Dec 10, 2025 Washington County Board of Supervisors Meeting

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AT 6:00 PM I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD TO ORDER.

UM, SUPERVISORS, KREBS AND PRIDE MORE ARE

[Call to Order, Roll Call, Affidavit of Posting, A Moment of Silent Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance]

THE REST OF US ARE ALL HERE.

UM, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE WILL 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 THROUGH THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 12TH.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS

[a. Minutes of November 12, 2025]

THEY'LL BE RECORDED AS PRINTED.

UM, ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REAPPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

DOES

[Consent Agenda]

I DON'T NEED TO TAKE A MOTION.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

FIRST UP IS RESOLUTION 47, THE COMMENDATION OF ROBERT REINWALD.

I NEED A MOTION AND A

[a. 2025 Resolution 47 – Commendation of Robert Baerenwald]

SUPERVISOR ALEK, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB COMMENDATION OF ROBERT REINWALD.

WHEREAS ROBERT REINWALD HAS CONTRIBUTED 30 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND WHEREAS ROBERT BEW HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER TWO, WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND ROBERT REINWALD FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT, IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HERE WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO ROBERT REINWALD AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD, ROBERT WAS, ROBERT WAS 30 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, ENDING IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO OUR THANKS TO HIM, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, OUR NEXT RESOLUTION IS 48 COMMENDATION OF JO JOSEPH VARGO.

MOTION, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KEL.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR GALL.

WHEREAS JOSEPH FARGO HAS CONTRIBUTED 30 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS JOSEPH FARGO HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND JOSEPH FARGO FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HERE WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO JOSEPH VARGO AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

30 YEARS IN CORRECTIONS.

PROBABLY GOT SOME STORIES.

YES, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SHARE ANY OF .

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THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YEP.

NEXT UP IS THE COMMENDATION OF BRIAN WETTIG, RESOLUTION 49.

A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR SCHUL.

SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

WHEREAS BRIAN WEDIG HAS CONTRIBUTED 25 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS BRIAN WETTIG HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND BRIAN WETTIG FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HERE WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO BRIAN WETTIG AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.

OUR THANKS TO BRIAN FOR HIS LOYAL SERVICE.

NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION 51, A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF 1.5 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION PROMISSORY NOTES, UM, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF COURSE.

[d. 2025 Resolution 51 – Resolution Awarding the Sale of a $1,500,000 General Obligation Promissory Note, Series 2025B]

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM PMA.

UH, YES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS ERIC KASS.

I'M A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FINANCE FROM PMA.

UM, PLEASED TO SHARE THE RESULTS THIS EVENING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF 1.5 MILLION GEO PROMISSORY NOTES SERIES 2025 B FOR RENOVATIONS AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE GOLF COURSES IN WISCONSIN, WASHINGTON COUNTY, .

UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, YOU HAVE APPROVED DIFFERENT DEBT ISSUANCES AND THIS ONE WE, UH, PIVOTED A LITTLE BIT IN OUR APPROACH.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING OR, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL IS SOMETHING CALLED A DIRECT SALE.

SO WE WORKED WITH MARGIE TO IDENTIFY 13 QUALIFIED BANKS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT AN INTEREST RATE INDICATION FOR THE DEBT SERVICE OF 1.5 MILLION.

UM, AS BACKGROUND FOR THAT, A COUPLE REASONS WE DID THAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET YOU TO MARKET IS A LOT EASIER AND IT'S A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A MOODY'S RATING CALL, EVEN THOUGH YOUR UNDERLYING RATING IS AAA BANKS KNOW THAT.

SO PAYING FOR ANOTHER RATING RELATED TO THAT WOULD'VE ADDED 10 TO $15,000 OF COST THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COVERED.

OUR FEE IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS, AS WELL AS BOND COUNCIL FEE IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS FOR THIS TYPE OF AN APPROACH.

AND SO FOR THE AMOUNT OF 1.5 MILLION AS WELL AS THE SHORTER AMORTIZATION, IT MADE SENSE ECONOMICALLY TO GO THE DIRECT SALE PROCESS ROUTE.

SO WE DID DEVELOP A TERM SHEET, WHICH IS A LOT OF PERTINENT INFORMATION RELATED TO THE COUNTY TO INFORM BANKS, AND WE DID MARKET DIRECTLY TO ALL 13 OF THOSE, UM, BIDS WERE DUE ON DECEMBER 5TH, AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE WORKED WITH BOND COUNCIL TO GET THAT FINAL RESOLUTION AND DID THE ANALYSIS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WINNING BIDDER IF APPROVED THIS EVENING.

THE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNTY'S USE ON DECEMBER 29TH, 2025 TO BEGIN FUNDING THE OPERATIONS OR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THE GOLF COURSE.

AS I'LL HIGHLIGHT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN A SLIDE.

THE AMORTIZATION IS GONNA BE 12 YEARS WITH AN AVERAGE LIFE OF 6.1 YEARS RESULTS OF THE SAILOR ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE DID RECEIVE THREE QUALIFIED RESPONSES ALL LISTED UP THERE.

BMO BANK, WHICH CURRENTLY AS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, CAME IN AS THE LOWEST BIDDER.

WE CALL THAT THE TICK OR TRUE INTEREST COSTS.

THAT'S THE BID THEY SUBMITTED, UM, FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE 1.5 MILLION.

AND THEY HAVE, UH, SUBMITTED A CALL DATE OF THREE ONE TWENTY THIRTY TWO, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS I GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE HUNTINGTON AND JOHNSON FINANCIAL DID PROVIDE INTEREST INDICATIONS AS WELL.

