WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.640 May 5th, Cinco de Mayo at Port Washington City Hall. 00:04.640 --> 00:06.400 All older persons are present. 00:06.400 --> 00:08.640 Please join with me for the Pledge of Allegiance. 00:11.440 --> 00:15.760 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America 00:15.760 --> 00:18.240 and to the Republic for which it stands, 00:18.240 --> 00:23.040 one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:26.240 --> 00:28.880 All right, this time we'll move into public comments and appearances. 00:28.880 --> 00:31.520 Just a reminder that you have up to three minutes to speak, 00:31.520 --> 00:35.680 and we will be allowing comments for a maximum of 30 minutes tonight. 00:36.960 --> 00:37.760 Name and address. 00:41.520 --> 00:43.840 Tracy Finch, Westport View Drive. 00:44.400 --> 00:48.240 For it, Mayor, the people of Port Washington deserve honesty tonight. 00:48.240 --> 00:50.560 I'm asking you to correct the record. 00:50.560 --> 00:55.360 Your Q&A facts sheet claims you proposed data centers will not raise our power bills, 00:55.360 --> 01:00.880 but we energies has already announced a 4.7 rate increase in 2027. 01:00.880 --> 01:05.840 Driven by the new energy infrastructure, major grids, upgrades, 01:05.840 --> 01:10.960 rising electricity demand fueled largely by data center growth and inflation. 01:10.960 --> 01:12.880 Those are words, not ours. 01:13.760 --> 01:17.360 To tell residents this project has no impact on the future rates, 01:17.360 --> 01:19.440 it's simply not credible. 01:19.440 --> 01:24.080 Any new power lines or grid expansions required for this data center 01:24.080 --> 01:28.640 should be paid for by vantage and other developers, 01:28.640 --> 01:31.760 not taxpayers or homeowners of Port Washington. 01:31.760 --> 01:34.400 But the issue goes deeper than rising bills. 01:34.400 --> 01:40.400 Right now, residents are living with confusion, anxiety, genuine emotional distress 01:40.400 --> 01:44.560 because there is no clear trustworthy way to report problems. 01:44.560 --> 01:48.080 Complaints bounce between seven different entities, 01:48.080 --> 01:52.640 including two that many people don't no longer trust. 01:52.640 --> 01:54.640 This is not a functioning system. 01:54.640 --> 01:57.200 We need one centralized complaint department, 01:57.200 --> 02:00.080 one number, one accountable person, 02:00.080 --> 02:03.600 one unbiased log for of every concern. 02:03.600 --> 02:06.000 Without this, the suffering will continue 02:06.000 --> 02:10.320 and the city will continue to look unprepared and under responsive. 02:10.320 --> 02:15.040 Mayor, you are hurting people because of decisions made under your leadership. 02:15.040 --> 02:16.560 Families are losing sleep. 02:16.560 --> 02:18.400 They are worried about their health. 02:18.400 --> 02:20.480 They are watching their value of their homes. 02:20.560 --> 02:22.880 The biggest investment slip away. 02:22.880 --> 02:27.040 These are not abstract policy disagreements. 02:27.040 --> 02:29.520 These are real human consequences. 02:29.520 --> 02:32.560 And when residents feel dismissed and or ridiculed 02:32.560 --> 02:36.400 for raising legitimate concerns in a road's trust 02:36.400 --> 02:40.720 and edges dangerously close to a failure of duty, 02:40.720 --> 02:44.560 taxpayers should not have to fight this hard to be heard. 02:44.560 --> 02:46.080 We expect safe roads. 02:46.080 --> 02:47.840 We expect clean air. 02:47.840 --> 02:51.280 We expect leadership that protects those basic rights. 02:51.280 --> 02:55.760 And when transparency is promised, it must be delivered. 02:55.760 --> 02:59.920 You presented a construction timeline at a previous meeting 02:59.920 --> 03:02.160 saying it would clear up confusion. 03:02.160 --> 03:03.360 Now it's gone. 03:03.360 --> 03:05.360 It's not in the hallway. 03:05.360 --> 03:06.800 It's not online. 03:06.800 --> 03:08.080 Simply removed. 03:08.080 --> 03:12.160 When information appears once, then disappears without explanation. 03:12.160 --> 03:15.760 It creates an impression that something is being hidden. 03:15.840 --> 03:20.160 That damages public trust more than any construction noise 03:20.160 --> 03:22.000 or dust ever could. 03:22.000 --> 03:25.520 Mayor, this is the moment for accountability. 03:25.520 --> 03:27.120 Not for defensiveness. 03:27.120 --> 03:28.560 Not for excuses. 03:28.560 --> 03:31.040 The people of Port Washington need a leader 03:31.040 --> 03:34.240 who recognizes the impact of his choices 03:34.240 --> 03:37.680 and is willing to say plainly and sincerely 03:37.680 --> 03:42.000 that he understands the harm and is committed to making it right. 03:42.000 --> 03:44.640 Annitting mistakes is not weakness. 03:44.640 --> 03:47.360 It is leadership but below leadership. 03:50.240 --> 03:50.640 Thank you. 03:51.920 --> 03:52.640 Other comments? 03:59.200 --> 04:00.640 Name and address, please. 04:00.640 --> 04:03.600 Ben Donakowski, 4799 County Road, LL. 04:05.360 --> 04:06.640 My paint is chipped. 04:06.640 --> 04:08.240 My windshield is cracked. 04:08.240 --> 04:10.800 And whatever line, binder, or stabilization powder 04:11.600 --> 04:13.280 they are using on these temporary roads 04:13.280 --> 04:15.120 is literally etching vehicle paint. 04:15.840 --> 04:18.720 At this pace, vantage could hand out car washes every day 04:18.720 --> 04:19.920 for the next several years 04:19.920 --> 04:22.480 and it would still wouldn't come close to addressing the damage 04:22.480 --> 04:24.320 for anyone living in the affected area. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.880 Car washes aside, what I really want to focus on today 04:28.880 --> 04:31.120 is something that is genuinely inexcusable 04:31.120 --> 04:33.600 at this stage of construction, logistics. 04:35.200 --> 04:38.080 What exactly is the plan for handling 5,000 workers? 04:39.040 --> 04:43.840 Because right now, there are supposedly only around 500 on site 04:43.840 --> 04:46.560 and even that is overwhelming in the area. 04:47.360 --> 04:48.240 Here's an example. 04:49.120 --> 04:51.200 When not closed for resurfacing, 04:51.200 --> 04:53.520 the intersections of Lake Drive and LL 04:53.520 --> 04:57.040 or Lake Drive and KW are abysmal that shift changes 04:57.600 --> 04:59.840 and can't operate without county sheriffs 04:59.840 --> 05:01.840 risking themselves while choking on dust. 05:04.800 --> 05:06.640 Eventually, everything will reopen. 05:06.720 --> 05:10.560 Both ends of Lake Drive, East West, LL will finally wrap up 05:10.560 --> 05:13.680 to handle some traffic from Highland under I-43 05:14.240 --> 05:15.440 or past the town hall. 05:16.160 --> 05:16.880 But then what? 05:17.760 --> 05:20.080 5,000 workers will still require 05:20.080 --> 05:22.000 more routes, more lanes, more options. 05:22.720 --> 05:24.160 Like that's only four exits. 05:24.640 --> 05:27.600 We already know 500 workers is too much for one exit. 05:28.160 --> 05:31.280 Simple math, four times 500, doesn't equal 5,000. 05:32.560 --> 05:34.880 The complete lack of a real traffic solution 05:34.880 --> 05:36.560 is putting families at serious risk. 05:37.280 --> 05:39.200 Civilian vehicles don't stand a chance 05:39.200 --> 05:41.120 against heavy construction equipment 05:41.120 --> 05:42.560 and we can't even get a stoplight. 05:44.400 --> 05:46.880 People have compared this project to Foxconn, 05:46.880 --> 05:48.640 but there is certainly one big difference. 05:49.200 --> 05:51.440 Foxconn had multiple roads expanded, 05:51.440 --> 05:55.120 rebuilt or completely rerouted before construction ever began. 05:56.000 --> 05:57.920 And again, we can't even get a stoplight. 