17 2018 Common Council the clerk please read the quote for the day. Thank you mayor. May the message of the holidays fill your life with joy and peace best wishes to you and your family during this holiday season. Thank you very much. Will the clerk please call the roll. There are 15 present. Thank you. Other person. Andy Ross's excuse. Please stand and join me in the pledge of 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. Today we have a special holiday program presented by Vox that's comprised of Marie Hetzel, Lisa Kepsel, and Brittany Sabaglio. Some of you might know that, but that's Marcus's way. So girls, please come up. Board, is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Next move on to confirmation of mayor's appointments to the attorney. Mayor hereby submits the following appointments for your consideration. Wagon Square, Vid 4, David Jass, Scott Brinke, Stephen McCartle, David Hanuman, David Sanderson, Dane Cekolinski, all for terms and 731. Thank you. Other person. Will. Thank you, Mayor. Make a motion to confirm appointments. Second. Thank you for the motion and support. All those in favor of the appointments, please signify. No, we've got a call roll. Punch it in. 59th. Motion passes. Next is confirmation of mayor's appointments to the attorney. And pursuant to the requirements of section 7-30 of the Wisconsin Statutes, Mayor hereby submits for your approval list of nominations for election inspectors for all the elections in 2018 and 2019. Other person. Will. I think we need a suspension on this. Thank you, Mayor. Make a motion to suspend and confirm appointments. Is there any objection to suspension? Why are we suspending? Because they have to be confirmed in 2017. Is there any objections? Is there a second? Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Those confirmations are before us. All those in favor, please call the roll. 15 Motion passes. Next, we'll move on to the public forum. City Clerk. Thank you. We have four people this evening. Is there Tracy Min? Tracy Min? I'm sorry. Tammy here. Tammy. Sorry. Sorry, Tammy. Could you please state your address for us? 1144 Cherry Lane. Okay, you'll have five minutes. I'm here regarding the parking on Cherry Lane. We are trying to get the parking during school days changed. Right now it's 7-to-4 no parking during school days only. My husband and I went around the neighborhood and had a petition. 85% of the residents on the street voted yes to have these parking restrictions lifted or changed to permit only. At this time we cannot have permit only. So we are trying to get them changed to parking on the street during school days. Work third shift. We have a driver in the house that worked second shift. He sleeps during the day. And my husband's on a swing shift. We have two spots in our driveway. We have three cars. So one of us has to hike a block, a half a block, to be able to park to be home during the day. I also believe that the students at South High who cannot enter any time during the school day other than in the morning or after school hours will not, I don't believe that they'll park on our road. Kids nowadays, I have three of them, are lazy. They're not going to park in the front. I'm sorry. They're not going to be parking off a 12th street and walking all the way to the other side of the school to park for free. I don't believe that that will happen. If a student does park there, they'll be probably leaving at lunch or earlier in the school day and will not return. I truly believe that. My daughter, she comes home for lunch. She has to walk all the way back around school to get back in. The only reason she comes home for lunch is because it's free. Those are, this is truly how we feel. We believe that the parking will not, the situation won't change as we see it now. If for some reason the loitering, the trash, that stuff changes, I'm prepared to come back here and go for the permit parking. But as of this time, we have to do it this way. We've been told by the other members here, the city attorney I believe, that we have to abolish them before we can get permit parking only. So that's where we stand. We really would like to see these parking restrictions lifted at this time. Thank you. Thank you, Tammy. The next person is Justin Bied. How do you really answer? Justin, can you state your name and address for us, please? My name is Justin Bied. I've been from all of that 2-2-0-5 South 8th Street. Thank you. You have about five minutes. Thank you. I'd first like to thank everyone for allowing me to speak this evening. I know I spoke with some of you on the phone and I greatly appreciate your time and effort into talking to me about the Quaternary Cycle Ordinance. In addition, I'd like to thank the city attorney for writing up your ordinance and also the mayor for putting all the effort into helping me out. Lastly, I'd like to thank Marinette for being so fast at responding to emails. It's a very nice thing to have. So that being said, I believe this ordinance will attract not only the younger population to spend more time in the city, but also the young at heart who wish to get out and try something new. In addition, it will provide tourists who have come to the city an opportunity to see the city like they never had before. Whether the peddlers are peddling along and drinking a soda while cruising past the farmers market or eating ice cream along South Pier, or having a malt beverage on A Street, fun can be had by all. The ordinance will provide an excellent idea for people to celebrate their birthdays and bachelorette parties. While also providing local companies an additional opportunity when looking for staff and team building events. That being said, the benefits are not limited to those riding on the commercial motorcycles. Many local businesses on the routes will greatly benefit from the ordinance. They will likely be receiving additional business in off peak hours and also attract riders who may have never visited their establishment before. Not only will this provide immediate sales, but also an opportunity to gain a repeat customer. One could even make the point that the ordinance is promoting being eco-friendly, a green transportation method, promoting exercise and healthy living, and one could even go as far as saying that it's keeping intoxicated people off the road. The list of potential benefits is truly never ending. The last benefit that I'd like to point out is that it shows that we are progressive as a city. We are useful. We embrace what our city has and we want to show it any way possible. And lastly, we are fun.  