WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.960 Order the Tuesday, June 2nd, 00:04.960 --> 00:07.120 2026 meeting of the City of 00:07.120 --> 00:09.160 Port Washington Common Council. 00:09.160 --> 00:12.800 If you'd all rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. 00:14.560 --> 00:19.600 The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America 00:19.600 --> 00:22.200 and to the republic for which it stands, 00:22.200 --> 00:24.160 one nation under God, 00:24.160 --> 00:27.800 indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 00:27.800 --> 00:32.520 And just a quick comment, 00:32.520 --> 00:35.720 the mayor is out of town and excused. 00:35.720 --> 00:41.240 And I will be presiding and voting tonight. 00:41.240 --> 00:44.760 With that, we'll move into public comments and appearances. 00:44.760 --> 00:47.920 Individuals wishing to speak during public comments will be 00:47.920 --> 00:51.840 limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. 00:51.840 --> 00:55.480 The common council has this discretion. 00:55.560 --> 00:58.200 May limit the total time for public comments 00:58.200 --> 01:01.880 to a maximum of 30 minutes for each public comment period. 01:01.880 --> 01:03.400 We have public comments. 01:05.320 --> 01:06.920 And name and address, please. 01:06.920 --> 01:09.000 It could you please sign the clipboard as well. 01:09.000 --> 01:09.800 Thank you. Done. 01:13.240 --> 01:15.800 Tracy Finch, Port Washington, Wisconsin. 01:15.800 --> 01:19.480 Members of the council and the mayor when he listens to this recording. 01:19.480 --> 01:23.320 I am here because our community is being treated as expendable. 01:23.320 --> 01:26.440 And I refuse to let that go unchallenged. 01:26.440 --> 01:31.640 Vantage plans to run the diesel fired emergency generators 45 days every year 01:31.640 --> 01:35.560 four at a time blasting toxic exhaust 01:35.560 --> 01:40.680 into the same air our children, seniors, families breathe. 01:40.680 --> 01:43.800 They keep repeating. It's only an hour. 01:43.800 --> 01:46.520 But that's not how the human body works. 01:46.520 --> 01:51.400 Pollution hits in violent spikes and those spikes land on real people 01:51.400 --> 01:55.960 with real lungs, medical conditions, and vulnerabilities. 01:55.960 --> 01:59.800 These emissions aren't abstract. They worsen asthma. 01:59.800 --> 02:03.720 They trigger heart problems. They inflame respiratory illness. 02:03.720 --> 02:07.560 They settle into the lungs of kids at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. 02:07.560 --> 02:10.120 They drift into the homes of newborns. 02:10.120 --> 02:13.960 They hit the bodies of people already fighting to stay healthy. 02:13.960 --> 02:20.360 And all of this is avoidable. Other cities have demanded cleaner systems, 02:20.440 --> 02:25.640 battery storage, natural gas turbines, fuel cells, hybrid microgrids. 02:25.640 --> 02:30.440 These technologies exist right now. Vantage could choose them tomorrow. 02:30.440 --> 02:36.280 The only reason they haven't is because no one in leadership has required it. 02:36.280 --> 02:39.960 I am asking you, the majority of you, directly 02:39.960 --> 02:45.480 to step up into leadership vacuum. If the mayor won't stand up, 02:45.480 --> 02:49.160 or someone stand here, and defend the health of this community, 02:49.160 --> 02:53.800 then you must. You have the authority to insist on cleaner alternatives. 02:53.800 --> 02:57.960 You have the responsibility to protect the people who elected you. 02:57.960 --> 03:02.200 And you have the chance tonight to show that Port Washington's health 03:02.200 --> 03:05.080 is worth more than a corporation convenience. 03:05.080 --> 03:09.400 Port Washington is not disposable. Our health is not negotiable. 03:09.400 --> 03:14.360 Our families are not collateral damage. And the cost of doing nothing will 03:14.360 --> 03:18.040 measured in the longs of people you swore to protect. 03:18.040 --> 03:21.480 It costs we cannot afford. 03:23.240 --> 03:27.720 Thank you. Other public comments, appearances? 03:27.720 --> 03:31.160 Okay. We'll move on to the consent agenda. 03:31.160 --> 03:34.760 I'm looking for. 03:36.600 --> 03:40.360 And looking for all those in favor? 03:40.360 --> 03:44.200 All right. Opposed? Thank you. 03:44.360 --> 03:50.040 So, Mayor's business, we have two appointments, which is different than what 03:50.040 --> 03:55.800 we were previously sent. We have, for Board of Public Works, 03:55.800 --> 04:00.680 we have Cam Polly being reappointed to the Board of Public Works. 04:00.680 --> 04:07.320 And then for Park and Recreation, we have Patrick Tierney being appointed as a new 04:07.320 --> 04:12.600 member of the community, as instead of as an 04:12.600 --> 04:15.480 older as he was in the past. So, look here. 04:15.480 --> 04:17.320 I'll make a motion to approve those appointments. 04:17.320 --> 04:18.360 I'll make a motion to approve. 04:20.440 --> 04:22.840 Second. All those in favor? 04:22.840 --> 04:24.120 Aye. Thank you. 04:26.600 --> 04:32.920 All right. Mayor's updates, I don't have anything at this point. 04:34.760 --> 04:38.920 So, we'll move on. Gerald and Dennis, you're up for the 04:39.880 --> 04:43.960 Harbor Commission Charter presentation. 04:51.640 --> 04:56.840 Good evening. Gerald, growing from the Port Washington Harbor Commission to present the 04:58.600 --> 05:05.880 2026 charter. Before getting into that, there's some background that you may or may not 05:05.880 --> 05:08.440 know about, but I found some of it kind of interesting. 05:09.880 --> 05:18.120 The Harbor Commission was established with the Wisconsin Statute 30.47 and 38. 05:19.240 --> 05:25.080 And the Municipal Chapters 8 to 19. 05:26.360 --> 05:30.600 And the next sentence that I'm going to read kind of sums up everything we do. 05:31.400 --> 05:36.440 The Board of Harbor Commissioners shall make such plans as it themes necessary 05:36.440 --> 05:40.280 for the improvement of the Harbor over which it has jurisdiction. 05:40.840 --> 05:46.680 The Board shall not carry out any such plans until approved by the Common Council. 05:47.320 --> 05:52.680 The Board of Harbor Commissioners shall have exclusive control over the commercial aspects 05:52.680 --> 05:56.760 of the day-to-day operations of the Harbor and its facilities. 