WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 You 00:30.000 --> 00:32.000 You 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 You 01:30.000 --> 01:32.000 You 02:00.000 --> 02:02.000 You 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 You 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 You 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 You 04:00.000 --> 04:02.000 You 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 You 05:00.000 --> 05:02.000 You 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 You 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 You 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 You 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 You 07:30.000 --> 07:32.000 You 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 You 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 You 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 You 09:02.000 --> 09:04.000 You 09:04.000 --> 09:06.000 You 09:06.000 --> 09:08.000 You 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 You 09:10.000 --> 09:18.000 Call to order the Common Council meeting for Monday, September 21, 2026, roll call please. 09:18.000 --> 09:28.000 Let the record reflect the quorum is present. 09:28.000 --> 09:31.000 The gentlemen from the seventh and the ninth are excused. 09:31.000 --> 09:38.000 At this time, I would like to ask everyone to please stand for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 09:48.000 --> 10:11.000 Can I get a motion on your laptop? 10:11.000 --> 10:21.000 All those in favor say aye. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 Any opposed? 10:23.000 --> 10:25.000 Motion carries. 10:25.000 --> 10:28.000 Please continue. 10:28.000 --> 10:32.000 We have 13 individuals signed up for citizens comments. 10:32.000 --> 10:40.000 Each will have three minutes when your name is called. 10:40.000 --> 10:50.000 Hello. 10:50.000 --> 10:55.000 My name is Ed Ruka, 7727 Fifth Avenue. 10:55.000 --> 10:59.000 I just want to start out with respect. 10:59.000 --> 11:01.000 Okay. 11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 As we get going this evening, I've been here for a few of these. 11:04.000 --> 11:08.000 And on this side of the wall, there's been disrespect. 11:08.000 --> 11:10.000 I've heard it. 11:10.000 --> 11:16.000 I would ask everybody on this side of the wall to respect everybody over here. 11:16.000 --> 11:20.000 Okay. Not because he holds the mayor ship. 11:20.000 --> 11:25.000 Not because they're an all their person because they are people. 11:25.000 --> 11:26.000 Okay. 11:26.000 --> 11:30.000 So respect them like you want to be respected. 11:30.000 --> 11:35.000 At the same time, everybody on this side of the wall should be doing the same thing. 11:35.000 --> 11:36.000 Respect. 11:36.000 --> 11:44.000 You would talk that in school, turn, face, pay attention, sit up, put your books away. 11:44.000 --> 11:48.000 Nowadays, laptops, Chromebook, cell phones. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 And pay attention to what the people have to say. 11:50.000 --> 11:53.000 We're here for an hour every two weeks. 11:53.000 --> 11:56.000 That's all you have to deal with us most of the time, right? 11:56.000 --> 11:59.000 We ask for that respect. 11:59.000 --> 12:06.000 In the respect, I would also like to say that it has been noted and heard from all the 12:06.000 --> 12:12.000 men or all the persons that when we talk about the data center, which is what a lot of people 12:12.000 --> 12:18.000 will be talking about, they say they have made up their minds one way or another. 12:18.000 --> 12:21.000 I'm not saying which way they made it up. 12:21.000 --> 12:28.000 But shouldn't you, as all the persons be saying to us, my constituents have made up my mind. 12:29.000 --> 12:30.000 Right? 12:30.000 --> 12:34.000 Because that's who you represent. 12:34.000 --> 12:36.000 Everybody over here is who you represent. 12:36.000 --> 12:39.000 So give them the respect, okay? 12:39.000 --> 12:45.000 You might not agree with what they have to say, but you still should be doing what they 12:45.000 --> 12:47.000 ask you to do. 12:47.000 --> 12:55.000 And like I would like to say, there are no kings in Kenosha other than our kingfish, okay? 12:56.000 --> 13:01.000 Another thing I would like to talk a little bit about is the FAQs. 13:01.000 --> 13:08.000 A long time ago, and all the men say, just have you looked at the FAQs? 13:08.000 --> 13:09.000 And I did. 13:09.000 --> 13:13.000 And that was three, four months ago, whatever it was. 13:13.000 --> 13:20.000 And to this day, with as many times as I've heard questions on this side, I haven't seen any 13:20.000 --> 13:22.000 updates on the FAQs. 13:23.000 --> 13:24.000 None whatsoever. 13:24.000 --> 13:29.000 I know there's stuff about the noise, the health because of the noise, the environmental 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 of the wetlands. 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 Where are those? 13:33.000 --> 13:40.000 And also in the FAQs, I'm sure somebody gave you the answers that you needed to put down. 13:40.000 --> 13:44.000 But I don't think anybody here lives in a perfect world. 13:44.000 --> 13:46.000 Everything has a pro and a con. 13:47.000 --> 13:53.000 So these FAQs should be answered and given the people that actually look them up later 13:53.000 --> 13:58.000 when you ask them to go to it, to look at the pro and the con and decide. 13:58.000 --> 14:02.000 Because everything you guys decide, you're deciding on pros and cons. 14:02.000 --> 14:06.000 So everybody over here needs to also know what those pros and cons are. 14:06.000 --> 14:09.000 So I think the FAQs truly should be updated. 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 So you have 30 seconds. 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 Okay. 14:13.000 --> 14:16.000 And the last, let's see, what did I have? 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 Oh, I'll quickly do the last. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 Besides, I want a moratorium. 14:20.000 --> 14:30.000 The building repurpose after going through 195 to look at what we could do with the Microsoft 14:30.000 --> 14:33.000 and seeing what they've built on 195. 14:33.000 --> 14:38.000 I'm all ready for, if you've ever seen the movie Escape from New York. 14:38.000 --> 14:41.000 That's what it looks like, a huge prison. 14:41.000 --> 14:46.000 So maybe, if that's what your plan is later, I guess we'll be halfway there, all right, 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 to fill this in as a prison. 14:48.000 --> 14:50.000 Because that's what it looks like to me. 14:50.000 --> 14:53.000 Thank you. 14:53.000 --> 14:57.000 Next speaker, Cheryl Swatko.