That being said, I hope you all vote yes to approving the ordinance and show that we, like so many others in our state, are progressive. Thank you, Justin. The next person is Frank Kozan. Mary? Mary Kozan, please. Mary, could you state your address for us, please? 2829 Erie Avenue, Inch Point. Thank you. You'll have five minutes. Thank you. I'd like to thank everyone for granting my husband and I this time tonight. I want to tell you I am a regular viewer of the Antiques Roadshow, and I can tell you that on almost every episode, there's somebody who brings an item for appraisal that they found at a flea market, garage sale, or even found in a dumpster. When they get the appraisal that it's worth many, many times more than they paid for it, if they paid it all, they're always astounded and very pleased. But I can't help wondering about the person sitting at home that realizes that's the very item that they sold or gave away or threw away. I am here to share some information or some of my ideas, my opinion about the fate of the armory property so that the citizens of Sheboygan will not someday repeat what those viewers might have said. The phrase, Face Palm, comes to mind, or the Sheboygan phrase over done. One argument in favor of the demolition of the armory is the need for more tax revenue in opening up and developing more residential and business property. I'm not going to dispute the need for more tax revenue, but I want to show you four images that illustrate a point that I want to make about the size of the armory versus the size of other potential properties. First, there is a picture that was shown in the first Sheboygan paper a few weeks ago of the Indiana Avenue Innovation District. There's a small shape right here that shows the footprint of the armory property all the way to the sidewalks. It's a very small part of what's up here. There are other pictures to show you. The next one is plan A from the Long Range Plans Our Harbor Center master plan approved in 2011. This plan A shows the property that was formerly the Pentair business as housing, residential properties, and again, there's that footprint to scale of the armory property. It does cover a couple of units of housing, but the majority of the housing is still intact. Plan B showed that the Pentair property being used for commercial property. And again, there's that footprint of the armory and it's a small part of the Pentair properties. Again, I have one more time to show you that first image, the Innovation District, along Indiana Avenue, but I also wanted to point out that there's an additional proposal to add, quote, hundreds of acres to the South Business Park in Sheboygan. The white space that I have at the bottom to scale shows just 200 acres of that possible expansion. And there's that armory property there. That 2.6 acres that the armory sits on represents 1.3% of this property. When you add the old Pentair building, the Innovation District along Indiana Avenue and perhaps more than 200 acres in the South Business Park, that percentage goes down and down and down. When you consider all of those different properties that could be potential for tax revenue, wouldn't you be willing to forego less than 1% of that property to preserve the armory, to preserve our heritage? And if not, I would like to know why not. Yes, the 2.6 acres of the armory property has a dollar value when you consider potential tax revenue, but the armory has a far greater value to our history, our heritage, and our community. Don't be the people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.  Help us and preserve this unique and amazing asset. Thank you. Thank you Mary. Frank, can you please state your address for us please? 2829 Erie Avenue. And you will have 5 minutes. Recent articles in the Chicago Press regarding the Innovation District proposed for Indiana Avenue, as well as those of the expansion of the Business Park on Shboy and Southside. These were the stimulus for our request to put this matter on the agenda. It is undeniable that the city needs to expand its tax base. It is obvious there already has been significant expansion of the tax base. It's already been accomplished, it's in the process of being accomplished and it's planned for the future. In particular, the Indiana Avenue District from 11th Street to the Lake Front and also including the development of the 10th Air Company Property shows a significant increase in the acres of land that will be developed. The footprint of the Armory is only 2.6 acres. This represents a very small portion of tax base expansion. When the footprint of the Armory to scale, as was demonstrated before is imposed on those 200 acres of expansion, it truly illustrates that the Armory's contribution to an expanded tax base is negligible. There are reasons to preserve the Armory as a venue. Despite claims that the Armory duplicates venues a closer look will show that the new Encore Pavilion is an outdoor venue and the Armory is an indoor venue. A critical in our climate. The assertion that we already have an indoor venue at the Stephanie Wild Theater neglects the fact