05:56.840 --> 06:02.440 The Board shall fix fees and charges for the use of the Harbor facilities, 06:02.440 --> 06:08.600 except such fees shall be subject to the approval by the Council. So, in effect, we're an advisory 06:09.800 --> 06:15.080 organization. Our mission is to provide oversight for the Merida operation 06:15.640 --> 06:22.040 by developing policies and plans that guide the vision and provide fiduciary support. 06:22.200 --> 06:31.400 The Harbor Commission is scheduled to meet on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 o'clock here. 06:35.240 --> 06:42.680 The Harbor Commission was created by a resolution of the Common Council 06:42.680 --> 06:49.320 and as such, it's held that there will be seven members. 06:50.360 --> 06:55.800 Appointments to the Harbor Commission shall be made by the May or subject to confirmation 06:55.800 --> 07:01.400 by a majority vote of all of the Common Council. No person shall be appointed unless they are 07:02.200 --> 07:06.600 a qualified elector of the city and have been a resident of the city for at least three years. 07:06.760 --> 07:12.840 The term of each of the members is three years. 07:15.080 --> 07:20.840 The Mayor makes the appointments and they are approved by the Council. 07:22.840 --> 07:29.880 And the Harbor Master serves as staff liaison to the Board of Harbor Commissioners. 07:30.760 --> 07:41.080 Now, the strategic goals that we have this year and some of these we've been working on before. 07:43.000 --> 07:49.160 Establish a Harbor Security Plan with Ozaki County Emergency Management and the Police 07:49.160 --> 07:55.800 Department and the Fire Department. A design Merida's north building improvements 07:56.120 --> 08:05.480 maintain our elite fleet status through marinas.com based on customer reviews. 08:07.240 --> 08:14.120 Upgrade the Mermina software to include a complete point of sale system in the Merino 08:14.120 --> 08:21.400 Office and the fuel pier. Install permeable pavers to the south of the Fish Cleaning Station 08:22.280 --> 08:30.440 working with the DNR and other agencies. 08:32.840 --> 08:38.040 And then try to work with tourism people in town to 08:41.880 --> 08:47.480 maintain our commercial ports association status. 08:47.640 --> 08:56.040 Finally, we send a customer satisfaction survey to Merina tenants. 08:59.080 --> 09:05.960 The operational responsibilities are it follows. The Harbor Master creates the operational budget 09:05.960 --> 09:09.160 and capital budget prepared monthly reports. 09:10.440 --> 09:14.520 Harbor Master also is responsible for asset management including Merina equipment, 09:15.400 --> 09:21.880 control building, north building, main marina and north slip docks, fuel equipment and fish cleaning 09:21.880 --> 09:27.960 station. Harbor Master interviews and recommends employees for hire to the Harbor Commission. 09:30.600 --> 09:39.240 There's some issues we run into such as supply chain issues, labor shortages, economic downturns 09:40.120 --> 09:50.360 and securing grants to fund projects. We can counter that somewhat to closely monitor our 09:50.360 --> 09:57.400 inventory. We have increased, I guess you have increased the starting wage to $16 an hour to 09:57.400 --> 10:03.000 get suitable applicants so that the Merina will continue to run as a world class operation. 10:03.000 --> 10:14.520 And excuse me, we want to have competitive rates to ensure customers return year after year. 10:16.200 --> 10:22.920 We want to give customers the reason to come to Port Washington and again partnering with 10:22.920 --> 10:30.040 with local businesses and events. We work with the DNR and other organizations to aid in securing 10:30.040 --> 10:41.320 grants for upcoming projects. We measure our success by rankings, some reviews and the 10:42.040 --> 10:48.120 maintaining of the clean Merina designation that we've had for how many years, Dennis? 10:50.280 --> 10:54.360 It's going to be 15 years at the end of this cycle. And weren't we the first one? And we were 10:54.360 --> 11:05.240 the first ones in the state of Wisconsin. Again, we want to make sure that we handle customers 11:05.880 --> 11:13.640 complaints or concerns immediately. Stay within or below budget on capital and operational items 11:13.960 --> 11:25.880 and adjust a 10 year capital plan on a yearly basis. And there's just a couple more notes here that 11:26.920 --> 11:33.000 Harbor Commission agendas and packets are available on the city website. Annual reports are posted 11:33.000 --> 11:41.480 on the Merina webpage and department reports are submitted monthly to the DPW and Common Council. 11:42.440 --> 11:48.200 Do you have anything you wanted to add? No. That's all I have. Anybody have any questions? 11:48.760 --> 11:51.000 Thank you, Gerald. Any questions for the? 11:53.000 --> 11:59.320 Let's go really quick. The North building, what exactly was delayed until 2027, the design or 11:59.320 --> 12:08.520 the improvements themselves? I believe we don't have the design yet. We wanted to start it 12:09.240 --> 12:16.840 next year. It's been pushed on now to working with Rob to figure this thing out. It was about 12:16.840 --> 12:24.680 financing, wasn't it? Oh, it's financing. We don't have bids. We don't have a design yet. It just 12:24.680 --> 12:29.800 gets bigger. It's good to keep pushing and push it up. Yeah. Mark, we'll kick it off for you. 12:29.800 --> 12:36.680 Okay. Well, thank you guys. Nice job down there. 12:37.320 --> 12:42.200 Thank you. Thank you. President Benny. I have a question for him. Sir. Yes. 12:42.760 --> 12:48.920 This is an enterprise correct in our financial budget, meaning that it's not taxpayer funded, 12:48.920 --> 12:56.920 that this. That's correct. Service or amenity that we have for the city is it's self-supporting. 12:57.480 --> 13:05.960 Yes. And does the city provide any supported all other than assistance and maybe hiring 13:05.960 --> 13:10.680 people and things like that? But financially, it's what comes in is what you get to spend. 13:11.400 --> 13:17.880 Is that true? And actually, we give the city gets $50,000 a year in lieu of taxes. 