05:59.760 --> 06:01.680 I know the response is going to be something like 06:01.680 --> 06:04.640 we have a tip, a transportation improvement plan coming, 06:04.960 --> 06:06.880 but that's exactly the problem. 06:06.880 --> 06:09.360 Why wasn't it done before construction started? 06:09.920 --> 06:13.360 Everything so far has been reactive instead of proactive 06:13.360 --> 06:15.520 and the community is paying the price for that. 06:19.600 --> 06:20.640 Thank you, other speakers? 06:30.080 --> 06:32.640 Mike Beaster, 305 of South Garfield Avenue. 06:32.640 --> 06:33.920 I just wanted to, one more time, 06:33.920 --> 06:36.800 reiterate my great thanks and gratitude to the city staff. 06:38.320 --> 06:42.880 Roger John, Chief Devore, Melissa Susan. 06:42.880 --> 06:45.360 Everybody was set down with me and tried to bring me up 06:45.360 --> 06:46.720 to speed on what's going on in the city. 06:46.720 --> 06:48.720 So it's been really helpful and we have 06:49.280 --> 06:50.480 amazing city staff here. 06:50.480 --> 06:51.280 So thank you. 06:52.320 --> 06:52.640 Thank you. 06:53.920 --> 06:56.000 Okay. Any other public comments? 06:56.640 --> 06:58.480 All right, let's move into our agenda then. 06:58.480 --> 07:00.720 In the consent agenda, is there anyone willing to make a motion 07:00.720 --> 07:02.080 to approve the consent agenda? 07:02.080 --> 07:02.640 So moved. 07:03.280 --> 07:06.160 As moved and seconded, any questions or concerns on the agenda? 07:06.800 --> 07:08.160 Are the consent agenda seeing none? 07:08.160 --> 07:09.520 All in favor signify by saying aye. 07:10.240 --> 07:10.800 Opposed? 07:11.600 --> 07:12.560 All right, motion carries. 07:12.560 --> 07:14.000 That takes us into Mayor's business. 07:14.000 --> 07:16.480 There are no appointments to boards, commissions, 07:16.480 --> 07:17.440 or committees this evening. 07:17.440 --> 07:21.280 They will all come on May 19th and that brings us into 07:21.280 --> 07:22.000 proclamations. 07:22.000 --> 07:24.880 There are multiple proclamations for the month of May. 07:25.840 --> 07:28.080 One is for ALS Awareness Month. 07:28.080 --> 07:30.480 Another is for Professional Municipal Clerks Month. 07:31.040 --> 07:34.160 Another is for National Nurses Week, which begins today. 07:34.800 --> 07:37.280 Another is for Teacher Appreciation Week, 07:37.280 --> 07:40.240 and another is for National Peace Officers Memorial Day 07:40.240 --> 07:42.160 and National Public Works Week. 07:42.160 --> 07:44.400 I'll have all of those available for public consumption, 07:44.400 --> 07:46.880 but I wanted to speak to three of them tonight 07:46.880 --> 07:48.880 and just share our gratitude. 07:48.880 --> 07:51.760 The first is for National Peace Officers Memorial Day 07:51.760 --> 07:52.960 and National Public, 07:52.960 --> 07:55.440 or I'm sorry for National Peace Officers Memorial Day. 07:55.440 --> 07:57.440 I just want to thank the Port Washington Police Department 07:57.440 --> 08:00.320 for their constant commitment to community policing. 08:00.800 --> 08:03.520 Making sure to follow the mission of serving and protecting 08:03.520 --> 08:07.040 and also making sure they have a strong commitment 08:07.040 --> 08:08.880 to the future of Port Washington. 08:08.880 --> 08:12.320 They've done a fantastic job this year as is every year. 08:12.320 --> 08:14.320 And as the department continues to grow 08:14.320 --> 08:16.560 and we'll move into a new facility and building, 08:16.560 --> 08:20.400 I just wanted to thank Captain Zarnicki and Chief Angus 08:20.400 --> 08:23.200 for their work and making sure that those two buildings 08:23.200 --> 08:27.200 are looking good and will be really future focused. 08:27.200 --> 08:29.200 And we're going to hear about that a little bit from Rob tonight. 08:29.200 --> 08:33.040 I'll be delivering that to the Police Department here this week. 08:33.040 --> 08:35.440 The second one is Teacher Appreciation Week. 08:36.240 --> 08:38.080 That's a special spot, I think, at all of our hearts 08:38.080 --> 08:40.240 because I don't know anyone who never had a teacher. 08:41.440 --> 08:43.760 Regardless of where you went to school or even homeschooled, 08:43.760 --> 08:45.120 you still had a teacher. 08:45.120 --> 08:48.640 And this week for the fourth through the eighth 08:48.640 --> 08:49.760 is Teacher Appreciation Week. 08:49.760 --> 08:52.000 And I would just ask citizens of Port Washington 08:52.000 --> 08:56.160 to send notes to the teachers who provide a great public education 08:56.160 --> 08:57.840 in the Port Washington Stockfield School District 08:57.840 --> 09:01.840 to our children and as well as all the staff at those schools. 09:01.840 --> 09:03.840 One of the things I don't think we always recognize 09:03.840 --> 09:09.120 is that the 180-day school year is a really awesome time for teachers 09:09.120 --> 09:10.480 but it's also a very trying time. 09:10.480 --> 09:14.000 And May is the reason that they put Teacher Appreciation Week in 09:14.000 --> 09:16.720 because this is the last few weeks of school. 09:16.720 --> 09:19.120 It's the most difficult time to be an educator. 09:19.120 --> 09:22.000 And I think if you remember, it was also a tough time to be a student. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.200 So they share that together. 09:23.200 --> 09:26.480 But after spending all that time together, 09:26.480 --> 09:28.640 one of the things I think is really, really important is 09:29.600 --> 09:33.440 62% of a child's waking life by the time they graduate from high school 09:33.440 --> 09:34.080 is in a school. 09:34.720 --> 09:36.400 And that means they're in front of our teachers 09:36.400 --> 09:37.920 more than they are their own families. 09:37.920 --> 09:40.560 And I think most of our teachers in the city of Port Washington 09:40.560 --> 09:42.400 treat those children as if they are their own. 09:42.400 --> 09:46.000 So please extend a great warmth and thanks to them. 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 And then the other one is it's National Nurses Week. 09:49.120 --> 09:53.680 I think it's really fantastic that three people who selflessly, 09:53.680 --> 09:57.680 three groups that selflessly serve the community either through nursing, 09:57.680 --> 10:02.240 teaching, or policing get the same week together. 10:02.240 --> 10:06.560 And if you get the opportunity, I think we've all been on the other end of a 10:06.560 --> 10:09.520 very caring and empathetic nurse who has taken the time 10:10.240 --> 10:12.960 he or she to ensure that we feel comfortable and safe. 10:13.600 --> 10:16.240 Because if you've ever been hospitalized unexpectedly, 10:16.240 --> 10:17.600 it's a really scary thing. 10:17.600 --> 10:19.920 And you are front facing with these beautiful people 10:19.920 --> 10:21.920 who calm you down and take you through that. 10:21.920 --> 10:25.360 So National Public Works Week, let's keep removing there. 10:25.360 --> 10:26.960 Rob, well done. 10:26.960 --> 10:29.280 And then Susan, the Municipal Clerks Week, 10:29.280 --> 10:32.320 we appreciate you very much for all that you do on a regular basis 10:32.320 --> 10:35.440 to ensure the city of Port Washington has amazing elections 10:35.440 --> 10:38.240 as well as records and support for our community. 10:38.240 --> 10:42.080 And the ALS Awareness Month is something that's also very important to us all. 10:42.080 --> 10:43.920 I have no further mayor updates, 10:43.920 --> 10:46.960 so I'm going to take us into officer and staff reports 10:46.960 --> 10:49.200 and start out with an update on the public safety building. 10:49.680 --> 10:50.160 Rob. 10:50.160 --> 10:53.440 Okay, yep, we have Maura Riordan from MC Group, 10:53.440 --> 11:00.240 who is going to lead a short presentation on the status of our construction 11:00.240 --> 11:01.360 of the public safety building. 