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          SEAT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I HAVE AT 630. I AM GOING TO CALL THE LAKE MILL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER FOR OCTOBER 20TH, 2026. MISTER, CAN I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. MAKER HERE, MR. COOTS HERE, MISS CURLER HERE. MISS QUEDNOW HERE. MR. BARTLETT HERE. THANK YOU. COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE FIRST ITEM 
          [4. Correction and Acceptance of City Council Meeting Minutes from October 6, 2026.]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CORRECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 6TH, 2026. ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE INTO THE RECORD. NEXT, WE 
          [5. Board and Committee Reports, if any, and Acceptance of Board and Committee Meeting Minutes from Economic Development Commission of September 14, 2026, Public Works Board of September 8, 2026, Parks Board of September 14, 2026, and Library Board of August 17, 2026.]
HAVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS. WE HAVE ONE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS PARKS BOARD AND ONE FROM LIBRARY BOARD. ANY THING ON THOSE MINUTES? OKAY. WE WILL ALSO ACCEPT THOSE INTO RECORD. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 
          [6. Correspondence and Constituent Contacts.]
CORRESPONDENCE AND CONSTITUENT CONTACTS. LISA, WOULD YOU MIND GOING FIRST FOR THAT ONE, PLEASE? I JUST HAD A COUPLE CONTACTS, A REMINDER ABOUT THE CLUB 55 GATHERING THAT WE WERE INVITED TO AND CONTACT WITH PARKS BOARD RELATED TO BARTELS BEACH SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. THANK YOU. GREG. I'LL THEN THE STANDARD STAFF EMAILS. THE ONLY ONLY THING DIFFERENT THAT I GOT WAS THE. I HAD A CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING A ORDINANCE PROPOSAL ABOUT BICYCLES AND OTHER LOW SPEED VEHICLES. OKAY. THANK YOU MICHELLE. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD, JIM. NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE. I'VE BEEN GONE MOST OF THE WEEK. 
          OKAY, THANKS. I ALSO RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE ON HARD BOILED EGG PROCESSING. I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THE TEMPORARY NO PARKING REQUEST FOR LAKESIDE LUTHERAN. RECEIVED A CONCERN ON RIPRAP IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEM OR POSSIBLE PROBLEM. I ATTENDED THE CLUB 55 OPEN HOUSE. I ATTENDED A MEETING WITH DRAKE ON COST VOUCHERS AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE LAKE MILLS TOWN BOARD MEETING. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS 
          [8. City Manager’s Report.]
REGISTERED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, DRAKE DALEY. SURE. A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS INCLUDED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ONE THING I'LL BRING UP THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SANDY BEACH UPDATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY WANT TO WEIGH IN ON IS WE'RE STARTING TO DISCUSS TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES AT SANDY BEACH, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WI-FI AND POTENTIAL SECURITY CAMERAS AT THE BEACH, AND SO I GUESS WE COULD I IF IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST OR STRONG OPINIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS AND WHERE YOU WOULD WANT THEM, IF THERE'S CERTAIN ASSETS YOU'D WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE UNDER VIEW IN ORDER TO PROTECT AGAINST VANDALISM OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT, OR AREAS IN WHICH YOU'D LIKE TO BE SURE ARE COVERED. IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK THERE, I COULD REPORT IT BACK TO THE DESIGN. THE DESIGN COMMITTEE WORK GROUP. AND THEN AS FAR AS WI-FI, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEEDING SOME AMOUNT OF WI-FI FOR AT LEAST THE PURVEYOR. AND THEN A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THAT INTO A PUBLIC WI-FI SOURCE OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DRAKE ABOUT HIS REPORT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A 
          [9. Council Business.]
