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THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE.UH, WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT AND ONE WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THANK THE REPUBLIC FOR ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 16TH.
DID ANYONE NOTICE ANYTHING THAT ANY ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE THEY ARE POSTED? NOT THAT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE AS POSTED.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER OR AGENDA THREE, DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLE ACTION.
THE FIRST ITEM THREE, A MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE RECOGNITION BY AMERICAN TISSUE SERVICES FOUNDATION.
AND FOR THAT WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER, DEBBIE OLA.
UM, I HAVE A, A GUEST SPEAKER HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, JOYCE KRATZ FROM THE AMERICAN TISSUE SERVICES FOUNDATION, WHO'S, I THINK GONNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECOGNITION AND THE AWARD, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN.
SO MY NAME IS JOYCE KRATZ FROM AMERICAN TISSUE SERVICES FOUNDATION.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME, UM, THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOGNITION THAT THE, UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED FROM OUR OFFICE.
AND IT, WE REALLY WANNA THANK THE STAFF AND ABSOLUTELY THE LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY DEBBIE OLA, UH, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
UM, SO, UH, DEBBIE, DID YOU BRING THE TEARDROP AND THE CERTIFICATE? UM, I DID NOT
UH, SO WE DID ACTUALLY PRESENT THE AWARD TO THE STAFF, UM, AND THE SHERIFF AND, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER WERE THERE.
WE WANTED TO DO IT A LITTLE INFORMALLY FOR THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATED THEM.
UM, SO WE REALLY WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THE TEARDROP AWARD IS AN AWARD FOR, UH, THE, UH, RECOGNITION OF TISSUE DONATION EFFORTS BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.
AND WHAT THE TEARDROP ACTUALLY STANDS FOR IS, OBVIOUSLY IN OUR GRIEF, UM, WHEN A TEARDROP DROPS INTO A PUDDLE OF WATER, UM, IT'S RIPPLES.
SO THOSE RIPPLES ABSOLUTELY EXTEND OUT, NOT JUST IN THE IMMEDIATE TIME, BUT FOR FUTURE.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW HOW COMPASSIONATE YOUR STAFF IS AND THE COMPASSIONATE CARE AND SUPPORT THAT THE OFFICE PROVIDES TO DONORS, BUT ALSO ANYONE WHO HAS LOST A LOVED ONE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO BASE THIS ON, IS THE TISSUE DONOR HEROES, BUT THEIR FAMILIES, BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY GOING THROUGH THE DARKEST HOUR.
AND YOUR STAFF DOES AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL JOB.
UH, LITTLE INTERESTING FACT, UM, I HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING IS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE SERVICES ONCE A YEAR ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE DMV AND ALL OF THE DONOR REGISTRY STATISTICS.
AND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN STATISTIC AS OF NOW, IS 57% OF PEOPLE 15 YEARS OLD OR OLDER HAVE, UM, MADE THEIR DONOR DESIGNATION THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO BE A DONOR.
WHAT I FIND IS VERY INTERESTING IS WASHINGTON COUNTY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST STATE, UH, HIGHEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE, AND YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE A, OVER A 61%, UM, OF YOUR RESIDENTS, 15 YEARS OLDER OR OLDER, HAVE STATED LEGALLY THAT THEY WANT TO BE A DONOR.
SO IT, TO ME, THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS YOU'VE GOT A VERY CARING COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT.
UH, LAST YEAR WE TRY AND NOT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON STATISTICS, BUT THIS ONE JUST REALLY HIT ME.
UM, SO WITH THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL DONORS, UH, THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, UM, CALLED IN TO US AND BECAME DONORS, OVER 675 INDIVIDUALS WERE IMPACTED BY THOSE GIFTS.
SO NOT ONLY DID THE STAFF, UM, PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE TO THOSE DONOR FAMILIES, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AGAIN AT THAT RIPPLE EFFECT, 675 PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED BY THAT.
SO I, TO ME, THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
UM, SO THE IMPACT THIS OFFICE IS HAVING ON TISSUE DONATION WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR YEARS TO COME.
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HONOR TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, UM, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DEBBIE SLA.UM, SO DEBBIE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
UM, YOU DEFINITELY EARNED THIS, AND I APPRECIATE OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES.
HOW, WHAT IS THE RANGE OF IMPACT? UM, IS IT JUST MORE WISCONSIN OR DOES IT GO FARTHER THAN THAT HELP? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO, YEAH, I, I'M GLAD YOU A ASKED THAT.
UM, NORMALLY WE DO, UM, GO THROUGH SURGERY CENTERS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
HOWEVER, WE DO PROVIDE TISSUE ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND ALSO INTERNATIONALLY.
UM, SO IT CAN, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY, THE STATISTIC IS ONE TISSUE DONOR CAN IMPACT 75 OR MORE LIVES.
AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, MULTIPLE DONORS OUTTA WASHINGTON COUNTY, THAT IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN WELL OVER 75 INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT NUMBER IS TRULY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF GIFTS THAT THEY CAN DONATE DUE TO THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR AGE.
UM, IT ALSO IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT A SURGERY CENTER IS PROJECTING THEIR NEEDS FOR SURGERY, UM, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
THE GIFTS OF TISSUE ARE VIABLE FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE SAY 75 OR MORE INDIVIDUALS, THE IMPACT IS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE OWE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOUR AWARD.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND YOUR ATTITUDE IN, IN HELPING YOUR STAFF UNDERSTAND AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TISSUE DONATION IS A GREAT THING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FITS WITH THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE COUNTY IF WE ARE AT 61% WHO HAVE YEAH.
SO THANK YOU FOR FURTHERING THAT GOAL.
YOU AND YOUR TEAMS ARE SO EASY TO WORK WITH.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO MAKE THAT ONE EXTRA PHONE CALL AT TWO IN THE MORNING, THREE IN THE MORNING WHEN, WHEN WE'RE EXHAUSTED OR HAD A LONG DAY.
SO, UM, KUDOS TO THEIR TEAMS FOR MAKING THE PROCESS EASY SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT MISSION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE B THREE B IS THE DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD CONTINUE FUNDING OF A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UM, POSITION FROM STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000 FOR THE REST OF 2025.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR NEWMAN WITH A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR TOMA.
AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER, UH, BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UH, CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SAGER.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU, UH, APPROVED LAST MONTH.
UH, THIS IS A FORMALITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DOA OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY FUND THAT 0.6 POSITION.
SO THIS, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION WILL THEN GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD AND THEN BE SENT OFF TO THE DOA SO THAT THEY CAN RECOGNIZE THAT.
IS THERE ANY, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE C, FIRE AND EMS UPDATES.
AND FOR THAT WE TURN AGAIN TO MR. SAGER.