11:03.280 --> 11:04.080 Good evening, everyone. 11:06.720 --> 11:08.240 Someone did it for me. 11:08.240 --> 11:08.640 Thank you. 11:10.720 --> 11:14.880 I haven't seen you in a while, and I'm glad to say I have good news. 11:14.880 --> 11:19.280 So most of you have probably aware we're coming to the end 11:19.280 --> 11:21.680 of the building of the new public safety building. 11:23.360 --> 11:26.080 Tonight, I'm going to give you an overview of what's happened, 11:26.080 --> 11:28.080 where we are today and what to expect. 11:29.600 --> 11:30.720 I'm going to start with the good news. 11:30.720 --> 11:34.240 So the whole project we've had over 100,000 work hours, 11:34.240 --> 11:36.480 with not a single recorded safety incident. 11:37.200 --> 11:38.240 That's very impressive. 11:39.600 --> 11:43.840 We are still on track to complete construction in July, 11:43.840 --> 11:45.040 which is how we started. 11:45.840 --> 11:47.200 That's the schedule we started with, 11:47.280 --> 11:49.040 and we are on track to maintain that schedule. 11:50.640 --> 11:55.760 Current construction contract is below the original contract amount by over 300,000. 11:56.800 --> 12:00.720 So example of effective cost control throughout the whole process. 12:01.360 --> 12:06.080 And the total project budget of the 31.9 budget approved, 12:06.080 --> 12:10.000 we have approximately $1.7 million remains unallocated. 12:11.280 --> 12:15.680 That means that we're well positioned at this point to deliver the project under budget. 12:17.200 --> 12:19.520 And the last I'm just going to say is a group. 12:20.080 --> 12:22.320 I think you can, again, thank your police and fire. 12:22.880 --> 12:26.400 You can thank Susan for her effort, Rob for his effort, Melissa for your help. 12:27.040 --> 12:29.360 And everyone else that's been involved in this process, 12:29.360 --> 12:32.880 because from the beginning, a very clear vision was stated, 12:32.880 --> 12:36.720 and we feel that we've accomplished the mission. 12:36.720 --> 12:40.720 So it's been a very successful project, 12:40.720 --> 12:44.320 and you could all be very grateful for the team that you have working in the city. 12:44.800 --> 12:46.720 Project budget update. 12:46.720 --> 12:50.960 Currently, as I mentioned, the project is trending under budget 12:52.240 --> 12:55.760 due to competitive bids, discipline change order management, 12:55.760 --> 12:57.280 for active coordination. 12:57.280 --> 13:02.560 It's been a very collaborative project team with the architects and engineers 13:02.560 --> 13:04.240 and the construction manager. 13:04.800 --> 13:07.520 We have limited any kinds of major cost growth. 13:07.520 --> 13:09.520 We've preserved our contingency. 13:09.520 --> 13:12.480 So the remaining contingency levels, both owners contingency 13:12.560 --> 13:15.120 and construction contingency are healthy and appropriate. 13:15.520 --> 13:19.040 They're better than appropriate for this phase of the construction project. 13:19.840 --> 13:26.000 And as we reach completion, we'll maintain those two contingencies to the very end, 13:26.000 --> 13:29.360 and then those will eventually be returned to the owner. 13:29.360 --> 13:32.240 But basically, you won't be billed for those amounts is what happens. 13:32.240 --> 13:38.240 And so holding on to that amount makes just makes sure that to the very end, 13:38.240 --> 13:41.360 we have the finances available to take care of anything that might come up. 13:41.360 --> 13:45.440 But generally, it's all good news financially. 13:47.120 --> 13:53.280 As far as milestones schedule wise, we're also predicting a very successful completion. 13:53.280 --> 13:55.600 So we've completed everything up to interior roughing. 13:57.040 --> 13:59.440 We've started already with final grading and paving. 14:00.240 --> 14:05.280 Landscaping is projected to complete by next month, substantial completion. 14:05.280 --> 14:10.400 We're on target, like I said, for like I got to predict here, July 4th. 14:11.360 --> 14:15.760 And we have started the owners fixtures and equipment procurement and installation. 14:16.800 --> 14:19.200 And that should be wrapped up by the end of July. 14:22.000 --> 14:24.240 Last 30 days, a lot has been happening. 14:24.240 --> 14:27.840 So you might have noticed that they started building the police side, 14:27.840 --> 14:32.640 then they've moved into the common area, and then they've worked on the fire department. 14:32.640 --> 14:35.040 So we call those units A, B, and C. 14:35.040 --> 14:40.640 So at this point, unit A, the police department, is nearly complete. 14:41.360 --> 14:44.960 So drywall's done, ceilings are done, finishes, casework is going in, 14:45.840 --> 14:48.240 and final mechanical electrical and plumbing. 14:48.240 --> 14:49.760 It's all wrapping up here. 14:50.720 --> 14:54.720 Moving into the common area, and they've already started with a lot of those trades, 14:54.720 --> 14:58.000 and nearly done like with ceramic tile in the fire department. 14:58.880 --> 15:06.240 Elevator is underway, should be installed and certified, maybe next week, depending on if we get 15:06.240 --> 15:10.240 it, have phones to the building, phone lines. 15:10.960 --> 15:13.920 And as I said, we started finished grading and site concrete is underway. 15:13.920 --> 15:14.960 So sidewalks are going in. 15:16.320 --> 15:20.800 And the owner furnished equipment, the procurement is well underway, 15:20.800 --> 15:23.600 over 85% complete, and they started deliveries. 15:24.720 --> 15:32.240 So in the next 30 days, we're expecting the majority of the work to wrap up and to start 15:32.240 --> 15:33.760 the final finishes. 15:33.760 --> 15:38.400 So landscaping, they're going to do start up and testing and commissioning. 15:38.400 --> 15:40.000 That's all going to be in the next 30 days. 15:41.760 --> 15:44.880 And I went ahead and added a slide here for a 60-day look ahead. 15:45.760 --> 15:50.880 So after our 250th Independence Day celebration, that's when you can imagine 15:52.080 --> 15:54.400 they're going to be moving in, hopefully. 15:55.840 --> 15:58.240 So the strong coordination between the city, 15:58.560 --> 16:02.400 the architect, and CD Smith, the construction manager, we've minimized disruptions. 16:03.280 --> 16:05.920 Like I said, we're aligned with the overall project time lighting, 16:05.920 --> 16:10.160 meaning the substantial completion date of 7-1, which was in the original contract. 16:10.800 --> 16:12.000 We've managed to maintain that. 16:13.040 --> 16:18.880 Like I said, owner furnished equipment, procurement is 85, almost 90% complete right now, 16:18.880 --> 16:20.080 no lead time concerns. 16:21.040 --> 16:26.320 And CD Smith, the construction manager, has accepted the idea of partial substantial 16:26.320 --> 16:28.960 completion, so we're going to start installing equipment. 16:29.520 --> 16:34.400 Like I said, unit A, B, C, we're going to start installing equipment in that same pattern. 16:36.240 --> 16:40.560 And the police and fire department, the leaders are going to handle their own 16:40.560 --> 16:42.640 occupancy planning, and that has already begun. 16:42.640 --> 16:46.000 So meaning they're going to help, they're going to figure out how to move everything in, 16:46.000 --> 16:47.680 get everything up and running. 16:47.680 --> 16:48.800 So that's already started. 16:49.840 --> 16:51.760 So overall, good news. 16:52.560 --> 16:58.560 As you've probably seen from the outside, training tower's done, there's glass up, 16:59.200 --> 17:00.960 signage is going on the outside of the building. 17:00.960 --> 17:02.880 As I said, sidewalks are in. 17:02.880 --> 17:07.040 That gives you a little brief look at what the inside of the training room slash 17:07.040 --> 17:10.240 court area is going to look like, lots of light. 