* 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. READY, ARE [00:00:01] WE TALKING? SURE. IT'S 4:00 PM I WILL CALL THIS ORDER OF THAT ORDER, THIS MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ORDER. UM, WE'RE ALL PRESENT. UM, THIS MEETING WAS NOTICED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES TO THE LOCAL OUTLETS. UM, WILL RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [Call to Order, Roll Call, Affidavit of Posting, A Moment of Silent Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance] I PLEDGE 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 THE MINUTES OF OUR OCTOBER 15TH MEETING ARE IN THE PACKET. UM, I ASKED ALSO ABOUT THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING JUST BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING. UM, THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED YET, SO THEY'LL BE IN OUR NEXT PACKET. SO WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS ON THIS [a. Minutes of October 15, 2025] SET OF MINUTES? NO, NO. THERE BEING NONE. WE'LL RECORD THEM AS PRINTED. UM, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE U-U-W-M-W-C CAMPUS UPDATE, AND FOR THAT WE'LL LOOK TO, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN. OKAY. I I THINK THERE ARE, UH, A FEW UPDATES TO GIVE YOU THIS EVENING. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT WE SENT OVER TO THE CITY'S ATTORNEY A COPY OF A PROPOSED, UH, PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO PURCHASE THE CITY'S INTEREST, UH, IN THE UW CAMPUS. UH, THIS, UH, BODY'S WELL AWARE OF, OF THAT THE ASKING PRICE AND THE PURCHASE PRICE WOULD BE $1.3 MILLION. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK NOW FROM THEIR COUNCIL AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AGREEMENT OR THEY WANNA MAKE REVISIONS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS. BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING VERY SOON ON THAT. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IF, UH, MR. SCHMIDT HAD ANYTHING REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL WORK GOING ON OUT AT THE CAMPUS TO RE UH, REPORT ON AS WELL. UH, [a. UWM-WC Campus Update] YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BID PACKET TO DO SOME UP DATES TO THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE THAT ARE OUT AT U-D-M-W-C CAMPUS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WE ENERGIES AND OUR CONSULTANT FROM EXCEL ENGINEERING. UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT BID PACKAGE OUT RIGHT AFTER NOVE, RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, UH, THE BACK BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO WE CAN GET THAT WORK DONE BEFORE ANY POTENTIAL SCHOOL YEAR, UH, IF A SALE DOES GO THROUGH TO OZAKI CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. THAT'S IT SO FAR. THAT'S WHAT I CAN REPORT. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT UP IS THE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT FUNDING REQUEST FOR VIRTUS DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN. AND I BELIEVE ADAM IS PRESENTING THAT. UM, FIRST, IS THERE A MOTION? AND A SECOND. SO, MOTION. ONE SECOND. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SICE, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SHARA. OKAY. PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY. SO, UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT, UH, THE VERUS DEVELOPMENT, UH, FUNDING REQUEST FOR THEIR DISTRICT ONE SITE IN THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN. THEY ARE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $63,440, UH, WITHIN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT FUND, UM, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF JUST OVER $50,000, UM, ONCE YOU ALL THE 20% MATCH IS TAKEN OUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, UH, THESE, THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK AND CASE CLOSURE WORK. UH, THAT WAS, THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED ON THE SITE. UH, THEY WANTED TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER WITH THIS FUNDING REQUEST, SO THEY WORKED WITH STANTEC TO KIND OF, UH, START THE PROCESS EARLY. SO THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST. UH, BUT BEFORE I GO FURTHER, WHY DON'T WE COVER A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS SITE. