* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [00:00:09] I PLEDGE ALLEGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR. STERN, ARE WE STILL VOTING ON CONSENT AGENDA, OR ARE WE SIMPLY CORRECTING ANY ERRORS IN THE MINUTES? UH, MR. TURNER? I'D SAY JUST CORRECTING THE ERRORS. DO YOU FIND IN THE MINUTES, IS EVERY EVERYONE READ THE MINUTES? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS? UH, IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME IN THAT MATTER. IN THAT CASE, WE'LL JUST RECORD THEM AS APPROVED. UM, FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM IS COUNTY TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, THE, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU HAVE FIRST, BUT, UM, THE HISTORICAL SCANNING OF THE TAX RECORDS, IT IS, UH, COMPLETE. WE DID FIND TWO, [a. County Treasurer Quarterly Report] UM, BOOKS AND TWO YEARS THAT THEY MISSED. THE TWO YEARS THEY MISSED WERE IN MICROFICHE, AND THE TWO BOOKS THEY MISSED WERE IN 1850 TOWN OF GERMANTOWN AND A 2000 CITY OF WEST BEND. SO THEY'RE GONNA RE-SCAN THOSE, AND WE'LL SEND THEM THE MICROFICHE AND THEY'LL GET THOSE SCANNED. BUT THE DOCUMENTS LOOK, UM, ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND EXCELLENT, AND JUST LIKE WE HAD HOPED FOR AND PROMISED. SO THOSE ARE ALL GOOD. SO WE'LL BE MARKING THAT COMPLETE SHORTLY, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA MARK IT COMPLETE UNTIL WE HAD THE PDFS ONLINE. SO, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE REQUEST FOR BANKING, UM, SERVICES. UM, WE ARE ON TRACK WITH THIS. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND, UH, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO, UM, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR A-A-R-F-P AND, UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE. SO THAT'LL BE LATE SUMMER, PROBABLY BY THE TIME WE GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER. AND THEN EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL EVALUATE WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW, HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT IT, UM, FOR THAT WASTE. SO, UM, OUR CURRENT BANKER BANKING SERVICES, THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THAT ALSO. SO SHOULD BE A, A, A, AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, , TO SAY THE LEAST. UM, IF AND WHEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD, UM, IF WE WOULD CHANGE BANKS OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, THERE'D BE A TWO YEAR OVERLAP WINDOW. SO IT'S, UH, WE'D HAVE TWO BANKING SYSTEMS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. SO, DENNIS, SUPERVISOR, DENNIS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, HOW OFTEN DOES, UH, THE BANKING, LIKE, DO WE CHANGE BANKS OR CON CONSIDER THAT? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT FOR BID ALL THE TIME? OR HOW, HOW'S, WHAT'S THE STATUTE ON THAT QUESTION? SO, UM, THE LAST TIME I CAN FIND THAT WE ACTUALLY CHANGED BANKS. BEM O WAS CALLED FARMERS AND MERCHANTS, AND THAT WAS BEFORE M AND I BEFORE, SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I WANNA SAY LIKE FOUR. WE'VE, YEARS AGO IN, IN LOOKING AT PAST TREASURER'S NOTES, WE'VE EVALUATED AND HELD THE CURRENT BANK TO THE FIRE FEET TO THE FIRE, SO TO SPEAK. BUT WE'VE NEVER R FPD IT. OKAY. SO IN PROBABLY 30 PLUS YEARS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE STATUARY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. IT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR BEFORE THAT COUNTY BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. SUPERVISOR SCHWA, DO YOU HAVE, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH NET CHANGE THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT WORTH GOING THROUGH ALL THE EFFORT? THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION? I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA COME FORWARD AND SAY EITHER YES, THIS IS A, A GOOD THING TO DO, OR THIS IS MAYBE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SAVE. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT JUST IN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MOST OF OUR, UM, PAYMENTS COME IN VIA A CH. SO ALL OF THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED. IT'S JUST LIKE IF YOU CHANGED THE BANK, YOUR BANK AT HOME, YOU'D, YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE PULLED OUT, PUSHED IN, , ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO EXCEPT ON A HUGE SCALE. YEAH, A FEW TRANSACTIONS EVERY DAY. SO, , ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. OUR NEXT ITEM [00:05:02] IS THE USE OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE, UM, WC THE CAMPUS APPRAISAL. I CAN, I CAN TAKE THIS ONE OR START THIS ONE IF YOU'D LIKE. MR. CHAIR. UH, IN, IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL SEE A, A FEW PAGES, UH, ABOUT U-W-M-W-C. UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, IF YOU RECALL, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CLOSE U-W-M-W-C, THAT WAS NOT [b. Use of Strategic Priorities for UWM-WC Appraisal] A WASHINGTON COUNTY DECISION, BUT A, A BOARD OF REGENTS AND, UH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, UH, DECISION, UH, TO CLOSE THAT, THAT CAMPUS, UH, THAT CAMPUS IS GONNA BE CLOSED BY JUNE 30TH, 2024. SO THE BUILDINGS AND THE PROPERTY, UH, TURNS AND REVERTS BACK OVER TO, UH, THE COUNTY AND POTENTIALLY PARTLY THE CITY AS WELL. AND SO, LOOKING AT THAT LARGE STRUCTURE, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT TWO TH 2000 SQUARE FEET, SO ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF BUILDINGS. ONCE YOU ADD IT ALL, ALL TOGETHER, THE DIFFERENT FLOORS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, GETTING SOME APPRAISALS DONE, AT LEAST ONE APPRAISAL DONE. UH, SO WE SEE WHAT THAT VALUE IS WORTH, MAKE SURE A, WE'RE INSURING IT PROPERLY, BUT TO SEE WHAT THE VALUE IS OUT THERE ONCE WE START GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING, UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT BUILDING AND GROUNDS, UH, GOING FORWARD. SO, UH, THIS IS NOT TO SAY THE SALE IS IMMINENT, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON BOARD, BUT JUST TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE AS WE KIND OF PROCEED DOWN THIS, THIS PATH AS WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT JULY 1ST DATE, WHERE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BUILDING AND GROUNDS. I HAD HEARD SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT TWO APPRAISALS. IS THAT STILL, IT, IT, IT'S POSSIBLE. I THINK RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY WE CAN GET AWAY WITH ONE. UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY TO HIRE THE, UH, AN APPRAISER THAT WE BOTH ARE IN GREENS WITH AND GOING FROM THERE, WE SHOULD ONLY HOPEFULLY NEED ONE APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY. IT'LL BE A SITE CERTIFIED APPRAISER THAT'S USED TO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. UH, WE DO A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL AND FARM FOR OUR COUNTY HIGHWAY PROJECTS. SO WE WOULD NOT BE HIRING THAT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THAT IS, THIS IS NOT THEIR SPECIALTY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THIS IS NOT LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 20 OF THESE IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. SO IT'S VERY SPECIALTY. AND SO WE MAKE SURE WE HIRE SOMEBODY THAT, UH, IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE AND IT'S POTENTIAL USE. MR. CHAIR, SUPERVISOR, UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOING ELECTRICAL WORK. IS THAT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR? YEAH, WE, WE PUT A HOLD ON THAT FOR NOW BECAUSE OF THE OKAY. UNKNOWN OF, OF THE BUILDING. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A STILL A LEAD TIME, UH, ON TRANSFORMERS AND THE WHATNOT, BUT IT, IT JUST DID NOT MAKE LOGICAL SENSE TO SPEND $1.8 MILLION CURRENTLY. UH, WELL, WE HAVE A, A BIG UNKNOWN, UH, RIGHT THERE. IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, A COUPLE HUNDRED STUDENTS IN A BUILDING, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP POWER OPEN. BUT NOW, IF WE GO DOWN FOR A DAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN SURVIVE THAT OUT THERE. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION. NO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, WITH THE CITY BEING, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE CITY'S, UH, PORTION IN THIS? HOW, HOW IS THAT? SURE. DO YOU WANT TO START OR DO YOU WANT I CAN, YEAH, GIVE IT A SHOT. I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. , UM, THEY INTEREST TO BE THE BEST, UH, THERE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AN AGREEMENT THAT DATES BACK TO THE SIXTIES. THERE MIGHT BE SOME AMBIGUITY IN THOSE AGREEMENTS, UH, GOING FORWARD. SO, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA WORK THROUGH WITH, WITH THE CITY TO LOOK AT THAT. UH, SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS SUGGEST IT'S A 60 40 SPLIT FOR THE LAND. UH, THE BILLINGS MIGHT BE A, A DIFFERENT SITUATION. SO WE GOTTA WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THEM, UH, TO LOOK THAT. AND, UM, UM, TO MR. ATTORNEY STERNS HAD SOME RECORDS AS WELL. I KNOW I STOLE FROM SOME, OR HAVE SOME FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FROM YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN I WAS DOING SURVEYING WORK OUT THERE. SO WE'RE STARTING AT THAT PROCESS TO SEE WHAT THAT SPLIT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. UH, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A JOINT OWNERSHIP OUT THERE OF SOME FORM, I BELIEVE. SO I HAD A, A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING WE WORK WITH THE CITY ON. SO THE APPRAISAL IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP FOR US. AND AT THE SAME TIME DOING THAT ANALYSIS, I MEAN, QUITE LITERALLY THE EARLIEST ARRA AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF THE COUNTY AND THE UW, UH, I MEAN, HEY, LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A NAPKIN, SO, AND THEN HAND TYPED BY SOMEBODY. SO IT'S NOT, IT IS VERY AMBIGUOUS. UM, THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE MOST RECENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY BACK IN 2016, UH, HAVE SOME LEVEL OF PRECEDENT. AND THAT WAS ALL MUCH, THAT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING RIDGE RUN PARK AND FORMERLY COUNTY HIGHWAY G, WHICH IS NOW RIVER ROAD. ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, I APPROACHED THE SUBJECT, UM, WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SIMPLY BUYING THE CITY OUT OF WHATEVER THEIR PORTION IS, OR ALTERNATIVELY LETTING THE CITY BUY US OUT. UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THEIR MOST OUTRAGEOUS PRESS RELEASES LATELY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT, SO I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S [00:10:01] THE FINAL SOLUTION, I THINK WILL BE TO DETERMINED, AND THAT'S WHY HAVING AN APPRAISAL, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO APPRAISALS IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION OVER THERE DECIDES THAT THEY AREN'T HAPPY WITH THE FIRST ONE, WE CAN GET A SECOND ONE. UM, SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE ROADBLOCK TO EVERY GOOD CONSTRUCTIVE IDEA. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MULTIPLE, UM, OPTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THE VALUE IS OUT THERE. BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND I THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T, THERE ISN'T LIKE THE CITY OR THE COUNTY WANTS TO BE IN THE LANDLORD BUSINESS, UM, BUT FOR THE UNIVERSITY, WE NEVER WOULD'VE PROBABLY GOTTEN INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO SUBSEQUENTLY, HOW DO WE WORK OUR WAY OUT? AND FOR US TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TRYING TO MANAGE IT IS JUST GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE. SO I, AT LEAST BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND I, I THINK THERE'S THAT AGREEMENT. WE'LL SEE IF THAT TRANSLATES TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR MONEY. SO I THINK HAVING AN OPTION TO GIVE THEM SOME DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY FIX ROADS WITH IT, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE A GOOD THING. BE A GREAT THING. THANK YOU, SIR. AND WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THE ELECTRICAL? WE'LL PLAY INTO THAT TOO. SO WE'VE GOT THE MONEY IF WE NEED TO DO IT, WE'LL DO IT. IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE BUYS IT, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE SELLING IT, BUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN AND THEY DECIDE, NOPE, WE'RE TEARING IT DOWN AND DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, THEN WHY SPEND THE 1.8 MILLION? BUT IT GIVES US LEVERAGE, RIGHT? TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE HELP, USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING ELSE POTENTIALLY TOO. MM-HMM, . SO I THINK THE KEY NOW IS HIGHEST AND BEST USE. HOW DO WE GET TO THAT? AND HOW DO WE CUT THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE? YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AS THERE SEEMS TO BE AT THE CITY. OKAY, IS THIS A CONSENSUS ISSUE? MOTION SECOND. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS. THE SUPERVISOR, COUNCIL SUPERVISOR. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. IT'S UNANIMOUS. 2024 RESOLUTION CARRYOVER REQUEST. I MAKE A MOTION. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR CHAD, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SICE. AND THIS IS AARON. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL CARRYOVER [c. 2024 Resolution: 2023 Carryover Request] RESOLUTION THAT WE DO. UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS BEFORE, UH, LAST YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IS VERY MUCH THE SAME. WHEN WE'VE GOT PROJECTS THAT ARE SPANNING ONE OR MULTIPLE YEARS, UM, WE, WE BRING THAT EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FORWARD, UM, TO YOU SO THAT, OR TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, CONTINUE THAT INTO THE, THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE OR THE NEXT, UM, FISCAL YEAR RATHER. UM, SO SIMILAR PROCESS, UM, I MEAN THE, THE LIST IS AVAILABLE AS, UH, AN APPENDIX TO THE RESOLUTION. UM, I MEAN, THERE'S, IT'S A SIMILAR DOLLAR AMOUNT AS, AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE, I MEAN, ARE THE SAME. MOST OF THESE ARE THE SAME THINGS EVEN THAT WE CARRY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GRANT PROGRAMS. SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY KIND OF SPECIFIC THINGS YOU MIGHT SEE ON THE LIST OR PROCESS WISE, BUT OTHERWISE THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A TECHNICAL THING THAT WE DO HERE. SO I BELIEVE I, IN THE PAST I'D ASK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S EXPLAINED IN THE LAST NOTE THAT THOSE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS AT SOME POINT, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT. UM, THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS JUST ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IN SOME CASES, IN THOSE WHERE THOSE NEGATIVE AMOUNTS ARE SHOWING, THAT'S OTHER REVENUE THAT'S, THAT'S SITTING IN OTHER PLACES. SO WE JUST CARRY THAT AS WELL FROM YEAR TO YEAR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GET INTO THE COUNTY BROWNFIELD'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OVERVIEW. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, SO I WAS ASKED TO GO OVER THE, THE BROWNFIELD'S PROGRAM. UH, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE, UM, WE DID A, A QUICK OVERVIEW. I PROVIDED, UM, IT'S 11 PAGE DOCUMENT. I AM NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING TODAY. [d. County Brownfields Redevelopment Program Overview] UM, JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL KEY, UM, COMPONENTS. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS, UM, RELATED TO THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM. UM, COMING UP ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE, UM, THREE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING. AND, UM, I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE TERMS, [00:15:01] UM, THAT YOU MAY BE SEEING AND HEARING, UM, AS REQUESTS COME FORWARD. UM, I WANTED TO START JUST BY, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE DEFINITION OF A BROWNFIELD. UM, THIS IS FROM THE U-S-E-P-A, AND THE KEY POINT IS REALLY THAT A BROWNFIELD REALLY COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF CONTAMINATION, NOT JUST A REAL CONTAMINATION PROBLEM, BUT OF THE PRESENCE. SO IT ALLOWS FOR FUNDING ON, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ARE REALLY CONSIDERED BLIGHT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CONTAMINATED, WHICH IS A, A REAL VALUE TO, UM, THE PROGRAM. I'VE ALSO PROVIDED SOME OF THE BACKGROUND. UM, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN, UM, AROUND SINCE 2013, SO 11 YEARS. WE HAVE NINE COALITION MEMBERS. UM, WE STARTED WITH OUR FIRST GRANT OF 600,000, UM, WITH A-U-S-E-P-A, UH, IN 2013, AND THEN RECEIVED A SECOND GRANT IN 2017. UM, BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS, UM, ARE COMPLETED. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, THREE MAIN FUNDING SOURCES. UM, ONE IS THE $600,000 COUNTY BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT, UM, THE 960,000 U-S-C-P-A REVOLVING LOAN FUND, AND THEN THE COUNTY BROWNFIELD REVOLVING LOAN FUND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SEGMENT OF THE COUNTY IMPACT REVOLVING LOAN. SO IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR SEGMENT OF THAT REVOLVING LOAN. UM, HALFWAY DOWN THE FIRST PAGE, I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE, THE KEY TERMS AND THE USES OF THESE FUNDS. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A, A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT. UM, WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR CONSULTANT WOULD, UM, LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. WE'LL WALK THE SITE, WE'LL TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE, UM, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE TO GET THE HISTORY. UM, THE USE OF THAT AND WHY THEY'RE DOING THAT IS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY RECOGNIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THEY'RE CALLED WRECKS, AND IF WRECKS ARE FOUND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION. UM, THEN WE MOVE ON TO A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO THE SAMPLING. THE SOIL BORINGS, THE, THE, UM, GROUNDWATER SAMPLING, THE MONITORING WELLS. AND IT IDENTIFIES, UM, THE LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION, WHAT CONTAMINATION IS AT THE SITE, AND THE LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION AND IF EXCEEDS, UM, LIMITS ON EACH OF THOSE, UM, CONTAMINANTS. UM, WE ALSO DO HAZARD MATERIAL TESTING, AND THIS IS TYPICALLY, UH, LEAD AND ASBESTOS, UM, OF ACTUAL BUILDINGS. UM, AND THEN ALSO REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS. UM, WHAT THIS, WHAT THAT PLAN DOES ESSENTIALLY LOOKS AT THE SITE AND THEN DETERMINES HOW THE SITE COULD BE CLEANED UP. YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CONTAMINATION, WHERE DOES THAT NEED TO GO? UM, WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT? SO IT ELIMINATES THE, THE UNKNOWNS. SO FOR, FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND BE INTERESTED IN A SITE, UM, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, MATERIAL TESTING, REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN IN PLACE IS VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE IT REMOVES THE RISK FOR THAT BUSINESS. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT THE FUNDS CAN GO FOR IS REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING. UM, FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS DONE AT THE FESTIVAL FOOD SITE, UM, IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD. SO, UM, WHEN THAT WAS THE OLD KMART SITE, WE LOOKED AT THE SITE, WE DID A REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN, HOW COULD WE USE THE SITE, UH, THE POTENTIAL FUTURE USES, UM, THE, THE BENEFITS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE CITY WAS ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT, UM, PLANNING, UM, TO GO OUT AND SEEK OUT, UH, PROPOSALS. AND THEN FESTIVAL FOODS, UM, WAS IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD. UM, SO I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE APPROVAL PROCESS. ACTUALLY, BEFORE I DO THAT ON THE TOP OF THE SECOND PAGE, I JUST WANT TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS, UM, THE EPA REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND THE, THE, UM, COUNT THE BROWNFIELD SEGMENT OF THE IMPACT REVOLVING LOAN FUND. UM, BOTH OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MANAGED THE LOAN PROCESS, UM, REVIEW AND APPROVAL IS MANAGED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. UM, SO THEY PLAY PAY A, PLAY A KEY ROLE, UM, IN BOTH OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES. UM, IN ADDITION, UM, UH, STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES AND THEIR SUB CONSULTANT VAN DE WALLEN ASSOCIATES, UM, ARE CONSIDERED OUR QUALIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL, OUR QEP. SO YOU MAY ALSO HEAR THAT, UM, AS, UM, PROPOSALS COME FORWARD. SO I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE ROLE FOR THIS COMMITTEE, [00:20:01] AND THAT THAT ROLE REALLY RESTS WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND. SO WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSMENT FUND, AND THAT, AGAIN, IS THAT, THAT PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, REMEDIAL ACTION PLANNING. UM, WHEN PROPOSALS COME IN, THEY'RE REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT INCLUDES MYSELF, UM, ADAM CHRISTENSEN, UM, OUR PLANNER, UM, EDWC, STANTEC VANDERWAL. UM, WE TRY TO MEET QUAR AT LEAST QUARTERLY, AND WE GO THROUGH PROPOSALS. ARE THESE PROPOSALS EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM? WHAT FUNDING SOURCES, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY APPLY FOR, UM, WITH THE ASSESSMENT FUNDS? UM, IF THEY GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND WE THINK THAT, YEP, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN THAT WOULD GO TO OUR SITE REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, OUR SRC, AND THEN WITH THAT APPROVAL, IT WOULD COME TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR FINAL APPROVAL. BUT THAT IS ONLY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER $10,000 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER $10,000. THE FINAL APPROVAL RESTS WITH THE SRC, UNLESS THE COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT COMMITTEE DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A PRETTY COMPLEX PROJECT, OR WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHOULD REVIEW THIS, THEN THEY COULD SAY THAT AT THE SRC AND THEN THAT PROJECT WOULD MOVE FORWARD. YEP. AND THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ARE MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR KREBS. MM-HMM. . YEP. UM, FOR THE, UH, U-S-E-P-A REVOLVING LOAN FUND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF PRO PROCESS. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM REVIEWS THE PRO PROJECTS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, UM, AND THEN THE PROJECT MOVES TO THE SRC FOR APPROVAL. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT DOES NOT GO FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE. UM, AND ACTUALLY SPLITS OUT AND RUNS A DUAL TRACK OR EDWC, UM, WORKS ON THE LOAN COMPONENT OF THAT. AND THEN OUR, UM, QUALIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, STANTEC THEN ACTUALLY RUNS A PARALLEL TRACK IN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE CLEANUP. SO THE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT CLEANUP. OUR ASSESSMENT WOULD FUND ANYTHING UP TO, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE ACTUAL REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT, WHERE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND POTS OF MONEY, UM, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, REUSE AND ACTUAL CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITES. SO THAT DUAL, UH, PARALLEL TRACK, UM, ENDS WITH A FORMAL DECISION MEMORANDUM, UH, BY STANTEC. AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DONE, UM, THEN ACTUALLY MOVES OVER TO THE EDWC, UM, REVOLVING LOAN FUND COMMITTEE TO MAKE THAT FINAL DETERMINATION. UH, THE FINAL THIRD FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S THAT, UM, BROWNFIELD SEGMENT OF THE IMPACT REVOLVING LOAN FUND. UM, THAT PROCESS, THE APPLICATION AND THE LOAN APPROVAL. THAT IS ALL RUN THROUGH THE EDWC COMMITTEE. UM, ON THE SECOND PAGE, I, UM, PROVIDED JUST THE SUCCESS INFOGRAPHIC. THIS IS ALSO ON OUR COUNTY WEBSITE. UM, IT REALLY SHOWS THE SUCCESS, UM, FROM WHEN THE, THE PROGRAM STARTED. UM, THE TOTAL INVESTMENT SO FAR IS ABOUT 1 6, 1 $0.6 MILLION. UH, BUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS STAGGERING. UM, THERE'S BEEN AN ADDITIONAL $115 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, 547 NEW HOUSING UNITS, 61 ACRES REDEVELOPED. UM, IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OVER THE LAST 11 YEARS. UM, THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THESE TO YOU. IT'S JUST THE, THE VISION, THE MISSION, THE CORE VALUES, AND THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM. UH, THIS WAS DEVELOPED, UM, THROUGH OUR, OUR