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COWM24.06.03 APPRCITY OF MUSKEGO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MINUTES June 3, 2024 5:30 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue Meeting Room 2 AMENDED CALL TO ORDER Mayor Petfalski called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance ROLL CALL � ue, c4 or IV SKEGO APPROVED Present: Mayor Petfalski, Alderperson Wolfe, Alderperson Hammel, Alderperson Decker, Alderperson Schwer, Alderperson Schroeder, Alderperson Kubacki, Alderperson Madden Also Present: Information Technologies Director Louden, Recreation Program Manager Dunn, Recreation Specialist Young, City Clerk Roller STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE Clerk Roller stated that the meeting was noticed in accordance with the open meeting law on Thursday, May 30, 2024. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Moved by Alderperson Kubacki; seconded by Alderperson Madden to Approve. Motion Passed: 7 - 0 Voting For: Alderperson Wolfe, Alderperson Hammel, Alderperson Decker, Alderperson Schwer, Alderperson Schroeder, Alderperson Kubacki, Alderperson Madden Voting Against: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES Committee of the Whole Minutes - May 14, 2024 COWM24.05.14.docx Moved by Alderperson Madden; seconded by Alderperson Schroeder to Approve. Motion Passed: 7 - 0 Voting For: Alderperson Wolfe, Alderperson Hammel, Alderperson Decker, Alderperson Schwer, Alderperson Schroeder, Alderperson Kubacki, Alderperson Madden Voting Against: None NEW BUSINESS Discuss Future of Police Department Building Mayor Petfalski stated that this discussion has been started many times; not looking for an answer tonight. He wants to go through where we are at, what some of the opportunities we have for that building, some voids that we have specifically for recreation, other options. The building to operate is costing the City just short of $100,000 per year for maintenance (things that have to be fixed), utilities, grounds maintenance. The building is being used slightly; Ms. Dunn for some recreation programs and PD for some training which is a very inefficient use of the building and he does not recommend this for long term. A couple of years ago, a task force was put together made up of about ten citizens and included Alderman Kubacki. Many options were discussed including adding on to the building, leveling it for parking lot and everything in between. Ultimately, the architects came up with a plan/layout for the building. The idea was to make the building flexible. At a Common Council meeting over a year ago, it was decided to get input from the community. After that we put the brakes on because we needed more internal discussion on what we want to do and how we want to communicate that with the community. The Mayor prepared a packet which included a synopsis from meetings with task force and Gray Architects (the consultant), site layouts (current & suggested), preliminary budget analysis with inflation allowance to 2026, three different scenarios from financial consultants (Baird) for what this would cost the average house (when asked, Assessor put the assessed value of the average house is $366,000). Ms. Dunn handed out a packet and talked about some of the items in the packet. There are discussion points on what the rooms would look like and what could be done within those spaces. She stated we were looking for flexible spaces to run programs we have, programs we could add, and work with the community on meeting some of the needs that happen in the community. There are a lot of calls where people are looking for spaces for large and small events, service clubs in town for their meetings and events. Right now, the recreation program has one building for programing (the Old Town Hall facility). Everything else they use is either City Hall building space, the Library space, or space rented from the school district. There is nothing to house programs during the daytime because there is a 3 & 4K program that runs year-round. In the summer, there are 100 kids at Vet's Memorial and 100 kids at Old Town Hall in the playground program. Also, in the packet was a list of programs they are currently offering, added programs to bring into the community, and programs offer collaboratively with surrounding communities. After a long discussion with questions and answers, the Mayor asked everyone where they want to go with this. If we do a survey, we would hire someone to do it right. Mayor will get some numbers to see what doing a survey would cost. He will bring it back in a month. Discuss Elected Officials Terms & Salaries Alderperson Madden stated that over the years, she spends more to be an alderman than she gets paid. She is not looking for a lot, just enough to cover her expenses. Also, she would like to see the term changed from two years to three years. Mayor Petfalski explained the process: Salaries can be changed by Council, but terms can only be changed with a referendum because it is a charter ordinance. After discussion, it was agreed that Mayor salary would increase by $5,000 in 2026 and a $100/year increase in salary for Alderman to begin in January 2025. The aldermanic and mayoral terms would remain as is. COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW None ADJOURNMENT Moved by Alderperson Madden; seconded by Alderperson Kubacki to Adjourn at 7: 04 pm. Motion Passed: 7 - 0 Voting For: Alderperson Wolfe, Alderperson Hammel, Alderperson Decker, Alderperson Schwer, Alderperson Schroeder, Alderperson Kubacki, Alderperson Madden Voting Against: None Minutes recorded by City Clerk Roller and transcribed by Assistant Deputy Clerk -Treasurer Crisp.