SO IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, FINAL PAPERWORK WOULD NEED TO BE SIGNED.

SO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE POSITIONS WHERE THEY NEED TO SIGN, I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW MANY TIMES YOU'LL HAVE TO SIGN, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE LEGAL PROCESS.

UM, AND THEN THE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE

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LAID OUT THERE IS THE BUILT AMORTIZATION.

SO OUR TARGET WAS TO STAY BELOW $160,000 A YEAR AND WITH THE INTEREST RATE PROVIDED OF 3.93, WE'RE ABLE TO GET WITHIN 12 YEARS.

AND AS YOU LOOK UP THERE, THOSE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS STARTING IN 2033 THROUGH 37 WOULD BE CALLABLE BEGINNING IN 2032, AS I TALKED ABOUT, WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME TO PAY THE REMAINING DEBT OFF IF THERE'S CASH AVAILABLE OR TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER INTEREST RATES.

SO IT IS A NICE ENHANCEMENT TO THE DIRECT PLACEMENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IN THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES I HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? OKAY, WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ELECTRONICALLY.

IT'S A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

UNANIMOUS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS RESOLUTION 52, WHICH IS A GRANT APPLICATION FOR TAP PROGRAM FOR STATE RECREATIONAL TRAILS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR SIGNAGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ON THE EISEN BAUM STATE TRAIL.

UM, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR STEWART, SUPERVISOR GALATZ.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? THERE? BEING NONE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RESOLUTION 53.

ALSO A GRANT APPLICATION FOR LAKE MONITORING AND PROTECTION NETWORK GRANT.

CLEAN BOATS.

CLEAN WATERS GRANT FOR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES, PREVENTATION

[f. 2025 Resolution 53 – Grant Application – Lake Monitoring and Protection Network Grant and Clean Boats Clean Waters Grant for Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention and Control]

EXCUSE ME.

UM, MOTION AS A SEC.

SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR CONRAD, SUPERVISOR TOMA.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE NOT VERY TALKATIVE.

WE WILL VOTE ALSO ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE UNANIMOUS ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS RESOLUTION 54.

A GRANT APPLICATION FOR PRE-DISASTER FLOOD RESILIENCE PROGRAM.

MOTION.

AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR

[g. 2025 Resolution 54 – Grant Application – Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Program]

MARY, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

OH, SUPERVISOR GALLS.

SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

TH THANK YOU.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TEETH GNASHING ABOUT, UM, FLOOD PLANNING, ET CETERA WITHIN THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST COUPLE, WITHIN THIS PAST FEW, UH, BOARD MEETINGS.

SO WOULD THIS ALSO FURTHER IDENTIFY ANY OF THAT, OR IS THAT A WHOLLY OUT OF SCOPE? MEANING WE HAD SOME HIGH WATER MARKINGS AND CHANGES AND A LOT OF CONCERNS AND ISSUES BY RESIDENCES.

SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IDENTIFYING FLOOD VULNERABILITIES OPTIONS TO IMPROVE FLOOD RESILIENCY, ET CETERA.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING OR EVENING.

I'M GONNA TRY TO ANSWER THIS AS, UM, UH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT MY TECHNICAL AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GRANT IS THAT, SO THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR CONSERVATION ARM, NOT OUR LAND USE AND REGULATION ARM.

SO IT DOES NOT MODIFY THE FLOOD.

IT'S NOT SIMILAR TO THE FLOODPLAIN ZONES.

UM, BUT IT IS GOING TO LOOK AT, UM, PROPERTY SOME, MOST OF WHICH IS PROBABLY ALREADY POTENTIALLY IN THOSE ZONES OR EARMARKED IN THOSE ZONES FOR AREAS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE EVEN HIGHER QUALITY.

UM, SO THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THOSE MODELS OR REDUCE KIND OF THE FLOODING IMPACTS OF, OF THOSE NUMBERS.

SO IT'S A LOT OF, UM, HYDROLOGY

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SO IT'S TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT, UM, CONSERVATION WORK TO REDUCE THE FLOODING IMPACTS FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, RIGHT? SUCH AS MAYBE PREVIOUS WETLANDS THAT WERE SOMEHOW ENCROACHED UPON AND REST ARE RESTORING THEM TO THUS PREVENT FUTURE FLOODING OR MITIGATE FUTURE FLOODING.

RIGHT? SO THIS IS ONLY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THAT.

OKAY.

YES.

BECAUSE I SUSPECT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CITIZENS THAT WILL INQUIRE, WELL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHEN THEY'RE OUT SURVEYING OR POTENTIALLY SURVEYING? Y YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE PR THOSE AREAS MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE ON PRIVATELY OWNED FARMS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHERE THE OPEN SPACE IS.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE DID, WE DID, UM, PRIOR TO BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNTY BOARD, SEEK, UH, APPROVAL SUPPORT FROM THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN, UM, AND THEIR MAKE SURE THEIR BOARD KNEW ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS, UM, WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE WOULD BE, MOST OF THIS WORK IS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO WE DIDN'T, WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT APPROACH THAT, YEAH, WE'RE COMING ON THE LAND TO LOOK FOR THESE THINGS.

THIS IS, THIS IS AN ADVISORY STUDY, UM, AND IT DOESN'T TIE ANY LANDOWNER TO ANY WORK, UM, AT, AT ALL.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

AGAIN, SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT UP WE HAVE RESOLUTION 55, WHICH IS AN 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.

SUPERVISOR FOSTER, SECOND SUPERVISOR, KEL.