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE'VE SEEN THIS SITE. UH, SO VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN, UH, RIGHT OFF OF DONS BAY ROAD AND FOND LAC AVE. UH, THE HISTORIC USES ON THE SITE ARE A, UM, A GAS STATION COMMERCIAL USES RESIDENTIAL USES. UH, AND THE PLANNED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE IS GOING TO BE, UM, PARKING LOT FOR THE RESTAURANT ON THE NORTHERN SIDE. THEY'RE REDEVELOPING THE OLD TAVERN INTO A RESTAURANT AND THEY NEED PARKING SPACE. SO THAT MIDDLE PARCEL, UM, THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, OR NOW IT'S THE NORTHERN PARCEL, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE PARKING LOT. AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PARCEL IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE TOWN HOMES. UM, SO LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. AND THEN IN TOTAL, THEY HAVE UTILIZED, UH, JUST UNDER $65,000 [00:05:02] FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT FUND, OF WHICH AT THE SAME TIME THEY'VE HAD TO IN, UM, PROVIDE THAT 20% MATCH, WHICH HAS TOTALED JUST OVER $16,000. UM, WORK ACTIVITIES THAT WERE COMPLETED US UTILIZING THIS FUNDING, UH, PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UH, WHICH IDENTIFIED METALS AND PA HS ON THE SITE. UH, THEN, UH, HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIAL SURVEY, ASBESTOS AND LEAD BASED PAINT IN THE BUILDINGS WERE IDENTIFIED. UH, AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING WORK, UM, THE SRC MET ON NOVEMBER 3RD, UH, AND APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR THESE ACTIVITIES. UH, AND THE WORK ACTIVITIES, UM, INCORPORATED WITHIN THIS REQUEST. UH, SO NUMBER ONE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT. DURING SITE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, IT'S WORDED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, BUT BASICALLY, UH, THE PLAN FOR THE SITE IS TO REMOVE THE CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM THE SITE. AND THEN STANTEC IS GONNA DO SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK, SOIL BORINGS, BASICALLY TO ASSESS THAT ALL THE CONTAMINATION WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE AS PER THE WISCONSIN DNR APPROVED. UM, RE REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN. UM, SO THAT'S THE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK, AND THEN THERE'S THE REMEDIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THAT WORK. AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE ALL THE CASE CLOSURE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BASICALLY PUT THIS SITE OR FINALIZE THIS SITE, SEND IT TO THE DNR AND GET THEIR APPROVAL AND CLOSE OUT THE SITE. UM, SO AGAIN, TOTAL $63,440. UH, THEIR MATCH IS JUST GONNA BE, UM, 12,688, UH, WITH, UH, THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST BEING, UH, JUST OVER 50,000. SO, UH, I AM HERE FOR QUESTIONS. I I DO RECALL THAT THE ESTIMATE WAS HIGHER INITIALLY, YES. AND THESE KEEP GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT MM-HMM . ORIGINALLY THEY THOUGHT THAT STANTEC WAS GONNA HAVE TO BE ON SITE FOR MORE THAN A FEW DAYS TO OBSERVE EVERYTHING. YEP. AND, UM, THAT WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN A BIT. YES. SO, UM, IF YOU NEED, THE INITIAL NUMBERS WERE ABOUT 80,000, UH, FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF POTENTIAL TESTING. AND WE KNOCKED IT DOWN TO JUST TWO DAYS, UM, OF TESTING. AND POTENTIALLY IT MIGHT JUST BE ONE DAY IF THEY'RE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL THE CONTAMINATION AND PROVE THAT THERE ISN'T CONTAMINATION, THE STANTEC TEAM WON'T NEED TO BE OUT THERE, SO THEY SHOULDN'T UTILIZE ALL OF IT, BUT THAT BUFFER IS IN THERE JUST IN CASE. SO THESE ARE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS. YES. NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS. YEP. ANY QUESTIONS? EASY PEASY. THAT BEING THE CASE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE VICINITY HERE. REDEVELOPMENT. WHO'S PRESENTING THAT? AARON. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU. I CAN GET US STARTED HERE. UM, ASHLEY IS HERE TO, SHE CAN ANSWER SOME [c. Strategic Priorities Funding Request – County Vicinity Redevelopment Site - PAC] TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND I THINK ADAM IS, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THIS. REALLY, THIS REQUEST, UM, COMES OUT OF, UH, THE WORK OF, UM, THE, UM, SORRY, THE COUNTY VAIL VICINITY REDEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE. SORRY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE NAME OF THAT RIGHT. UM, YOU HEARD LAST MONTH, UM, ABOUT THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, UM, ABOUT THE WORK. UH, AND THAT'S BEING EXPLORED AT THAT SITE. UM, THE PLANNING WORK CONTINUES. UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME NEED TO SURVEY SOME HISTORIC BUILDING FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT EXIST ON THE SITE. UM, THE COST TO DO THAT IS $22,000. UM, AND THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TODAY. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE THAT CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE GOT SOME. UM, BUT THAT'S THE GIST OF THIS ASK. AND THAT WAS THE OLD ANNEX BUILDING WAS OVER THERE AND THE FOUNDATIONS WERE LEFT. UH, UM, YES. SO ANNEX TWO, UH, WHICH WAS IN BETWEEN SAMARITAN, UM, AND THE PAC, THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER LARGE BUILDING THAT WAS, IS LOCATED MORE SO WHERE THE PARKING LOT OF THE PAC IS. UM, AND I THINK WE'RE JUST OVERALL NEEDING TO DETERMINE IF FOUNDATIONS WERE POURED IN TO THEMSELVES AND VERIFYING WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR. KELLY, DO WE EX THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. DO WE EXPECT, [00:10:01] UH, THERE TO BE ANY CONTAMINATION, UH, ASBESTOS PAINT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IS THERE ANY KIND OF REMI REMEDIATION THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE DONE WITH THAT SITE? OR IS THIS JUST GONNA BE JUST FOR LOCATING OLD FOUNDATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT? LEMME START. I THINK IT'S, YOU START, YOU CAN START. YEAH, I THINK, OKAY. I MEAN, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I THINK IT'S BOTH CORRECT. I, THIS INITIAL WORK WASN'T PROPOSED TO LIKE, IDENTIFY ANYTHING, SO WE'RE NOT SURE IF, UH, ONCE, LIKE IF THERE'S FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE FOUND, THERE'LL NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT WORK THAT, UM, WOULD NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THAT. UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, IN THIS PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THIS FUNDING REQUEST, UM, IT WASN'T REALLY JUST, IT WASN'T REALLY DISCUSSED. UM, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING POTENTIALLY, UH, SOME ASBESTOS OR, UH, LEAD BASED PAINT DEPENDING ON THE, OR BASED OFF OF THE AGE OF THE BUILDINGS. UM, SO THERE IS POTENTIAL, RIGHT. AND I THINK IN ADDITION, THERE WAS ALSO A COAL, UM, PROCESSING BUILDING. YES. THERE WAS A, UM, LIKE A STEAM, LIKE A, A, A POWER PLANT, RIGHT. THAT WAS ON THE SITE AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORICAL USES. UM, BUT THIS WORK IN ITSELF IS JUST TO SAY WHERE THE ACTUAL FOUNDATIONS MIGHT STILL BE, UM, AND NOT GO INTO, UM, THE ACTUAL PHASE ONE OR LIKE, UM, IDENTIFY EVERY, THAT'LL BE DOWN THE LINE. UH, FOR SURE THOUGH. YEAH. OKAY. SO IS THE THOUGHT THAT IF THERE ARE FOUNDATIONS, WE LOCATE 'EM AND THEN BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT COULD HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OR WORK AROUND THEM? YES. WE'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. I, I JUST KNOW ABOUT THE BROWNFIELD SIDE. UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE THOUGHT. I, I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME SIGNIFICANT EXCAVATING IF, UH, WITH THE PLANS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED, UM, THROUGH OUR TASK FORCE MEETINGS. UH, IT