DISCUSSION ON A APPLICATION FOR CIGARETTE, TOBACCO AND ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE LICENSE. SO THERE WAS A MEMO NOTED ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR 
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DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO BRING ANYTHING FORWARD. DO YOU NEED THIS. THIS DOESN'T HAVE. DO I NEED YOU TO READ THIS ONE, MISTY. THIS DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A. NO, THIS IS JUST A IT'S JUST A VERBAL MOTION. YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CIGARETTE TOBACCO AND ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE RETAIL LICENSE FOR LEWIS STATION, WITH ROB LEWIS SERVING AS THE DESIGNATED AGENT. MR. COATS WILL. SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION BY LISA CURLER, A SECOND BY GREG COOTS. SAY NO COMMENTS. COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE, ON THIS ONE, MR. COATS? I MISS CURLER I MISS I MR. BARTLETT, I MISS SHOEMAKER I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY WPI ON A CONTRACT EXTENSION. SO I AM GOING TO TURN IT TO LUCAS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO DO AN INTRODUCTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE MIKE PETERS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF WPP, JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE WPP UPDATE. AND THEN THE LONG TERM POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT EXTENSION. WE APPRECIATE HIM BEING HERE AND TAKING HIS TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE GETTING SOME TIME ON YOUR AGENDA AGAIN TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT WAS IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, AND I KNOW I SPENT SOME TIME WITH YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT EXTENSION. AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS. IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE OUR SLIDES A LITTLE BIT. SO OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THE VALUE THAT YOU BRING TO YOUR COMMUNITY BY BEING A COMMUNITY OWNED UTILITY OR HAVING THAT COMMUNITY OWNED UTILITY. IT IS A PART OF THE CITY, AND OUR ROLE IS BEHIND THE SCENES. SO LAKE MILLS IS THE UTILITY. WE ARE BEHIND THE SCENES SUPPORTING LAKE MILLS THROUGH POWER SUPPLY SERVICES AND THE ADVOCACY ROLE THAT WE HELP COORDINATE ON THE POWER SUPPLY PIECE. I THINK THE THE BENEFIT THAT WP BRINGS TO OUR OUR 51 MEMBER COMMUNITIES IS THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE. LAKE MILLS IS ABOUT A 17 MEGAWATT UTILITY. THE ENTIRE LOAD OF LAKE MILLS IS ABOUT 17MW. WP COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE ABOUT 1100MW. SO LAKE MILLS IS A PRETTY TYPICAL SIZED MEMBER FOR WP. I MATTER OF FACT, I LOOKED TODAY, I THINK THEY'RE OUT OF OUR 51. YOU ARE RANKED LIKE 25TH IN SIZE AND IN SALES. AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT A TYPICAL WP MEMBER COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. AND SO THE VALUE THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE IS THAT ECONOMY OF SCALE THAT WE CAN BRING FROM A POWER SUPPLY STANDPOINT AND A SERVICES STANDPOINT. SO OBVIOUSLY, OUR MISSION AND VISION IS FOCUSED AROUND SERVING OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH OUR MEMBERS. SO WHEN WHEN, IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES AGAIN, SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WP LOOKS LIKE. 
          WE ARE WE HAVE 51 MEMBER COMMUNITIES IN THREE STATES. WE'RE PREDOMINANTLY IN WISCONSIN. IT'S WHERE WE STARTED. WE HAVE 41 IN WISCONSIN, SEVEN IN THE U.P. OF MICHIGAN AND THREE IN IOWA. OUR 120 EMPLOYEES. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE MEMBER COMMUNITIES. 
          YOU KNOW, LAKE MILLS IS, AS I SAID, A PRETTY TYPICAL MEMBER. THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE OFFICE STAFF. THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE PROFESSIONAL STAFF. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FOR THEM. SO LUCAS CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK TO ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS ABOUT A DISTRIBUTION ISSUE THAT HE MIGHT BE HAVING. HE CAN TALK TO OUR STAFF ABOUT A RATE CASE THAT YOU MIGHT BE WORKING ON. 
          HE CAN TALK TO OUR GROUP PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ABOUT SOME MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT YOU ALL NEED. AND SO YOUR UTILITY HAS ACCESS TO A SOPHISTICATED, LARGE STAFF THAT IS THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. OBVIOUSLY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS OVER THE TOP OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION WITH LUCAS AND OTHERS THAT SIT ON THAT BOARD. WE REPORT UP TO THAT BOARD. OUR BOARD MEETS THREE TIMES A YEAR. THE BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES IS OUR BUDGET, OUR WHOLESALE RATE EACH YEAR. IF WE ISSUE DEBT FOR A POWER SUPPLY TRANSACTION, OUR BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT. SO THE BOARD ELECTS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THEY MEET EVERY MONTH. MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING THURSDAY TO GO OVER OUR BUDGET. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL GO THROUGH THAT. THEY WILL THEN RECOMMEND IT TO THE FULL BOARD, WHO WOULD REVIEW IT IN DECEMBER AND THEN APPROVE THAT GOING FORWARD. AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE MYSELF REPORTING UP TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THEN OUR STAFF. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ADVISORY GROUPS. WE ARE A MEMBER LED ORGANIZATION, SO WE COUNT ON MEMBER PARTICIPATION, EITHER THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OR ADVISORY GROUP THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE ARE A NOT FOR PROFIT, TAX EXEMPT. WE ARE A MUNICIPAL ENTITY UNDER 
