Okay, we'll call the Tuesday March 3rd, 2026 Common Council meeting to order.

We'll start with roll call.

Alderman Piper is unable to attend tonight.

Um Alder Person Matthews is uh appearing via Zoom.

Christine here.

Payne.

Here Wigderson here.

Piper's absent Pan Trieste.

Wells.

Here.

Manion.

Here.

Moltson.

Here.

Whateska?

Here.

Anderson.

Here.

Halvin Slavin?

Here.

Matthews.

Via Zoom, he may be muted.

I have been told he's on.

Uh Dean Lumpkey.

Here.

Rick Lemke.

Here.

Camacho.

Here.

Okay, 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 to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God.

Can I text the is on the chat for some reason?

I think it's because it's a webinar instead of meeting I can't message you, but just tell them.

Oh, next.

Okay.

So that's right.

Okay.

Next item is announcement of closed session pursuant to Wisconsin stats section 19.85 parens one parent C for the purpose of considering employment employment promotion compensation and other terms and conditions of employment or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governing body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.

And this is in regards to the city administrators performance review.

The next item is public comment.

I did check it just a little while ago.

No one had signed up for public comment.

Is that still true?

All right.

Next item is approval of the minutes of February 19th, 2026.

Eric Payne?

Payne moves.

Almost seconds.

Discussion.

All right.

All in favor, please signify by saying aye.

Aye.

I guess uh we can do voice.

We we can do voting.

So I'm sorry, I'm using my plan commission of right now.

Umpposed?

Anyone abstaining?

So it was unanimous.

You can just click through that.

Um can I throw something in here?

Uh since we have both an attendee by Zoom and a closed session tonight.

I just want to point out that council rules say that attendees, virtual attendees cannot participate in closed sessions.

Correct.

Yes.

And uh uh person Matthews is I I talked to him today, he understands that.

All right.

I guess uh for Matthews uh for the vote on the agenda uh for the um approval of minutes, just uh mark them as we didn't hear anything, so mark him as not present.

He said I.

I alright.

I love uh Zoom.

All right, consent agenda.

Is there any items to be removed from consent with that?

All items on consent are approved.

Next item is um just real quick.

Uh Tony is not here right now because he was doing a um uh focus group at the library, and he's gonna be coming in shortly.

So it ended at six.

So um next item is review and approve edits to the AI acceptable use policy.

Uh uh who Chris and Brian, like any type of or Dan Okay, Chris.

I'll defer to Chris.

All right, that's good.

Um, not good, but yeah, thank you.

Uh yeah, try to recover from that.

Yeah, right.

Um back in uh January on the 20th.

Uh the council approved the AI acceptable use policy, and then shortly after that, uh getting that out to staff.

A couple of questions came up uh regarding one of the one of the rules inside that policy, which uh which stated that users must mark AI generated content content as being generated by AI.

And so then the conversation came around.

Well, where do we draw the line with that?

Is that um I put a paragraph into AI, it helped me with some grammar, and now I got a label.

This paragraph was uh the grammar in this paragraph was helped with AI and that sort of thing.

And after reviewing the rest of the policy, there's enough enough safeguards um within the rest of the policy that we chose that we decided that we would remove that line, and then um took it to ITB.

ITB um agreed with that.

It uh was approved unanimously um at the uh February ITB meeting, and then um and then Brian Running uh wanted to add an additional some additional language after it was already at ITB.

And so basically there's a line item, there's a rule in there that says states that there should be no expectation of privacy because it's a a public record um and it's owned by the city, and it's it's really a a statement that is taken from our email usage policy.

And so with that, um I'll let Brian add what he wanted uh talk about the language he wanted to add to the policy.

In the expectations of privacy, uh that's to notify users that you don't have an expectation of privacy, and that the city can monitor and disclose information generated uh by using city IT assets.

In other words, in this case, AI.

However, we want to clarify that if that information is confidential because it's attorney client privileged information, for instance, that that is not going to be monitored, and that only people that are legally authorized, because we do have procedures here for going into and looking at emails and so on.

There, there's a procedure that has to be followed, it has to be approved.

We just want to make sure that it's clear that not just anybody can go in and look at the information in copilot or whatever other AI is being used without being legally authorized, and that that does not remove the privilege that may be there because of a current attorney client privilege.

Okay, any questions?

All manion.

I'd like to make a motion to approve the AI acceptable use policy as presented.

Okay, older person Van Trieste, yes, second discussion.

Okay, so this is a motion to approve the AI acceptable use policy that's in your packet.

Um please vote.

Camacho aye.

Rick Lumpke, aye.

Alder Person Matthews.

Okay.

That motion passes you unanimously.

The next item we have is communications and engagement team re year end review.

Uh Rebecca's also at the library.

Um, we'll bring that back um once um she gets in here.

Um if we finish the meeting before then um or before the close.

If we doesn't if she doesn't get back before the closed session, uh we'll do it at a different meeting.

All right, transit commission report.