17:12.640 --> 17:15.840 We've now well surpassed where this picture was taken. 17:16.320 --> 17:20.160 So that wraps up my presentation. 17:20.160 --> 17:22.640 And I am happy to answer any questions. 17:23.520 --> 17:26.400 Any questions from Council, Mr. Planer? 17:26.400 --> 17:30.160 Yeah, no, I guess I'm just thinking about contingencies, Morris, 17:30.160 --> 17:32.160 so like nothing to be concerned about this time. 17:32.160 --> 17:35.280 No, we're expected surprises that you're thinking about. 17:35.280 --> 17:37.680 No, no unexpected surprises with contingency. 17:37.680 --> 17:40.480 And as I mentioned, there will be a decent amount of 17:42.560 --> 17:45.520 contingencies being returned to the owners, how we reference it. 17:45.920 --> 17:47.920 But it's basically you won't be billed for that about. 17:47.920 --> 17:51.200 And then I guess like Rob, will we have like access to some of those 17:51.200 --> 17:55.840 numbers and dollars when we start talking about borrowing for the fall and like budget time? 17:57.200 --> 17:59.280 Yeah, we think so as we go into budget season. 18:00.640 --> 18:03.920 Yeah, well, I mean, I think we're going to have our substantial completion. 18:03.920 --> 18:07.200 Like Morris said, it's seven on July 26th, I think. 18:07.200 --> 18:09.040 And so, yes, we should. 18:09.040 --> 18:09.360 Yeah. 18:09.360 --> 18:12.880 So at budget time, we should have a pretty good grasp of what we have. 18:13.600 --> 18:13.840 Yeah. 18:14.720 --> 18:15.200 Yeah. 18:15.200 --> 18:17.760 Even before then, I mean, I think we'll know. 18:19.760 --> 18:24.160 July, for sure, we'll be getting our final bill from the construction manager. 18:26.560 --> 18:27.600 Other questions? 18:27.600 --> 18:28.240 Mr. Numer? 18:28.240 --> 18:29.280 Oh, just a quick question. 18:29.280 --> 18:32.160 We're set with DOT as far as access to the highway now. 18:32.160 --> 18:34.160 We're on the agenda for tonight. 18:34.160 --> 18:34.480 Yep. 18:34.480 --> 18:34.800 Thank you. 18:36.560 --> 18:37.200 Mr. Benning? 18:38.880 --> 18:43.600 No, I get to look at it every day and watch it from my work. 18:43.600 --> 18:47.920 It's a funeral home, but and I have gone through it a couple of times and 18:49.520 --> 18:50.720 it's a very impressive. 18:51.440 --> 18:59.680 I think it's going to be key to recruiting and retaining staff at this facility. 19:00.880 --> 19:07.120 And we said, you referred to the vision of a 50-year building and it's 19:07.760 --> 19:09.280 it will be a 50-year building. 19:09.280 --> 19:10.400 We'll not be going in. 19:11.040 --> 19:16.320 I know Melissa and I've talked was we've got plans for how we're going to maintain 19:16.320 --> 19:17.120 it going forward. 19:17.120 --> 19:22.480 That's been a key for us to know how we're going to mow the lawn, plow the snow, 19:23.200 --> 19:28.400 you know, and know when we have to put a new roof on it or something like that. 19:28.400 --> 19:31.680 So it won't be in five or 10 years. 19:31.680 --> 19:33.280 It'll be 50 years. 19:33.280 --> 19:39.360 And so talking with the Ben, the site manager out there, he's very pleased and 19:39.360 --> 19:44.480 impressed. I've been very impressed with he and his crew with with everything they've done 19:45.280 --> 19:45.760 out there. 19:45.760 --> 19:48.320 So thank you and the whole team. 19:48.320 --> 19:52.480 It's it's been a fun project to work on a good group of people. 19:53.680 --> 19:54.320 Other questions? 19:55.920 --> 19:59.520 I just I have one quick one that one of my the expectations that we laid out from the 19:59.520 --> 20:04.000 start was that once we took occupancy of the building, we also acquired a capital plan that 20:04.000 --> 20:10.480 showed life expectancy of carpet, windows, paint, and that we could adopt a nice 20:10.480 --> 20:18.320 can chart or project map showing that, you know, in 2048, we would have to replace windows or 20:18.320 --> 20:23.360 just so that future councils can maintain it because the current state is it's a 50-year 20:23.360 --> 20:26.000 building, but there's nothing precluding that from being 100-year building. 20:26.000 --> 20:30.720 If it's maintained properly, that's that's I'd really like to see that adopted, you know, 20:30.720 --> 20:32.720 given to council when we take occupancy. 20:32.720 --> 20:33.760 I think that's going to be critical. 20:34.560 --> 20:39.200 I will make note of that. So a separate the idea would be like a separate binder for council 20:39.200 --> 20:45.680 beyond the owner's maintenance manuals that we would give to say the building management team. 20:45.680 --> 20:49.840 Yeah. So what I've what we've done in the past with larger projects is, you know, 20:49.840 --> 20:54.720 like the carpet is warranted for X amount of time, HVAC's warranty, and just shows the end dates 20:54.720 --> 21:00.800 of all of those so that that the the council and GGF can plan for an understanding that, 21:00.800 --> 21:05.600 you know, the expected life cycle is X. So start saving now. So in the future, 21:06.400 --> 21:10.480 some councils not sitting there going, well, you know, we can they don't need air conditioning. 21:10.480 --> 21:16.160 Like it's a $250,000 liability. We know that the date of the year, and we need to be appropriately 21:16.160 --> 21:21.440 budgeting for it. Good idea. Okay. Thank you. Anything else after that? 21:22.800 --> 21:30.400 This was quick. I just want to say that working inside this project for all this time, 21:30.400 --> 21:36.880 Mora, you've been outstanding to work with. And I really appreciate your professionalism 21:36.880 --> 21:42.240 and your attention to detail. And I just wanted you all to know that she has been amazing this 21:42.240 --> 21:49.040 entire time. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be back next week. 21:51.680 --> 21:55.840 Well, anybody anybody who tells us we get some extra millions of dollars they deserve an applause. 21:56.480 --> 21:59.280 Yeah. Yeah. We'll go get you some beanies, chips and nachos. 22:00.240 --> 22:06.080 Okay. City administrator update. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to I have to say this every time 22:06.080 --> 22:11.120 the department heads do a report every month and it goes on the city under administration. 22:11.120 --> 22:16.160 This month, I think it's 20 pages. I do encourage everyone to read those there in the packet. But 22:16.160 --> 22:20.800 if you are wanting to read them at a different time, they're all each month, they're on the website. 22:21.600 --> 22:26.960 We are hiring for the summer. So if you have anybody that is looking for a summertime job, 22:26.960 --> 22:32.160 they can still jump online and help us out. I know I think John was filling in the pool yesterday. 22:32.800 --> 22:39.200 So we're getting ready for summer around here. I wanted to also let everyone know for we're 22:39.200 --> 22:46.960 going to be doing some work by underneath the i43 by the Inner Urban Trail. There will be some 22:47.040 --> 22:52.320 closures during the daytime. We will do every effort to open it at night and on the weekends. 22:52.320 --> 22:59.040 We're partnered with the county who runs Inner Urban Trail website and it's innerurbantrail.com. 22:59.040 --> 23:03.760 All of the updates will be on there. I just double checked and Andrew from the county has 23:03.760 --> 23:08.720 it updated. So it'll be open at night or after six o'clock and it'll be open on the weekend. So 23:08.720 --> 23:14.560 we're going to allow as much as much access as possible to anybody using that trail. And then 23:14.640 --> 23:18.800 they're doing as much as they can to keep that website updated if there are any closures. So 23:19.600 --> 23:26.400 stay tuned on that. This week we will also there will be striping done on Lake Drive. 