13:18.520 --> 13:26.520 So this. Okay. Okay. And then totally off pace. We're renting a slip this time for the first 13:26.520 --> 13:34.280 time this year. Is there a bike rack near the harbor? A bike rack? Yeah. Yes. Okay. 13:34.280 --> 13:40.280 At where? Because staff did not seem to know where that was. It's at where the north building is. 13:40.280 --> 13:46.520 Okay. Thank you, sir. Your answer. Does that fish on it? Yeah, it looks like a fish. It's a circle. 13:47.480 --> 13:53.560 Thank you, sir. You wouldn't recognize it as a bike. Stand. That may be why. Thank you, sir. 13:53.560 --> 14:01.560 You're welcome. Okay. Sorry about that. All right. Thank you, guys. Okay. Thank you. 14:01.640 --> 14:07.880 Thank you. Move on to the 2025 city audit presentation. Is that you, Mark? 14:19.240 --> 14:21.720 Thank you for having me here again this evening. 14:24.760 --> 14:30.040 Brian Grunwald with Clifton Arsenal. And before I get started, I do want to thank Mark and 14:30.040 --> 14:33.640 your team for the cooperation assistance that we receive throughout the audit process. 14:35.000 --> 14:39.400 We ask for a lot of information. Mark is very detailed. We certainly appreciate that and all 14:39.400 --> 14:45.640 the cooperation. He's very responsive throughout the process. And from my perspective, it goes very, 14:45.640 --> 14:53.960 very smoothly. And in terms of the audit documents for tonight's discussion, you should have the 14:53.960 --> 14:58.840 audited financial statements as well as a governance communication letter. But for purposes tonight's 14:58.840 --> 15:02.920 discussion, I'm just going to go through a PowerPoint. It's very brief and high level. 15:02.920 --> 15:08.040 But if anyone has any questions about the audit process or the audit documents themselves, 15:08.040 --> 15:18.840 certainly please feel free to ask. Here we go. In terms of the discussion tonight, 15:18.840 --> 15:22.360 just a brief agenda in terms of what I'd like to walk through, I'm going to give you a very 15:22.360 --> 15:26.600 high level overview of the audit reports. There's actually two of them that are included within 15:26.680 --> 15:32.200 your audited financial statements and then also some required communications. I have very brief 15:32.200 --> 15:37.080 comments in terms of financial highlights. And then the reference to industry insights and emerging 15:37.080 --> 15:42.040 issues is really some regulatory standards that are that are going to be applicable for future 15:42.040 --> 15:50.280 engagements. This first slide here just gives you a summary and overview of the two different 15:50.280 --> 15:54.920 reports that are included within your financial statements. The auditor's report on the basic 15:54.920 --> 16:00.200 financial statements begins on page one. It is considered to be an unmodified opinion. 16:00.200 --> 16:04.520 Essentially means that I believe that your financial statements are complete and accurate in accordance 16:04.520 --> 16:09.160 with professional standards. That's exactly what you should hope or expect to see as part of the 16:09.160 --> 16:16.120 audit process. And then there's also a report on internal control. Again, the city is responsible 16:16.120 --> 16:21.640 for how things are done on a daily monthly annual basis. They're responsible for things like how 16:21.720 --> 16:26.680 you handle cash, how you process payroll, how you pay your bills. All that's considered as part 16:26.680 --> 16:31.880 of that internal control environment and control structure. We don't issue an opinion on that, 16:31.880 --> 16:36.280 but when we become aware of conditions which we refer to as findings, we are required to 16:36.280 --> 16:42.600 communicate those. So you have seen this reference to segregation of duties in the past. I would say 16:42.600 --> 16:48.120 very common for organizations of your size. You just need to understand that because of the size 16:48.120 --> 16:54.200 of the finance department and staffing, we do have a comment relative to how duties are 16:54.200 --> 17:00.600 segregated in terms of accounting and processing. Again, repeat comment, very common for organizations 17:00.600 --> 17:05.400 of your size. I also do want to point out or highlight that in the past we have had additional 17:05.400 --> 17:12.440 findings. There was one last year for 2024 that related to proposed adjustments that we made as 17:12.440 --> 17:17.000 part of the audit process. Happy to communicate that those have been resolved and no further 17:17.000 --> 17:22.040 findings related to that. Any thoughts or comment on that slide before I move forward? 17:24.440 --> 17:29.480 Okay. This next slide here included within the governance communications. There's a 17:29.480 --> 17:33.800 multi-page letter. It includes information that we're required to communicate as part of the 17:33.800 --> 17:39.320 audit process. It's very standardized accounting language. The topics that are included in there 17:39.320 --> 17:43.480 are very similar to what you've seen in the past. I just wanted to take a moment to point that out 17:43.560 --> 17:47.960 again because it is information that we're required to communicate. From my perspective, 17:47.960 --> 17:52.040 certainly nothing that I would consider to be unusual. No red flags are included in there. 17:52.840 --> 17:57.720 In the slide here gives you a few references to some of the topics that are discussed in 17:57.720 --> 18:04.920 there. Again, things like accounting policies, significant transactions, estimates. We always 18:04.920 --> 18:09.240 talk about estimates as part of the audit process. So standard communication, again, 18:09.240 --> 18:11.160 no red flags or no issues or concerns there. 18:16.440 --> 18:22.040 Then I just wanted to jump ahead and financially, I always like to take a look at your fund balance. 