UM, I'VE ASKED MR. DAM COT TO COME HERE.

HE PRESENTED

[h. 2025 Resolution 55 – 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]

'CAUSE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET WAS PRETTY HARD TO DECIPHER.

SO THIS SHOULD CLARIFY SOME THINGS .

YEAH, SO I'LL RUN THIS THROUGH THIS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS YOU WANNA SEE IF PLEASE LEMME KNOW.

UM, MICROPHONE.

OH, SORRY.

WE GOOD NOW? GOOD.

OKAY, THANKS.

UM, SO THIS ORANGE-ISH COLOR THAT RUNS DOWN KIND OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY HERE IS WHAT A TC CLASSIFIES AS THE PREFERRED ROUTE.

UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE VIEWING HERE IS EXACTLY THE SAME DATA THAT'S ON ATCS WEBSITE AND WHAT'S IN THEIR MAPS.

UM, I JUST STREAMED IT DOWN HERE TO MY DESKTOP SO WE CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER TO IT.

UM, AND AT FIRST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT AS I ZOOM IN ON THIS, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS AN EXISTING TRANSMISSION TOWER.

YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THE SHADOW OF IT.

UM, SO IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER IT'S GOING RIGHT NEXT TO THAT TRANSMISSION TOWER OR, OR WHETHER THEY WOULD BE PUTTING IT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BUILDING A BIGGER ONE IN THERE.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TELL, BUT I THINK THE POINT IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, VIRGIN LAND HERE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR THIS PREFERRED ROUTE.

THEY'RE GOING ADJACENT TO, OR, OR PERHAPS IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT OF WHERE THERE ALREADY ARE TRANSMISSION LINES.

AND AS WE GO DOWN THE COUNTY, OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, TRANSMISSION LINES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, IF THERE'S A JOG HERE, WE CAN GO RIGHT ON THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BIG ONE THERE.

AND AS, AS WE RUN THROUGH, SO NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BY NEWARK DRIVE, AGAIN, TRANSMISSION TOWER RIGHT THERE, OR CROSSING THE RIVER BY NEWBURGH.

OH, YEP, THERE THEY ARE.

THERE'S TWO OF THEM RIGHT THERE SIDE BY SIDE.

AND AGAIN, WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE IT TURNS EAST

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SO ALTHOUGH IT'S PREFERRED ROUTE, UM, IT'S NOT NEW BY ANY STRETCH.

THERE'S EXISTING WIRES THERE.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THE THREE OPTIONS FOR HOW THEY'RE GONNA GO EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY, AGAIN, THE PREFERRED ROUTE IS THIS ORANGE, ACCORDING TO THE A A TC SYMBOL.

AND THIS AREA, AS, AS WE GO THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PREFERRED ROUTE, THERE IS NOT EXISTING WIRE THERE.

SO THIS IS AN AREA TO GET OUT TO THE COUNTY.

THEY WOULD BE GOING THROUGH SOME FIELDS, THEY'D BE GOING THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA HERE.

AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE EAST, UH, TO THE COUNTY LINE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, COUNTY HIGHWAY Y.

AND THEN THEY TURN NORTH UP, UP ON, UH, COUNTY HIGHWAY Y.

BUT YEAH, SO THIS PREFERRED ROUTE FOR HOWEVER LONG THIS SECTION IS IN THE COUNTY, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE GOING THROUGH LOOKS LIKE NEW AREA.

UM, IF WE MOVE TO THE PREFERRED CONTINGENT.

SO THIS IS COUNTY HIGHWAY A.

THERE'S NOT EXISTING HIGH TENSION LINES HERE, BUT IT IS GOING ADJACENT TO A ROAD CORRIDOR.

SO UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS GOING THROUGH FOREST AND AND WETLAND, UM, THIS ONE DOES APPEAR TO BE GOING ALONG A COUNTY HIGHWAY AGAIN, ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, OVER THE MILWAUKEE RIVER.

IT JUMPS TO THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN THIS IS THE COUNTY LINE WHERE IT WOULD ENTER INTO OZAKI COUNTY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL SHOW IS, UH, DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN PART, UH, WHERE IT'S LESS THAN A MILE TO THE COUNTY LINE.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA, IGNORE THIS ONE.

THIS IS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER, BUT THERE'S A HIGH TENSIONAL, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC LINE RIGHT HERE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE FOLLOWING EXISTING CORRIDOR, UM, TO THE COUNTY LINE AND INTO OZAKI COUNTY WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THIS RURAL RESIDENTIAL.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S ALREADY LINES THAT GO THROUGH THERE.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT CLARIFICATION ON WHAT A TC IS SHOWING ON THEIR MAPS.

IF THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO ZOOM IN ON, OR, OR YOU WANNA SEE MORE, UM, HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

OTHERWISE, THAT WAS WHAT I HAD PREPARED.

SUPERVISOR BOSER, OH, I GOT IN FIRST.

I THOUGHT OTHER PEOPLE DID.

OKAY, CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD FOR A SEC.

ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK, UH, I WANNA ADDRESS SOMETHING FIRST.

I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF AI, BUT WE DON'T DECIDE WHO GETS TO DO BUSINESS AND WHO DOESN'T BASED ON WHO WE LIKE OR DON'T LIKE.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER BUSINESSES THAT I MAY NOT BE A BIG FAN OF, BUT I SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

THIS ADVISORY RESOLUTION IS NOT A REFERENDUM ABOUT AI DATA CENTERS.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION WITH AI DATA CENTERS.

