.

Okay, Alder Person Van Trieste.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um I'd like to uh send this, I think to B and G.

Uh, this is uh Marshview Street, currently has zero street lighting.

Uh we've got two um uh apartment buildings that are going in off of uh one's off of Marshview and the other one's right off of Silvernail, it'll be 138 units.

We need street lighting there on Mars View.

It goes from basically the McDonald's on Silvernail around the corner to uh Quick Trip and Grandview Boulevard.

So we need that done for safety of the the new residents as well as the existing ones.

Thank you.

Okay, and uh just uh remind every uh everyone who has referrals to provide him in writing to the clerk.

So okay, um next item is um close session.

We need a motion.

Go ahead.

Yes, you're gonna make the motion.

Yep, the hundred called yep.

I will make the motion to convene in closed session uh pursuant to Wisconsin's state statute 19.85 parents one parent C for the purpose of considering employment promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility, specifically discussing approval of appointment of Abigail Shusau as treasurer of the city of Waukeshaw.

I'm sorry if I messed up that name.

I'm especially sorry.

Second discussion.

Okay, so the motion is to go into closed session.

Please vote Alderman Rick Lumpke, aye.

Christine aye.

Other men Alderman Van Trieste.

That motion passes unanimously.

We will we'll now in close session.

Katie's gonna have to you're not doing it.

Yeah.

And Katie, the pronunciation of Sha Shaw.

That's right.

And you're gonna make an option.

Okay.

All right.

We're back in open session.

Well, yeah, I've catch.

We're just in open session.

Do you want to make the motion for the yes?

I will make the motion to appoint Abigail Shassau as treasurer of the city of Waukeshaw.

Okay.

Alder Person having slaven.

I'll second.

Any discussion?

Okay, so the motion is to appoint Abigail as treasurer, please vote.

Christine, aye.

Alderman Lumpkey, Rick.

Aye.

That motion passes unanimously.

Um if there's no objections, we are adjourned.

Thank you.