23:26.400 --> 23:30.960 So that'll be happening and hopefully that will help alleviate some of the traffic 23:31.840 --> 23:39.120 out there and they will get that handled. And I believe the I will get that data center 23:39.120 --> 23:43.760 schedule backups up there. I don't know why it was taken down but I will get it back up there. 23:43.760 --> 23:46.880 I don't I didn't take it down but we'll get we'll certainly get it back up there. 23:49.040 --> 23:56.720 Oh okay. Okay. Okay we'll get it back up. So sorry about that. I didn't realize it was down. 23:56.720 --> 24:02.400 And then lastly I believe Rob wanted to do just a micro update on the Upper Lake Park. 24:03.840 --> 24:11.040 Sure. So I'm happy to report that our street department our street department was able to 24:11.040 --> 24:15.600 get a little small section less than 100 feet of Upper Lake Park 24:16.800 --> 24:22.320 reconstructed this week. So we should be opening reopening traffic northbound and 24:22.320 --> 24:28.480 through Upper Lake Park tomorrow afternoon. And just for the community's sake that was 24:29.520 --> 24:34.640 approved by overseen by can you just give the like slight details on why we're able to do that? 24:35.280 --> 24:41.360 Safely. Sure. Well just so this is a recommend this was a recommendation from our geo tech 24:41.360 --> 24:47.520 Miller engineers to pull back that section of the road from from the bluff which of course has 24:47.520 --> 24:54.640 been creeping towards the road. And we were essentially able with our own street department 24:54.640 --> 25:02.720 our own forces to do to do this work. And we rent the paving machine from Ozaki County and we're 25:02.720 --> 25:06.880 able to complete that. Yeah complete that work today and we'll stripe it tomorrow so the 25:06.880 --> 25:14.320 pedestrian lane will be back in action as well. I'll give a probably a larger I will give a 25:14.320 --> 25:19.760 larger presentation to Board of Public Works just a discussion and update at their meeting next 25:19.760 --> 25:27.040 Tuesday. Awesome. But that's a safe stretch now. Yes yes you have to travel again. Okay. 25:27.040 --> 25:32.080 And so we pulled out we pulled out a section of asphalt so that people you know to discourage 25:32.080 --> 25:38.240 people from even driving into that area. Yeah. I just it was back in the old days there was a 25:38.240 --> 25:45.840 guy who ran parks department or yeah parks his name was Joe Weiss. And he loved putting boulders 25:45.840 --> 25:50.960 along those strips to deter young people from driving along there. And I was thinking I was 25:50.960 --> 25:57.360 wondering if are we going to put anything on the other side to stop traffic from getting a little 25:57.440 --> 26:02.720 too close to that edge that isn't safe. Well the guardrail is still there. Yeah. Yeah. It's not 26:02.720 --> 26:08.800 being moved over with the road. No it's okay. That was not the plan currently. Okay. Yeah. Melissa. 26:09.360 --> 26:15.920 One more one question on that. Rob are we putting up fencing snow fencing or something along the 26:15.920 --> 26:23.840 top of the bluff to keep people back way? We were not planning on doing that. We do have signage that 26:24.720 --> 26:30.800 advises people to stay away from the edge. Okay. Because I you know Mayor talked about the 26:30.800 --> 26:37.760 undercutting and I just feel like we need to put something up there and people don't assume that 26:37.760 --> 26:44.880 it's good up to the edge. Yeah. Yeah. I guess that's I mean that's something we could discuss. I you 26:44.880 --> 26:51.200 know that would be a long you know it it might give the impression anywhere you don't have a sign 26:51.200 --> 26:57.600 that's perfectly safe. I guess nowhere along the bluff is perfectly safe to be standing on the 26:57.600 --> 27:04.080 edge. I just I'm just more worried about undercut areas. Yeah. Okay. Melissa. 27:05.840 --> 27:11.920 I actually said the same thing and there is a sign there. It's just one sign and you sent me 27:11.920 --> 27:16.640 the photo of it that to don't go there because I didn't see either. There isn't like barricades 27:16.720 --> 27:20.000 or anything and I don't think that we'll put those back up unless. 27:22.720 --> 27:28.720 And then the deal the only other question I had was do we have a timeline on the clearing 27:28.720 --> 27:34.640 of the path to the beach? We would like to start whether dependent we'd like to start that work 27:34.640 --> 27:40.160 next week. Okay. Excellent. Thank you. And then one other you're going to do the bike 27:40.160 --> 27:44.800 bed plan in June 2nd. Correct. Not next week or not. Yeah. We're going to what we're going to do 27:44.800 --> 27:48.560 with the bike bed plan is we'll take it. It was tabled at the board of parks last month. So we'll 27:48.560 --> 27:54.000 take it to public board of public works again this month. Traffic safety meets in May. So we're 27:54.000 --> 27:59.360 going to traffic safety and then take it to the council on June 2nd. I think it is. Perfect. 27:59.360 --> 28:04.880 Thank you. Awesome. Okay. And then the next agenda item then is from council committees 28:05.520 --> 28:09.200 general government and finance committee consideration and possible action and a recommendation to 28:09.200 --> 28:12.880 use debt reserves for the purchase of a replacement stump grinder. 28:14.240 --> 28:19.120 Should the use of a debt service serves be approved to fund a purchase of a replacement 28:19.120 --> 28:24.160 stump grinder in 2026 is the issue the staff recommends approval to use debt reserve to fund 28:24.160 --> 28:29.840 the purchase of a replacement stump grinder and there is a recommended motion to use $84,500 for 28:29.840 --> 28:36.560 that. Melissa. Thank you, Mayor. This did go to GGF and this was approved for our parks department. 28:36.560 --> 28:42.640 This was in the plan from 2024 and we had pushed it out and unfortunately it kind of 28:42.640 --> 28:50.240 went to put on it for us for what we need. John Crane is here for any questions on logistics or 28:50.240 --> 28:55.280 more of the mechanical pieces of it. But if we didn't buy it now, we would be spending probably 28:55.280 --> 29:01.760 20,000 more in a year. And then we don't have the usage of it right now. And we do use this 29:01.760 --> 29:07.040 piece of equipment quite a bit. And if you have any questions on the logistics, 29:07.040 --> 29:08.560 John's here. Otherwise, financials. 29:12.720 --> 29:17.840 Great, Lou. Just a few questions. What is the lifetime of this piece of equipment expected 29:17.840 --> 29:18.960 lifetime? It's right here. 29:19.920 --> 29:37.680 I guess we would look at it to about 10 years. At 10 years, we would see if we can extend it 29:37.680 --> 29:43.680 further. But I would say at about 10 years, maybe looking at a replacement. 29:44.160 --> 29:48.560 And what's the warranty on this product? Is there a warranty? 29:48.560 --> 29:55.520 There is there's a full warranty on it. I'd have to review what the warranty is, but 29:56.320 --> 30:00.160 it's in the itch. Yeah, it should be in there, but it's the same as the new purchase. 30:01.200 --> 30:06.720 Yeah. So one year standard limited warranty, three years gearbox and drive line and two years 30:07.280 --> 30:08.880 standard cat engine warranty. 30:12.240 --> 30:13.600 Where is that on? What page? 30:13.600 --> 30:17.440 It's in the packet under the quote. 17. 30:20.560 --> 30:24.640 I was wondering what the remote control, can you just do all this work from your house? 30:27.360 --> 30:31.200 With use of GIS, we may be able to do it from the office. 