OUR OBLIGATION IS TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS THE ELECTRICITY THEY NEED, NO BROWNOUTS, NO BLACKOUTS.

THESE AI DATA CENTERS USE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DATA OF ELECTRICITY.

THE PROPOSED SITE IN PORT WASHINGTON WOULD USE, ACCORDING TO SOME ESTIMATES, HALF THE POWER OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT'S A HUGE ELECTRIC DRAW.

SO FOR THE PORT WASHINGTON DATA CENTER, I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE ELECTRICITY THEY NEED, AND I WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO HAVE THE ELECTRICITY THEY NEED.

THE EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINES THAT GO FROM SHEBOYGAN DIRECTLY TO PORT WASHINGTON MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO ME.

IN CONTRAST, WHAT A TC HAS PLANNED AS THEIR PRIMARY ROUTE MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

IF YOU WANNA GET POWER FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON, WHY WOULD YOU GO HALFWAY TO FOND DULAC, THEN HEAD SOUTH, CLOSE TO WEST BEND, AND THEN COME BACK EAST? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

POWER TRANSMISSION LINES ACTUALLY BLEED ELECTRICITY INTO THE AIR EVERY MILE.

SO HAVING A ROUTE THAT IS ESSENTIALLY TWICE AS LONG MEANS THEY WOULD BLEED TWICE AS MUCH ELECTRICITY.

SO TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF POWER TO THE DATA CENTER, THEY HAVE TO PRO PRODUCE MORE IN SHEBOYGAN.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD RULE IN GEOMETRY.

ONE SIDE OF A TRIANGLE IS ALWAYS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER TWO.

IN THIS CASE, ONE SIDE OF A RECTANGLE IS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER THREE.

WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE ROUTE.

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SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VOTE FOR THIS.

I WILL BE AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, I, I THINK, UH, SUPERVISOR BOSER MADE A GREAT POINT.

THIS IS NOT, UH, TO SUPPORT NECESSARY NECESSARILY AI, UM, IN OUR AREA.

SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T SPEAK TO SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING THAT.

UM, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION HERE.

WHATEVER YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT AI ARE.

UM, IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THIS.

IT'S ABOUT THEIR ENERGY USE.

UM, AND, AND ROUTING IT THROUGH THE BEST WAY THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, AS CHAIRMAN OF LAND USE AND PLANNING.

UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT THESE LAST TWO YEARS AS FAR AS, UH, THE PRECIOUS RESOURCES OF OUR, UH, COUNTY.

AND HAVING LOOKED AT THIS MAP, UH, THE PREFERRED ROUTE IN ORANGE, IF YOU COULD EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE, UH, UH, BRING IT IN.

I MEAN, BRING IT IN CLOSE.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO SEE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ORANGE, UH, EAST WEST RUN.

BRING IT REAL CLOSE.

THERE YOU GO.

BRING IT A LITTLE CLOSER.

OKAY.

YOU NOTICE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, IT'S GOING THROUGH WOODS, IT'S GOING OVER WETLAND, UH, A POND, COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED VIRGIN AREA.

THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECONDARY PREFERRED, NOW, IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT RIGHT ALONG HIGHWAY A, YOU'VE GOT A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR RIGHT THERE.

SO THIS IS LAND THAT'S ALREADY DISTURBED, IT'S LAND THAT'S ALREADY UTILIZED.

I'D RATHER NOT GO INTO A VIRGIN AREA WHEN WE HAVE A CORRIDOR THAT'S ALREADY PRESET.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE LEAVING THE SMALLEST FOOTPRINT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

UM, MY PERSONAL FEELINGS AS FAR AS AI, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THIS THING, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD IT SOMEWHERE.

AND AFTER I READ UP ON IT, THIS THING IS, IS IT'S LIKE REINVENTING THE INTERNET COMPLETELY ALL OVER AGAIN.

WE'VE, WE'VE ALL LIVED THAT IN OUR LIFETIME.

WE SAW WHAT A HUGE EXPANSION THAT WAS.

THIS IS THE SAME THING, AND IT DOES USE A LOT OF POWER.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT THE INNOVATION THAT THIS THING CAN CREATE IS STAGGERING.

IT'S THE NEXT GIANT LEAP.

SO THIS THING IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA COME.

THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT ITS FOOTPRINT IN OUR COUNTY IS THE BEST SUITED FOOTPRINT THAT WE CAN.

AND, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR NATURAL AREAS.

SO THE RESOLUTION WHEN WE PUT IT THROUGH ON EXECUTIVE, WAS TO GO THROUGH THE SECONDARY AREA HERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY, A CORRIDOR, UM, BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST DIRECT AND EFFICIENT FOR THE COMPANY AND THE LEAST INTRUSIVE ON OUR NATURAL AREAS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CONRAD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

YEAH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO, UM, STATE THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THAT DATA CENTER, BUT I DO SUPPORT THE, THE COMMENTS BY SUPERVISOR, UM, KELLEN AND, UM, BOSSERT.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN? SO THIS GOES THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND, UH, MY TOWNSHIP AND MY PHONE AND MY EMAILS HAVE BEEN LIGHTING UP FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

AND MATTER OF FACT, LAST NIGHT I HAD, UH, THREE RESIDENTS IN THAT, A ROUTE THAT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW.

UH, ONE OF 'EM CLAIMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR HOME IF IT GOES THROUGH THAT ROAD.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT, UM, FOR THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY, UH, DISTRICT, BECAUSE TO THEM THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO LOSE THEIR HOME.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A SENSITIVE AND VERY HOT TOPIC FOR, UH, MY COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR TOMA.

