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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE -Minutes 101221CITY OF MUSKEGO APPROVED COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES October 12, 2021 5:30 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER Mayor Petfalski called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm. ROLL CALL Present: Alderpersons Wolfe, Hammel, Terrence, Kapusta, Engelhardt, Kubacki, and Madden. Also present: City Attorney Warchol, Finance & Administration Director Mueller, Assistant Finance & Administration Director Mustapich, Assistant Deputy Clerk Roller, GIS Coordinator Engleman, and Admin Asst. Crisp. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE Ms. Crisp stated the meeting was noticed in accordance with the open meeting law. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Alderperson Kubacki moved to approve. Alderperson Madden seconded; motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 23, 2021 and September 28, 2021 Alderperson Hammel moved to approve. Alderperson Madden seconded; motion carried. NEW BUSINESS Discuss Establishing Polling Places and Number of Election Inspectors • Ms. Mueller stated that the reasons for making the changes are (1) many of the other locations are reluctant to open their facilities to have that many people coming through their buildings and (2) having multiple places at City Hall and the Library make everything run more smoothly. • The consensus of the Aldermen was to this recommend to Council. Discuss Establishing Ward Boundaries Using the 2020 Census Figures • Ms. Mueller stated that she, Ms. Roller, and Mr. Engleman worked together to put the proposal together. This eliminates one of the two split districts which will help the voters and make things easier on the administrative side. She explained the split districts in Muskego showing how the Supervisory District lines (Districts 23 & 24) run through Muskego. Currently we have two split Aldermanic Districts, meaning that the Aldermanic District has a Ward in Supervisory District 23 and a Ward in Supervisory District 24. This means that we have to split the poll books – its almost like having an additional district. The object was to try to make each ward as even as possible. 10/12/21 COW Minutes P. 2 • Alderperson Madden moved to recommend to Council. Alderperson Wolfe seconded; motion passed 6 – 1. Continued Discussion of the Mayor's Proposed 2022 Operating Budget • Mayor Petfalski pointed out that part of money in the park dedication fund is from the landfill fund and should be transferred back to the landfill fund. • Refuse & Recycling: Landfill contract tipping fees used to be incorporated in th e hauling service charge. We requested to keep it separate. Our new contract with GFL does not include the tipping fees. As we have to pay that, we need to incorporate that cost into our fees. Currently it is at $25.60/quarter and in order to offset the ti pping fees, we propose increasing the fee to $34.45/quarter (increase of about $8/quarter). Leaf pick up costs are built into that fee. • Tax rate as of this year was $4.55/thousand; the new proposed tax rate is $3.84/thousand. • Police vehicles are not part of operating budget this year; they have been moved to capital budget. • Mayor Petfalski and Ms. Mueller addressed a question regarding the line item for postage and why it was higher than this year. There were a significant number of absentee ballots mailed out due to COVID and it is expected that it won’t be much different next year. We were able to use COVID funds to offset the extra cost. • As there were no additional questions on the 2022 budget as proposed, Mayor Petfalski asked for a recommendation to Council so that we could get it published by October 20. Alderperson Engelhardt moved to recommend to Council. Alderperson Hammel seconded; motion passed unanimously. Review 2022 Water and Sewer Budgets • Sewer Utility: Ms. Mueller stated that we do not need to raise sewer rates because projections look healthy. • Water Utility: Ms. Mueller stated that all funds are doing very well. We had a rate increase in 2021 and 2020 of 3% each year. • Alderperson Kubacki moved to recommend to Council. Alderperson Madden seconded; motion passed unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW None. ADJOURNMENT Alderperson Wolfe made a motion to adjourn at 6:26 pm. Alderperson Hammel seconded, motion carried. Minutes taken and transcribed by Christine Crisp.