30:32.080 --> 30:38.320 A robotic stump writer. And lastly, Melissa had asked about it would cost us 20,000 more. Are 30:38.320 --> 30:43.040 there any other costs that would impact this if we didn't buy it now? 30:45.920 --> 30:54.160 Well, the cost would be we wouldn't be able to grind any stumps. What do you mean on what more costs? 30:54.800 --> 31:04.640 Like the type of product that it is, it's from a certain country, it's chances of getting this product. 31:04.640 --> 31:10.160 I guess anything's possible with the way things are changing with imports. 31:12.800 --> 31:19.680 But right now, as it stands, if we were to wait until next year, there's a $20,000 increase on a 31:19.680 --> 31:23.600 new piece of equipment. This is a demo model. We actually demoed this. We 31:24.800 --> 31:30.240 had demoed three different types of units. We want to switch to a track unit. This is going to 31:30.240 --> 31:37.120 save on a lot of time and labor. Part of the problem is we had a tow behind unit that the 31:37.120 --> 31:42.080 operator has to back up onto the parkways and it isn't very efficient. Also, when you want to do 31:42.080 --> 31:48.720 stumps in the parks, you have to drive the pickup truck and the machine. It's a towable trailer. 31:50.560 --> 31:55.040 We end up making a lot of ruts. We do a lot of stump grinding in spring, so the parkways are 31:55.040 --> 32:01.280 soft. It causes a lot of extra work to fill these in. That's why we were switching to a track unit. 32:02.080 --> 32:07.600 As I said, we demoed three different types of track units and felt this one was the best. 32:09.120 --> 32:18.560 What had happened is I don't know why, but the motor blew on the last one. I talked with our 32:18.560 --> 32:26.000 mechanic. Sensively on it, one of the injectors could have failed. We don't know for sure. Once 32:26.000 --> 32:32.880 it blows, it's kind of hard to say exactly why it happened. I talked with him about a rebuild and 32:32.880 --> 32:38.400 he wouldn't have the time to do it. It wouldn't be cost effective to pay for it with the amount of 32:38.400 --> 32:46.560 hours that are on it. That's why it should be done now. If we don't do it now, then all the stumps 32:46.560 --> 32:52.560 sit all summer. We have several stumps along the bike path right now. Then we do have several 32:52.560 --> 32:59.520 stumps throughout the summer. Then coming into fall, we're also going to have more stumps from 32:59.520 --> 33:05.680 our street tree removal. That would be a big cost as we don't have a stump grinder. We would have 33:05.680 --> 33:14.560 to rent one. Grafton was gracious enough to let us use theirs for our spring stumps. There's several 33:15.360 --> 33:21.040 costs in labor. I can't give definitive costs if we waited. 33:23.680 --> 33:25.040 Other questions, Mr. Gasper? 33:26.080 --> 33:32.560 Sure. Since we're going to pay for this out of reserve funds, are we going to budget for next 33:32.560 --> 33:38.800 year to refill the reserve funds for the same amount? Also, I said for selling the old one, 33:39.280 --> 33:43.440 to Cedarburg for $5,000, is that then going into reserve to make up for this? 33:43.920 --> 33:44.480 Yes. 33:45.440 --> 33:45.920 Yes. 33:45.920 --> 33:47.920 Yes, the most said yes. 33:48.720 --> 33:49.120 Thank you. 33:49.120 --> 33:51.680 In their capital reserves. 33:54.560 --> 33:55.840 Any other questions or concerns? 33:56.720 --> 33:58.000 I'll move to approve. 33:58.560 --> 33:59.280 I'll take a second. 33:59.280 --> 34:02.400 There's a motion to approve in a second. Any questions or concerns on the motion? 34:02.960 --> 34:05.200 All right, seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye. 34:05.760 --> 34:06.320 Opposed? 34:07.120 --> 34:07.840 Motion carries. 34:07.840 --> 34:10.880 That takes us to the next agenda item from the planned commission. 34:11.440 --> 34:16.720 Consideration and possible action on ordinance 2026-02 amending the zoning ordinance relating 34:16.720 --> 34:23.120 to permitted uses by right in the I-1 existing industrial and I-2 industrial park zoning districts. 34:23.120 --> 34:26.000 City of Port Washington is applicant. This is the first reading. 34:26.000 --> 34:32.880 The issue is should the common council, the common council is being asked to amend section 485-170 34:32.880 --> 34:38.160 of the city of Port Washington's zoning code to add indoor storage to the list of permitted uses 34:38.160 --> 34:40.640 for existing industrial planned developments? 34:40.640 --> 34:43.680 The staff recommendation is there's no recommendation at this 34:43.680 --> 34:45.920 as it is a first reading of the ordinance. 34:45.920 --> 34:48.560 We did review the supplanting commission and agreed with it. 34:48.560 --> 34:49.120 Mr. Harris. 34:49.920 --> 34:50.640 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. 34:50.640 --> 34:57.040 So the this ordinance will permit or it's a change in the zoning code to add that indoor storage use 34:57.600 --> 35:04.480 in industrial zoning districts, specifically only for those existing industrial planned 35:04.480 --> 35:10.800 developments. So in this case, it's both the business barns that are on South Park Street. 35:10.800 --> 35:16.000 Those are actually were allowed at the time of approval and also the maritime light industrial 35:16.000 --> 35:22.240 condominiums. And then the intent of this is just after speaking, you know, both with the developer 35:22.240 --> 35:29.440 on uses and also police and fire on certain code issues with these industrial developments. 35:30.480 --> 35:36.560 I think it's almost just a path of least resistance to allow this use in what is 35:36.560 --> 35:42.320 essentially a mixed use industrial district. So I think it just I think in this particular 35:42.320 --> 35:48.480 case with these particular developments, I think it's just it's an acceptable use. 35:48.480 --> 35:53.600 And so so there is no indoor storage use allowed right now. 35:53.600 --> 35:57.040 So in a plan development, it has to attach itself to an existing use. 35:57.040 --> 36:02.320 So we're putting it in the code and applying it to those industrial plan developments. 36:03.760 --> 36:05.200 Thank you, Mr. Harris. Any questions? 36:07.200 --> 36:10.560 Just speaking on behalf of myself from the planning commission a few years ago, 36:10.560 --> 36:14.800 I would have been adamantly opposed to this because we would have wanted to put density 36:14.800 --> 36:21.360 and high value industrial uses in the industrial park. And after, you know, two decades of trying 36:21.360 --> 36:27.840 to attract as well as working with those the existing occupants of the industrial park, 36:27.840 --> 36:33.120 they've sold off their extra lots. They do not see themselves growing. And this would be the best 36:33.120 --> 36:39.040 use for that land now. So I do recommend it from watching it for the last few years. 36:39.840 --> 36:44.320 So we'll have the public hearing and the action on this matter at the next council meeting. 36:45.600 --> 36:50.800 All good. Anything else? Okay. That takes us into the next agenda item. 36:51.680 --> 36:55.440 New business consideration and possible action on a quit claim deed with the 36:55.440 --> 37:00.640 Department Wisconsin Department of Transportation for highway access to the new safety building. 37:00.640 --> 37:06.480 This is at the corner of County Highway LL and State Highway 33. The staff recommends the city 37:06.480 --> 37:11.040 approve a quit claim deed with Wisconsin Department of Transportation to permit access 37:11.120 --> 37:16.160 to the new public safety building off of County Highway LL and State Highway 33. 