UH, I JUST HAVE

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WHERE, WHERE IS THAT HOME ON, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THE GREEN ONE.

WHERE, WHERE IS THAT HOME? THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA LOSE A HOME ON THAT ROUTE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME, YES.

DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHERE, UP HERE, WHERE IT IS? UM, HE'S GOTTA ZOOM IN A LITTLE, WHICH IT'S, YEAH, RIGHT ABOUT WHERE HIS CURSOR IS IN THERE, IN THAT AREA HERE.

THEY, IT'S A 250 FOOT WIDE PATH THAT THEY HAVE TO CLEAR, I BELIEVE.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THERE'S A PROTECT FREDONIA COALITION THAT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WITH, UH, THE, UM, THE TOWN OF TRENTON, TOWN OF FREDONIA, TOWN OF SAVILLE.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY ADAMANT AND ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO GET AN ALTERNATE ROUTE DOWN HIGHWAY 57, UM, TO, I GUESS REQUEST THE DENIAL OF EITHER ONE OF THESE ROUTES THAT COME THROUGH, UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON, BECAUSE THAT COMMON, UH, THE PREFERRED ROUTE IS MAINLY IN MY DISTRICT.

AND THERE'S, THEY'RE NOT GOING OVER ANY HOMES.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU SAID ABOUT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE A HOME.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE 250 FOOT FOOT OF THAT THEIR LOT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GONNA LOSE THEIR HOME 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GO OVER A HOME.

RIGHT? WELL, AND SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT, THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH PART OF A SUBDIVISION.

UH, I THINK IT'S OLD FARM ROAD, AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY ADJOINING LOT THAT SOMEBODY BOUGHT FOR FUTURE USE.

THEY WERE, THEY PLANNED ON SELLING THAT LOT LATER ON, AND THAT'S GONNA GO DIRECTLY OVER THAT AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SELL THAT LOT LATER ON.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL GET SOME MONEY FOR, UH, FOR THEM TO RUN IT OVER.

BUT, UH, I, I DO NOT, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR THAT PREFERRED, UH, ROUTE.

I'D RATHER HAVE THE, THE COMMON ROUTE HERE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SHARIN.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION IS SAYING THAT WE WANT THEM TO USE THE EXISTING ROUTE ON THE SOUTH, WHICH IS NOT IN, IN THE FREDONIA OR A FARMINGTON AREA, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THE PURPLE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH FOLLOWS EXISTING LINES.

SO IF THAT CLARIFIES IT FOR YOU, DOUG.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT GOES TO, UH, SUPERVISOR BAER'S COMMENTS ABOUT USING THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE, WHICH WOULDN'T TOUCH WASHINGTON COUNTY AT ALL.

SO, UM, THE WHOLE IDEA IS LET'S NOT UPSET LAND WHERE THERE AREN'T POWER LINES.

NOW, SUPERVISOR KELLY, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

UM, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A LOT OF LITIGATION ON THIS STUFF, BUT I WOULDN'T MAKE YOUR DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT ACTION COMMITTEES MIGHT BE DOING OR SAYING BECAUSE NONE OF THAT IS VERIFIED AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY'S LOSING ANY PROPERTY.

IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF AN EASEMENT TYPE OF DEAL, IF ANYTHING.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF, YEAH, THEY MAY HAVE TO COLLECT THE CUT DOWN TREES OR WHATEVER, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT SPARKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, HAVE A FOREST FIRE.

BUT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NECESSARILY RENDERS LAND UNUSABLE OR HOUSES THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED.

NOW.

NOW, MAYBE I'M WRONG ON THIS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF HYPERBOLE AND, UH, INTERJECTED CONJECTURE INTO, UH, THIS WHOLE PROJECT.

SO I WOULD STRONGLY DISSUADE AGAINST, UH, VOTING BASED ON THOSE TYPES OF STATEMENTS AND INSTEAD CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS UTILIZING EXISTING LINE AREA AND, AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR FOOTPRINT SMALL.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BOSER, I JUST WANNA BE COMPLETELY CLEAR 'CAUSE I THINK I'VE HEARD TWO DIFFERENT DISCUSSION LINES.

SO IF WE APPROVE THE ADVISORY RESOLUTION, THE WAY I READ THE PACKET, THAT MEANS WE'RE VOTING FOR THE PURPLE, WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR ANY OF THE ORANGE OR BLUE.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT? FOLLOWING EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINES? CORRECT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THAT'S WHY WE KEPT IT KIND OF VAGUE.

WE DIDN'T PICK ONE.

WE SAID LET'S STAY ON EXISTING LINES.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

UH, THANKS AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND JOHN TOO, BECAUSE

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SO, UM, SOME OF MY STATEMENTS WAS INACCURATE BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT'S, AND I'M NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL ACTION IN THE FUTURE OR NOT.

I'M MAKING, YOU KNOW, MY DECISIONS AND OPINIONS ON THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME IN TEARS, WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR PROPERTY AND THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY THEIR HOMES.

SO IT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN JUST CUTTING DOWN SOME TREES OR CUTTING BRUSH.

IT'S LEVELING A 250 FOOT WIDE PATH THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM TOO.

SO, BUT I, I, I WILL SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I DID MISUNDERSTAND, UH, MISINTERPRET IT, UM, PRIOR.

SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION SUPERVISOR TROUTNER.