UH, AS WE ALL HEARD, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SPEAK AT THE LAST COUNTY BOARD MEETING, UH, THE EXTENSIVE, UH, CONCEPT, IF YOU WILL, MOVING FORWARD TO CREATE A REGIONAL FIRE, OR EXCUSE ME, REGIONAL EMS SYSTEM THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE NEEDS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING CURRENTLY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE AS DESCRIBED AT THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF FORMULATING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH BY HEALTHCARE STRATEGIST.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUNTY CHIEFS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS THAT EVEN FURTHER.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UH, YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED THE ANALYSIS THAT I PUT TOGETHER IN A SPREADSHEET FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE, CITY.
UH, IT GIVES YOU A DEEPER DIVE, UH, JUST TO DOVETAIL ON WHAT MS. KRA JUST STATED.
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UH, THIS ANALYSIS OR IS ALL STATISTICS, IT'S NUMBERS, NUMBERS, TELL A STORY.AND BY HAVING THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A DEEPER CONCEPT AS TO HOW YOU'LL DEVELOP YOUR DECISION MAKING GOING FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR YOU AT ANY TIME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT.
IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT DOCUMENT, SO IF YOU NEED ANY GUIDANCE OR ASSISTANCE IN GOING THROUGH THAT, I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION THIS MORNING FROM WEST BEND FIRE.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WEST BEND FIRE AND POLICE ARE CURRENTLY NOT WITHIN THE CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH CENTER.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM WHAT THEY USE CALLED FIRST DUE.
UH, THEY DO NOT USE THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO GLEAN THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU, BUT IT GIVES YOU A COMPREHENSIVE 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF WHAT WEST BEND FIRE DOES JUST IN THEIR MUNICIPALITY ALONE.
THE WEST BEND FIRE DOES RESPOND TO MULTIPLE, UH, TOWNSHIPS VILLAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THROUGH OUR DISPATCH CENTER, AND THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT THAT IN FRONT OF YOU IS FROM THE CITY OF WEST BEND SOLELY.
UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT GONNA ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF ANY OF THE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING TO THAT DEPTH, BUT IF ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS FOR MR. SEGER ABOUT, UM, THE FORMAT, UM, WHAT ANY OF THE ABBREVIATIONS MEANT, JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, WE'D ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME.
SO I'VE ATTENDED A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE PAST WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND I'M, I HAVEN'T ATTENDED THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, DO YOU FEEL THERE'S COOPERATION AND BUY-IN FROM, I WOULD SAY THE FIRE SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, FIRE AND EMS AND MUNICIPALITIES, BUT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE IDEA THAT'S OUT THERE NOW IS THE REGIONAL EMS STUFF.
I'M, I'M WONDERING HOW THAT'S BEING RECEIVED ON THAT END BEHIND THE SCENES.
LIKE, IS IT THERE? WELL BE, BEFORE YOU ANSWER, UM, WE, WE REALLY WERE JUST GONNA FOCUS ON THE, ON THE FORMAT AND THE REPORT ITSELF TO SEE HOW, UM, IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT OF THE REPORT, UH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE TO TO SAY HOW ANY INDIVIDUALS OR OR CHIEFS MIGHT FEEL ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR INTEREST AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WANTING TO YOUR CURIOSITY ON THE TOPIC.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DELVE INTO THIS VERY DEEPLY, BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE A SUCCINCT ANSWER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, AS SUCCINCT AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
I THINK IT'S BEING VERY WELL RECEIVED.
I KNOW THAT AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL, IT'S JUST THE FIRE CHIEFS THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY CAREER DEPARTMENTS, COMBINATION DEPARTMENTS, AND VOLUNTEER, AND THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER VERY WELL.
IT WAS A GROUP THAT WAS, UH, BOTH VOLUNTEER AND SUGGESTED BY THE ENTIRE COUNTY CHIEF.
SO AS THE EXECUTIVE SAID, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CHIEFS CAME TO YOU AS THE COUNTY BOARD SEEKING ASSISTANCE.
SO WITH THE STUDY, THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE STUDY AND THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY, AND NOW A PLAN PUT IN PLACE, IT'S, IT'S WELL RECEIVED.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UH, IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, IT UNDERSTANDING IN THAT REGARD, BUT I THINK IT, IT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR KYLE? SO YEAH, THERE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THERE FOR US TO NOW TO MINE IN AND, AND DO OUR WORK AND GET OUR QUESTIONS, UM, TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL AREAS THAT WE REPRESENT AS, UM, SUPERVISORS, HOW, HOW THEY, WHAT THEIR STATISTICS ARE AND HOW THEY'LL BE AFFECTED.
BUT ALSO AS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL COUNTY AND SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT.
SO WE DO HAVE A BIT OF WORK, UM, IN FRONT OF US TO, TO REVIEW THOSE NUMBERS AND SEE HOW THINGS FIT FROM AREA TO AREA, FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? NO, SIR.
THEN, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING DATE WILL BE JUNE 18TH, AND WE PERHAPS WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AGAIN AT THAT TIME.
AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOURING THE JAIL AS REQUIRED BY WISCONSIN STATUTE.
AND WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE STARTING WITH SUPERVISOR TOMA.
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AYE.I DID NOT ALLOW TIME IN THERE FOR DISCUSSION.
IF ANYONE WISHES TO DISCUSS FURTHER AND CHANGE THEIR VOTE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRE, THAT IS REQUIRED.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL, UM, GO INTO CLOSE SESSION.
CAPTAIN LEHMAN IS HERE AND WILL TAKE US OVER TO THE JAIL LOBBY.
I BELIEVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TOUR, IT WILL BE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE'S, UH, MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN SCHLEI, I BELIEVE, UH, CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WILL YOU BE ACCOMPANYING US? I I WILL.
UM, THIS WILL BE A SHORT TOUR.
UH, WE CAN LEAVE OUR STUFF HERE.
UM, KAYLA, WE WILL KEEP THE ROUTE, WE'LL CLOSE THE DOOR, BUT WE CAN COME BACK AND GET OUR POSSESSIONS AFTERWARDS.
YOU MAY NOT BRING ALONG ANY WEAPONS, BUT AS FAR AS CELL PHONES, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT TAKING PICTURES, UM, PENS AND PENCILS AND STUFF THAT YOU MAY HAVE HERE IN YOUR POCKET COVER THAT.
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OH, I ALMOST SIGNED THE CHAIR.
YOU ALMOST SIGNED WHAT? THE CHAIRPERSON ONE, YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE TO SIGN IN WHEN OUR COMMITTEE, OH,
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SHE ACTUALLY FAT.UM, THEY, THAT HAPPENED AND THEY CAUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR MADE IT JUST RECENTLY.
WELL, YEAH, THEY SAID, UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING AT BETWEEN 12 AND 1230 ON FRIDAY.