18:22.040 --> 18:29.000 That's really the most common metric for judging a municipality's financial condition. So I have 18:29.000 --> 18:34.360 a few slides here relative to fund balance. This first one is just focusing on your general fund 18:35.000 --> 18:41.720 and focusing on the history of what your balances have been. At the end of 2025, 18:41.720 --> 18:47.880 you ended the year at just under $3.7 million of fund balance reserves. That's the sum of the 18:47.880 --> 18:53.080 two different categories that you see on the slide here. Very comparable to how you ended the year 18:53.080 --> 19:03.160 2024. The sum of all of your expenses exceeded all of your revenues by $2896. So just a slight 19:03.160 --> 19:09.000 decrease in your overall reserves. And then you can see the reference to that. Okay, we'll jump 19:09.000 --> 19:15.480 ahead. This next slide focuses in that unassigned category, which is where most of your dollars 19:15.480 --> 19:21.880 were held. And from a benchmarking perspective, we always like to compare the amount of unassigned 19:21.880 --> 19:27.080 fund balance reserves that you have in comparison to the actual expenditures that are flowing 19:27.160 --> 19:33.480 through your budget. Again, for benchmarking purposes, the city does have a policy that's 19:33.480 --> 19:40.520 referenced there with a red line like to be a minimum of 20%. That blue line shows your actual 19:40.520 --> 19:48.200 experience. You can see you ended 2025 at 29.2%. The last several years being in a similar range 19:48.200 --> 19:53.720 there. The message being is you're above your policy, above your minimum policy. And certainly, 19:53.800 --> 19:57.960 I would consider that to be strong in terms of your overall fund balance reserves and condition. 19:57.960 --> 20:02.120 And obviously, I know a lot of effort goes into the budget process. Obviously, encourage those 20:02.920 --> 20:05.320 activities and initiatives to continue. 20:08.840 --> 20:13.400 Then this next slide here, just giving you a snapshot of your special revenue funds. And again, 20:13.400 --> 20:18.040 this just presents the balance that you have left in those reserves at the end of the year. 20:18.040 --> 20:23.640 And comparing back to the prior year at the end of 2024, you can see the different funds listed 20:23.640 --> 20:29.080 down the slide. Just referencing the total, you ended the year at just over $2 million in those 20:29.080 --> 20:36.520 funds up from $1.9 million for the previous year. Again, just really wanted to give you a snapshot 20:36.520 --> 20:44.840 of the balances left at the end of the year in those funds. And then if we jump ahead, this next 20:45.400 --> 20:50.680 similar information gives you a snapshot of your balances in both the debt service fund, 20:50.680 --> 20:55.800 as well as your capital projects funds. Do want to point out, when you look at the debt service 20:55.800 --> 21:01.240 fund, you do note the increase in that balance at the end of the year for 2025, really due to 21:01.240 --> 21:05.400 some police and fire impact fees and additional revenues coming in. And do want to remind you 21:05.400 --> 21:09.960 that those balances are restricted for future principal interest payments. 21:09.960 --> 21:17.960 And then if we move into the capital projects fund section, the first category there, the capital 21:17.960 --> 21:23.000 and special projects, always important to consider timing when you think enough capital projects 21:23.000 --> 21:27.240 funds. Think of the process of going through and doing things like issuing debt, for example, 21:28.040 --> 21:32.280 when is that debt and that debt proceeds received versus the timing of when you spend 21:32.360 --> 21:39.800 down those funds during 2025, you did issue 31.8 million of general obligation debt for the public 21:39.800 --> 21:45.880 safety building. And the reason that you have the 17 million at the end of the year is just because 21:45.880 --> 21:51.800 of the spend down and the unspent debt proceeds that you have received. And then also giving you a 21:51.800 --> 21:57.960 snapshot of the tax incremental districts. Just want to point out that numbers in brackets, 21:57.960 --> 22:04.920 those are deficits. So you can see that for 2024 and number number three. And then tid five, 22:04.920 --> 22:09.720 just pointing out emphasizing that the dash there's really a zero. So just wanted to point that out. 22:12.680 --> 22:18.840 So that's a very quick overview of your fund balance and your financial condition. There is 22:18.840 --> 22:23.000 more information, more detailed information included in your governance communication letter. 22:23.000 --> 22:26.920 Obviously, the financial statements also have a lot of detailed information. If you have any 22:27.000 --> 22:30.840 questions on any of that, either now or to future date, I'd be happy to come back and answer any 22:30.840 --> 22:36.520 questions. And then I just have a few slides here. The reference to GASB is governmental 22:36.520 --> 22:40.520 accounting standards board because you are a municipality, you are required to follow those 22:40.520 --> 22:45.960 standards. So just wanted to share some information with regards to upcoming standards that we'll be 22:45.960 --> 22:52.120 working through for the city. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail on these. The message that I 22:52.120 --> 22:56.360 want to leave you with is there's a few different standards. We will work with the city to make 22:56.360 --> 23:00.520 sure that they're properly implemented when they are required to be implemented. And on each 23:00.520 --> 23:05.960 one of the slides here, I listed the effective date in a real high level overview of what the 23:05.960 --> 23:10.520 statement represents or what we need to do. There's more information on our website if anyone 23:10.520 --> 23:15.080 cares to dig into more details on that. This first one here deals with financial reporting. 23:15.640 --> 23:19.800 The primary impact for the city is there's going to be a couple changes in terms of the 23:19.800 --> 23:25.000 presentation of your proprietary or enterprise funds and some additional information included 23:25.000 --> 23:29.640 in some of the budgetary comparisons in the future that will be implemented for 2026. 23:31.160 --> 23:37.240 We go to the next slide. Again, this one, GASB statement number 104, deals with capital assets. 23:37.240 --> 23:41.240 Again, really just additional information that we're going to be required to include within 23:41.240 --> 23:47.960 your financial statement footnotes. Again, also required to be implemented for the 2026 audit. 