UM, I ALSO WAS UNCLEAR, AND SO I AM, UM, JUST WONDERING, WITH THIS RESOLUTION, WOULD LIKE A, A MAP GO ALONG WITH IT TO, SO THAT WHOEVER WHERE THE RESOLUTION GOES TO, THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS PARALLELS THE RESOLUTION MADE BY THE CITY OF PORT WASHINGTON THAT SAYS THE SAME THING, FOLLOW THE EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINES.

UM, UM, BUT TO BE PERFECTLY CORRECT, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH SAY OVER THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

SO THIS MAY BE ALL HOLLERING IN THE DARK, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE TRYING.

THANK YOU.

ANY MR. GALLS? YEAH, THANK YOU.

CHAIR.

UH, CAN I ASSUME THAT OZAKI IS ALSO, ZAKI COUNTY IS ALSO OZAKI HASS BEEN SILENT ON THIS.

I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHY.

HMM.

INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS EVEN THIS PAST YEAR ABOUT FARMLAND PRESERVATION AND IDENTIFYING, AND EVEN TODAY ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRESERVING WATER, RECLAMATIONS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, RIGHT? WHY WOULD THE, I KNOW THIS IS RHETORICAL QUESTION 'CAUSE NO ONE'S HERE TO ANSWER IT, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAYS.

WHY WOULD THE PCS AUTHORIZE THAT CONSTRUCTION COST? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO IS THIS STRONG ENOUGH? DO WE NEED TO ALSO, UH, AND I HATE DOING THESE THINGS THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE HERE, BUT DO WE NEED TO INVOKE OUR, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO HELP SUPPORT OF A SAID RESOLUTION? OR, OR COULD THAT BE ANOTHER OPTION? WE, UH, HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE, UH, UH, UH, SUPPORT HERE, UH, IN THE ROOM? CAN WE REACH OUT TO, UH, WASHINGTON OR STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT, UH, COVER WASHINGTON COUNTY AND ASK WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, TO, TO HELP SUPPORT, SAY OUR RESOLUTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, I BECAME ACUTELY AWARE OF THIS AT A LISTENING SESSION THAT OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD IN THE TOWN OF TRENTON TOWN HALL, AND THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE UPSET.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE UPSET DOING THE SAME THING IN OZAKI COUNTY.

MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS.

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK I'LL CALL THE CHAIRMAN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT I KNOW I'M GONNA SEE HIM FRIDAY ANYWAY.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL I CAN OFFER.

SORRY, ANY OTHER, OH, TONY TOMA.

THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN, UH, IN OZAKI COUNTY IS THE TOWN OF FARM, UH, FREDONIA.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, ARE PUSHING, I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OBJECTING TO THIS.

SO OZAKI COUNTY IS SPEAKING OUT ON THIS HERE.

OKAY.

AND I'M, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THE, I MISUNDERSTOOD ALSO THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE VOTING ON THAT, THE PURPLE LINE AND THAT I WOULD BE VOTING FOR.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ONE MORE TIME? YOU WERE MAKING A FOSTER TO YOURSELF .

ONE MORE TIME.

UH, TO MR. GALL'S COMMENT, THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, THE GOVERNOR, PROBABLY THE PRESIDENT, ARE AWARE OF THIS.

THIS GROUP IS STRONG AND THEY ARE ACTIVE.

SO, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'RE WORKING ON ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES THEY CAN TO TRY TO GET SUPPORT.

SO IT IS OUT THERE.

I JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE TRYING EVERY AVENUE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM.

THANKS.

I'M DONE.

SUPERVISOR TOVA, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? I SAW YOU FLASHING.

NO.

OKAY.

THERE BEING NO OTHER COMMENT.

WE WILL VOTE ON THIS ELECTRONICALLY.

IT IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

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NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION 50 AUTHORIZING, AUTHORIZING WASHINGTON COUNTY'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION SUPERVISOR, BOSER SUPERVISOR MARY.

[i. 2025 Resolution 50 – Authorize Washington County’s Withdrawal from Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC)]

WELL, YOU KNEW I'D HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THIS SURPRISE.

SO THERE WAS A, UH, COLUMN IN THE NEWSPAPER YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL PLANNING AND HOW WE MIGHT NOT BE LIVING UP TO OUR ROLE THERE.

SO IT'S INTERESTING.

I TOOK A LOOK THROUGH SEWER PACK'S VISION 2050 PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING $200,000 A YEAR FOR.

THEIR PLAN INCLUDES A MASSIVE INCREASE IN COMMUTER RAIL, INCLUDING BRINGING BACK THE KENOSHA RACINE MILWAUKEE LINE, WHICH HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS NOW AND NEVER HAPPENED.

UM, A MILWAUKEE TO WAUKESHA RAIL LINE, OTHER RAIL LINES GOING TO OCONOMOWOC, EAST TROY, WEST BEND, PORT WASHINGTON, AND SHEBOYGAN, AND EXPANDING MILWAUKEE STREETCAR.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THEIR PLAN, ALL OF THIS IS ON PAGES 37 THROUGH 40 TO FUND THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

UM, AT THE TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS BACK IN 2017, IT WAS SEVEN TAXES FOR THE REGION.

NOW IT'S ONLY SIX.

IF YOU GO TO THEIR PLAN ON PAGE ONE 12, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE PROPOSING A WHEEL TAX BETWEEN 10 AND $30 PER WHEEL, WHICH MEANS BETWEEN 40 AND 120 PER CAR A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FEE, WHICH WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD TRACK HOW MANY ME MILES YOU'RE DRIVING EACH YEAR.