THE GERMANTOWN AREA OR, YEAH, BUT, UM, COLGATE.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT TIFF THAT THEY HAVE THAT'S IN THIS PAPERWORK TODAY? UM, I MUST HAVE SKIM OVER IT.
IT'S THE ONE RIGHT BY CABELLA'S, THAT WHOLE AREA THERE, THERE FOR THE WA WATER.
WHAT? NO, NO, I GOTTA LOOK HERE.
I, IT'S, UH, ADVISORY RESOLUTION.
I JOINT BOARD A JOINT BOARD REVIEW PARTICIPATION.
IS THAT IT? THE GUIDANCE ON THE, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE WHICH, WHICH, UH, RESOLUTION IS IT? OR GUIDANCE ON THE JOINT VIEW.
THAT'S THE BIG HAIRY ONE THAT, DO YOU KNOW BOB SODABERG? NO.
HE JUST BECAME THE VOTED IN THE YEAH, IT WASN'T HEALEY BEFORE, WAS IT? NO, HEALEY'S RICHFIELD.
AND, UM, THEY STILL HAVE, DEAN STILL HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, GERMANTOWN GOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THE ADMINISTRATOR TOO.
SO IT'S, UM, IT DIDN'T INCLUDE, IT SEEMED AS IF THEY DID A LOT OF EMAIL THINGS THAT APPEARED TO BE, UM, WHAT'S THAT CALLED WHEN YOU HAVE WHOLE OPEN MEETING LAW VIOLATIONS.
AND THEY, THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WERE SHOWING UP AT THESE MEETINGS WERE REALLY MEANT BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE STORIES OF APARTMENTS AND THEY WANTED, UM, MASSES OF APARTMENTS TO RENT INSTEAD OF, THERE'S NO, UM, HOME OWNERSHIP INVOLVED.
ALMOST THE SAME AS GERMANTOWN.
DIDN'T WE JUST GO THROUGH THAT WITH GERMANTOWN? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THE JOINT BOARD REVIEW.
UNLESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKING THIS ONE.
WELL, THIS IS PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON GERMANTOWN, BUT THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TID FOR THE RICHFIELD ONE.
WELL, IT'LL BE INTERESTING HEARING 'CAUSE IT'S VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD T DISTRICT.
I WONDER IF THAT'S THE, WITH THE WATER.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE TO DO WITH THE RIDGEFIELD DEVELOPMENT UP BY CABELA'S, BUT ON, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF 41 THERE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW, IS THAT WHERE WATER'S WATER THING? NO, THE WATER'S ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND NOT QUITE AS, UH, THE WATER THING IS BY QUICK FIT OFF OF 1 67 THERE.
YEAH, I, I KNOW IN THE NEW WELL THEY PUT UP THERE.
I GOTTA GET, LOOK AT MY EMAILS BEFORE DEB.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE LOOK AT AARON AND GO, YEAH, SHOOT.
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IT SURE.WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
UM, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE APPROPRIATELY, AND WE'LL RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 16TH, WERE IN THE PACKET.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH ITEMS A AND B FOR REASONS WHICH WILL BECOME CLEAR TO YOU.
UM, SO, UM, THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SATURDAY HOURS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR COUNTY CLERK, ASHLEY.
OH, DO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND? UM, YES, BECAUSE IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH OUR SATURDAY HOURS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED? OKAY.
UM, SO OUR FIRST QUARTERLY SATURDAY, UH, WAS LAST YEAR IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS JULY.
UM, AND WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR SATURDAY HOURS.
UM, IT'S ONCE A QUARTER AND IT'S FOR THREE HOURS EACH, EACH TIME.
SO FROM 8:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AND TYPICALLY IT'S TWO TO THREE STAFF MEMBERS FROM MY OFFICE THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
WE OFFER MARRIAGE LICENSE APPOINTMENTS, PASSPORTS, AND PASSPORT PHOTOS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY BOOKED EVERY SINGLE TIME WE'VE BEEN OPEN ON A SATURDAY.
SO WHETHER THAT'S 10 APPOINTMENTS OR 18 APPOINTMENTS, UH, WE TRACK ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND IN THE FOUR SATURDAYS THAT WE'VE HAD QUARTERLY, WE'VE HAD 54 APPOINTMENTS.
SO THAT COULD MEAN WE'VE ACTUALLY SERVICED MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE PASSPORTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
YOU COULD BE BRINGING IN YOUR CHILDREN IN ONE APPOINTMENT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S RATHER SIGNIFICANT.
AND I THINK, UH, ROUGHLY OUR ESTIMATE FOR HOW MUCH REVENUE WE BROUGHT IN IS ABOUT $5,000, UM, SINCE IMPLEMENTING THESE SATURDAYS AS WELL.
SO, UH, MY REQUEST IS TO ADD ONE MORE SATURDAY IN JUNE AND ONE MORE SATURDAY IN AUGUST.
SOME THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE BUSIEST MARRIAGE LICENSE TIME PERIOD.
AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVE THOSE THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSE AND MAYBE CAN'T COME IN DURING THE WEEK.
AND OFFERING JUST JULY WOULD NOT BE A BENEFIT THAT WAY, UM, BECAUSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, MISS OUT ON THOSE THAT ARE, ARE GETTING MARRIED AT A EARLIER TIME.
SO, SO SUPERVISOR KELLY, SO, UM, FOR, JUST FOR KIND OF CURIOSITY'S SAKE, ARE WE MOSTLY SERVING WASHINGTON COUNTY RESIDENTS ON THESE SATURDAYS OR HAS THIS BEEN AN OBVIOUSLY MM-HMM
DO OTHER STUFF, BUT, SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A GOOD MIX.
UM, FOR PASSPORTS SPECIFICALLY, THOSE THAT NEED A WEEKEND OR, OR WOULD'VE NEEDED LIKE AN EVENING AND COULDN'T GET IN DURING THE WEEK.
UH, THOSE ARE OUT OF COUNTY RESIDENTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE HEARD THAT FROM, FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY GREATLY APPRECIATED THE SATURDAY HOURS.
AND SOMETIMES ACTUALLY THE POST OFFICE EVEN REFERS PEOPLE TO US, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES, WE HAVE HAD MANY COUPLES COME IN FROM ALL OVER SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE THAT IS OPEN ON SATURDAYS.
I'M GONNA BORROW DENNIS'S MIC.
UM, SO MINE'S MORE STAFF RELATED.
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THE STAFF AND IT'S OKAY, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES MOVING, ROTATING STAFF THROUGH WEEKENDS AND STUFF.SO ACTUALLY I WORK EVERY SATURDAY THAT WE'RE OPEN, AND THEN HISTORICALLY IT WAS MY CHIEF DEPUTY THAT WORKED WITH ME, AND I ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FULLY BOOKED, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WORKING, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN DO THREE TIMES THE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, WHICH WHEN WE DID DO THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD 18 APPOINTMENTS.