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THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. SO WE'RE SUBJECT TO OPEN MEETINGS, OPEN RECORDS, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES ARE. WHAT'S OUR NEXT SLIDE? YOU CAN KEEP GOING ONE MORE. I THINK THIS IS REALLY WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES IS HOW ARE WE FROM A COST STANDPOINT? YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE POWER SUPPLY COST GOING BACK TO 2012. OUR AVERAGE COST IN 2025 IS PRETTY COMPARABLE TO WHAT IT WAS IN 2012. I THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO POINT TO ANYTHING THAT COSTS ABOUT THE SAME ON A DOLLAR BASIS THAT IT DID 13 YEARS AGO FROM AN ADJUSTED BASED ON INFLATION. YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO WE'VE BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE AND VERY COMPETITIVE. I COMPARED OUR WHAT OUR AVERAGE WHOLESALE COST IS FOR OUR MEMBERS TO WHAT OUR MEMBERS WOULD PAY IF THEY WERE PURCHASING FROM AN INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY. AND IN EVERY CASE, WE ARE THE LOW COST PROVIDER, ANYWHERE FROM 5% LOWER TO 25% LOWER THAN WHAT YOUR COST WOULD BE IF YOU PURCHASED FROM AN INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY IN THE IN THE REGION. AND WE'RE ABOUT 10% LOWER THAN THE ONE OTHER SMALL JOINT ACTION AGENCY IN WISCONSIN CALLED GLEW. SO WE ARE A LOW COST PROVIDER AND WE'RE A VERY STABLE COST PROVIDER. AND IF YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE THE AVERAGE COST OF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE AVERAGE COST OF OUR MEMBERS DISTRIBUTION PIECE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WP MEMBER COMMUNITIES, LAKE MILLS INCLUDED IS AMONGST THE LOWEST COST ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE REGION. SO THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED FOR 46 YEARS. AND THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION WOULD CONTINUE ON FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF TIME. SO WHAT'S OUR NEXT GO AHEAD. SO THE LONG TERM POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT WHY DON'T YOU CLICK. I I'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR OUR PROJECTED CAPACITY NEEDS. KEEP GOING TO I'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FROM A OUR INVESTMENT IN TRANSMISSION. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS BUILD OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION SECTOR. THE LAST TIME WE DID OUR CONTRACT EXTENSION WAS IN 2015. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD NO PROJECTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO FINANCE, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WAS LESS THAN A 30 YEAR AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEEDED BARE BONES MINIMUM. BUT RIGHT AFTER WE DID THE EXTENSION, WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN SOME RENEWABLE PROJECTS AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION THAT WERE VERY STRATEGIC FROM OUR STANDPOINT. SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GO AHEAD AND GO ONE MORE SLIDE THERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE AT IN 2015. WE NEED WE'RE INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL GENERATION PROJECTS. WE'RE INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION PROJECTS. THESE ARE ALL THESE HAVE ALL BEEN PLANNED. THEY'RE VERY FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THEY'RE VERY COST EFFECTIVE. MATTER OF FACT, THE TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT ACTUALLY HELPS REDUCE OUR RATES. OUR INVESTMENT IN ATC RESULTS IN US, OUR RATES BEING ABOUT 4% LOWER THAN WHAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INVESTMENT. SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT INVESTMENT. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO BORROW TO MEET THE CAPITAL COSTS FROM ATC. AND EVEN WITH THE COST OF THE DEBT, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS BECAUSE THE RETURN THAT WE GET ON THE INVESTMENT IS GREATER THAN THE COST OF THE DEBT. WE'RE INVESTING IN SOME NEW GENERATION ASSETS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE LATE NEXT YEAR. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO ADD RENEWABLES TO OUR PORTFOLIO. TODAY, WE'RE ABOUT 50% CARBON FREE. BY 2035, WE'LL HAVE NO COAL IN OUR RESOURCE MIX AS WE CONTINUE TOWARDS THE GOAL OF BEING CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050, RENEWABLES WILL. WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL RENEWABLES, BUT WE DO NEED SOME GENERATION THAT YOU CAN DISPATCH. WHEN THE WIND'S NOT BLOWING AND THE SUN IS NOT SHINING. AND THIS OAK CREEK COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH PEPCO ON IS A VERY LOW COST OPTION FROM A GENERATION STANDPOINT. AND THEN WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING ON AN ENERGY PREPAY TRANSACTION, WHICH I IT'S A RELATIVELY COMPLICATED TRANSACTION, BUT WHAT IT RESULTS IN IS THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF OUR CURRENT PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT POINT BEACH NUCLEAR AND OUR POINT BEACH SOLAR, AND WE CAN REDUCE THE COST OF THOSE CONTRACTS BY WORKING WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. AND THEY WOULD ISSUE DEBT TO PREPAY THOSE CONTRACTS. AND THEN WE COULD REDUCE THOSE CONTRACT PRICES BY ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 12%. THAT'S ABOUT 4 TO $5 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE PASS RIGHT BACK ON IN LOWER POWER SUPPLY COSTS. SO ALL OF THIS IS FACED WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING MEMBERS TO EXTEND OUR CONTRACT. 
