Committee of the Whole

City of West Allis Meeting Minutes Committee of the Whole Council President, Alderperson: Thomas G. Lajsic Alderpersons: Suzzette Grisham, Kevin Haass, Danna Kuehn, Rosalie L. Reinke, Daniel J. Roadt, Tracy Stefanski, Angelito Tenorio, Vincent Vitale, and Martin J. Weigel Tuesday, January 19, 2021 5:30 PM City of West Allis YouTube Channel VIRTUAL MEETING City of West Allis YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/westalliscitychallen/live A. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Council President Lajsic at 5:30 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Present 9- Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Roadt, Stefanski, Vitale, and Weigel Excused 1- Tenorio Others Present: Rebecca Grill, City Administrator/Clerk, Kail Decker, City Attorney; Peter Daniels, City Engineer; Dave Wepking, DIrector of Public Works; Jason Kaczmarek, Finance Director/Comptroller; Norman Barrientos and Patrick Wesley from Barrientos Design & Consulting. C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. 2021-0044 Minutes (draft) of the November 19, 2020 Committee of the Whole meeting Attachments: 111919 Committee of the Whole Minutes.draft A motion was made by Reinke, seconded by Vitale, that this matter be Approved. The motion carried unanimously. D. NEW AND PREVIOUS MATTERS 2. 2019-0066 Deliberating the repair or replacement of the Public Works Facility currently located at 6300 W. McGeoch Ave. City of West Allis Page 1 Printed on 4/7/2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 A motion was made by Vitale, seconded by Grisham, to convene into closed session at 5:30 p.m. pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(e) for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties or the investing public funds. The Committee of the WHole may reconvene in open session after completion of the closed session to consider the balance of the agenda. Aye: 9 - Grisham; Haass; Kuehn; Lajsic; Reinke; Roadt; Stefanski; Vitale; and Weigel Others Present: Norman Barrientos and Patrick Wesley from Barrientos Design and Consulting. Closed session items discussed. On a motion made by Grisham, seconded by Weigel, the meeting reconvened into open session at 6:37 p.m. 3. 2021-0043 Discussion regarding 2021 ward redistricting, total number of Aldermanic districts and the number of alderpersons per aldermanic district A motion was made by Grisham, seconded by Weigel, that this matter was Discussed and direction to staff given to proceed to poll the citizens. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 6- Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Roadt, and Weigel No: 3- Grisham, Stefanski, and Vitale E. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:07 p.m. City of West Allis Page 2 Printed on 4/7/2021 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 All meetings of the {bdName} are public meetings. In order for the general public to make comments at the committee meetings, the individual(s) must be scheduled (as an appearance) with the chair of the committee or the appropriate staff contact; otherwise, the meeting of the committee is a working session for the committee itself, and discussion by those in attendance is limited to committee members, the mayor, other alderpersons, staff and others that may be a party to the matter being discussed. NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT The City of West Allis does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, age, marital or veterans' status, sex, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs or activities. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT NOTICE Upon reasonable notice the City will furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services when necessary to afford individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in and to enjoy the benefits of a service, program or activity provided by the City. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STATEMENT It is the policy of the City of West Allis to provide language access services to populations of persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) who are eligible to be served or likely to be directly affected by our programs. Such services will be focused on providing meaningful access to our programs, services and/or benefits. City of West Allis Page 3 Printed on 4/7/2021