UM, SO WE WERE FULLY BOOKED THAT DAY AS WELL.
UM, SO MY STAFF, THEY'VE ARE EXTREMELY AGREEABLE TO DOING IT.
THEY SEE THE BENEFIT AND WANT TO BETTER SERVICE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME IN.
UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, YES, I, I ONLY LIKELY WILL HAVE STAFF TO DO TWO PEOPLE, UM, BECAUSE MARY'S RETIRING, BUT MOVING FORWARD WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE.
OH, AND I SHOULD MENTION THERE IS NO ADDED COST, UH, TO THE SATURDAYS FOR STAFFING.
UH, WE TYPICALLY IT'S MYSELF OR A SALARIED EMPLOYEE.
UM, OR WE FLEX TIME, SO THEY TAKE OFF TIME.
UH, RATHER THAN WE, WE DON'T PAY OVERTIME, SO, WHICH MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A SLOWER DAY OR, YOU KNOW, MONDAYS ARE SLOW OR SOMETHING.
IRONICALLY, MONDAYS ARE ONE OF OUR BUSIEST DAYS.
I I SHOULD ALSO NOTE, UM, I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THIS WILL COME UP WITH THE NEXT DISCUSSION WE HAVE AS WELL.
BUT THERE IS AN ADDED COST, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UH, FOR COURT SECURITY, UM, FOR THOSE SATURDAYS.
SO FOR THE FOUR QUARTERLY SATURDAYS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE TWO THAT WE'RE ADDING.
UM, AND THEN OUR EXTENDED HOURS IN GENERAL, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DID PROVIDE A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY $30,000.
THAT'S FOR ALL EXTENDED HOURS.
7:00 AM TO 5:30 PM ARE SATURDAYS.
AND THEN ALSO ALL OF THE BOARD MEETINGS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENT.
SO I JUST, THAT IS THE ONE ADDITIONAL COST, BUT IT'S FOR ALL OF THE THINGS, NOT JUST THE SATURDAYS, ASSUMING THAT'LL COME UP IN BUDGET ANYWAY AT THAT TIME.
ACTUALLY, JUST THIS AFTERNOON I TALKED TO, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND HE SUPPORTS THE EXTENDED HOURS BECAUSE IT'S BETTER SERVICE TO CONSTITUENTS AND, UH, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET.
I ALSO, ONE LAST THING WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE TREASURER IS PLANNING ON BEING OPEN IN JUNE AND JULY.
UM, AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE IS CURRENTLY, SHE, THEIR OFFICE DOES ALL OF THE QUARTERLY SATURDAYS WITH US, AND SHE'S LOOKING AT IF THEY'LL BE OFFERING ANY OF THE OTHER ONES IN SUMMER TOO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS, SAY AYE.
YOU CAN MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEM A.
UM, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE EDITION OF MY COMMITTEE REPORT.
UM, THIS IS JUST A REVIEW OF OUR 18 MONTH PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUR EXTENDED HOURS FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE, AND THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE, BOTH OF WHICH, UH, THOSE, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE HERE TOO.
UM, SO YOU GUYS CAN FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING.
UH, BUT A LITTLE HISTORY, UH, IS LISTED IN MY COMMITTEE REPORT JUST OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.
UH, WHICH KIND OF STARTED WITH MY OFFICE OFFERING EXTENDED HOURS IN THE EVENINGS IN HARTFORD AT OUR REMOTE OFFICE, UH, WHICH WAS FOUR TO 7:00 PM ON THURSDAYS EVERY SINGLE THURSDAY.
SO MYSELF AND ONE OTHER STAFF MEMBER WOULD ROTATE THROUGH AND OFFER SERVICE HOURS IN HARTFORD.
UH, WE FOUND THAT IT WASN'T THE LOCATION THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE IN, BUT THE EVENING HOURS, UM, FOR PASSPORTS OR MARRIAGE LICENSES.
UM, SO AFTER THAT WE RAN A SHORTER PILOT PROGRAM WHERE TWO OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN MY OFFICE OFFERED THE 7:00 AM TO 5:30 PM AND THIS WAS POST COVID.
I, OF COURSE, UH, BUT WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THOSE THAT CAME IN DURING THOSE TWO AND A HALF HOURS THAT WE OFFERED THE EXTENDED AVAILABILITY.
UM, APPROXIMATELY 44%, UH, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL AT.
SO WE TRACK ALL OF OUR APPOINTMENTS, MARRIAGE LICENSES, PASSPORTS, PASSPORT PHOTOS, BUT DURING THAT SEVEN TO 8:00 AM AND THEN THE, UH, FOUR TO 5:30 PM WE ACTUALLY SERVICE FOUR, ALMOST 45% OF ALL OF OUR APPOINTMENTS FOR A 10 HOUR DAY.
WE SERVICE ALMOST HALF OF THOSE IN THOSE TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S GOING EXTREMELY WELL FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, AND THEN IF THE TREASURER AND REGISTER OF
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DEEDS WANTS TO JUMP IN, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OVER 20% TOO IN THEIR TRACKING.UM, SORRY, SCOTT, MR. TREASURER, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO TRACK, UM, WHAT PEOPLE JUST COMING IN TO PAY TAXES, BUT OUR OVERALL COLLECTIONS ARE UP ABOUT 23% SINCE WE WENT TO THE EXTENDED HOURS YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO I THINK MORE PEOPLE ARE USING IT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE CAN TRACK THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, AND, AND I WILL SAY IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR MY OFFICE TO TRACK IT.
WE ACCEPT APPOINTMENTS AND SO EVERYTHING IS ON A CALENDAR AND WE CAN LITERALLY MANUALLY GO IN AND, AND TRACK THAT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO PAY THEIR TAXES, BUT IT, BUT THE EXTENDED HOURS HAS HELPED BECAUSE YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT EITHER COME BEFORE WORK OR AFTER WORK TO, TO DO THOSE THINGS.
AND OUR DROPBOX THAT WE, UM, PUT OUT FOR FRIDAYS WHEN THE BUILDING IS OPEN, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE, THAT IS ALSO SEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IF PEOPLE WANNA SAVE ON POSTAGE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND I WILL SAY THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THOSE EARLY MORNING AND EVENING HOURS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE.
UM, AND I I SHOULD MENTION TOO, WITH OUR SATURDAYS, WE'VE HAD CUSTOMERS COME IN AND SAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY THINK YOU'D BE HERE.
UH, BUT WE WERE GREATLY SURPRISED THAT WE COULD GET GET IN OVER THE WEEKEND.