SITE REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A, A SHEET THAT PROVIDES THE LINK TO THE SUCCESS STORIES. UM, WE DO HAVE A GIS STORY MAP, UH, THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON EACH ONE OF OUR, NOT ALL OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES, BUT SOME OF THE MAIN, UH, PROJECTS, UM, THAT THESE FUNDS HAVE HELPED REDEVELOP, HELPED WITH REDEVELOPMENT, UH, SUCH AS THE, EH, WOLF AND SONS, UM, SAXTON VILLAGE DOWN IN GERMANTOWN, UM, BARTON SCHOOL APARTMENTS, UH, THE RIN CONE 2 25 AND HARTFORD, UH, FESTIVAL FOODS, WHICH I MENTIONED, TOWN HOME, TOWN PLACE SUITES IN WEST BEND, UM, THE DISTRICT, UM, THAT IS BEING BUILT HERE IN DOWNTOWN WEST BEND. AND THEN ALSO THE, THE KNIFE HOUSE COATING, WHICH IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REDEVELOPED. UM, I'VE ALSO INCLUDED, UH, NUMEROUS FACT SHEETS. UM, WE TRY TO, UM, [00:25:01] PROVIDE A COUPLE DIFFERENT FACT SHEETS EVERY YEAR. UM, AND IT JUST GOES THROUGH, UM, THE STORY OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WHAT'S COMING, UM, UP AS FAR AS REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE HISTORY OF THE, THE SUCCESSES. SO. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS AT ALL, MR. YEP. OUR THANK YOU, MR. UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY START THIS PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING, UH, BROWNFIELD SITES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, AND YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT YOU UTILIZE, ARE THERE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER GRANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT OF, THAT IS, UH, A PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WITH THE CITY OF HARTFORD, UM, WHERE OUR, UM, ASSESSMENT FUND WAS USED AS A MATCH, UH, FOR THE CITY OF HARTFORD TO GET SEG FUNDS, UH, WHICH ARE ADDITIONAL STATE ASSESSMENT FUNDS, UM, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, FOR A PRETTY BIG PROJECT OUT IN, IN HARTFORD. UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE UTILIZATION OF THE, UH, STATE STEWARDSHIP FUND. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETINGS IS WE, WE LOOK AT THE SITE, NOT ONLY IF IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THE BROWNFIELD, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM USES AND THE OVERALL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED, AND WHAT FUNDING SOURCES ARE OUT THERE THAT WE COULD UTILIZE. AND THIS IS WHERE, UM, EDWC REALLY COMES, UM, AND IS REALLY CRITICAL TO THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY REALLY HELP WITH THAT CAPITAL STACK. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE COUNTY FUNDING OR, OR STATE FUNDING OR FEDERAL FUNDING EVEN. IT'S ALSO THE, THE WHOLE INVESTMENT OF THE CORPORATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL AVENUES TO MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN. THAT USUALLY IS UNDER, UH, EDWC, RIGHT? YEAH. EDWC IS A MAIN PARTNER, UM, WITH US ON THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAM. YES. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR THE OVERVIEW. YEP. AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLOSE WITH, UM, SO I'VE BEEN, UH, UH, THE PROJECT LEAD ON THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAMS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. UM, AND I'M, I'M SLOWLY TRAINING, UM, ADAM CHRISTENSEN, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNER. UM, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING HIM MORE AND MORE ON THE, THE FUNDER QUEST FOR THE BROWNFIELDS. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A ST. GABRIEL PROPOSAL UTILIZING THE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT FUND. ALRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY NEED APPROVAL OR A MOTION? YES, DO THANK SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION HONOR SUPERVISOR, CHARA SUPERVISOR KELLY. OKAY. [e. St. Gabriel Proposal Utilizing the County Brownfields Assessment Fund] GOOD TO GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HI EVERYBODY. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ST. GABRIEL SITE. UM, SO ST. GABRIEL PARISH HAS COME TO THE COUNTY REQUESTING 44,000, UM, AN $800 FOR SITE REUSE PLANNING, A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, AND THEN HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIAL SURVEY. UM, THE SITE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL THE SITE. UH, SO THEY'RE KIND OF COMING TO US FOR THAT HELP. UM, THEN, UM, THE SRC MET ON APRIL 11TH, UH, AND THEY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING REQUEST. UM, AND THEN THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR MY OVERVIEW. WELL, ONE LAST THING. UH, THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD NEEDS TO ENTER INTO AN MOA, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, AND IN ORDER TO, UM, ACCESS THE FUNDING. UH, AND THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND THE VILLAGE BOARD HAS APPROVED THAT. I'M JUST WAITING ON JIM HEALY TO SIGN AND SEND THAT TO ME. SO, UM, THERE IS A PART OF THE MOTION CONTIN, UM, CONTINGENT ON THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD APPROVING AND SIGNING THE, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BROWNFIELD SITE IS, OR SITE REDEVELOPMENT COALITION, MAN, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. UM, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN THE SITE MEETING AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU CALL A BLIGHTED PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN VACANT A LONG TIME AND IT'S GOT NEIGHBORS, AND OF COURSE THE NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA HAVE A SAY. AND SO IT'S A GOOD, GOOD THING MOVING FORWARD. GOOD USE OF THE FUNDS. NO, NO, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? [00:30:01] OKAY. AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS VERUS, WHICH IS IN GERMANTOWN. YEP. SO, UH, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM GREG NAGLE, UM, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING, UH, FOR HIS SITE IN THE VILLAGE OF, [f. Virtus Development Proposal Utilizing the County Brownfields Assessment Fund] UH, GERMANTOWN. UM, IN TOTAL, HE'S REQUESTING $26,751 AND 20 CENTS. UM, AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING. UM, THEN PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD BEEN, UH, REQUEST, THEY HAD