37:17.120 --> 37:20.400 Mr. Vanden Oven. All right. Well, I'm happy to report that we 37:21.360 --> 37:25.600 that in just under the amount of time that it took to build the entire building that we were 37:25.600 --> 37:32.240 able to receive from the DOT a quit claim deed that we've been waiting for. So this is, as I think 37:32.240 --> 37:40.000 you all know, the DOT has had access restrictions on that property because of the ramps that used 37:40.000 --> 37:48.160 to be there for the old US Highway 141. And so it was a long process in which they typically sell 37:48.160 --> 37:54.320 these rights to people who wish to develop on the land. We were able to negotiate a deal 37:54.880 --> 38:00.560 with the DOT that they would only charge us the cost of the appraisal that they had to go through 38:00.560 --> 38:07.440 to find out how much the access was worth before they sold it to us for zero dollars. 38:07.440 --> 38:11.840 But the so the cost associated with it is twelve thousand five hundred 38:13.600 --> 38:18.800 and that substantially under the I think we had over two hundred thousand dollars budgeted for that 38:19.680 --> 38:23.840 two hundred and ten thousand dollars budgeted. So we the other requirement that they have 38:24.560 --> 38:29.680 for this access what they are which they are giving us and this quit claim deed 38:30.640 --> 38:36.240 is the cost of the left hand turn lane which will be going in this summer when we recon when the 38:36.240 --> 38:43.200 DOT researches Highway 33. So in that cost I think I have estimated around sixty 38:43.840 --> 38:51.520 thousand dollars. So part of our part of our savings that we'll realize with the construction 38:51.520 --> 38:55.920 of the new building. And we worked you worked with the Department of Transportation on this. 38:55.920 --> 39:01.760 We also talked to some local legislators got some help on that. So that's a big swing in 39:02.720 --> 39:07.200 costs and a reduction. So thank you for that extra effort as well as our friends who helped us on 39:07.200 --> 39:13.040 that. Any other questions for Rob? Yeah I guess since you brought it up Rob do you have timing 39:13.040 --> 39:20.880 from the DOT when they're going to start construction on 33 there? We don't so they they had we it 39:20.880 --> 39:26.320 was just out for bids we do have a low bidder and I apologize I can't remember who it is but we do 39:26.320 --> 39:30.960 not have a schedule from that contractor yet but it will be this year. Yes I'm doing yeah I don't 39:30.960 --> 39:36.000 know if it'll be mid-summer or late summer but yeah as soon as I know that I'll certainly get 39:36.000 --> 39:42.560 that information out. Thanks. I did have a question about this not this particular thing but it's 39:42.560 --> 39:49.520 within the purview of this conversation is when visiting the fire and safety center one of my 39:49.520 --> 39:56.160 wonderings was because of the both contingency fund and the DOT approval for this did we or can we 39:56.240 --> 40:01.360 consider on County Highway LL where the fire engines and trucks would be coming out? 40:01.360 --> 40:05.360 I know that we've talked about potentially striping LL in a way to ensure that people 40:05.360 --> 40:11.840 driving know that that's an exit but would we ever light that i.e. you know safety light 40:11.840 --> 40:16.880 traffic light flips red when the engines are coming out or an ambulance is coming out to ensure 40:16.880 --> 40:22.720 that traffic safety on that corner. We've not we've not considered that I think I think 40:23.360 --> 40:28.320 we did talk about it but we did not move forward with it I think the fire department felt that 40:28.320 --> 40:32.400 with the lights and the sirens that are on the vehicles themselves that that would be enough 40:32.400 --> 40:40.160 given that it's a fairly low low traffic volume on LL. Okay that was the thinking but we did 40:40.160 --> 40:47.120 discuss that during design. Okay all right so then there is a motion a recommended motion to 40:47.120 --> 40:51.120 approve the quid claim deed. Oh Mr. Benning or Mary Lou I'm sorry. 40:52.400 --> 40:58.160 Do you know what the landscaping that they're planning on doing in June will be disturbed from 40:58.160 --> 41:02.320 the work that they plan on doing in July? Has that been? 41:04.480 --> 41:09.360 What could you say the question again? Well so they're going to do a left hand turn right 41:10.240 --> 41:16.400 and that goes into which direction is that coming help me out? So that's yeah so that's 41:16.400 --> 41:23.760 eastbound highway 33 left hand turn into the public safety building yeah into the driveway 41:23.760 --> 41:28.720 highway 33. Yeah which is shared with earnesty. Okay so that's not going to impact any any of 41:28.720 --> 41:34.640 the work that's being done or is. No not any of the work that's being done at the public safety 41:35.120 --> 41:41.360 No. Okay. Mr. Benning I would move to approve. There's a motion to approve is there a second? 41:41.920 --> 41:46.160 Seconded by Ms. Miller any questions or concerns on the motion? All right seeing none all in 41:46.160 --> 41:51.840 favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? All right the motion carries. That takes us to the next 41:51.840 --> 41:55.520 agenda item under new business consideration a possible action on accepting a donation in the 41:55.520 --> 42:01.040 form of a sculpture in Cole Dock Park. The issue is should the common council accept an I love 42:01.120 --> 42:07.040 Port Washington sculpture in Cole Dock Park. I'm going to have Melissa start with this and then 42:07.040 --> 42:14.480 I'll add to it. Sounds good. So this action item is out of working with Park and Rec and the 42:14.480 --> 42:21.040 Friends of Parks and Rec. We have a donation for a sculpture in the Cole Dock Park and this has 42:21.040 --> 42:27.760 been a long awaited project of having a sculpture garden in Cole Dock Park from a long time ago 42:27.760 --> 42:34.000 some plans we had there so we're working on getting that started. This is would be one of 42:34.000 --> 42:40.480 hopefully many in the future and this is this is a donation from cloverleaf who we were working 42:40.480 --> 42:45.920 with early on in the project and I know that John Crane is here to answer any questions about 42:45.920 --> 42:52.320 location. He was out there and then Mr. Mayor if you have any additions. You handled it pretty 42:52.320 --> 42:57.840 well. I mean what what we did was this was five six years ago so right after covid when we 42:58.400 --> 43:04.400 decided to use the relief funds to support paint on port we had said that when that stage kind of 43:04.400 --> 43:08.560 closed out we would seek the opportunity to put sculptures at Cole Dock Park and around the city 43:08.560 --> 43:13.920 of Port Washington. So this is really just to kind of trigger those pieces and philanthropic 43:13.920 --> 43:19.440 investment in there. It's a steel sculpture. It'll be fabricated in the state of Wisconsin and 43:19.440 --> 43:24.000 CD Smith is working with us on there. CD Smith has done the two jobs at the 43:24.000 --> 43:29.440 police and fire center as well as our water plant and they will be making a cash donation 43:29.440 --> 43:34.400 towards us as well to support the ongoing maintenance of the project but is also doing some work in 43:34.400 --> 43:40.240 kind as a as a level of gratitude to the city of Port Washington. So the total project costs are 43:40.240 --> 43:45.200 now estimated to be $92,000. We added a sidewalk in there and a couple of other things after John 43:45.200 --> 43:53.280 and I met with CD Smith but it's being laid out in a way that it'll be tilted a little bit so that 43:53.280 --> 43:58.240 when you're downtown Port Washington you'll look across 13 feet high by 12 foot wide. You'll be 43:58.240 --> 