SO THIS REGISTER OF DEEDS, THANK YOU.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT OUT OF, UM, FROM JANUARY TO CURRENT, WE HAD 3,600 CONTACTS WITH CUSTOMERS.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 163 WERE BEFORE AND AFTER LIKE SEVEN AND EIGHT.
UM, AND THEN FROM FOUR 30 TO FIVE 30, SO WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WORKS OUT TOO, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT GETTING GUIDED IN MATH.
I'LL MOVE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SCHUL.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
SO WHAT'LL END UP HAPPENING IS, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN WILL DRAFT A RESOLUTION AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THIS NEXT AT THE BOARD.
IT JUST WON'T COME BACK TO YOU.
ALL THIS WILL GO RIGHT TO THE COUNTY BOARD.
WHERE'S MY THING? NEXT UP IS ITEM C, GUIDANCE ON JOINT REVIEW BOARD PRESENTA PARTICIPATION.
UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS? THIS JUST DISCUSSION? CORRECT.
RIGHT OUTTA, SO AARON, YOU'RE UP.
UM, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
UM, SO THIS IS A, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE IN THE, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UM, THIS ONE IS SIMILAR BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, FIRST JUST AN UPDATE ON GERMANTOWN NUMBER 10.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, SINCE THEN, AS I, AS I SAY IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT, UM, THE VILLAGE HAS KIND OF PUT THIS ONE ON HOLD.
THEY'RE ASSESSING A FEW THINGS.
UH, I PUT A COPY OF THAT COMMUNICATION IN THE PACKET.
UM, SO THE, THE EMAIL FROM THE VILLAGE IS IN THERE, UM, UH, KEEP YOU, WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THIS, UM, AS THEY PICK IT BACK UP.
UM, BUT FOR NOW, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STATUS OF GERMANTOWN NUMBER 10.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE THERE BEFORE I JUMP INTO RICHFIELD.
NUMBER ONE, UH, IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS ON GERMANTOWN, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND, AND MORE OF A STATEMENT AND I, I, I DID TALK TO SOME PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT, UH, IS DO THIS, OR AT LEAST REALLY WANTS A GOOD DEEP LOOK AT THIS TID.
AND THEY EXPRESSED A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE EXPRESSED AT, UH, OUR LAST MEETING.
SO I THINK WE WERE RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH IT.
I DID TALK TO ONE PERSON FROM THE BOARD AS WELL.
THEY WISHED THAT, UH, WE WOULD'VE PROBABLY FOUGHT A LITTLE HARDER AGAINST US, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR ROLE, IS WHAT I TOLD YOU.
THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF ANIM HISTORY THROUGHOUT.
I KNOW THAT AARON CAN'T SPEAK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I CAN.
AND I'LL ADD THAT, UH, THE NEW VILLAGE PRESIDENT IS SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, SO WE'LL STAY
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TUNED.WELL, WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY SUPERVISOR KELLY AND CHAIRMAN SCH LIFE THE ANSWER OF MY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO RICHFIELD, UH, DID NUMBER ONE, IT THIS, SO THE DISTRICT ALREADY EXISTS.
THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE, THE DISTRICT AND THE PROJECT PLAN.
UM, SO THE DISTRICT, WHEN IT WAS CREATED, IT SITS IN THE ENDEAVOR BUSINESS PARK IN RIDGEFIELD.
UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED WITH JUST ONE SMALL PARCEL.
IT WAS REALLY JUST FOR THE QUEST ENGINEERING, UM, BUILDING IN THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO IT WAS VERY SMALL AND THAT'S KIND OF TYPICAL OF RIDGEFIELD.
THEY DO A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, UM, IN TERMS OF THIS, THIS TID.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT DISTRICT.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH NOW THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY, THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT DISTRICT.
UM, THERE IS A COMPANY INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO A SITE IN THE DISTRICT.
SO THE PROJECT PLAN REFERS TO THIS AS PROJECT EAGLE.
UM, THE PLAN LEAVES OUT A LOT OF THE DETAILS ON THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR TID AND FOR THE PROJECT PLANS.
UM, WE, AT, AT THAT MEETING THOUGH, UH, WE DID GET A DESCRIPTION, UH, OF THE PROJECT.
WE SAW A DRAFT VERSION OF THE, UH, PRE-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE COMPANY.
SO, UH, UM, THAT REALLY HELPS BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE, IN THE PROJECT AND IN, IN THE PROPOSAL.
UM, ED WCS ALSO ENGAGED IN THIS PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, UM, ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND, UH, UNDERWRITING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE KNOW THOSE WILL BE FOLLOWED AS WELL.
UM, SO WHAT I, WHAT I WILL SHARE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND THE COMPANY, THEY PLAN TO PUT UP A BUILDING THAT'S ABOUT 110 SQUARE FEET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
UM, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AN OPTION TO SORT OF DOUBLE THAT IN SIZE, IF, IF THE TIMING IS RIGHT AND IF, IF THEY'RE ABLE.
BUT JUST THE BASE PROJECT ALONE IS 110 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UM, THEY EXPECT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, 50 TO A HUNDRED JOBS.
I'M SORRY,
UM, SO, SO, UM, BETWEEN 50 AND A HUNDRED, UH, JOBS, UM, LEADING WAGES IN THE COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, I I I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MANY SPECIFICS, BUT THAT WAS SHARED AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, SO I'M CONFIDENT IN SHARING THOSE FACTS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, IN TERMS OF PROJECT COST, THE DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO PAY THE 1.4 MILLION FOR INCENTIVES AND SOME SITE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEY EXPECT THAT'LL GENERATE MORE THAN 11 MILLION IN NEW, UH, NEW VALUE.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, THE COST, UH, THE, THE, I'M SORRY, CASH FLOW STATEMENT THAT'S IN THE, THAT'S IN THE PACKET.
UM, THEY'RE PROJECTING THAT THE DISTRICT CLOSES IN 17 OF THE 20 ALLOWABLE YEARS.
UM, MEANING THE ONES WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST, THE LAST COUPLE GO ROUNDS OF THIS HAVE BEEN MIXED USE.
SO COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE, THE ONE IN GERMANTOWN IS, UM, IS A, A REMEDIATION DISTRICT.
SO THAT EVEN HAS AN EXTENDED LIFE LONGER THAN 20, THAT'S 27 YEARS.
SO INDUSTRIAL IS REALLY, IS REALLY THE REASON WHY TIFF WAS CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, IT IT HAS A LOT LESS IMPACT ON MUNICIPAL SERVICES, RIGHT? SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, IT HAS A LOT LESS IMPACT ON, ON, UM, SOME OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UPSET NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE WERE NO PITCHFORKS IN THE ROOM, UM, AT THE FIRST MEETING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, A I THINK OVERALL, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A TON OF CONCERNS WITH THIS DISTRICT.