REQUESTED A PHASE TWO AND SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, PHASE TWO, UH, FUNDING REQUEST. SO THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. UM, BUT THE, AGAIN, THIS SRC APPROVED THIS ON APRIL 11TH, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL QUESTION. MM-HMM, . THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, AND I, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M NOT GETTING A SITE PICTURE ON HERE. OH, YES, OF COURSE. IS THE SITE? UH, SO ACTUALLY THERE SHOULD BE, I MEAN, IF THERE ISN'T AN ATTACHMENT, UM, SO YEAH, SO THERE'S THREE PARCELS. UH, THE NORTHERN PARCEL IS THE COFFEE HOUSE, AND THEN ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, THE, THE, THE MOST NORTHERN BUILDING IS THE COFFEE HOUSE. AND THEN THE SOUTHERN BUILDING IS GONNA BE A RESIDE, OR NOT A RESIDENTIAL, A RESTAURANT. UH, CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. UH, PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD ASKED FOR BUILDING OR HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIAL SURVEY FOR THAT SO THEY COULD START REDEVELOPING IT. THE MIDDLE PARCEL CURRENTLY HAS A VACANT HOUSE. IT'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED AND THEN TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT FOR THE RESTAURANT. AND THEN THE SOUTHERN MOST PARCEL IS PROPOSED TO BE REDEVELOPED INTO TOWN HOMES. UM, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IS MAINLY FOR THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUTHERN PARCEL IS, UH, IS THAT A HISTORY? IS THERE A HISTORY INVOLVED WITH THE POSSIBLE BROWNFIELD? LIKE A FACTORY? YEAH. OR, YEAH. SO HISTORICALLY, UM, THIS SITE WAS USED AS A GAS STATION. THE MIDDLE SITE IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE PUMP WAS. YOU, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, I MEAN, YOU, UH, WHERE THE HOUSE IS NOW, WHERE THE HOU NOT WHERE THE HOUSE IS NOW, BUT THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A GRAVEL KIND OF PAD, UH, WHERE THE, UM, THE PUMP USED TO BE. IT WAS, AND IT WAS RIGHT ON ADJACENT TO THE ROAD. SO I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT DATE IT WAS, BUT, UM, BACK IN, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, UM, TELL YEAH. AND WHEN THIS STARTED, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE STILL TANKS IN THE GROUND OR NOT. YEP. SO THAT WAS THE, THE FIRST ASSESSMENT THEY DID. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PARCEL, THE FATHER, UM, HISTORICALLY HAD THE, THERE WAS A LOW POINT AND THEY HAD FILLED THE SITE WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FROM UNKNOWN ORIGIN. AND THEN THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT THEY IDENTIFIED SOME ASPHALT THAT MIGHT BE OF CONCERN, UM, IN THE PHASE TWO. SO, UM, BUT THROUGH STANTEC, I MEAN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE STATED IT'S KIND OF, UM, LOW RISK OR, UH, NOT TOO SERIOUS. WHEN YOU SAY SOUTH MM-HMM. YOU MEAN THE ORANGE, THE ORANGE PARCEL? YEP. YEAH. OKAY. THE ORANGE PARCEL. YEP. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THIS ONE'S BEEN A JOURNEY. MM-HMM. . YEP. BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, ADDED TO THAT, THAT IT WAS DELINQUENT IN TAXES TO START WITH. SO BEFORE THEY WAS STARTED THAT YEP. PAY BACK TAXES. SO IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT OTHER GROUP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION. OH, DID NOT. I THOUGHT WE DID THAT. DID WE NOT? OH, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. YEAH. WE GOTTA GET CAUGHT UP HERE. SUPERVISOR SICE. SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THE LAST ONE IS IN HARTFORD. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT, MOVE APPROVAL. DISCUSSION . I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SECOND HIS MOTION SECOND. WE'LL KEEP THINGS IN ORDER HERE. I'M A ROOKIE HERE. GO ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THIS ONE IS [g. City of Hartford Proposal Utilizing the County Brownfields Assessment Fund] FOR CENTENNIAL PARK. SO THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY COME TO US, UH, FOR PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. AND NOW THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING CONNECTED TO THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SENDING OVER TO THE DNR. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THE CITY OF HARTFORD IS REQUESTING $21,704, [00:35:02] UH, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING. UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS APPROVED ON APRIL 11TH OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY THE SRC. UM, AND THEN, I MEAN, NOW I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THE FUNDING, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS THE FINAL WRAP UP OF THIS PROJECT. POTENTIALLY. I MEAN, I, KNOWING BROWNFIELD'S, I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE, UH, IT SHOULD BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING TO CLOSE THE SITE. BUT IF THE WISCONSIN DNR COMES BACK WITH ADDITIONAL, THEN THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER, UH, FUNDING REQUEST FOR OTHER REPORTING. BUT, UM, PRESUMABLY, YES. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNTY CLERK OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATION. THIS ONE MOTION, I BELIEVE. DO YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR MOTION? FIRST? MOTION AND A SECOND. SUPERVISOR SHARUN. SUPERVISOR . THANK YOU. UH, SO THIS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT 18 MONTH PILOT PROGRAM THAT ADJUSTED THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE HOURS, IN ADDITION TO THE REGISTER OF DEEDS AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, UH, WHICH CHANGED OUR HOURS TO 7:00 AM TO 5:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH OUR OFFICES BEING CLOSED ON FRIDAYS. UH, WHAT I AM RECOMMENDING AND REQUESTING IS THE ABILITY TO BE OPEN ONE SATURDAY A QUARTER, UM, BY APPOINTMENT, WHICH IS HOW WE CURRENTLY OPERATE NOW, AND OFFERING SATURDAY SERVICES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR PASSPORTS AND MARRIAGE LICENSES. I DO KNOW THAT THE REGISTERED DEEDS OFFICE HAS ALSO HAD INTEREST IN DOING OR PROVIDING SERVICES BY APPOINTMENT AS WELL, UM, AND POTENTIALLY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE DURING TAX TIME. BUT, SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE JUST TO APPROVE THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, OUR ABILITY TO OFFER SERVICES QUARTERLY ON, ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EACH QUARTERLY MONTH. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS MM-HMM. , DO YOU THINK HAVING ONE SATURDAY A QUARTER WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR DEMAND OR THINK IT'S A STARTING POINT? YES, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A STARTING POINT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF OUR SERVICES AND FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING, YOU KNOW, EV EVEN SEVEN TO FIVE 30, THAT'S GREAT. BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING NEED SOME, SOME SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THOSE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. MM-HMM. , UH, IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET HERE IN TIME OR TAKE OFF OF WORK FOR THAT. AND SO BY, AT AT LEAST STARTING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE NORM, UH, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND IT YEAH. GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. RIGHT, EXACTLY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO MONITOR THINGS PRETTY CLOSELY BECAUSE WE ONLY TAKE APPOINTMENTS. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO EITHER THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATES WEBSITE FOR PASSPORTS, SEE THAT WE'RE OPEN, THEN THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT MARRIAGE LICENSES TOO, THEY WOULD SCHEDULE RIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. I JUST HAVE KIND OF A QUESTION OF CURIOSITY IS KIND OF INTO THE WEEDS, BUT WHEN YOU CHANGE DATES AND TIMES OF, YOU KNOW, OFFERINGS AND SERVICES AND SUCH, IT CAN CONFUSE PEOPLE. SURE. YEAH. UM, WHY THE THIRD SATURDAY? AND IT WAS THE STAFFING, RIGHT? IT WAS JUST WHAT WAS SELECTED. UM, BUT BY SAYING THE THIRD SATURDAY FOR US, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ONLY OFFER SERVICES BY APPOINTMENT. SO IF YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE OPEN. SO THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S WEBSITE FOR PASSPORTS HAS OUR HOURS LISTED AND ALSO SAYS YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND DIRECTS PEOPLE TO OUR WEBSITE. SO THEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BOOK THOSE SERVICES, THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO IT WHEN WE'RE OPEN. SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T COME IN EVERY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR A FRIDAY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . SO IS THERE A LINK FROM THERE TO OUR WEBSITE? MM-HMM. . SO, YEP. AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR OFFICE AS WELL. MR, DO YOU HAVE STAFFING AVAILABLE TO YEAH. ON THE LIST? YEAH. SO I AM ASSUMING THAT IT LIKELY MIGHT BE MYSELF TO START. UM, I OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRING ANY OF MY STAFF TO DO IT UNLESS THEY'RE INTERESTED. I KNOW SOME MEMBERS OF MY TEAM HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN WORKING. IT'S A QUARTERLY SATURDAY, SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVERY SATURDAY AND IT'S THREE HOURS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING AS OF RIGHT NOW. UM, SO THEY HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN ALSO PARTICIPATING IN IT. I THINK I'M VERY FORTUNATE WITH A TEAM WHO SEES THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT MOST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, SO [00:40:01] SPEAKING OF STAFFING, UM, HOW ARE YOU FLEXING PEOPLE OR HOW ARE WE PICKING UP THE COSTS ON THAT? RIGHT, RIGHT. YEP. SO THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WHY I'M ELECTED. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO FLEX ANYTHING. I HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SALARIED AND I HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE, ARE HOURLY AND THEY WOULD THEN FLEX THEIR TIME DURING THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DURING THE CORRECT DAY PERIOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS PILOT PROGRAM? MM-HMM? THERE BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND ARE YOU ALSO SPEAKING ON THE I VOTED STICKER? I AM. SO NO, NO APPROVAL NECESSARY FOR THIS ITEM. I JUST WANTED IT ON YOUR RADAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OFFERING. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALREADY. I KNOW, I, I DID EMAIL IT TO EVERYBODY. MM-HMM. . UH, BUT IT IS A COUNTYWIDE COMPETITION, DESIGN COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS K FIVE THROUGH 12TH GRADE, UH, TO SUBMIT DESIGNS. [i. I Voted Sticker Update] AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL BE VOTING ON THOSE NARROWED DOWN DESIGNS AND A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, UH, QUITE A FEW DESIGN SUBMISSIONS, EITHER BY PAPER OR ONLINE THROUGH OUR, OUR WEBSITE. UM, SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE COMING UP WITH AND IT'LL BE EXCITING TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS. EXCELLENT. NICE. MM-HMM, . VERY GOOD. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, YEAH, IT'S EXCITING. YEAH, VERY EXCITING. SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT, I TAKE IT. YES. YEP. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT ON FACEBOOK AND STUFF AND IT'S, YEAH, IT'S GREAT. LOVE IT. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS. OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW. UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE EXECUTIVE TO THE THIRD TUESDAY AT FOUR INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY. UM, IT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? SO IT'D BE THE THIRD TUESDAY. I DON'T RECALL. AS WE SET UP ALL OUR COMMITTEES, I KNOW SOME OF YOU WANT TO MOVE, SOME OF THE MORNING COMMITTEES WANTED TO MOVE THE AFTERNOON, SO WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF DAYS, SO OH, YEAH. AND I WOULD TELL YOU TUESDAY, UM, IS A REALLY BAD DAY FOR ME. I WORK VERY LATE ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. WEDNESDAYS OR THURSDAYS ARE BOTH REALLY GOOD FOR ME. UM, IF THAT WOULD WEIGH INTO YOURS, THAT'S WHAT MY PLAN WAS, TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE TO MOVE TO AFTERNOON. AND I CAN TAKE A WEDNESDAY OR A THURSDAY DEPENDING ON YEAH. THURSDAY'S BAD FOR ME AND THURSDAY'S MY PUBLIC WORKS MEETING. MONDAYS, MONDAYS ARE NOT GREAT. , DO WE, DO WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE? I CAN MAKE IT WORK, YOU KNOW, ON WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE COULD LEAVE WEDNESDAYS. I CAN, I MEAN, I CAN DEAL WITH, WITH, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE IT BETTER FOR ALL YOUR COMMITTEES BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SET TIMES WITH YOUR COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT IF WE WANNA STAY ON WEDNESDAYS, THAT'S COOL. YEAH. AND, AND I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO OURS, UH, THURSDAYS ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY. UM, AT LEAST THROUGH THE SUMMER. YEAH. TIME. IF THERE'S A COMMITTEE MEETING AND A EXECUTIVE MEETING. WHAT ABOUT THE TIME CHANGE THAT YOU MEAN WORKABLE? FOUR O'CLOCK? I'M, I'M WONDERING YEAH, IF, IF THE TIME, IF YOU CHANGE THE TIME, WOULD THAT HELP? KEEP THE DAY BUT CHANGE THE TIME BASED ON, I MEAN, MY COMMITTEE TIME IS SET. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE TO, WE COULD MOVE A COMMITTEE TO LIKE SIX O'CLOCK, BUT I DON'T THINK STAFF WANTS TO DO THAT. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO EITHER. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY JAMIE THAT STAFF WILL DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SERVE US AND, AND I UNDERSTOOD. I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME, WE ALL TRY TO WORK TOGETHER TOO. . OH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN COMMITTEES, YOU GOT ONE, UH, ONE NIGHT A MONTH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT BAD. IF IT WERE EVERY WEEK THAT I, I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT. RIGHT. WOULD BE DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW. UM, SO, AND WHEN YOU SET YOUR COMMITTEES, WE SHOULD TRY TO STAY IN THE SECOND AND THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH. 'CAUSE IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER. MM-HMM. MIKE HAS A LOT OF STUFF HE HAS TO DO RIGHT. THE WEEK BEFORE HE PUTS OUT THE AGENDA FOR COUNTY BOARD MEETINGS. SO WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE MEETING THE FOURTH WEEK AND WE SHOULD TRY TO KEEP IT AT JUST THAT ONE. SO YEAH. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT WAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DID SPEAK WITH MIKE ABOUT IT TOO. UM, AND IF IT HAD TO BE WEDNESDAYS, IT WOULD BE SECOND AND THIRD [00:45:02] YOU'RE SAYING, AND WHAT WE'RE, WELL YOU ALREADY GOT COUNTY BOARD, RIGHT? RIGHT. UM, AND SO THAT'S THE SECOND. SO THAT LEAVES THE THIRD WEEKEND BASICALLY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO STACK THE MEETINGS LIKE FOUR AND FIVE? I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS WE NEVER KNOW HOW LONG A MEETING'S GONNA TAKE. TRUE. YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, I MEAN, QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD, LIKE WITH HUMAN SERVICES, I KNOW THAT'S USUALLY, I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD A MEETING THAT WENT OVER A HALF HOUR IN MY TWO YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR WOULD BE YEAH. BUT RARELY. YEAH, RARELY. UM, SAME THING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. WE'RE USUALLY AN HOUR, HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR TOPS. YEAH. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF THERE'S A HEARING. RIGHT. WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THOSE, SO, OKAY. FOR NOW, WE'LL LEAVE EXECUTIVE AT THE THIRD WEDNESDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK. OKAY. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO KEEP YOU GUYS PUBLIC WORKS SET THAT WORKS FOR YOU. RIGHT. FOUR O'CLOCK AND THURSDAYS. YOU GOTTA DO THAT WITH YOUR COMMITTEE. OH, WITH OUR COMMITTEE. GOT IT. OKAY. SO, OKAY. SO, UM, SO OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO WORK IT OUT WITH OUR COMMITTEES AND WORK WITH THE, UH, WITH MR. FODY AND RIGHT. TRY AND GET THAT SET UP. YEAH. EACH OF YOUR COMMITTEES WILL MEET AT THE NORMAL TIME THIS MONTH. THIS MONTH. CORRECT. AND THEN, THEN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF 'EM AND YEAH. MAKE A PLAN GOING FORWARD, FORWARD, JUST CHECKING AVAILABILITY. AND SO FAR WE'RE SO GOOD. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO SUPERVISOR KREBS, THEIR SUPERVISOR MARY YET, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THEIR AVAILABILITY, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WORKS. OKAY. UM, BUT SO FAR WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH WITH FOUR 30 ON EITHER WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, SO THAT'S WIDE OPEN FOR ME. UM, AND, AND IF IT HAD TO BE A LITTLE LATER, I, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT AND I'LL WORK WITH MR. FODY AND WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY. BE ADVISED, I TRY TO MAKE ALL YOUR MEETINGS SIT IN. SURE. LISTEN. BUT IF I DON'T, I WATCH 'EM ON TV THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER. I MEAN, ARE YOU FLAT OUT REJECTING THURSDAY AS A DATE OR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS? WHEN I'M GOLFING. PROBABLY. . WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW. YEAH. IF SOME, IF A, IF AN ISSUE COMES UP THAT'S, UH, NEEDS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, THEN I SKIP GOLF, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I MEAN, BECAUSE IF WE DID IT THAT WAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IN SUMMER MONTHS AGO, YOU GOT THREE MEETINGS MAYBE. TRUE. YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE EXCESSIVE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD PEOPLE HERE, PRETTY REGULAR AT SHOWING UP, SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO SIT IN NECESSARILY FOR LACK OF RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE TAPING 'EM SO WE CAN ALWAYS WATCH 'EM LATER. SO AS AN OPTION, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THURSDAYS, I COULD TALK TO MY COMMITTEE AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO LIKE A THREE 30 TO WHATEVER, TO START FOR PUBLIC WORK. SO THEN YOU CAN GET FOUR 30. RIGHT. YOU COULD WORK THAT OUT WITH WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY STICKING TO YEAH. THIS IS ALL, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOUR DISCUSSION. OKAY. OKAY. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED NOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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