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RIGHT NOW. OUR CONTRACT GOES OUT TO 2055. IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S LESS THAN 30 YEARS. WE'RE ASKING MEMBERS TO EXTEND THAT OUT TO 2073. IT'S AN 18 YEAR EXTENSION ON THE EXISTING CONTRACT. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN 2015. WE EXTENDED THE CONTRACT OUT AT THAT TIME BY 18 YEARS. THAT CONTRACT IS REALLY WHAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GO OUT TO WALL STREET AND THE BOND MARKET AND ISSUE DEBT. WHEN LAKE MILLS ISSUES DEBT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. YOU ARE THE CITY. THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY BACK ANY DEBT THAT WE TAKE ON, AND THAT CONTRACT SHOWS THAT ABILITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT PAY THEIR BILL. LAKE MILLS PAYS THEIR POWER SUPPLY BILL, WE PAY THE DEBT. AND SO IT'S A CHAIN THAT EXISTS BECAUSE OF THAT CONTRACT. SO I BELIEVE I'M ALMOST TO THE END HERE. YOU CAN KEEP GOING. SO AS I SAID, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN 18 YEAR EXTENSION THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE THE THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. WE ARE NOT CHANGING ANY TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS EXTENDING THE CONTRACT. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING IS THE TERM. WE HAVE ONE WHOLESALE RATE. SO THAT MAINTAINS EQUITY AMONGST THE MEMBERSHIP. WE DON'T HAVE A RATE FOR BIG MEMBERS THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SMALL MEMBERS. 
          WE HAVE ONE WHOLESALE RATE THAT'S APPROVED BY OUR BOARD. SO YOUR LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN WP WILL CONTINUE AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS YOU CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN WP. 
          WE'VE SENT OUT THE MATERIAL. I WAS HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WALKED YOU THROUGH THE CONTRACT AND THE EXTENSION AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT. I'VE APPRECIATED, WE'VE APPRECIATED THE LONG RUNNING PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH LAKE MILLS, AND I BELIEVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE JULY, AND WE'RE ASKING OUR MEMBERS TO TRY AND HAVE IT WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE DO KNOW THAT WE HIGHLY VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE WE ARE PART OF LAKE MILLS UTILITY. WE ARE PART OF OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES. YOU BASICALLY HAVE AGREED WITH 50 OTHER COMMUNITIES TO CONTROL YOUR DESTINY FROM A POWER SUPPLY STANDPOINT BY WORKING THROUGH WP THOSE. THAT WAS THE SAME REASON WE WERE CREATED. IT'S THE SAME REASON WE EXIST TODAY, AND IT'S THE SAME REASON WE'LL BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER 40 PLUS YEARS. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I, AS I SAID, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, APPRECIATE LUCAS'S INVOLVEMENT DIRECTLY WITH WP, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MIKE THIS EVENING? YES, YES. GO AHEAD. JIM, HAVE YOU MADE YOUR IRS FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW FINANCES? THE YOUR ANNUAL REPORT. YOU'RE SEEKING YOUR ANNUAL REPORT FROM WP? YEAH. FOR FOR P I, I KNOW AS A AS A PUBLICLY IT'S A PUBLICLY FINANCED COMPANY. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO FORM AN IRS FORM 990 I BELIEVE. NO, WE'RE WE'RE A MUNICIPAL ENTITY. WE'RE JUST LIKE THE CITY OF LAKE MILLS. WE DON'T HAVE A 990 THAT WE, WE WE FILE. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU HOW ARE YOU AUDITED AND HOW DO YOU. WELL, WE WE WE ANSWER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WHICH WE PUBLISH. IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO SEND IT OUT. SO OUR MEMBERS HAVE OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ARE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO DO AN AUDIT BECAUSE WE ISSUE PUBLIC DEBT. AND SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT. SO BUT WE DON'T FILE A TAX STATEMENT. WE'RE NOT A WE'RE A TAX EXEMPT ENTITY. WE DON'T FILE A 990. WE'RE NOT THAT KIND OF A TAX EXEMPT ENTITY. WE'RE JUST LIKE LAKE MILLS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. OKAY. WHAT CONNECTION DO YOU HAVE TO THE BBCI 765 KILOVOLT PROJECT? IF IT GETS BUILT, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER UTILITY, IT WOULD BE A PART OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. WE HAVE NO WE HAVE NO OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN BECKY. WE ATC WHICH WE HAVE AN OWNERSHIP IN ATC. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICIPATION IN THAT LINE. SO WE HAVE OTHER THAN BEING A UTILITY THAT EXISTS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WE HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THAT TRANSMISSION LINE. HAVE YOU TAKEN A POSITION ON A POLICY POSITION ON WHETHER IT'S FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE? WE HAVE NOT TAKEN A POSITION. WE LEAVE THAT UP TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. THEY ARE THE EXPERTS ON ON THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED AND THE ROUTING OF THAT LINE. I KNOW IT IS IMPACTING A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WP MEMBERS. 