WOULD BE UTILIZING ALL OF THE LAND THAT IS WHERE THOSE STRUCTURES WERE. UM, SO IT WOULD BE JUST, UH, MORE EXCAVATION, UH, IN REMOVING THOSE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. SUPER WIDE SHOT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS ON THAT PROPERTY? I KNOW THAT BUILDING'S BEEN THERE A WHILE, BUT WE KNOW I, I CAN HELP ANSWER THAT, BUT I KNOW WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE PLAYING LIKE A THREE PERSON GAME, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN, IF YOU KNOW. OKAY. I, WE, WE DID LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. WE DID LOOK FOR PREVIOUS PHASE ONES, BUT WE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. OKAY. UM, THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WAS PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS. UH, WE LOOKED THROUGH THE WISCONSIN DNR REPORTS, UM, AND WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. ALTHOUGH STANTEC HAS MORE, UM, CAPABILITY THAN US TO FIND STUFF. SO DURING THIS PROCESS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IF, IF THERE WAS SOME HISTORIC, YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE DID GET A MOTION A SECOND, CORRECT. OH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE DID THAT ALREADY. NO, WE DID NOT. SUPERVISOR KELLY. YEAH, SURE. OKAY. UM, THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, ADAM. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ADVISORY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE USE OF EXISTING TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS FOR USING EXISTING TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS FOR THE PROVIDING BACKUP POWER [d. 2025 Resolution – Advisory Resolution Supporting the Use of Existing Transmission Corridors and Infrastructure in Washington County in Relation to the Development of a Transformational Data Center in Port Washington] OR RELIABLE POWER TO THE NEW DATA CENTER PLANNED OVER NEAR PORT WASHINGTON. SO, UH, UM, MOTION ON THE SECOND. FIRST. SO MOVE SUPERVISOR. SICE, SECOND SUPERVISOR. KEL. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THE MAP WAS NOT VERY GOOD, CORRECT? AND ERIC DAMCO HAS OFFERED TO BE HERE. YOU GOT A MAP FOR US HERE, ERIC? HE CAN PLUG IN HIS COMPUTER AND GIVE US ALL SORTS OF DETAILS. YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT? I COULD GO OFF SOME STUFF LIKE THIS . SURE. THANK YOU. UM, ONE THING I DID WHEN I, WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THIS, I'VE READ THROUGH THIS, UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG CONTROVERSY IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, OVER IN OZAKI, UM, LOSS OF STUFF. SO I, I DUG INTO THIS A BIT, READ UP QUITE A BIT ON IT. UM, THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL REASON FOR BUILDING THESE DATA CENTERS WHERE THEY ARE. UM, AND THAT IS MOSTLY TO DO WITH OUR WEATHER AND OUR AVAILABILITY TO WATER. UM, BECAUSE KEEPING THESE DATA [00:15:01] CENTERS COOL, SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE. UM, WISCONSIN WINTER IS ACTUALLY VERY FAVORABLE TO THEM. IT CUTS DOWN THEIR COSTS OF HAVING TO RUN THESE CENTERS. UM, OVERALL THEY'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THOUSANDS OF JOBS, ABOUT A THOUSAND JOBS AT THIS ONE DATA CENTER, UM, IN, IN PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL, UH, PROGRAMMERS AND WHATNOT. UM, PEOPLE WHO DO THE IT WORK. SO IT'S NOT UNSUBSTANTIAL IN NUMBER OF JOBS AS WELL. UM, THE TAXES THAT WILL BE PAID OUT WILL BE GENERALLY PRETTY HIGH FOR A PRO PROJECT LIKE THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, OZAKI COULD BE LOOKING AT MILLIONS. UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH POWER GENERATION, UM, THAT IT WOULD SOMEHOW AFFECT RESIDENTIAL, UM, ARE REALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED BECAUSE WHEN A PROJECT OR A FACTORY OR A BUILDING LIKE THIS COMES IN, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE USUALLY PUT ON THE FACTORY OR THE, THE CENTER THAT'S DOING THE UPDATING AND IT REQUIRES THE EXTRA POWER, UH, THAT IS PER WISCONSIN STATUTE. WE ALSO HAVE A PSC PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WHICH DOES RULE OVER THESE THINGS. AND SO NO, YOU WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY, UH, SEEING AN INCREASE IN YOUR ELECTRIC BILL BECAUSE THERE'S A DATA CENTER IN OZAKI. UM, AND THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS ANCILLARY WORK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND THERE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BRING POWER THROUGH AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I DON'T WANT THIS COMMITTEE OR THE PUBLIC TO BE MISLED BY FALSE STATEMENTS THAT ARE BEING SPREAD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. UM, I THINK OVERALL THESE DATA CENTERS THEIR PROGRESS. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GREAT FOR THE LANDSCAPE, BUT AS FAR AS JOBS AND, AND TAX REVENUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT SILICON VALLEY, THEY'RE NOT STRUGGLING THERE, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS BASICALLY A SILICON VALLEY TYPE OF THING. UM, IT COULD BRING IMMENSE PROSPERITY AND IT DOES COME AT A COST AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING, UH, OUR ARGUMENTS TO REALITY RATHER THAN SOME OF THE HYPERBOLIC STATEMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN READING, UH, IN THE MEDIA AND REPORTS. SO THAT'S ALL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I STATED ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. UM, YOU COULD SEE THE, THE MAP IS UP, UM, AND IT'S MUCH CLEARER ON THIS THAN YES, WHAT WE CAN GET ON PAPER. UM, AND ERIC AND I, HE'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, BUT WE WENT THROUGH THE ORANGE LINE IS THEIR PREFERRED AND THERE ARE POWER LINES THERE RIGHT NOW. THE NORTH AND SOUTH ORANGE LINE, THE EAST WEST KIND OF JUMPY ONE IS NOT THAT GOES ACROSS COUNTRY. IS THAT, THAT'S NOT, UM, WOULD THAT BE NEAR THE FAIR PARK THOUGH? NO, NO, THAT'S A DIFFERENT LINE YOU'RE TALKING. OKAY. SO BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM HERE. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL ZOOM IN, WE'LL ZOOM IN IN A LITTLE BIT TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT SPOTS, BUT, UM, THE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE ACTUALLY COMING DIRECTLY OFF OF A TC SERVER. THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME DATA BEING STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET ONTO MY DESKTOP HERE AS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IF HE WENT TO THEIR INTERACTIVE MAP. THE RED LINES ARE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. SO THIS IS THE NORTH LINE OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS THE EAST LINE OF THE COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE VILLAGE OF NEWBURGH HERE. OH, OKAY. AS WELL AS THE CITY OF WEST BEND. AND IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, I COULD MAKE THOSE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PRONOUNCED ON THE MAP. THEY LOOK A LITTLE BETTER ON MY SCREEN THAN, THAN WHAT YOU'RE VIEWING THERE. SO YEAH, THERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, CUT ME OFF CHAIRMAN, WHENEVER YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH. BUT WHAT WE DID EARLIER IS, YOU KNOW, WE ZOOMED INTO QUITE A FEW OF THESE NORTH LINE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TOWER RIGHT HERE, A TRANSMISSION TOWER. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO WE DID THAT PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THIS. AS, AS THE CHAIRMAN WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THIS NORTH SOUTH AREA, YOU KNOW, YOU ZOOM IN, IT'S LIKE, OH, YEP, HERE'S THE TOWER. SO THE LINE IS OFFSET A LITTLE BIT. MY GUESS IS THAT'S JUST ACCURACY OF THE DATA AND NOT THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THEIR TOWER, BUT THAT'S, THAT IS A SPECULATION. BUT YEAH, EVERYWHERE WHERE WE ZOOMED ON THIS NORTH, SOUTH ORANGE LINE, WHICH IS THEIR, UM, WHICH IS THEIR PREFERRED ROUTE, WE SAW TOWERS AND SOMETIMES IT WAS A TOWER LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER TOWER. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, PRESUMABLY [00:20:01] THESE ARE THE WOOD ONES WITH THE CROSS. UM, THERE WERE OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE WERE DOUBLE TOWERS AND THEN A FEW OTHER SPOTS, UM, WHERE THERE WERE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG, THE BIG METAL ONES. BUT YEAH, EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER WHERE WE ZOOMED IN. OH, YEP. THERE'S THE TOWER. MM-HMM . SO IT DOES FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS, AT LEAST IN OUR COUNTY, THIS NORTH SOUTH LINE DOES, DOES FOLLOW WHERE THERE ARE TOWERS ALREADY. IF WE GO TO THIS LINE, WHICH IS THE PREFERRED CONTINGENT, UM, WE ZOOMED IN THERE. THIS IS RIGHT ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY A, UM, WE DID NOT NECESSARILY SEE TOWERS, BUT AT LEAST IN OUR COUNTY, IT IS GOING RIGHT ADJACENT TO COUNTY HIGHWAY A AND THEN IT JUMPS OVER THE RIVER AND INTO OZAKI COUNTY AT THIS RED LINE, WHICH IS THE COUNTY LINE. SO THAT WOULD BE, IF, IF THEY WERE TO PUT LINES UP THERE, THAT WOULD, IT, IT APPEARS THAT THEY WOULD BE NEW TOWERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE ON THE PHOTO. BUT IT IS NEXT TO ONE OF YOUR COUNTY HIGHWAYS AND NOT THROUGH, THROUGH VIRGIN LAND. UM, AGAIN, THIS AREA HERE, SO AGAIN, HERE'S NEWBURGH. SO WE'RE JUST SOUTH OF NEWBURGH NOW. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE ZOOM IN HERE, UM, WE ARE, WE DID NOT SEE ANY TOWERS. AND IN FACT, IT'S GOING THROUGH THESE WOODED AREAS THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE CERTAINLY HAVE TO DO SOME, SOME CLEAR CUTTING, PRESUMABLY IN ORDER TO GET THE TREES OUT OF THE WAY FOR THE, THE TRANSMISSION LINES TO GO THROUGH. BUT YEAH, NO, NO TOWERS, LOTS OF TREES IN THIS AREA AND THEN ALONG THE COUNTY LINE AND INTO OZAKI COUNTY AGAIN, AND ALSO UNDEVELOPED AREA. YEP. AND THEN IF WE TAKE THIS SOUTH, THIS SOUTH ONE WHERE BECAUSE OF THE CORRECTION LINE IN THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE JUST A VERY SMALL SECTION ACTUALLY THAT IS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. BUT IF WE TAKE THIS, SO AGAIN, HERE'S UM, COUNTY HIGHWAY NNN, I GUESS THE SPACE MAP IS REALLY OLD BECAUSE IT STILL HAS 1 43 ON IT. , THAT IS NOT, LET ME BE CLEAR. THAT IS, THAT IS A STREAMED BASE MAP. THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE MAINTAIN . UM, BUT AGAIN, SO IGNORE THIS, THIS IS A, A TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER. BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE'S, YOU KNOW, HERE'S UH, ONE OF THOSE LARGE METAL ROUTES, METAL TOWERS FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINE. AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALREADY ALREADY TREES CUT HERE AGAIN. HERE, HERE ARE THE LINES. SOMEWHERE NEAR TO HERE. THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER TOWER. SO, YEP, HERE IT IS. SO, YOU KNOW, BIG, BIG TOWER ON THIS, UH, ON THIS SOUTHERN PART. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING ALL OF THEIR ROUTES, UM, EVERYWHERE THAT, THAT JEFF AND I LOOKED EARLIER AGAIN, LET'S THIS NORTH SOUTH EXISTING UTILITY CORRIDOR, THIS PIECE DOWN HERE, EXISTING UTILITY CORRIDOR, IF THEY WERE TO PUNCH THROUGH HERE, THAT WOULD BE NEW. AND IF THEY WERE TO GO UP HERE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE NEW. BUT THE LION'S SHARE OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ALREADY UTILITY CORRIDOR. AND WE MODELED THIS SOMEWHAT ON A RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY OF PORT WASHINGTON DID. AND IN THEIR LANGUAGE, THEY SAID THE PURPLE ROUTE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT ALSO FOLLOWS EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINES. AND IF IT GOES WITH THAT, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TOUCH OUR COUNTY AT ALL. SO ALL THREE OF THESE ARE MINIMAL TO OUR COUNTY. RIGHT. EITHER FOLLOWS A ROAD OR SO, EXCEPT THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY WANT TO CUT ACROSS, RIGHT. BASICALLY VIRGIN TERRITORY. YEAH. THAT GOLD ONE. WE DON'T WANT THAT. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN THE, THE, I MEAN, IT DOES FOLLOW ROAD THOUGH. YEAH. THE NORTH, THE NORTH ONE DOES FOLLOW COUNTY HIGHWAY A, RIGHT? SO IT'S IT, BUT, BUT THE CHAIRMAN IS RIGHT, THE GOLD ONE DOWN HERE, THAT, THAT ONE WOULD BE, WHICH IS THEIR PREFERRED ROUTE. THAT ONE DOES. IT'S THE SHORTEST. THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. YEAH. THIS FYI, IT PROBABLY COSTS ABOUT $10 MILLION A MILE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE SHORTEST ROUTE. BUT WOULDN'T THEY RATHER PUT IT WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A ROUTE? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO. THAT PROBABLY BE AN EASIER ARGUMENT, BUT [00:25:01] THEY HAVE M DOMAIN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SURE. UM, GETTING PROPERTY. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN US DOING A ROAD, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT GOING ALONG HIGHWAY A, THEY CAN WORK RIGHT OFF HIGHWAY A RIGHT. IF THEY GO THE GOLD LINE, THERE'S NO ROADS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE, YOU'D HAVE TO DO A WINTER BUILD ON A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BASES, THE PEDESTALS, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT WHEN THE GROUND IS FROZEN BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING IN THERE, YOU KNOW YEP. TO, TO DRILL AND, AND PUT IN THE BASES. I MEAN, LIKE, I IMAGINE THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL TOWERS, UH, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S, THERE'S CREEKS, THERE'S A LITTLE POND, THERE'S WOODS, THERE'S THAT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD THERE FINALLY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BUT THEY'RE CUTTING ACROSS A LOT OF, IT'S NOT A GREAT SPOT IF YOU ASK ME FOR PREFERRED. OH, IS THAT HIGHWAY Y? IT IS COUNTY HIGHWAY Y. YES. OKAY. OH, THEN I KNOW THAT LAND VERY WELL. THAT'S MY SISTER'S OLD PROPERTY THERE ACTUALLY. UH, YEAH, THEN IT'S SWAMPY AS ALL GET OUT BACK THERE. SO NOW MAYBE ANOTHER REASON IT'S THE PREFERRED ROUTE IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF POWER THAT A DATA CENTER'S GONNA DRAW. THEY WANT THE LINES TO BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE TOO, FOR LESS DRAG LOSS OR LOSS. BUT IN, IN ANY EVENT, WE WOULD RATHER THEY FOLLOW EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINES AND OR AT LEAST AND IMPACT OUR COUNTY AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UM, YEAH. AND I, I THINK THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE THERE IS, AT LEAST ON THE ROAD, 'CAUSE I, I CAN SEE A LOT OF LANDOWNERS JUST PARTICULARLY FARMS. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THE SCIENCE OF IT, IF THERE IS ANY, UH, FOR, UH, FREE ELECTRONS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LITTLE GOOFY AROUND POWER, HIGH TENSION POWER WIRES. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE STICKING IT ON HIGHWAY A WHERE THERE'S A ROAD, NOT THAT FREE ELECTRONS DON'T GO THERE, BUT THERE ALREADY IS A TOWER THERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAYBE BOOSTING IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING IT, YOU KNOW? SO WHEREAS THAT PUTTING IT IN THIS PRISTINE AREA, NOW YOU'RE TAKING IT ACROSS FARM FIELDS, YOU'RE TAKING IT ACROSS, YOU'RE HAVING AN EFFECT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, YEAH, WHATEVER. I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY GONNA MEET A LOT MORE RESISTANT WITH THAT ROUTE. MM-HMM . JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, IF THEY, EVEN IF THEY USE THE EXISTING ROUTES, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA ADD MOUNT POWER POLES BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE PHASES OF ELECTRICITY ADDED TO WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THERE. YEAH. PROBABLY BIGGER. AND THEY MAY WIDEN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. YEAH. YEAH. BUT STILL, I'D RATHER HAVE THAT MM-HMM . NEXT TO A ROAD WHERE THEY MIGHT DO A LITTLE EMINENT DOMAIN RATHER THAN RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF SOMEBODY'S FARM OR WOODS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER RESIDENCE. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NONE. UM, WE'LL VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ERIC. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. APPRECIATE THAT WAS EXTREME. YEAH, THAT HELPS. WAY BETTER. EVERY TIME IT COMES UP, IT'S LIKE THERE'S A LOT THERE ALREADY. YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT ON THE MAP. WHEN WE DO THIS IN THE FULL COUNTY BOARD. , YOU'LL PROBABLY GET SOME OVERTIME THAT DAY TOO. . SO OUR LAST ITEM IS A DISCUSSION OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM NAMES. UM, THIS IS SCOTT. NOW HE'S GONNA SAY IT WAS A COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S IDEA AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID IT WAS SCOTT'S IDEA. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT I, FOR ONE, THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM, SO PRESENT, YES. IN, IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL [e. Discussion – Herbert J. Tennies Government Center Conference Room Names] SEE A, A LISTING OF NAMES, UH, AS WELL AS A SECONDARY LISTING OF NAMES WITH SOME ROOM NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UH, WITH OUR MASTER PLAN REMODELING THIS BUILDING, THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO, UH, NAME OUR BUILDINGS AND, UH, I WILL GIVE THE EXECUTIVE CREDIT BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS HIM AS WE'RE BOUNCING IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER, THAT, THAT THOUGHT OF THIS, UH, TO, TO USE THE, THE SMALL HAMLETS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO USE THOSE AS NAMES. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE NOT USING ALL OF THEM. UH, BUT, UH, WE JUST USING A GOOD SHARE OF THOSE. AND I APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE, IN THE BUILDING TO, UH, ACTUALLY ENGAGE A LOT OF THEIR STAFF IN, IN GAINING, UH, TO PICK THOSE NAMES. UH, AS WELL AS GETTING BACK TO ME IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER. SO WE CAN BRING THAT TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY. SO BEFORE YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF [00:30:01] NAMES AND THEN AS WELL AS THE NUMBERS OF THE ROOMS THAT THEY'D BE ASSOCIATED WITH. UH, SOME OF THEM ARE PUBLIC FACING CONFERENCE ROOMS, SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE EMPLOYEE FACING CONFERENCE ROOMS AND SOME ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TODAY IS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND CONFERENCE OR CONCERNS ON ANY OF THOSE, WE CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION. IF NOT, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, ACCEPTANCE OF THESE NAMES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR, IN OUR BUILDING PROJECTS. AND WE START MAKING THE PLACARDS AND STUFF FOR THE ROOMS AND ROOM NUMBERS, WE CAN, UH, ASSOCIATE THAT WITH THESE. FURTHERMORE, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS, WE'D LIKE TO NAME THE PUBLIC, UH, FACING ROOMS OVER AT THE PAC AS WELL. THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL, UH, COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME, CONFERENCE ROOMS OVER THERE. WE'D LIKE TO NAME. WE OBVIOUSLY COULD BRING THOSE BACK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT DOING A FORMAL MOTION, IT'S JUST A GENERAL ACCEPTANCE. AND WITH THAT, SCOTT WILL GO ON. SO I GUESS ALL WE NEED IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? I HAVE NO OBJECTION. I LIKE THE IDEA. I DO TOO. I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM, KEEPS OUR HISTORY AROUND AND YEAH. YEAH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITIES. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. YEP. OKAY. SO I, I GUESS YOU HAVE A THANK YOU. WE'LL THUMB UP. WE OFFICIAL THUMBS UP. WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTERS AND BRING THOSE NAMES BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU. AND THANK THE STAFF FOR THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. I WILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. RIGHT. THIS CAME TOGETHER LIKE IN A WEEK, SO PRETTY QUICK. YEAH. OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. I READ A VERY, VERY DETAILED, VERY EXTENSIVE. * 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.