23:48.520 --> 23:54.520 The primary impact here really relates to the subscription assets and how we present information 23:54.520 --> 24:02.760 for those. And then this last one deals with subsequent events. By subsequent events, 24:02.760 --> 24:08.520 we always consider activities that occur after the end of the audit period. So think of that as 24:08.520 --> 24:14.440 January 1 after the audit up until the time of when we actually issue that audit. We're required 24:14.440 --> 24:18.440 to consider those activities. There is a new standard that provides a little bit more clarification 24:18.520 --> 24:25.400 on that. This one is not required to be implemented until 2027. Again, could result in some additional 24:25.400 --> 24:32.440 footnotes disclosures within your financial statements. And that is all I had prepared for 24:32.440 --> 24:36.360 you. But if you have any other questions about either the audit process or any of the audit 24:36.360 --> 24:43.160 documents, I'd be happy to answer any questions. Are those GASB standards substantial, Brian, 24:43.160 --> 24:48.200 your opinion or not, really? So as I've said in past years, the Government 24:48.200 --> 24:52.840 of Accounting Standards Board has certainly been very active, which is why we continue to see 24:52.840 --> 24:58.760 new standards out here. I will say in terms of the level of time and time commitment, 24:58.760 --> 25:02.440 the most significant one is going to be that GASB 103 with financial reporting 25:03.320 --> 25:07.880 because of the number of clients that we deal with. We work with templates and we have some, 25:07.880 --> 25:12.840 we can leverage some of that to gain some efficiency on that. So not extremely time consuming 25:12.840 --> 25:18.920 compared to some of the other ones that we've dealt with in prior years. 104 and 105, 25:18.920 --> 25:23.160 I do not anticipate being a significant impact on the overall audit time. 25:23.160 --> 25:27.560 The capital assets, though, that's all the capital assets within the city or? 25:27.560 --> 25:33.400 Exactly. Yep. We have separate footnotes for like water and sewer, for example, versus the 25:33.400 --> 25:36.360 government activities for the city. But yeah, it will encompass everything. 25:37.160 --> 25:45.640 Okay. One small question you may or may not be able to answer this. So our TIFF 5 is set up 25:46.360 --> 25:54.040 in a non-traditional way where we'll be paying as money comes in. So how is that going to appear 25:54.040 --> 25:58.840 or how will that be accounted differently or will it be accounted differently? What should we be 25:58.840 --> 26:03.800 looking for? Yeah, that's a really good question. And I will say this throughout the clients that 26:03.800 --> 26:11.240 we work with, we do see a lot of unusual or negotiated terms as part of tax incremental 26:11.240 --> 26:18.920 districts. We always review the project plan, which is the guiding document of the starting 26:18.920 --> 26:23.800 point for the arrangement. We also look at significant developer agreements and whatnot. 26:23.800 --> 26:28.840 So we have reviewed those. Mark and I have had multiple discussions on how things are going to 26:28.840 --> 26:34.360 be done and the accounting treatment and whatnot. So again, as part of that process, we take a 26:34.360 --> 26:40.360 lot of pride and diligence in making sure that when we come in and see the final accounting that 26:40.360 --> 26:45.880 it's consistent with your agreement. So we've done that. We've done some testing on that in 26:45.880 --> 26:50.840 terms of testing individual expenses and reimbursements. And it really tried to just step back and 26:50.840 --> 27:02.520 understand the plan itself. Any other questions? This question is for Mark. With the new 27:02.520 --> 27:11.720 requirements on the horizon, will this require you to have any adjustments or programming changes 27:11.720 --> 27:21.400 to BS&A or are we good? No, these are, I believe, much more financial reporting issues and shouldn't 27:21.400 --> 27:33.320 really impact our operations. Thank you, Brian. Thank you, Mark. Thank you. It's a lot of detail, 27:33.320 --> 27:37.080 and I appreciate you digging through it. Sounds good. Thank you very much. And like I said, 27:37.080 --> 27:44.040 if anyone has any future questions, please reach out. We'll move on to city administrator updates. 27:45.960 --> 27:52.200 I just have two things. One, we are going to be down a building inspector in July. So if anyone 27:52.200 --> 27:59.720 knows anyone, we are hiring tell your friends to hard market. And then the other one is we have 27:59.720 --> 28:05.320 some new staff. So you'll see new staff around the city seasonals. They really make it a great place 28:06.040 --> 28:10.600 in the summer to keep things flowing, especially like with the harbor and the pool. If you do need 28:10.600 --> 28:16.360 pool passes, I will recommend you those online. We're going to be down to staff here at the city 28:16.360 --> 28:22.440 hall the next two weeks, and it'll be a faster process if you go online. And I think that is all 28:22.440 --> 28:32.040 I have. Thank you. Any questions? All right. We'll move on to consideration and possible action 28:32.040 --> 28:37.800 for approval of the updated paramedic intercept agreement with blood products appendix. 28:38.760 --> 28:43.880 And the issue is should the city approve the updated paramedic intercept agreement with blood 28:43.880 --> 28:49.800 products appendix? And staff recommends approval of the updated paramedic intercept agreement with 28:49.800 --> 28:58.440 blood products appendix. Mark. Thank you, guys. This item was brought to the general government 28:58.440 --> 29:07.400 and finance committee earlier today. It is a small modification to the agreement that was approved. 29:09.720 --> 29:17.080 I think about in January. So we thought that with the addition of the appendix, it 29:17.080 --> 29:25.480 merited another process review by general government finance and subject to approval by the council. 29:25.480 --> 29:29.960 If you have any specific questions about the agreement, Joe is here to take them. 29:33.880 --> 29:35.880 Any questions for Mark or Joe? 29:40.280 --> 29:42.360 I'll make a motion to approve staff's recommendation. 29:45.160 --> 29:48.920 Okay. Motion is second. Any discussion on the motion? 