THE ONE QUIRK THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEIR LEADERSHIP CAN'T LOCK IN A FINAL DECISION UNTIL QUARTER THREE OF, OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S THERE, THERE WAS A PRE-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'LL BE IN PLACE.
SO WE USE THIS ANALOGY, WE'RE ENGAGED BUT NOT MARRIED.
UM, SO, SO THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE IN PLACE, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT FULLY MARRIED UNTIL THAT QUARTER THREE TIMELINE.
UM, SO IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WHERE THINGS FALL APART, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE DISTRICT IS CREATED, BUT, BUT THIS, THESE EXPENDITURES DON'T HAPPEN.
THE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
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DOESN'T SPEND THE MONEY.WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST KIND OF POINT THAT OUT.
SO AFTER ANSWERED QUESTION, YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION BEFORE I ASKED IT, SO, OKAY.
UM, I GUESS WHEN I WENT OVER THIS, I WAS KIND OF, MY HEAD WAS KIND OF SWIMMING ON THIS ONE, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, UH, WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE TID AND ARE THEY, IS IT A LEGAL THING WHERE THEY'RE EXPANDING IT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE ROAD? 'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THE T AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXPANDING IT BEYOND JUST THIS ONE, THIS ONE ADDITIONAL PARCEL, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT ONE PARCEL IN THE TID AND THEY'RE EXPANDING IT BEYOND JUST THAT SECOND PARCEL PARTIALLY TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ROAD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF.
UM, ALSO PARTIALLY TO CAPTURE, THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THERE AND IF THEY DRAW THE TID BOUNDARY, THEY CAN CAPTURE THAT INCREMENT TO PAY OFF THE TID.
UM, AS, AS THAT NATURAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND GROWS.
IT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR LIKE A BUSINESS PARK TO BE DRAWN INTO A TID THAT'S, THAT'S FAIRLY STANDARD AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS JUST THEIR TIME TO DO IT.
SO I GUESS MY THING IS JUST KIND OF GOING FORWARD HELPFUL, UH, IS THESE THINGS CAN BE PRETTY COMPLICATED.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE REALLY ALL THAT MUCH EXPERTS IN T AND I, I'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE THINGS AND HAD A HARD TIME.
IF IN IN THE SHEET WE GET AT LEAST A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, AND WHY, LIKE, WHILE WE HAD TO EXPAND THE TIP TO BRING IN THIS BUSINESS AND SO WE COULD DO THE ROAD, 'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE EXISTING T AND THIS IS OUTSIDE THAT BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, THEN AT LEAST OKAY, NOW I KIND OF GET THE FLOW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT IT IS THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH IT.
NOT THAT IT'S ULTRA IMPORTANT, BUT IN CASES IT'S LIKE GERMANTOWN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING.
LIKE YOU POINTED OUT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL FROM THIS ONE.
AND, AND I GUESS I DID GET IT RIGHT, BUT IT BOY, I STRUGGLED TO GET THERE,
AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, IN THE NEXT NEXT COMMITTEE REPORT MAKE A BETTER EFFORT TO KIND OF LAY THAT OUT THERE.
JUST, JUST THE, THE DUMBED DOWN READER'S DIGEST, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE HALL AND TALK TO ERIN.
AND BELIEVE ME, I HAVE ON SEVERAL OF THESE, UM, THE, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO A HALF MILE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES.
THERE'S NO HALF MILE PROJECTS HERE.
ANY, ANY OF THE ROAD STUFF THAT THEY'RE, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO OCCURS WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? SO I THINK WE GENERALLY APPROVE ANY, I SEE NO REASON THINK THE COMMITTEE LIKES THIS
OKAY, NEXT UP IS THE NEXT GENERATION HOUSING FRAMEWORK EDITS.
UM, AND WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, SCHULTY SUPERVISOR KELLY.
UM, SO THERE ARE FIVE CHANGES, UM, TO THE NEXTGEN HOUSING FRAMEWORK THAT I'VE OUTLINED.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY A, A CLEANUP.
AS YOU KNOW, THE NEXTGEN HOUSING COMMITTEE WAS DISBANDED IN MARCH.
UM, AND SO THE FIRST, UM, TWO AND A HALF PAGES ARE REALLY RELATED JUST TO THAT CLEANUP NOW THAT THE FUNDING REQUESTS WILL COME DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, THE SECOND CHANGE, WHICH IS ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE, UM, THESE ARE CHANGES TO THE QUALITY STANDARDS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS USING THE ENERGY STAR, UM, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE FROM JANUARY, 2023.
UM, THE STANDARDS WERE JUST CHANGED, UM, WHICH ADDS A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE WINDOWS.
UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO JUST KEEP THAT, UM, THE QUALIFIER IN THERE THAT, UH, THE STANDARDS WOULD BE WHAT WAS IN PLACE IN JANUARY OF 23 WHEN, UH, THE FRAMEWORK WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THAT.
UM, ALONG WITH THE QUALITY STANDARDS, UM, THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO, UM, MAKE BASEMENTS OPTIONAL, UM, FOR NEXT GEN HOUSING HOMES.
UM, THE BASEMENT CONSTRUCTION CAN ADD UPWARDS OF, YOU KNOW, 30, $40,000
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TO A HOME COST.AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO, UM, THINK OF WAYS TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS FOR THE BUILDERS.
UM, SO IT'LL BE UP TO EACH OF THE BUILDERS BASED ON MARKET DEMAND, UH, WHETHER THE NEXT GEN HOUSING HOMES WOULD HAVE BASEMENTS OR NOT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE, BE LOOKING AT LIKE SLAB HOUSES OR WILL IT BE CRAWL SPACES? UH, IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY EITHER.
UM, THE THIRD, UM, ITEM, WHICH IS IN THE TOP OF PAGE FOUR, UM, IS ALSO A CLEANUP ITEM.
UM, THIS IS JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION IN THE, UH, FRAMEWORK ABOUT THE HOUSING SEGMENT OF THE IMPACT REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
UM, ITEM FOUR, UM, THIS, WE HAD A POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND WE GATHERED SOME INFORMATION.
UM, THEY, UM, RUN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UM, MOST DEVELOPERS.
UM, THE ORGANIZATION SELECTS FAMILIES BASED ON INCOME NEED AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER.
UM, AND PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY SELECTED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE.
UM, AND HABITAT ACTS AS NOT ONLY THE BUILDER, BUT THE REALTOR AND THE LENDER, UM, DURING THEIR, UM, UH, WORK WITH, UH, WITH US, THE HOME BUYERS.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF NEXT GEN HOUSING IS THAT THE BUYERS ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY INCOME.
AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR NEXT GEN HOUSING HOMES ARE LISTED ON MLS, UM, JUST TO PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO PURCHASE THE NEXT GEN HOUSING HOMES AND THE BUSINESS MODEL FOR HABITAT REALLY CONFLICTS WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF NEXT GEN HOUSING.