UM, A SALES TAX ADD-ON A GAS TAX, ADD-ON, UH, TOLL ROADS, A HIGHWAY USE FEE, WHICH WOULD BE A TAX ON NEW VEHICLE SALES OF 2.5%.

SO WHEN YOU BUY A CAR, YOU'D GET TAXED AN EXTRA TWO POINT HALF PERCENT JUST FOR BUYING A NEW CAR.

AND IN BACK IN 2017, THEY WERE ALSO PROPOSING AN ADD ON THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT'S NO LONGER IN THE PLAN.

AND THEY ESTIMATE, UM, BASED ON ADDING UP THEIR NUMBERS, ROUGHLY 500 MILLION TO 650 MILLION IN ANNUAL NEW TAX REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO FUND ALL THESE RAIL PROJECTS.

THE PLAN ALSO ENCOURAGES DEDICATED TRANSIT LINES, WHICH DOES START, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN DISCUSSING THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALITY OF CPAC'S WORK IS NOT A DEBATE AT THIS TIME.

I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MORE ON THIS TOPIC WRAP, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WRAP IT, KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR.

YEAH, SO DEDICATED TRANSIT LINES.

UH, THEY WANT PAY EMPLOYERS TO NOT TO DISCONTINUE OFFERING PARKING BENEFITS TO THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE.

THEY WANNA DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LIMITS PARKING, CHANGE ROADWAYS TO MAKE IT HARDER TO DRIVE AROUND ALL TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO INTO MASS TRANSIT.

THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, UM, SOME OTHER TAXES IN THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MENTIONED IN THE EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED TODAY, MAYBE YOU GUYS RECEIVED IT AS WELL, THAT THEY WANT ADDITIONAL TIME.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS.

THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ADDITIONAL TIME IS AT ALL NEEDED.

WE'RE NOT ABANDONING OUR REGIONAL PLANNING, WE'RE JUST BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE AND ELIMINATING SOME REDUNDANCIES.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VOTE FOR THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WATSON.

CONRAD, THANK YOU CHAIR.

AND, UM, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR BASSETT.

I ACTUALLY FOUND THAT, UM, VERY INSIGHTFUL AND COMPLETELY APP APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT, ENSURING THAT WITH THE BOARD, UM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU JUST STATED GOES AGAINST MY OWN PERSONAL VALUES AND I THINK THE VALUES OF MY OWN CONSTITUENTS.

SO I HIGHLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND I, I DID WANNA SHARE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND OTHER VOICE STRONG VOICES IN THE COUNTY ARE, YOU KNOW, MY, A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND THE, THE PRDS, YOU KNOW, THE LAKE DISTRICTS, UM,

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I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FIRST SAY TOO THAT, UM, I ATTENDED THE CEDAR LAKE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING THIS LAST SATURDAY.

AND FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEY DID, UM, PRAISE THE, THE COUNTY TOO FOR ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, MORE RECENT EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIPS TOO WITH CLCF AND, AND PRESERVATION OF LAND AND WATER QUALITY.

UM, THEY HIGHLY APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT, UH, NOT CONTRACTING WITH SEWER BACK AND SPECIFICALLY TOO, BY THE CLCF BOARD.

UM, BUT WHAT I ASK IS, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE WITH THESE CONCERNS TOO, WE DON'T KNOW OUR IMPACT.

WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, FIGURED THAT OUT OR TRIED TO QUANTIFY IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS PROPOSED, UM, WHATEVER PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD USE SEWER PACK FOR, WE HAVEN'T QUANTIFIED WHAT THAT COST DIFFERENCE MIGHT BE.

UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IS A, A LITTLE CONCERNING.

UM, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, I DO ASK, I DON'T KNOW TOO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, IF IT, YOU KNOW, BE AN AMENDMENT, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, REQUEST THAT QUANTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE ADD AN AMENDMENT TO, YOU KNOW, DO LIKE AWARES, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL IMPACT WILL BE QUANTIFIED AND REPORTED MAYBE LIKE QUARTERLY THROUGH THE LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE OR, YOU KNOW, OR HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY HANDLE THAT? MAYBE, UM, JAMIE COULD SPEAK TO THAT.

THANK YOU.

I I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED A FORMAL AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION FOR THAT.

IF THE REQUEST IS A STANDING REPORT QUARTERLY TO THE LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, WITH KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE CONVERSATION AS WELL AS THE FINANCE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY DELIVER.

SUPERVISOR KELLY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, WITH REGARDS TO SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID BEFORE, UM, IN REGARDS TO MY POINT OF ORDER STATEMENT, UH, I DON'T WISH FOR THIS TO BECOME AN ARGUMENT OVER THE QUALITY OF WORK OR THE POSSIBLE DIRECTION.

WE COULD PICK APART A LOT OF THIS, BECAUSE REMEMBER, IT'S A REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

YOU MIGHT HATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY STAND FOR, AND YOU MAY THINK IT'S POLITICALLY SLANTED, BUT THIS IS WASHINGTON COUNTY.

YOU STILL HAVE MILWAUKEE, RACINE, KENOSHA, THEY HAVE THEIR IDEAS TOO.

SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING DOWN A REALLY UGLY RABBIT HOLE IF YOU START LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.

THAT'S NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

THE WITHDRAWAL FROM SURAK, TO ME IS STRICTLY A DOLLAR AND CENTS TYPE OF THING.

IS THE JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE? $200,000 A YEAR FOR THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE GETTING? THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE GETTING IS JUST NOT THERE AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE DO IN-HOUSE WITH GISI WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AS THEIRS.