Alex?

No report tonight.

Okay, uh water utility commission.

Um, the next meeting is March 19th.

IT board, older person manually.

Yeah, our our March meeting, which would have been tomorrow night has been canceled so that our members can attend the celebration dinner.

End of report.

All right.

Landmark commission report, uh Alder Person Chrisine.

Thank you, Mayor.

We have had no applications, and we are also still waiting for our funding for this awesome program that landmarks is a part of.

Thank you.

Okay.

Redevelopment authority report, older person Rick Lemke.

Our meeting will be the third Monday.

We haven't had one in a while.

Okay.

Park recreation forestry board older person wills.

No meeting, no report.

All right.

Library board report, all the person haven't sleeping.

We did not have a meeting, but I do want to remind everyone that there is a year-long reading challenge going on called reading is lit, and I encourage everyone to participate.

End of report.

Okay.

Uh cemetery commission report, older person cuisine.

Thank you, Mayor.

The only updates we had as they were getting ready to open up the bid more repairs of the main chapel, and I do believe some next phase of tuck pointing.

And we are still going ahead with working with the friends when the weather gets cleared up about the uh neatening up the area and putting the new garden around the veterans shelter at the other end of the cemetery.

Thank you.

Okay.

Housing authority report will be held to the next meeting.

Uh community development block grant committee report.

No report.

Public art committee report.

Alder Person Molson.

I see we have new art from the Pewaukee Arts Council, so I will present that at some future point.

All right.

One item, uh final site plan and architectural review, 400 Wilmond Drive, Superior Crane Corporation.

This is for uh new plans for new 31,234 square foot industrial building.

Um Jennifer.

Yes.

Um some of the more quiet work that we do is visiting companies, and a lot of what they tell us is confidential, and so we can't share that.

But if you watch the plan commission agendas, you see some of these projects come forward.

And this is the first one this year where we're we have a manufacturer that's expanding.

And um they're down on Wilmont Drive.

And the plan commission approved these plans, but what's before the council tonight is a variance to allow them to have a hundred and twenty-two-foot wide driveway.

Um, this would be to access the new building that they're building.

And the purpose of that is because the new cranes that they'll be building in there to pull those out on the truck is the load is about 200 feet wide.

So they need quite a distance uh length, right?

Thanks, Mayor.

Um so they need quite a bit of distance to be able to maneuver that truck out of the building and onto the street.

And so um they're asking for variance to allow them to have that wider driveway.

That's something that the council has to approve.

The plan commission recommended in favor of it, and so that's also the staff recommendation.

Okay, any questions?

If you want to mock and motion is fine too.

I'll move to uh approve.

Okay, older person Molson.

Second.

Any questions?

All of them Piper.

Okay.

That's all right.

Don't worry about that.

Okay, paying.

Um I just want to add the fact that last night at uh Building and Grounds, we took care of the parking issues that would be directly across the street from this.

That didn't come to council yet because our meeting was last night, but it was approved last night at Building Grounds.

So that's it.

Thank you, Mayor.

Okay, anyone else.

So what this is a um the motion was to approve the 122-foot wide driveway opening at 400 Wilmot Drive, please vote.

Camacho, aye.

Rick Lemke, aye.

Matthews, he just said text me.

Can you hear me?

And I'm gonna say no, we cannot.

He may be uh oh, he says aye via text.

It's not gonna change the the motion passes unanimously.

All right, and that's it.

Um, one last thing.

I put this document on your desk um about the zoning code.

We had a public outreach meeting last week, had some good conversations with um public members and citizens, and this was one of the handouts that we provided.

So I just wanted to make sure that all of you got this.

This is a very um abbreviated kind of description of what's in the zoning code.

The zoning code is about 250 pages long.

So if you're reading through this and you have questions or you're reading the document itself as we get preparing um for approval, please reach out to us and ask any questions you might have.

Um really the big one of the biggest goals for um rewriting the zoning code was to allow existing properties to be conforming uses.

So a lot of our homes, um, especially in the central city are non-conforming under the current zoning code, and that really hinders people from putting on additions and building garages and those kind of things, and that's one of the major things we addressed in this code, and that was where a lot of the questions came in the public comment is how does this affect me on my property?

And and um, so it should make things much easier for people in existing homes to be able to put on those additions or add sheds and things like that.

Um, one of the other things that um you'll see in here is creating clear guidelines for what the expectations are by the city um for design and projects, so that when they come through for approval, everybody's on the same page, and that approval process is very smooth and efficient.

And so those are just two of the big highlights.

But again, I encourage you if you have any questions, please reach out to us.

We're expecting to come through plan commission and counsel for approval probably in April.

Um, so we'll keep you updated as those dates get closer.

Okay, thank you.

Uh finance committee report.

Uh the last meeting was last meeting was canceled.

Uh the next meeting is March 10th.

Okay, buildings and ground committee report.

Alderman Narrative.

No report, thank you.

Okay, ONL, Alder Person with Tesca.