UM, SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH EDWC, UM, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING, UM, THREE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED AT THE TOP OF PAGE FOUR.
UM, THAT HABITAT HOMES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE $20,000, UM, PER OWNER OCCUPIED UNIT.
UM, THAT'S THE LIEN THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES.
AND THAT COMES BACK AND WE REVOLVES BACK TO THE COUNTY.
UH, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE $6,000 PERMIT FEE, UM, BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS DON'T REVOLVE BACK TO THE COUNTY, UM, NOR THE HART AND HOMESTEAD, WHICH WE WANT THE RECIPIENTS TO EARN THOSE FUNDS AND NOT RETURN 'EM BACK TO THE COUNTY.
AND THEN THE FIFTH, OH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, SO HABITAT REACHED OUT TO ME BACK WHEN THIS WHOLE PROGRAM STARTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN JOINING ON AND, AND I OF COURSE HOOKED 'EM UP WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE.
UM, I, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THEIR FUNCTIONS AND THIS IS NOTHING SPEAKING AGAINST HABITAT 'CAUSE THEY'RE A GREAT COMP, UH, GREAT GROUP, WHAT THEY DO.
UM, BUT IT IS AS STATED IN THIS, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE DO.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND I'VE SAID THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE 'CAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP, WELL, LET'S JUST SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
NO, IT IS NOT, THIS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE TO KEEP THAT SOMEWHAT SEPARATE MM-HMM
UM, AND AGAIN, NO SLIGHT TOWARDS HABITATS.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, BUT I REALLY WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SEE THAT THIS IS TRYING TO KEEP THE COST OF WORKING CLASS HOUSING DOWN.
NOT TO PROVIDE FOR LOW INCOME OR UNDERSERVED PEOPLE, BUT FOR REGULAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO SPEAK.
AND, AND I WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE THIS TO YOU THIS MONTH, UM, BECAUSE I DO ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, IN JUNE OR JULY WE WILL BE, UM, GETTING A REQUEST FOR FUNDING, UM, A COUPLE OF HABITAT HOMES.
SO, AND THEN THAT THIRD POINT, TO BE CLEAR, THEY CAN'T EARN THEIR INCENTIVE BACK.
IT'S A 20,000 LIEN THAT STAYS CORRECT.
THE $20,000 LIEN IS PROVIDED TO THE BUILDER, AND THEN WHEN THE HOME IS BUILT AND SOLD TO THE HOME BUYER, THEN THE 20,000 COMES BACK, REVOLVES BACK TO THE COUNTY INTO THE NEXT GEN HOUSING FUND.
AND THE, YEAH, THE PERMIT FEE AND HEART AND HOMESTEAD DOES NOT DO THAT.
SO, AND THEN, UM, LASTLY IS ALSO A CLEANUP ITEM.
UM, JUST PROVIDING, UM, SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT, UH, THE SALE PRICE FOR EACH OF THE UNIT CANNOT EXCEED THE LIST PRICE.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS VERY CLEAR TO THE BUILDERS.
IS THAT JUST, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T GET LIKE BIDDING WARS YES.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? YEP.
SO THE BILLERS HAVE TO MEET OUR PRICE POINTS.
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UM, THEY PROVIDE US WITH A POTENTIAL LIST OF PRICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WITHIN THOSE, UH, PRICE POINT PERCENTAGES.UM, BUT THEY HAVE SOME MOVEMENT ON THOSE, UM, NOT EXCEEDING THE PRICE POINT, BUT MOVEMENT BELOW THOSE PRICE, PRICE POINT PERCENTAGES UNTIL THEY LIST THE HOME.
ONCE THEY LIST THE HOME, THEN THAT IS THE PRICE THAT STAYS AND YOU CAN'T, UM, ACCEPT ANY OFFERS ABOVE THAT PRICE.
SO ARE THEY DOING THAT JUST FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE OR FIRST QUALIFIED OR IT'S UP TO, THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE, UM, ALL OF THE OFFERS AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE VILLAGE TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO AWARD THEIR OFFER.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAY HANDS OFF ON THAT WHOLE PROCESS WITH JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY HIT THE PRICE POINT AND THEY LISTED ON MLS TO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO PUT AN OFFER IN FOR THE HOME MUST BE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY'RE ALL HAVE TO BE AT THE SAME PRICE BASICALLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? WELL THEN WE'LL VOTE.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO CLOSE THE SAMARITAN FUND SUPERVISOR, CHADRON SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.
AND OUR PRESENTATION IS BY MARGIE HAMERS.
UH, SO THE COMMITTEE REPORT CAME OUT A LITTLE LATE, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THERE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE SOLD THE FACILITY EFFECTIVE JULY OF 20, UH, JULY 1ST OF 24.
AS A RESULT, AS WE CLOSED OUT OUR 24 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE CORRESPONDING FINANCIAL FUNDS THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR THAT FACILITY.
THERE WAS TWO, UM, ONE FOR THE SAMARITAN NURSING HOME AND ONE FOR THE FIELDS, WHICH WAS THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONE BUILDING, IT WAS TWO FINANCIAL FUNDS ON OUR RECORDS.
UM, SO WHILE WE WERE DOING ALL THOSE FINAL CLOSINGS, UM, INCLUDING ANY, UH, WRAP UP OF LINGERING OPERATIONAL COSTS, UM, RECOGNIZING THE SALE OF THE ASSETS, UM, CLOSING ALL OF THOSE PIECES OUT, WE NEEDED A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OF JUST OVER $1.3 MILLION TO NET THOSE FUNDS OUT TO ZERO.
UM, SO IN THE END, THE SAMARITAN FUND HAD A DEFICIT OF JUST OVER 2 MILLION, BUT THE FIELDS FUND HAD A, UH, EXCESS OF ABOUT 789,000.
AND SO, UM, THE TRANSFER THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, OCCURRED IN OUR 24 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND IT IS TO BRING BOTH OF THOSE OUT TO ZERO.
THE, UM, THE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I POINTED OUT IS THAT THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER TRANSFERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND MADE.
UM, SO AS REFERENCED WE HAD $500,000 TRANSFERRED IN 23 FOR THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
UM, AND ANOTHER 6.4 MILLION TRANSFERRED IN 24.
UM, THAT WAS MAINLY FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FACILITY NEEDS, THE ACCUMULATED OPERATING DEFICIT THAT HAD GROWN OVER THE YEARS, AND THEN SOME FINAL EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES AND PREMIUMS FOR R RETENTION BONUSES AND PAYOUTS AT THE CLOSURE.
UM, SO THIS TRANSFER IS ON TOP OF THOSE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED, I KNOW WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH ARPA MONEY HAD EVENTUALLY GONE.
UM, THAT WAS ABOUT $3.8 MILLION IN TOTAL.