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WE KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE TRANSMISSION IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. THAT IS, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD ARGUE MUCH WITH THAT. AS FAR AS WHERE THE LINE ENDS UP GETTING ROUTED, THE PSU IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS. SO WE'VE INTERVENED IN THAT CASE, BUT ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING FILED IN THAT DOCKET. BUT WE HAVEN'T. WE DON'T PLAN TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE DOCKET. THANK YOU. OKAY. LISA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE MORE COMMENTS, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN JUST HOW LONG OF A VIEW YOU NEED TO TAKE AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED TO PLAN. DIRECTOR KANE AND I WERE TALKING LAST NIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET ALL THE DESIGN AND APPROVALS TO BUILD A NEW POWER PLANT, FOR EXAMPLE, OR, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD A NEW SOLAR ARRAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S MANY YEARS IN THE PLANNING. AND SO I GUESS I JUST HAVE A RENEWED APPRECIATION FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY LONG HORIZON. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE AROUND AT THE END OF THIS TERM, BUT I CAN APPRECIATE WHY IT'S NEEDED FOR YOU TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST, YOU KNOW, THE BEST RATES THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN FOR, FOR OUR MUNICIPALITY AND THE OTHER MEMBERS. SO I APPRECIATE JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND AND LEARNING. I GUESS I DO HAVE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMON SENSE QUESTION. I'M APPRECIATE THAT WP TOWARD CL AND THAT I COULD SEE THAT COAL COMPLETELY. WE WILL ASK THIS RIGHT NOW. THE PLAN IS BY 2035, WE HAVE INTERESTS IN TWO COAL PLANTS. ONE IS IN MINNESOTA, ONE IS JUST SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE IN OAK CREEK. THE PLANT IN MINNESOTA IS A THERE IS A DEFINITIVE DATE WHERE THAT PLANT WILL NO LONGER BURN COAL. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNER. WE OWN 20%. MINNESOTA POWER OWNS 80%. THEY WILL EITHER CONVERT THAT PLANT TO NATURAL GAS, OR THEY WILL TEAR THAT PLANT DOWN AND BUILD A NEW COMBINED CYCLE NATURAL GAS PLANT THERE. THEY NEED GENERATION THERE. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH OUR OWNERSHIP INTEREST. BUT IT WILL NO LONGER BURN COAL BY 2035. EITHER IT WILL BE CONVERTED OR TORN DOWN THE THE OAK CREEK PLANTS. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CONVERTING THOSE SO THAT THEY CAN BURN 100% NATURAL GAS OR COAL. SO IT'S A FUEL FLEXIBILITY APPROACH. THE INTENT IS BY 2035, THEY WOULD MOVE COMPLETELY AWAY FROM COAL AND JUST BURN NATURAL GAS. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY CAN BURN UP TO 50% NATURAL GAS IN THAT PLANT. SO THEY'LL BLEND COAL AND NATURAL GAS BASED ON THE THE COST OF BOTH INPUTS. THEY'LL MAXIMIZE OPTIMIZE THE THE FUEL COST, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING IN SOME ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT PLANT TO BURN 100% NATURAL GAS. AND THEN THE INTENT, AT LEAST WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WAS TO PHASE OUT COAL COMPLETELY BY 2035. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT PLAN IS BY 2035, WE WOULD HAVE NO COAL IN OUR RESOURCE MIX WHATSOEVER. WHEN I STARTED AT WP 15 YEARS AGO, WE HAD ABOUT 65% OF OUR ENERGY WAS FROM COAL. WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 35% TODAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I AGAIN, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, LONG RANGE THINKING THAT THE AGENCY NEEDS TO DO. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING A BATTLESHIP, YOU DON'T TURN IT ON A DIME. YOU HAVE TO REALLY PROJECT AHEAD. WELL, AND I THINK SOME OF THESE NEW INVESTMENTS ARE JUST DIVERSIFYING THE PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE LITTLE MINOR QUESTION HERE. I TRIED TO GO ON YOUR WEBSITE TO SEE IF I COULD GET INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND IT SAYS, I HAVE TO BE A UTILITY. I HAVE TO BE A USER ACCOUNT. IF I HAVE A MEMBER OF A UTILITY, STAFF MAY REQUEST A USER ACCOUNT. IS THAT NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE WHERE OUR FINANCIALS ARE POSTED. I DON'T SEE IT. I JUST TRY TO LOOK IT UP AND I YEAH, WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER PORTAL BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO, TO BILLING DATA AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT ONLY MEMBERS CAN SEE. BUT WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE. I BELIEVE I CAN GET THAT LATER. YEAH, YEAH. LUCAS WILL GET YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED. OUR GREG HOFFMANN, OUR SM THAT WORKS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM A IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR FINANCIALS, ABSOLUTELY. GET THOSE TO YOU. YEP. NOW, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S NOT REALLY DIRECTED TO YOUR CONTRACT, BUT I SEE ALL THESE NEW SOLAR PANELS GOING UP ALL OVER THE CORNFIELDS ALL AROUND US. YOU KNOW, IS THAT POWER THAT YOU USE? THE FARMERS SELL YOU THAT POWER OR YOU? WE HAVE WE HAVE A 100 MEGAWATT SOLAR ARRAY. THAT 
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SURROUNDS THE POINT BEACH NUCLEAR SITE THAT WE ENTERED INTO. THE OWNER OF THAT IS NEXTERA. AND WE BUY THE OUTPUT THAT CAME ONLINE IN 2021. AND MATTER OF FACT, WHEN THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THAT PROJECT IN 2017, IT WAS THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECT IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. 
          SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN LARGER PROJECTS BUILT. BUT IT IS A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FROM FROM ISE PERSPECTIVE, VERY COST EFFECTIVE. THAT IS, WE HAVE A SMALL SOLAR ARRAY IN THE CITY OF JEFFERSON. IT'S A ONE MEGAWATT. IT'S NOT VERY LARGE, BUT THE ONES YOU'RE SEEING GETTING BUILT, THEY DO FEED INTO THE INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE NOT BUYING ANYTHING OUT OF THOSE PROJECTS BY UNDER CONTRACT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MIKE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          PRESENTATION. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 26-80. SO MISTY, COULD YOU READ THAT, PLEASE? LAKE MILL CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 26-80 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO LONG TERM POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR PARTICIPATING MEMBERS. OKAY, SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO LUCAS. HI. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO MIKE PETERS JUST GOT DONE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE PORTIONS FOR THIS CONTRACT EXTENSION AND THEN SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON WP AND KIND OF WHERE THE STATUS IT IS TODAY. SO I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER ON THE MEMO. GREG. JUST YEAH, JUST TO, TO SUPPLEMENT REAL QUICKLY HERE, THE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD SAW A, THE SAME OR A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION AND DID RECOMMEND THIS UNANIMOUSLY FOR APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL. THANKS, GREG. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST I HAVE A A KIND OF A CURIOSITY QUESTION REGARDING. KIND OF CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. IF THERE WERE FEWER THAN 34 MEMBERS RENEWING THAT. I KNOW, DAN, THIS WAS LIKE IN THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THE 34 MEMBERS GETS CHOSEN LIKE 34 OUT OF. IS THAT LUCAS QUESTION OR IS THAT A MIKE QUESTION? YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS THERE WERE I THINK THERE ARE 52 TOTAL MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE UP TO 37. AND WE'VE EVERY MEMBER THAT HAS TAKEN UP THE CONTRACT HAS APPROVED IT TO DATE, SO. OH, OKAY. YEAH, IT'S WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THEIR OWN PROCESS, WHETHER IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR IT GOES THROUGH A UTILITY COMMISSION AND THEN TO THE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES. SO BUT EVERY MEMBER THAT HAS TAKEN UP HAS APPROVED IT. WE'RE UP TO 37 AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE NEEDED A MINIMUM OF 34 FOR THE CONTRACT TO OFFICIALLY BE EXTENDED. THE WPP BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE EXTENSION AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ARGUE AGAINST YOUR REQUEST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OPPOSITION YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THOSE WHO MAY HAVE EXPRESSED ANY OPPOSITION AND HOW YOU RESPONDED TO THAT. SURE. IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE CHALLENGE THAT SOME MEMBERS AND VERY FEW MEMBERS, BUT SOME MEMBERS HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING OUT. FIRST OFF, NOTHING WILL CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND 2055. EVEN IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THE CONTRACT, YOU'RE YOUR CONTRACT EXISTS TODAY THROUGH THE YEAR 2055. 