29:49.720 --> 29:55.560 If not, all those in favor? All right. Those opposed? Thank you. 29:57.560 --> 29:58.040 All right. 30:04.040 --> 30:11.640 Now we'll move on to resolution 2026-07 approval of a bicycle and pedestrian plan. 30:12.600 --> 30:17.960 The issue is should the common council approve resolution 2026-07 approval of bicycle 30:18.600 --> 30:25.720 and pedestrian plan? And staff recommends approval of the resolution 2026-07. Rob. 30:25.720 --> 30:30.280 All right. So it's my pleasure to quickly go through our our bicycle and pedestrian plan. 30:30.280 --> 30:36.120 This has been something staff and our steering committee and the community as a whole been 30:36.200 --> 30:44.520 working on for nearly two years with tool design whom the city hired to complete this project after 30:44.520 --> 30:51.320 the city received a Wisconsin Department of Transportation grant to complete this work. 30:52.360 --> 30:59.480 So I'll quickly go through our agenda, which is project purpose, vision and goals, public 30:59.480 --> 31:05.240 engagement, plan recommendations, next step and plan adoption, which is what we're doing tonight. 31:06.920 --> 31:13.720 Okay. So real quickly again, the project purpose, real kind of, you know, to the point, 31:14.680 --> 31:21.480 we want to replace our 1996 bike plan that was severely outdated. And so it was good to 31:22.840 --> 31:28.520 take a fresh look at what the city is doing in the areas of walking, biking and rolling. 31:29.400 --> 31:35.640 It provides us guidance during project design. So we already have a complete streets policy, 31:35.720 --> 31:42.040 but this is a little more detailed so that, you know, we were getting bogged down in some of our 31:42.040 --> 31:50.440 design projects on, you know, sidewalk locations, things like that. And so we wanted wanted to have 31:51.080 --> 31:59.000 kind of a vision forward for what what walking and biking would look like in the future. So 31:59.000 --> 32:05.560 we'll implement we'll use this plan as guidance as we take on new projects. This will help us 32:05.560 --> 32:11.640 support grant opportunities. An example of that is the grant application that was approved at 32:12.920 --> 32:19.640 last month for the interurban trail. And as I just alluded to, this aligns with other planning 32:19.640 --> 32:26.200 documents, such as the downtown plan, our complete streets resolution, our comprehensive outdoor 32:26.200 --> 32:32.360 recreation plan and our subdivision code. And the bottom line, which I put at the bottom here, 32:33.240 --> 32:40.280 is that, you know, as far as purpose goes, you know, I feel strongly that no one should ever 32:40.840 --> 32:44.680 and no one in the city should ever feel like the only way to get from point A to point B 32:44.680 --> 32:51.640 anywhere in the city is by car. So anyone who wants to walk or bike anywhere in the city, 32:51.640 --> 33:00.520 they should feel like that is an option for them. Okay, so public engagement. I think this is one 33:00.520 --> 33:07.640 of the best public engagement endeavors we've taken on. We didn't we didn't have a public 33:07.640 --> 33:13.880 information meeting at City Hall. We went out to the people where they were. So we were out at 33:13.880 --> 33:21.000 up early park at the beer garden. We went to library at at the schools. We went down to the farmers 33:21.000 --> 33:27.960 market. And so we and we placed a yard sign scattered throughout the city asking for people to go 33:27.960 --> 33:37.480 online and and provide us with feedback on where they where they felt, you know, that we 33:38.600 --> 33:45.480 might have either gaps in our bike and pedestrian network or where they didn't feel safe. And so 33:45.480 --> 33:52.360 that gave them an opportunity to provide that that feedback. And we we received feedback from 33:52.360 --> 34:02.520 my I think 350 people. And so I thought that was, you know, excellent. Relatively a lot more 34:02.520 --> 34:09.240 input that than we get for other projects. So the vision. So our steering committee came up with 34:09.240 --> 34:13.800 the vision statement said that Port Washington is a place where residents and visitors of all ages, 34:13.800 --> 34:19.000 abilities and backgrounds choose to walk, bike or roll because it's safe, convenient, accessible, 34:19.960 --> 34:27.880 and enjoyable. And our goals. And we listed these when I submitted the grant application. 34:28.600 --> 34:37.560 Safety, of course, as goal number one. Two, obviously walking and biking improves our health and 34:38.360 --> 34:44.760 has zero carbon footprint on our environment. So good for ourselves, good for the earth. 34:45.400 --> 34:51.640 Network connectivity. Again, we want to be able to anywhere a person wants to go in the city 34:51.640 --> 34:56.760 Port Washington, they should feel that they are they're connected to. So we don't want gaps in 34:56.760 --> 35:02.920 sidewalks. We don't want streets that you can't cross. So that is all that has all been done. 35:04.360 --> 35:07.640 Certainly my time here very intentionally. So 35:07.880 --> 35:15.480 when we look at a highway for instance, highway 33 would be a great example. When we set out on 35:15.480 --> 35:22.520 that back in the early 2000s, I wanted to make sure that so often you find in the community 35:22.520 --> 35:26.280 that the that the highway that goes through the community and there's always a local highway 35:26.280 --> 35:31.400 going through a community. Sometimes that serves as a real barrier between North side and South 35:31.400 --> 35:37.720 side East side and West side. Didn't want that. So we created, you know, we created highway 33. 