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And

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And

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I have a roll call.

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Anastacio?

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Here.

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Here.

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Here.

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Here.

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He's here.

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Next item is Pledge of Allegiance.

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Please join us.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States

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of America and to the Republic of which

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we stand one nation under God indivisible

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with liberty and justice for our own.

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So the next item is a presentation by Patrick.

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He's got the small business retention and expansion,

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the BRE program.

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Good evening.

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Thank you.

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We discussed this program a little bit more in depth at Cal.

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But just to reemphasize, it's an opportunity

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to further build on our partnerships with our CEDC,

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Raimack, WEDC, and also have some direct communication

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with the small businesses in the village.

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A number of departments and individuals

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worked on this initiative at officially launched today.

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So we'll play the launch video.

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And if there are any questions, I'm

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happy to take them at the end.

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Hey there, how are you?

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We're out here in Mount Pleasant supporting

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the small business initiatives here.

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I am here with Austin from Wildfire Social.

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Yeah, we opened our doors.

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April 6.

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Right now we sit at 57 employees.

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I officially opened in 2019.

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But at this location, October of 2024.

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So it's been a great journey.

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This is our 3-5th year of being in business.

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Because we've been here for over four decades now

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in this community, we actually understand the people here.

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We understand what makes Wisconsinites tick as well.

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And so for me, the best feeling in the world

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is when a patient comes in and says,

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doctor, thank you for what you've done.

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I can see better.

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I can enjoy my family members better and enjoy life better.

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So you really are truly helping more of a community

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than just that one person you take care of.

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We care about this community deeply.

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We've invested time and material.

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We give nonprofit hours to all of our employees.

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So they actually get a week to go

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serve in local communities.

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Helping people.

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I love to help people with their chronic pain,

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with their just all around discomfort in life.

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Being in Mount Pleasant means a lot to me,

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mostly because this is where I grew up.

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This is the community that I know.

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This is a community that I want to work with.

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This is a community that I would love to help and am helping.

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We get to do life in Mount Pleasant,

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but we also get to do our business.

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And that just makes it sweet.

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I just want to say thank you.

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Mount Pleasant has been awesome, welcoming us

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to the neighborhood, as I like to say.

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And I hope we get to stay here for a long time.

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But it's great to be here.

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Math is available for selfies and autographs out tonight.

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Woo!

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Hey, there, help.

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Not again.

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Yeah, once is enough.

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Yeah, once is enough.

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That's right.

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I'm happy to take any questions.

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Nice job, by the way.

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But yeah.

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Anybody got questions for Patrick?

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I don't have any questions.

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So other than that, that's a continuing program, right?

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Yeah.

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We're still involved in these were just these were the few

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examples of some of the people we've served on.

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That's correct.

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Yep.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, keep it up.

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Public comment.

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Members of the public are welcome to provide comments.

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In any manner, please fill out a comment form.

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And the president will recognize you.

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Use the microphone.

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State your name and address for the public record.

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Comments are limited to three minutes.

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I don't have anybody signed up, or cast anybody.

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Anybody in chambers wanting to speak publicly for any reason?

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If that's the case.

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I will close public comment, and we'll move on to the consent

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agenda.

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Mr. President, I make a motion to approve the items on the

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consent agenda as presented.

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Second.

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So I have a motion and a second.

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All favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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So the consent agenda is carried.

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Under new business, under H1, we've

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got discussion, possible motion regarding a budget

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amendment resolution 12-2026, amending resolution 18-2025,

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adopting the 2026 budget for general fund and OPEB.

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Mr. President, I make a motion to approve resolution 12-2026,

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amending resolution 18-2025, adopting the 2026 budget

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for a transfer from the general fund to OPEB.

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Second.

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So you're a motion and a second to start the discussion.

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Does Kathy want to add anything, or this administrator here?

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I'd be happy to speak on the motion.

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This item is before you, as we talked about in the committee

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of the whole.

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This would be taking $1.5 million from our general fund

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reserves and putting it in our OPEB fund

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and funding a percentage of our outstanding liability

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for OPEB.

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And to clarify, OPEB is other post-retirement employee benefits.

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As you might remember, we discussed

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that at a column meeting a couple weeks back,

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and we decided that it would be still

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a good practice for us to fund OPEB to the extent

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that we could, to bring that up closer related to money

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and money owned, and build a little bit of a balance.

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I think it was also noted that we still

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have the general fund in doing that transfer as well.

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Funded, it's still above the recommended.

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It's still a very healthy fund.

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Correct.

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We have a very healthy fund balance at this point in time,

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and that would still put us in very good

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standing among other agencies.

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We have a good reserve balance.

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OK, so then on the matter of the budget resolution,

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12-2026, roll call.

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Vote.

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Anastacio?

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Aye.

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Caris?

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Aye.

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Washburn?

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Aye.

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Ventrini?

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Aye.

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Batia?

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Aye.

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Pollock?

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Aye.

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DeGroote?

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Aye.

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Emotion Caris?

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Looks to be like we don't have too much else to talk about.

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We'll make a motion to adjourn.

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I hear a motion to adjourn.

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Is anybody seconding?

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Second.

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So I hear a motion to the second.

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All in favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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We stand adjourned.

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All in favor signify by saying aye.

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Aye.

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Thank you.