44:03.520 able to see it and really the vision of starting with an I love Port Washington sculpture was I 44:03.520 --> 44:07.280 think anybody who grows up in Port Washington there's like three places you go take prom homecoming 44:07.280 --> 44:13.680 pictures and wedding photos etc and we just thought it would be a really iconic kind of start to our 44:13.680 --> 44:17.360 sculptures here in the city of Port Washington so I'm pretty excited about it and happy that we 44:17.360 --> 44:21.600 were able to find someone willing to fund the whole thing versus you know chasing some different 44:21.600 --> 44:26.400 pieces and actually just the conversation around this has led to other inquiries of other people 44:26.400 --> 44:31.200 who want to then donate sculptures and one of the pieces that I'm going to be requesting is that 44:31.200 --> 44:36.800 the council when we do our strategic planning work session here this summer that we kind of 44:36.800 --> 44:43.600 establish a sculpture policy like other cities and communities have of kind of the lane of which 44:43.600 --> 44:50.240 we would allow or accept sculpture donations in the city so that we can make sure that people 44:50.240 --> 44:54.960 have parameters understanding of that. I think for me the biggest thing was that there's operating 44:54.960 --> 44:58.480 and maintenance cost built into this so that we don't we aren't in the hook there's no surprises 44:58.480 --> 45:02.560 when it comes to long-term maintenance of the sculpture or hopefully future sculptures and I 45:02.640 --> 45:07.440 also commend Melissa for for getting that generation policy kind of buttoned up so that we feel good 45:07.440 --> 45:12.320 about this and that being stuck with me on on-term maintenance costs going forward so very happy 45:12.320 --> 45:18.400 to see that as well. Ms. Miller? I'm very happy with the sculpture and I think it will be a great 45:18.400 --> 45:25.280 addition however I am so disappointed that it didn't go to park and rec first that that committee 45:25.280 --> 45:32.480 truly doesn't get to contribute much to this community at this point and it saddens me 45:32.480 --> 45:39.520 that those individuals are left out so I know I'm no no I'll say I'll take responsibility for that 45:40.640 --> 45:45.920 and I did bring this to park and rec I think two years ago when we had multiple sculpture 45:45.920 --> 45:52.560 kind of conversations and and and yeah looking back I appreciate that. Other comments or concerns 45:53.200 --> 45:58.080 though is is there anyone willing to make a motion to accept the donation? I'll make a 45:58.080 --> 46:02.640 motion to accept the donation. There's a motion in a second. Any questions or concerns on the 46:02.640 --> 46:08.240 motion? All right seeing none all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? All right the 46:08.240 --> 46:12.400 motion carries. I guess before we move on Mr. Mayor you don't mind um schedule for installation? 46:13.200 --> 46:20.160 Yes so this thank the good question um after meeting with C.D. Smith being approved tonight 46:20.720 --> 46:25.920 the donations will be acquired in the next four or five days but that will allow John to execute 46:26.880 --> 46:31.840 with park or friends of park and rec to get moving. The estimated time I think he said would be by mid 46:31.840 --> 46:39.040 June would be not the most aggressive because my goal was actually Memorial Day but it turns 46:39.040 --> 46:43.280 out fabricating that much steel getting it painted installed it takes a little longer than that. 46:44.320 --> 46:49.760 Yeah so well before the goal was well before fish day and in the heart of wedding season so 46:50.560 --> 46:56.160 we can go down there plan on a nice ribbon cutting uh some beautiful day in June where it's 30 46:56.160 --> 47:02.480 degrees at coldock park and 80 right here. Okay thank you for that everybody. All right so 47:02.480 --> 47:08.800 consideration and possible action on resolution 26-05 approving the elected officials handbook for 47:08.800 --> 47:14.400 elected officials holding office as of April 21st 2026. The issue is should the common console 47:14.400 --> 47:20.800 approve this and the city attorney recommends common console adopt resolution 2026-05. Mr. 47:20.800 --> 47:27.760 Nugent. Thank you Mr. Mayor uh resolution 2026-05 um is a resolution regarding the elected 47:27.760 --> 47:33.200 officials handbook um essentially it's ratifying that elected officials handbook the current version 47:33.760 --> 47:38.720 uh the updated version excuse me of that handbook essentially what we've done is we've gone through 47:38.720 --> 47:43.440 and updated some information that needed to be updating um really bringing it in line to what 47:43.440 --> 47:50.080 actually is occurring in the city um this year um the sole real material change is the addition 47:50.080 --> 47:55.840 of a confidentiality policy um there was some confusion amongst council members about what 47:55.840 --> 48:00.640 in fact was confidential what obligations and responsibilities that were for confidentiality 48:00.640 --> 48:05.120 and so it made sense to kind of write that down and put that in one place to um allow council 48:05.120 --> 48:11.120 members to review and refresh if if they have any questions about that um so that's really what 48:11.120 --> 48:16.320 this is it's it brings it in line with what we do with the employee handbook employees um they 48:16.320 --> 48:21.280 have to sign the handbook um when they come on um they sign it they acknowledge it and so resolution 48:21.280 --> 48:26.400 2026-05 really brings the elected officials handbook into line with that practice as well. 48:28.000 --> 48:31.120 Thank you for that Mr. Nugent. Any questions on the handbook? 48:33.600 --> 48:37.760 Just a reminder to council to read it thoroughly and then ask if there's any wonders or worries 48:37.840 --> 48:42.400 in there to make sure to address them with Melissa and I just wanted to thank Melissa 48:42.400 --> 48:46.720 and Susan and the team for putting that handbook together a couple years back we didn't really 48:46.720 --> 48:51.280 operate with any kind of norms or rules governing ourselves other than ordinances and that's a 48:51.920 --> 48:56.080 a burdensome understanding for each of us so with that is there anyone willing to make a 48:56.080 --> 49:01.920 motion to adopt resolution 2026-05? I'll move to approve. There's a motion to approve and a second 49:01.920 --> 49:06.240 any questions or concerns on the motion so you know an all in favor signify by saying aye. 49:06.960 --> 49:12.960 Opposed? All right. Motion is carried. That brings us to public comments and appearances 49:12.960 --> 49:15.760 are there any public comments or appearances as we close out. 49:17.440 --> 49:22.320 Okay seeing none that brings us into our last agenda item which is a convene in a closed session 49:22.320 --> 49:28.160 per Wisconsin state statute 19.851g for the purpose of conferring with legal counsel for the 49:28.160 --> 49:33.120 governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the 49:33.120 --> 49:38.640 body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. Is there anyone 49:38.640 --> 49:43.920 willing to make such a motion? There's a motion and a second. Any questions or concerns on the 49:43.920 --> 49:51.280 motion? I'm going to abstain on voting in this. Okay in a second we do a roll call and then when 49:51.360 --> 50:00.560 we roll call then that's with them. Okay so roll call vote Ward 1. Ward 2. Ward 3. Ward 4. Ward 5. 50:00.560 --> 50:07.280 Ward 6. Abstain at Ward 7. We are now in closed session. Please clear the chambers. 50:08.160 --> 50:09.520 Council will do this immediately. 50:14.000 --> 50:18.320 Thank you.