All items on consent, no further report.

Okay, human resource committee report, alder person Widgerson.

Our next meeting is March 18th, end of report.

Okay.

Board of Public Works, Alex.

Good evening.

Uh, we have two bids tonight.

Uh the first bid we received on February 6th uh was the Davidson Road Utility and Street Improvements Project.

Uh the board recommended moving forward with the low bid from Musson for the asphalt base bid and the amount of 1 million 64,001 and 25 cents.

The budget on that project was 1.22 million.

So move for recommendation.

Alder Person would test uh with Teska.

Second.

Um discussion.

Okay, all in uh please vote.

Camacho aye, Alderman Rick Lemke, aye.

Alder Person Matthews uh texted aye.

Okay, uh next one, Alex.

Next bid is for the 2026 concrete sidewalk replacement project.

Uh the board recommended moving forward with a little bit from state contractors and the amount of 535,345 dollars.

The budget on this project was 560,000.

Alderman Payne.

Move for board's recommendation.

Second.

Any discussion.

All right, uh please vote.

The motion is to approve.

Camacho aye.

Rick Lemke aye.

You Matthew.

Yeah, yeah, I uh mark them I uh sorry, Mark, I'm absent.

Oh I didn't go down far enough.

He's got his eye in there.

All right, anything else, Alex?

No other report tonight, thank you.

Uh city returns there is no city attorney report.

Uh city administrator.

No report.

And uh if we could hold the uh communications report until the next meeting, that would be greatly appalled.

Appreciate it.

And apologize for being a little late.

We had uh a focus group this evening at the library.

Actually, Tony, you have to give the um report.

No, that'll be held till the next meeting.

Sorry.

Um all right, mayor's report.

Um we have some boarding committee appointments.

Uh their reappointments, uh Jennifer Walner and Eric Hummer to Park Recreation Forestry Board and Don Brown to Cemetery Commission.

Do I have a motion for approval of those?

Alder Person Chris.

I make a motion to approve.

I'll second.

Any discussion?

Okay, so the motion is to approve uh the appointments of Jennifer Walner, Eric Hummer, and Don Brown.

Please vote.

Camacho, aye.

Rick Lemke, aye.

And from uh Alder Person Matthews, I have a aye.

That passes unanimously.

All right.

The next item is for we is uh referrals.

No referrals.

Okay.

Um Rebecca, you can we're we we put it on for the next meeting.

Um so I need a motion for someone to go into closed session.

Alder Person Heaven Slavin.

Let me scroll up.

Uh I'll make the motion to enter closed session pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.85 parents one parent C for the purpose of considering employment promotion compensation and other terms and condition of employment or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governing body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility with regards to the city administrators' performance review.

I'll socket that.

Okay, any discussion.

Okay, please vote.

Camacho aye.

Rick Lemke, aye.

And uh don't include Matthews because he cannot attend the meeting.

Other person Moulton?

Oh sorry, yes.

I fell asleep briefly.

That motion passes um with 13 ayes and no's.

So we're now in closed session.

Okay.

We're back in open session.

Okay, so I will go ahead and make the motion to increase the city administrator's annual base salary to four percent.

By four percent.

By four percent with the retroactive to January first of twenty twenty six, and also do a one-time performance bonus of four percent, um, which is based on his two thousand and twenty-five base salary.

Second, okay.

Any discussion?

Alderman Dean Lemke.

I just wanted on the record that I'm not in favor of the bonus, so we'll be noting I will be voting no today.

Okay.

All right, so the motion um has been made to increase the city administrator's salary by four percent and then and also to provide him with it going back to January one and with a four percent bonus.

Alder Person Anderson.

Do we need to clarify the bonuses based on 2025 salary?

Twenty yeah, the bonus is based upon thank you.

Uh 2025 salary.

That I don't know if you said that.

Yeah, I did.

Oh, okay, you did.

So I didn't say it.

So thank you.

All right.

Are we is are we able to get Dale or no?

I think he's probably still on.

Um I'll let you know if he Dale, can you hear us?

Can you speak?

Just so you know, Dale, be because um you may be able to hear me, but because we can't hear your voice, um, we will not be counting your vote.

Okay, so all in favor uh before we vote.

I need to know that.

Sure, go ahead.

I'm in against bonuses as all city employees don't get bonuses.

I was in favor of a larger raise, uh, but I'm not in favor of starting bonuses for any employee, even though the city administrator deserves a larger pay increase in his salary.

So I'll be voting no.

Okay.

I'm gonna it only if you want to.

No one has to say anything.

I mean, if you raise your hand, then I'll call you.

But all right, so I'm not seeing anyone else with comments.

Uh please vote.

Camacho I.

Whoa.

Sorry.

Alvin Sleevan, no.

Lemke, Rick, no.

Anderson I.

Motion passes seven to six.

All right.

Um if there are no objections, we are adjourned.

Thank you, everyone.

Are we holding on to these?

Or we can