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City of West Allis Meeting Minutes Common Council Mayor Dan Devine, Chair Alderperson Thomas G. Lajsic, Council President Alderpersons: Suzzette Grisham, Kevin Haass, Danna Kuehn, Thomas G. Lajsic, Rosalie L. Reinke, Daniel J. Roadt, Tracy Stefanski, Angelito Tenorio, Vincent Vitale, and Martin J. Weigel Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:10 PM City of West Allis YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/westalliscitychannel SPECIAL MEETING VIRTUAL MEETING The City of West Allis has held the Common Council meeting virtually to help protect our community from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Devine at 7:10 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Present 10 - Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Roadt, Stefanski, Tenorio, Vitale, and Weigel C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ald. Roadt. D. PUBLIC HEARING 1. R-2020-0241 Resolution to approve amending certain activities of the FY2019 Annual Plan of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program to add CDBG-CV funding in the amount of $762,000 Sponsors: Alderperson Lajsic Attachments: FY2019 Annual Plan- Add CDBG-CV Funding of $762,000 CDBG COVID Public Hearing (4-20-20) Citizen Participation Plan Amendment (4-29-20) Notice of Funding Availability (4-29-20) Explanation by Patrick Schloss, Community Development Manager Public Comments: None. City of West Allis Page 1 Printed on 5/5/2020 Common Council Meeting Minutes April 29, 2020 E. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECESS MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES New and Previous Matters referred to Committees may be considered and acted upon by Committees during the Common Council recess. Unless otherwise announced during the meeting, the standing Committees of the Common Council (Administration & Finance and Safety & Development) will meet during a recess of the virtual Common Council meeting. F. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Devine reminded everyone to fill out your U.S. Census 2020 (https://2020census.gov). West Allis has 64% participation and the state average is 60%. G. ALDERPERSON'S REPORT None. H. COMMON COUNCIL RECESS A motion was made by Lajsic, seconded by Grisham, that the Council recess until completion of the Standing Committee meeting. The motion carried unanimously. Thereupon, the Council took a recess at 7:28 p.m. Upon returning from recess at 7:35 p.m., and the roll call being taken, the following were present: Present 10 - Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Roadt, Stefanski, Tenorio, Vitale, and Weigel I. NEW AND PREVIOUS MATTERS ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE COMMITTEE 2. R-2020-0241 Resolution to approve amending certain activities of the FY2019 Annual Plan of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program to add CDBG-CV funding in the amount of $762,000 Sponsors: Alderperson Lajsic Attachments: FY2019 Annual Plan- Add CDBG-CV Funding of $762,000 CDBG COVID Public Hearing (4-20-20) Citizen Participation Plan Amendment (4-29-20) Notice of Funding Availability (4-29-20) This matter was Adopted on a Block Vote. 3. R-2020-0242 Resolution to consider amendments to the Community Development Block Grant Program Citizen Participation Plan Sponsors: Administration & Finance Committee Attachments: Citizen Participation Plan This matter was Adopted on a Block Vote. City of West Allis Page 2 Printed on 5/5/2020 Common Council Meeting Minutes April 29, 2020 4. R-2020-0243 Resolution authorizing a 2020 Operating Budget Amendment, a reduction in the amount of $3,087, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) Expenditure Restraint Program qualifications, to ensure compliance, due to calculation rounding in the DOR submittal form Sponsors: Alderperson Haass and Alderperson Lajsic This matter was Adopted on a Block Vote. 5. R-2020-0246 Resolution approving the appointment of Rebecca N. Grill as City Clerk Sponsors: Alderperson Haass This matter was Adopted on a Block Vote. Passed The Block Vote A motion was made by Haass, seconded by Lajsic, to approve all the actions on item nos. 2-5 on a Block Vote. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 10 - Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Roadt, Stefanski, Tenorio, Vitale, and Weigel No: 0 SAFETY & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 6. R-2020-0237 Resolution to consider authorizing and directing the Director of Development to enter into a contract amendment with Ramboll Environ for providing Environmental Site Investigation Activities for the property located at 3601 S. 116 St. in an amount not to exceed $67,000 Sponsors: Safety & Development Committee Attachments: REH SI Proposal_3601 South 116th Street-West Allis WI A motion was made by Lajsic, seconded by Weigel, that this matter was Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 7- Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Tenorio, Vitale, and Weigel No: 3- Reinke, Roadt, and Stefanski 7. R-2020-0226 Resolution relative to consider a proposed amendment to a Development Agreement between the City of West Allis and Cobalt Partners LLC, Tax Incremental District 16, within the S. 70 St. Corridor (West Quarter) Sponsors: Safety & Development Committee Attachments: Exhibit A-Second Amendment to Dev Agreement Exhibit A-Redlined-Second Amendment to Dev Agreement A motion was made by Lajsic, seconded by Tenorio, that this matter was Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 7- Grisham, Haass, Kuehn, Lajsic, Reinke, Tenorio, and Vitale No: 3- Roadt, Stefanski, and Weigel City of West Allis Page 3 Printed on 5/5/2020 Common Council Meeting Minutes April 29, 2020 J ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Vitale, seconded by Haass, to adjourn at 7:45 p.m., with the next regularly scheduled meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 7:00 p.m . The motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, ____________________________________________ Rebecca Grill City Administrator/Clerk 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 4 Printed on 5/5/2020