          THAT'S A PRETTY LONG HORIZON. SO THERE ARE A FEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES ARE THERE IF WE DON'T EXTEND THE CONTRACT AND WE'VE ANSWERED THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD BUY FROM ANOTHER INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY, POSSIBLY YOU COULD BUILD YOUR OWN GENERATION. AND WE'VE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO SOME COMMUNITIES ON WHAT THE COSTS OF NEW GENERATION WOULD BE. AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT, I WOULDN'T ARGUE AGAINST EXTENDING IT REALLY IS A A PHILOSOPHY IF YOU BUY INTO BENEFITING THROUGH ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WORKING WITH LIKE MINDED MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, CONTROLLING YOUR DESTINY FROM A POWER SUPPLY STANDPOINT, THEN WE'RE PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION. IF IF A MEMBER COMMUNITY THINKS MAYBE THEY'D BE BETTER OFF GOING IT ALONE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO WORK WITH OTHER MEMBERS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE HAVE 50 MEMBERS SITTING ON THE BOARD 
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OF DIRECTORS. SO THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAYBE A COMMUNITY MIGHT DECIDE THEY WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FOR POWER SUPPLY THAN WHAT THEY WOULD DO THROUGH WPP. 
          THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE ONLY BACK AND FORTH WE'VE HAD WITH SOME MEMBERS. THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD THEY HAVE IF THEY DID NOT EXTEND THE CONTRACT. OKAY, SO WE HAD A BIG WATERFALL HERE. WE COULD DO SOME POWER, WATER POWER GENERATION. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VERY AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS THAT DO HAVE HYDROPOWER. 
          KEKANA UTILITIES IS AN EXAMPLE. THEY HAVE SOME HYDROPOWER THAT'S OVER 100 YEARS THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND THEY'RE A LARGER MEMBER. THEY HAVE ABOUT 100MW, SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE WRESTLING WITH SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES. COULD WE DO THIS ON OUR OWN? AND THEY COULD. ANY MEMBER COULD. BUT I WOULD ARGUE VERY STRONGLY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE A LOWER COST OPTION. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STABILITY, AS I SAW ON THE ONE LINE GRAPH THAT I SHARED WITH YOU, OUR COSTS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE, EVEN IN A PRETTY VOLATILE MARKET. OURS, THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR PORTFOLIO RESULTS IN PRETTY STABLE COST. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A COST COMPETITIVENESS STANDPOINT, AS I SAID, WE ARE THE LOW COST OPTION FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, AND THERE'S NO STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES US TO DEAL WITH ANY PARTICULAR SOURCE OF THERE IS NO WE BUY. NOT AT ALL. YOU CAN BUY FROM THE OPEN MARKET. YOU COULD ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER, YOU COULD BUILD YOUR OWN GENERATION, OR YOU COULD CONTINUE YOUR CONTRACT WITH WP. THERE'S NO STATE LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO BUY FROM US. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE POWER SUPPLY. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW THE CW THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE YOUR CUSTOMERS. YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE COUNTING ON THAT. YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM, JUST LIKE WITH WATER, JUST LIKE WITH SEWER, JUST LIKE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU PROVIDE YOUR CITIZENS, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN TO MEET THEIR ELECTRICAL NEEDS. AND WE ARE YOUR PLAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP. THIS IS EITHER MIKE OR LUCAS. JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M THINKING ABOUT ONE OF JIM'S QUESTIONS. DOES THE CITY OF LAKE MILLS HAVE ANY POWER GENERATION OF OUR OWN? CITY OF LAKE MILLS DOESN'T OWN ANY POWER GENERATION. THERE ARE SOLAR PANELS THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE. THAT'S JUST. SOME OF THE GENERATION COMES. BUT THE CITY OF LAKE MILLS DOESN'T HAVE ANY OWN ANY POWER GENERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? I WOULD MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2680, THE WP CONTRACT EXTENSION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY GREG COOTS, A SECOND BY MICHELLE QUEDNOW. CAN WE DO ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. MISS CURLER I MISS I MR. BARTLETT I MR. MAYOR I MR. COOTS I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A THIRD READING. THIS IS ORDINANCE 1299 A. MR. COULD YOU READ THAT, PLEASE? ORDINANCE 1299 A AMENDING CITY CODE. CHAPTER 566 POST-CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SECTION 566-7 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SUB D REQUIREMENTS. SUB FOR PEAK DISCHARGE. OKAY, SO THIS IS OUR THIRD READING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE BEFORE ROLL CALL? OH, I SHOULD SAY NOT BEFORE ROLL CALL. I GUESS WE WILL NEED A MOTION. WE I DO HAVE A QUESTION. JUST TO CLARIFY. THIS HAS AN A AFTER THE ORDINANCE NUMBER. AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT CHANGE WAS MADE FROM. WAS THERE A CHANGE MADE FROM THE FIRST READING? YEAH. ATTORNEY DRESCHER STEPPED OUT OR STEPPED OUT, BUT MY RECOLLECTION OF THIS WAS THAT HE ADDED SOME. 