UH, I THINK, UH, CHAIRMAN SCHLEI SAID IT BEST WHEN HE SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A CADILLAC, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHEVY.

SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S REALLY A, A, A GREAT ANALOGY.

UM, I, LIKE I SAID, I THINK YOU GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS IF WE START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE 2050 PLANTS.

OUR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DO USE CPAC, THEY BENEFIT FROM CPAC.

CPAC'S DONE SOME GOOD WORK OVER THE YEARS.

UM, BUT FOR ME, THIS WAS STRICTLY DOLLARS CENTS AND SERVICE.

AND THAT'S WHY IT IS, I MET WITH DOR COUNTY, UM, OVER AT THE WCA CONFERENCE WITH CHAIRMAN SCH, LIFE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

UM, AND THERE'S ADMITTEDLY SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, UH, TO SUPERVISE CONRAD'S POINT, BUT OVERALL, I, I THOUGHT, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF DO COUNTY SAID IT BEST WHEN HE SAID, WE'RE STILL HERE.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ARGUE THAT IT'S A VERY BLUNT STATEMENT.

AND I'M LIKE, WELL, YEAH, YOU ARE.

HE GOES.

SO I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF PROOF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY.

SO I THINK THIS IS THE WAY I TRY TO PRESENT THIS TO ALL OF YOU TO, IS DON'T GET IN THE WEEDS ON THIS.

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THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR GALLS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE VILLAGE RICHFIELD ADMINISTRATOR, AND, UH, WE DISCUSS THIS VERY TOPIC AND WHAT SEWER PACK BRINGS TO, UH, RICHFIELD.

UM, AND, AND FOR THAT MATTER, UH, AS SUPERVISOR KEL HAS STATED OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, AND YES, THERE ARE SOME SERVICES, UH, THAT THEY DO UTILIZE.

UM, AND, UH, THE IMPACT IF SEWER PACK, UH, AND, AND I AM GONNA VOTE FOR THIS, UM, UH, CANCELLATION OF THE SERVICE, THE, UH, THE IMPACT WOULD BE MINIMAL.

UM, AT LEAST TO, TO RICHFIELD.

UM, I SUSPECT THAT THE COUNTY'S LAND USE PLANNING, GIS UH, COULD ASSIST IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, COMMUNITY OR MUNICIPALITIES IN A REQUIRED GROWTH PLANNING.

AND DEFINITELY, UM, UH, WHAT IS IT? UM, SOME, UM, DELINEATION OF OF WATER AND, AND WATER WATERWAYS.

AND, AND THAT'S USUALLY WHERE SOME OF THE ASSISTANCE FROM SEWER PACKETS COME IN.

BUT I, I ALSO AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR KEL, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GIS UH, DEPARTMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE? SO MY, UH, MY CAUTIONARY TALE IS, UH, WE MAY BE HAVING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES KNOCKING ON THE COUNTY'S DOOR FOR SOME ASSISTANCE FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT SEWER PACK HAD.

SO WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR KRIEGER, GUNDER, UM, I, I THINK THAT THE TERM WITHDRAWAL FROM SEWER PACK IS PROBABLY NOT AN ACCURATE TERM BECAUSE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE ARE PART OF SEWER PACK UP IN, UM, BAY LAKES REGIONAL, UH, COMMISSION.

UH, DOR COUNTY HASN'T PAID THEIR DUES, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, UH, FOR SOMETHING LIKE 25 YEARS.

BUT THEY STILL ARE LISTED AS A NON-PAYING MEMBER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE TERM WITHDRAW MEANS THAT WE'RE WITHDRAWING AS A MEMBER, THEREFORE WE WOULD NOT BE, UH, ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY OTHER SERVICES.

MOST OF THE FUNDS FOR SEWER PACK COMES FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL.

WE HAVE A RIGHT, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GO TO THEM AND ASK THEM SEWER PACK TO DO WORK FOR OUR COUNTY, WHETHER WE'RE A DUES PAYING MEMBER OR NOT.

I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD PAY THE DUES.

UH, MAY MAYBE IT'S, UM, A MINIMAL IS MY THINKING.

IT'S A MINIMAL, IF IT'S $200,000, HOW MANY COUNTIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? FIVE.

IT'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY TO SOAR PACK FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

I KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, WE VOTED, I WAS, UH, TWO PEOPLE VOTED NO TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT OR CONTINUE THE CONTRACT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I, I WAS VOTING TO NOT BE A MEMBER.

I THINK WITHDRAWAL AS A MEMBER IS PROBABLY AN INACCURATE TERM FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OTHER TERM USED AND HOPING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

BUT WE DO HAVE A RIGHT TO THE FUNDS, UH, UH, THAT ARE PAID BY THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD SAY, LET'S, LET'S JUST LET THAT GO AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT OURSELVES.

I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, AND I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

HE'S GONNA COMMENT NOW.

UH, CHAIRMAN SCH LIFE DID ASK ME TO, TO COMMENT ON THAT.

UM, AND THE RESOLUTION IS DRAFTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

UM, IN CHAPTER 66.

UH, THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY, UH, REQUIRES US TO USE THIS SORT OF FORM, UH, A VOTE OF TWO THIRDS OF MEMBERS ELECT, AND THEY DO CALL IT, CALL IT A WITHDRAWAL.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, SUPERVISOR KUNDRA, THE STATUTE ALSO INDICATES THAT EVEN IF WE DO QUOTE UNQUOTE WITHDRAW FROM MEMBERSHIP, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR SERVICES, CONTRACT FOR SERVICES, PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES AND SO FORTH.