UM, MOST OF IT TO THE SAMARITAN, A PORTION OF IT TO THE FIELDS, UM, FIELDS WAS A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY GETTING SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD COVER THEIR PREMIUMS. SO WE JUST HAD TO KIND OF PLUG THE FUNDING GAP WITH SAMARITAN, SO, OR WITH THE FIELD.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE IS MUCH LESS.
UM, LASTLY, WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE TRANSFER RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S STILL HANGING OUT THERE.
UM, WE HAD DEBT THAT WAS BEING HELD BY SAMARITAN, UM, WITH THE CLOSING OF THAT FACILITY AND THOSE FUNDS, THAT JUST SHIFTS INTO WHAT'S NOW CONSIDERED GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
UM, IT WAS ALWAYS GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT BECAUSE IT WASN'T BACKED BY REVENUES SPECIFICALLY, UM, BUT IT WAS A DEBT THAT WAS FINANCED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUNDS.
UM, SO THAT DEBT OBLIGATION HAS NOW SHIFTED INTO OUR GENERAL FUNDS.
UM, WE DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR, UH, 25, 26 AND MOST OF 27, UM, WITH FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND FROM OTHER DEBTS THAT WERE UNDER FUNDS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO UTILIZE FOR OTHER DEBT ISSUES.
UM, SO AS WE START WORKING THROUGH BUDGET, WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO CONSIDER SOMETHING FOR 27 WHEN WE GET THERE.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE WE CAN'T CALL IT EARLY 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN REFUND REFINANCED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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CALL OPTION ON THAT.SO, UM, THIS WILL JUST SHIFT IT OVER.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PAY IT AS SCHEDULED.
IS NOT MOST OF THIS DEBT SERVICE BEING COVERED BY THE PAYMENTS FROM THE BUYER, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION BEING COVERED BY THE, UM, PROMISSORY NOTE THAT WAS SIGNED AS PART OF THE SALE AGREEMENT? YES, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU LAID EVERYTHING OUT IN THE RESOLUTION.
I MEAN, IT, IT GIVES A LOT OF CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE AMOUNTS WERE AND, AND WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM.
DO YOU HAVE THE FIGURE ON THE AMOUNT THAT STILL IS IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT REGARDING SAMARITAN? UM, IT WAS 2.48 AT THE END OF 24.
AND SO WE HAVE MADE A, I BELIEVE THAT ONE HAS A PRINCIPAL PAYMENT IN MARCH.
UM, SO A PORTION OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID THIS YEAR IN 25.
I WANNA SAY LIKE 400,000 IS OUR ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR PRINCIPAL.
SUPERVISOR KELLY, THAT 2.48 IN, UM, GENERAL OBLIGATION WAS THAT FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, UPGRADES THAT THEY DID THAT? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD THAT LOAN HANGING OUT FROM 2008, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, SO IT WAS FOR, UM, PARTIALLY FOR AN ADDITION AND, UM, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN, UM, WE REFINANCED IT, WHICH EXTENDED ITS PERIOD OF REPAYMENT.
SO, UM, THERE WASN'T ANY ADDITIONAL WORK DONE AT THE TIME OF REFINANCING.
IT WAS JUST A, AN OPERATING A FUNDING TOOL.
SO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THERE BEING NONE WILL VOTE.
AND OUR LAST, LAST ITEM IS AN ADVISORY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REVERSAL OF THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UM, QUALIFYING US AS NON-ATTAINMENT SUPERVISOR, KEL, SUPERVISOR CHADRON.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? IT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY, I BELIEVE.
DOES THIS MEAN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET OUR EMISSION TESTS ON OUR CARS ANYMORE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
RIGHT? THEY COULD THROTTLE BACK, UH, INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, UH, TO TRY TO OFFSET OUR ALLEGED, UH, POLLUTION.
BUT IF YOU'RE STARTING AT A POINT WHERE YOU'RE NOT ACCURATE, BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENTS ARE COMING FROM ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN, WHICH IS COMING UP FROM GARY IN CHICAGO AREA MM-HMM
AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT DRIFTS INLAND AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE THE ONES POLLUTING, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THE POLLUTING.
SO THEY PUT US IN A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA AND SAY, WELL, YOU'VE GOTTA CUT YOUR EMISSIONS.
AND WE'RE LIKE, FROM WHAT TO WHAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT US THAT'S DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THEIR WHOLE THING IS RELATIVELY SKEWED.
AND I, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THIS RESOLUTION, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GONNA BE FRUITFUL, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS AND IT HASN'T THUS FAR, BUT AT SOME POINT WE CAN'T ALLOW OUR INDUSTRY TO BE THROTTLED BACK, UH, AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GROW.
AND I KNOW HAVING GROWN UP IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY, UM, WE'RE NON-ATTAINMENT.
WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THE REFORMULATED GAS, LAC COUNTY AND DODGE COUNTY DO NOT.
SO MOST TIMES YOU CAN DRIVE OVER THERE AND SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON GAS.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, LONNIE? THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT, UM, YOUR RESOLUTION WILL BE PART OF A PACKET.
WHAT, WHAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD ENVISIONED IS WE'VE, UH, RECOMMENDED TO ALL OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT THEY ALSO PASS A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE IN FACT, UH, RECEIVED I, I'D SAY PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX BACK THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH, UH, THEIR LOCAL, UH, GOVERNMENT BOARDS.
AND WHEN WE COMPILE ALL OF THEM, THE, UH, IDEA IS THAT WE WILL THEN, UH, DO A COVER LETTER TO EPA.
UM, WE WILL COPY OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND AFFIX ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS ALONG WITH OURS, UH, TO THAT PACKET.
THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT, BUT, UM, MILWAUKEE CHAMBER
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OF COMMERCE IS SPEARHEADING A LOT OF THIS.UH, THEY HAVE A BIG LOBBYING EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THIS, UH, PROBLEM.
AND WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE WISCONSIN, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES AND ADMINISTRATORS, UH, SUBGROUP, THEY ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING THIS AND HAVE A JOINT LETTER.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'RE NOT ALONE.
IT'S THE SEVEN COUNTIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.
SO WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOMETHING.
IS IT POSSIBLE THEY WOULD MAKE SOME OF THOSE SEVEN COUNTIES, UM, CONSIDERED ATTAINMENT AREAS, AREAS AND NOT OTHERS? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I, I WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN IT TOGETHER, BUT CERTAINLY THERE ARE, UM, ENTIRE COUNTIES THAT ARE AFFECTED AND, AND LIKE OURS, PORTIONS OF OTHER COUNTIES.
NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD END UP WITH THE FORMULA IN THE END, BUT UM, WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST THE EPA
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE BEING NONE.
AND THAT WRAPS UP, WRAPS UP OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 18TH, 2025.