          HERE HE COMES. SOME CLARIFICATION TO WHEN WE AMENDED THIS AFTER THE FIRST READING. YEP. WE ADDED SOME THINGS IN TWO, TWO SPOTS. I THINK AT THE FIRST READING, THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING AMENDED, AND SO THE SUB A'S WERE ADDED IN ORDER TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT WAS BEING AMENDED. OKAY. MORE OF A SORT OF A CLERICAL CHANGE, NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. CORRECT. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1299 A. MR. COOTS WILL SECOND MOTION BY LISA CURLER, SECOND BY GREG COOTS. 
          WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MISS QUEDNOW. HI, MR. BARTLETT, I MISS SCHMEAR. HI, MR. COOTS, 
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I MISS CURLER. I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A SECOND READING. SO, MISTY, COULD YOU READ ORDINANCE 1300, PLEASE? ORDINANCE 1300 2027 GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET AND TAX LEVY. ORDINANCE. OKAY, THIS IS A SECOND READING, SO THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO A THIRD READING AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. OH, SORRY. YES. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. NEXT IS ORDINANCE 1301. COULD YOU READ THAT ONE PLEASE? MISTY ORDINANCE 1301 2027 CAPITAL BUDGET. OKAY, THAT'S ALSO SECOND READING SO THAT THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT AGENDA ALSO AS A THIRD READING. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. SO 
          [10. Announcements and Recommendations for Future Agendas.]
NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SCHEDULED ADOPTION OF THE 2027 BUDGET IS ON. THE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AT THE NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THAT IS THE SAME NIGHT AS THE ELECTION. SO WE WE WILL STILL BE HAVING A MEETING AT IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING HAS STARTED. AND THEN, OF COURSE, VOTING ON ELECTION DAY AS WELL. YEAH, AS AS I MENTIONED IN THE CORRESPONDENCE SECTION, CITY STAFF HAS SPENT A SPENT SOME TIME REWORKING THE BICYCLES SECTION OF THE CITY ORDINANCES TO BETTER INCLUDE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BICYCLES. AND THAT'S SITTING WITH ME FOR A REVIEW RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME UP QUITE IN THE NEXT MEETING YET, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS. THANK YOU. 
          LISA, DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP? YEAH. JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THE LAKE MILLS HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS A VACANCY. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS GOING TO BE STEPPING DOWN. IT'S A IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM CITY GOVERNMENT. EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT DRAKE APPOINTS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO DAN HUNT IS EXPRESSING INTEREST IN STEPPING DOWN. AND SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT BOARD, PLEASE LET DRAKE KNOW OR HAVE THEM LET DRAKE KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. WELL, I WILL ADD ON TO ALSO AN UPCOMING OPENING ON THE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD, THE TERM. WE HAVE ONE MEMBER WHO WILL NOT BE RENEWING THEIR TERM. AND I MENTIONED THAT AT ONE OF THE I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE'RE MISSING SOME MEMBERS. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANYONE. PUBLIC WORKS. AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER, ALSO OUR ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HAS AN OPEN SPOT AS WELL. SO LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME APPLICATIONS IN SOON. ALSO, JUST A REMINDER, DRAKE HAD ALSO SHARED, IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE SECURITY AND WI-FI NEEDS FOR SANDY BEACH TO PLEASE GET THOSE TO DRAKE. THE COMMITTEE IS CONTINUING TO MEET AND THE. WE'RE MAKING. WE'RE. I WOULD SAY REFINEMENT IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER. THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER. SUPER. APPRECIATE THE PARKS BOARD TAKING A LOOK AT THE LAYOUT OF THE PLAYGROUND AND PROVIDING SOME INPUT, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWING AT OUR NEXT MEETING. AND SO SUPER APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS IN HELPING MOVE THAT ALONG QUICKLY. AND THEN ALSO, AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE REGARDING STRATEGIC PLAN. I KNOW GREG WILL BE DOING AN UPDATE, BUT TALKING ABOUT OUR INTEREST IN OUR NEXT STEPS FOR REFRESHING THINGS IN 2027 WILL BE A TOPIC THAT WE'LL NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. COMING UP, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, 
          [11. Convene into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. §19.85(1)(e) for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchasing or public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session.]
SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR CONVENING INTO CLOSED SESSION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELIBERATING OR NEGOTIATING THE PURCHASING OR PUBLIC PROPERTIES, THE INVESTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS, OR CONDUCTING OTHER SPECIFIED PUBLIC BUSINESS WHENEVER COMPETITIVE OR BARGAINING REASONS REQUIRE A CLOSED SESSION. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. OKAY, SO MOTION BY MARY, SECOND BY MICHELLE QUEDNOW. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. BARTLETT, I MISS MAYER, I MISS, I MISS, I MISS I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. 
          OKAY.
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