35:37.720 --> 35:42.920 It looks the way it looks. It has the roundabout, you know, for a reason. That was otherwise going 35:42.920 --> 35:50.680 to be a six lane intersection. And so we were able to really stress again connectivity around 35:50.680 --> 35:59.320 the city. And I'm happy to say I think that anyone can get anywhere in the city that they want to. 35:59.320 --> 36:07.960 So a mode shift from car to bike or walking again. We want people to have that option. We 36:07.960 --> 36:12.600 don't want them to have to get in a car because that's the only that's the only way to get from 36:12.600 --> 36:20.520 point A to point B. Economic development. Obviously, a number of people in our in our survey said, 36:20.520 --> 36:28.360 you know, they want to feel they want better connections to downtown. And, you know, I know 36:28.360 --> 36:34.040 several people who it is real important that they walk or bike to work. One person who works 36:34.040 --> 36:40.040 here as a matter of fact. And so, you know, that's really important to some people. And so 36:43.320 --> 36:50.440 this benefits economic development and equitable and accessible. And so, 36:52.520 --> 36:57.800 for instance, a huge driver for me for when we reconstructed Franklin Street in 2008. 36:59.320 --> 37:07.240 And when we eventually reconstruct Grand Avenue is making sure that it's handicap accessible. So 37:07.240 --> 37:12.520 downtown, we used to have 7% cross slopes on the sidewalks. If you were in a wheelchair, 37:12.520 --> 37:17.880 had any mobility issues, that was a real challenge for people. We flattened out those sidewalks and 37:17.880 --> 37:22.840 hopefully people have noticed. But we do still have some sidewalk areas in the city where the 37:22.920 --> 37:32.760 cross slope is not is not meet ADA requirements. And so, again, taking a look at these things, 37:32.760 --> 37:40.360 making them a priority is one of our goals. All right. And then kind of jumping ahead. So we have 37:42.600 --> 37:49.240 so we took inventory of our sidewalks, our bike network, and and our crosswalks and 37:49.320 --> 37:55.480 essentially the places where people want to go. So the libraries, I'm sorry, the library, 37:55.480 --> 37:58.440 the schools and the parks that's on the right hand side. 38:01.560 --> 38:08.680 Sidewalks and bike networks. So in red, you know, this is a tiny map, but in red, you can see the 38:10.280 --> 38:15.880 areas where we don't have sidewalk on both sides of the street here. And then it's noted down here 38:15.960 --> 38:20.200 where it's only on one side of the street. And then around the entire city, you know, 38:20.200 --> 38:26.120 we've identified gaps. So anytime we do have a road reconstruction, we look at where are their 38:26.120 --> 38:32.600 gaps? Where's their lack of connectivity? And so we often propose improvements to the 38:33.960 --> 38:38.920 pedestrian network when we reconstruct the street. Bicycle network, 38:39.720 --> 38:47.000 it's pretty comprehensive. There's different tools and there's a toolbox in the plan. I know 38:47.000 --> 38:56.520 you've all looked at it, but different methods of creating more connectivity on street biking. 38:57.080 --> 39:07.800 So including a bike boulevard or a restricted lane. So different tools to identify safe biking 39:07.880 --> 39:15.000 paths that will get you either to the schools again or the Inner Urban Trail, etc. And I do 39:15.000 --> 39:19.240 want to mention, and again, I know this is really small, but I know when we talked about the 39:19.960 --> 39:28.600 underpass for the railroad off of Spring Street and eliminating that crossing on Oakland Avenue, 39:28.600 --> 39:34.040 that there wasn't a great awareness that that is something we have been looking at for a number 39:34.120 --> 39:41.480 of years. There are a couple other areas and one that I'm sure you know well is one area of 39:41.480 --> 39:48.360 improvement that we'd like to see is to get this walking and biking area in Upper Lake Park 39:48.360 --> 39:56.200 off street. It's great for adults who are able to utilize it, but not as great for kids who are 39:56.200 --> 40:03.080 trying to walk to the playground to have to walk inside that four or five foot wide pedestrian area. 40:03.160 --> 40:08.760 And then we have a number of people, especially in the Lake Ridge subdivision. 40:09.720 --> 40:16.440 If they want to walk to high school or the middle school, the only safe way is to go all the way 40:16.440 --> 40:22.920 down Spring Street over to Grand Avenue and then back up the hill. So we're looking for a connection 40:22.920 --> 40:31.080 here along more road. That's one of our long-term goals to get that connection. 40:33.080 --> 40:44.200 Improved. So just a few of the highlights. Near-term network network. So we have short-term 40:44.200 --> 40:49.640 goals, medium-term goals, long-term goals. So this just kind of hits on some of the near-term 40:50.840 --> 40:56.360 accomplishments. We are low-hanging fruit that we think we can reach relatively quickly with 40:56.360 --> 41:03.720 these bike boulevards and restricted lanes. And then as I just mentioned, so we've broken it down 41:03.720 --> 41:07.560 in the short-term, medium-term and long-term. And again, I know on the right-hand side, 41:08.520 --> 41:13.880 it's not really intended to be legible, but I'll read it anyway, because these are three of the more 41:15.480 --> 41:20.440 important goals for short-term is one regularly report on the progress of the port of port moves 41:20.440 --> 41:24.200 to standing committees and groups. And so I want to get in the habit of that with Board of Public 41:24.280 --> 41:33.640 Works to bring, to highlight how in every project we do that we're going to integrate what we have 41:33.640 --> 41:38.840 in this plan into our projects. And we do it on a regular basis, but we don't really kind of, 41:38.840 --> 41:46.040 we don't really highlight it. So we will be doing that on a quarterly, it's our intention to do 41:46.120 --> 41:54.920 that on a quarterly basis. We'll include items here on our 10-year CIP. 41:57.560 --> 42:03.240 And then the third here is hosting pedestrian or bicycle encouragement events. So that's really 42:03.240 --> 42:06.920 working with, mostly working with Main Street, working with the school district and the police 42:06.920 --> 42:17.080 department to kind of encourage, encourage that walking and biking. So, oops, last slide. 42:17.080 --> 42:21.320 And I just wanted to say that the steps we've taken so far, we took this to Board of Public Works, 42:21.320 --> 42:28.840 which was approved at unanimously on May 12th. And then on May 27th, so just last week, 42:28.840 --> 42:36.280 it was approved by the traffic safety committee. We'd like to adopt the plan by passing the resolution 42:37.560 --> 42:47.640 tonight, and then get going on, again, CIP programming, grant funding, and regular reporting on progress 42:47.640 --> 42:54.200 to BPW. So, and as I mentioned in the memo, anything that's included in this plan still goes through 42:54.200 --> 43:00.760 the regular process of committee budgeting and those approvals. So this, again, just provides 43:00.840 --> 43:06.040 guidance and informs our decision-making and is just another tool in our toolbox to 43:07.800 --> 43:15.560 essentially improve active modes of transportation. And that's it. Questions for Rob? 43:19.240 --> 43:24.600 I was, since all the other woman and Miller brought it up, do we have an inventory of our 43:24.680 --> 43:30.200 the bike racks in town on public and public spaces? Is that something that we would do or have? 43:31.560 --> 43:37.720 Inventory? No, I don't. I guess Rob, and information on where our bike racks are in town? 43:39.160 --> 43:46.280 No, I just, I think they're all up here. Yeah, but no, yeah, we don't. I mean, that's something, 43:46.840 --> 43:52.200 no, just curious, something that could be done. I had already emailed Rob about this and got 43:52.280 --> 43:55.800 some good feedback from them as well, but from who? From you? Oh, okay. 43:57.240 --> 44:03.480 About providing a yearly report to this body as well, just in case so we can, we can know about 44:03.480 --> 44:07.160 this ongoing progress. I think that was the key distinction that I thought of when I was reading 44:07.160 --> 44:11.560 this, is that it's driven from the downtown plans, and that the downtown plan is a bit more aspirational, 44:12.280 --> 44:15.720 longer-visioning. I mean, I think, I mean, Mr. Harris would agree with that. 44:15.720 --> 44:19.240 The more visionary, this is a bit more tangible and concrete that this is, these are things that 44:19.240 --> 44:23.400 we would actively look to implement over the coming years and decades. So I think I want that 44:23.400 --> 44:27.480 to be clear to this body is that these are good, these are ideas that are tangible and concrete 44:27.480 --> 44:32.120 that we would want to accomplish. So yearly reports and, of course, quarterly reports that 44:32.120 --> 44:36.600 BPW would be appreciated. So thanks, Rob. It's a very good document. Thank you. 44:38.520 --> 44:45.400 And then all I had, Rob, I think it's great that we reviewed a traffic safety last week, and I'd 44:45.400 --> 44:51.320 like to see some of those short and long-term goals. And from a traffic safety perspective, 44:51.320 --> 44:57.560 we need to do them. Some of them are not as significant, some are more significant. 44:57.560 --> 45:01.640 But for those of us with day jobs, could you guys provide a synopsis of what traffic safety 45:01.640 --> 45:08.520 talked about in regards to the bike plan? It was more of, we're going to look at our charter and 45:08.520 --> 45:14.600 the goals for the charter in alignment with some of the items in their type of thing. 45:16.280 --> 45:23.320 So any other comments or questions? If not, I'll look for a motion on that. 45:23.320 --> 45:28.520 I move to approve resolution 2026-7. I'll second that. 45:28.520 --> 45:35.080 Okay. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. And opposed? Thank you. 45:36.760 --> 45:44.120 We'll move into our second public comment appearances session. Anybody have public comments? 45:46.120 --> 45:48.680 And again, if you could share your name and address. 45:51.000 --> 45:56.920 Tracy Finch, Port Washington, Wisconsin. Members of the council and for the mayor when he listens 45:56.920 --> 46:01.800 to this recording. I'm also here because the people of Port Washington are being asked to tolerate 46:01.800 --> 46:07.720 risks that no responsible city should ever allowed. First, let me be absolutely clear. There must 46:07.720 --> 46:15.880 never be any living corridors, temporary housing or worker suburbs on or belonging to 46:15.880 --> 46:22.840 vantage property. Not now, not later, not under any future phase. The trailers on site may be 46:22.840 --> 46:29.880 labeled as offices, but the residents have seen what they look like. If they are truly not housing, 46:29.880 --> 46:35.880 then the city and vantage should have no problem proving that. In writing with inspection, 46:35.960 --> 46:42.760 with enforceable restrictions. Because once temporary housing appears, it becomes nearly 46:42.760 --> 46:49.480 impossible to remove. And our communities deserve certainty, not loopholes. But this issue goes far 46:49.480 --> 46:56.040 beyond trailers. Everyday residents are dealing with noises, stress, uncertainty, and the constant 46:56.040 --> 47:02.680 disruption of this project. People are overwhelmed, people are anxious, are reaching their limits. 47:02.680 --> 47:07.720 This is not hypothetical. It's happening right now in our neighborhood and our homes, our families. 47:08.280 --> 47:13.720 And the message residents keep hearing is that if they need help, they should pay for it themselves. 47:13.720 --> 47:20.360 That's not acceptable. This anxiety did not appear out of nowhere. It's a direct result 47:20.360 --> 47:28.760 of the decisions made by city mayor Theodore Nitsky IV, town chairman Michael Didier, 47:29.320 --> 47:35.240 and this administration and the majority of this council, decisions that gave 47:35.240 --> 47:42.040 vantage, enormous freedom, minimal transparency when a city's actions create community-wide 47:42.040 --> 47:48.680 stress, the city has a responsibility to provide support. So tonight, I'm asking you, 47:48.680 --> 47:55.720 because the mayor is not here to answer for any of this, what steps will you take to ensure 47:55.720 --> 48:01.320 no temporary housing ever appears on vantage property? What steps will you take to provide 48:01.320 --> 48:06.600 mental health support to residents who are struggling? And how will you guarantee that 48:06.600 --> 48:12.360 no one in this community is left to carry this burden alone? Port Washington deserves leadership 48:12.360 --> 48:19.320 and tonight that responsibility falls on you. Thank you. Other public comments? 48:20.040 --> 48:27.000 Seeing none, good for a motion to adjourn. All those in favor? 48:27.000 --> 48:29.000 Aye. Thank you. 48:29.000 --> 48:33.000 Rejourn.