that it's filled with upholstered seats and carpeted aisles and is not what casual informal audiences expect when they attend a rock music or country music concert. Such audiences want to stand, move close to the stage and perhaps even dance, rub shoulders and talk to their neighbors. The Armory is the venue that suits these events and the audiences they attract. Chad Palaszczuk declared the building is structurally sound. It is after all a cast country building built in 1941 as a project of the WPA. And as such is a symbol of the United States' resilience and resourcefulness in overcoming the challenges of the Great Depression. The value of this symbol grows in importance as each successive generation is removed from that traumatic time. On a personal note, our parents, my parents, live through the Depression and share their experiences with us. Our children never heard their stories and their children are even less likely to be aware that there was a great depression at all. The Armory is an inspiring symbol of when America demonstrated its greatness in the face of terrible adversity. What springs to mind is that a poster of Rosie the Riveter, sleeves rolled up, a look of determination on her face, flexing a muscle saying, this is what we're made of. Bring it on! The Armory building should be spared from demolition. It has potential to be developed into an attraction that makes Sheboygan a demonstration and represents a link to our past and our heritage. And it has value much more than its tax revenue. Its value is beyond measure. Yes, the Armory is not an albatross. It is perhaps an ugly duckling, but it can be transformed into a swan the same way the Stephanie Wild Center which barely escaped the wrecking ball has become a valuable asset to our community. Please don't fixate on expending the tax-basically exclusion of everything else. Fire pilots, when they fixate on a ground target will actually fly their plane into the ground destroying themselves. Consider this so dear to our hearts here in Wisconsin as Packard fans. The Atlanta Falcons 25 years ago didn't realize what an asset they had in breath farve. They traded farve to the Packers for a 19th overall draft pick in 1992 and for that pick they drafted a running back, Tony Smith, whose entire NFL career consisted of 329 total yards rushing and two touchdowns. That's something farve could accomplish in one game. So let's not repeat Atlanta's sad history. Let's not subject ourselves to the same rage and regret that they are filled with every time they think about that ill-considered decision. Please, all other persons, refer to the planning newsletter on the website. Familiarize yourself with the Harvard Center Plan. Just this, Harvard Center Plan, that little dock represents the Armory and please familiarize yourself with it and consider a proportionate response. Thank you. Thank you. That's it for tonight. Next we'll go on to Mayor's announcements.  Laura, please come up to the podium. Laura began her career at the Meade Public Library in January of 1980 in the maintenance department. Prior to that she worked at Meade on a part-time basis beginning in 1976 with the primary duty of washing all of the shelving. Laura's duties were many. She truthfully accomplished every one of them. From greeting customers as you open the library every morning, delivering packages throughout the building, clearing snow after storms, setting up meeting rooms or programs, cleaning the above and beyond, the call of duty as restocking the Arto Mat for the friends of the Meade Library, a job that she thoroughly enjoyed. Laura's love for the library and her work showed every day in her enthusiasm to be helpful. Beyond her regular job assignments, Laura enjoyed helping customers, family and friends and how to use the latest technology that appeared at the library over the years. Some of her fondest memories include the library customer who used to dance a jig for her every day as she opened the doors. Being interviewed for a news story as she cleared the snow after a big storm, the third floor addition project, and all the staff that she's come to know as her family for the past 37 years. Laura's dedication to her work helped create an outstanding environment and services that members of the community enjoy in Sheboygan and we want to wish her the best in her retirement years. Laura, I'd like to present to you this certificate of appreciation for 38 years of dedicated service from January 1st of 1980 through December 31st of 2017. Thank you so much and have a happy retirement. Pete began his full-time career at the Meade Public Library in February of 1979, although he actually worked at the library since 1974 when he was still in high school. Starting out as a book shelver and moving on to maintenance staff, he attained the role of chief maintenance supervisor in 1994. Not much of an exaggeration to say that Pete has literally moved or installed every book, DVD, table, chair, shelving unit and office configuration in the library at least once over his past 38 years. During the Centennial Building Project in the mid-90s he and his staff worked tirelessly to keep the library mechanicals functioning and the premises as clean as possible during construction ensuring that the public never lost access to materials or services. Over the years, Pete has sharpened his handyman skills. He's been called upon to build endless number of unusual, custom design items for the library including furniture, shelving, carts and dollies. They've also been amazed at his ability to fix almost anything. Pete has cared for the library for many years as if it were his own home. He was always on call ensuring that things are running smoothly and that all the problems that crapped up were promptly addressed. His dedication to his work has helped to make the library a place where all the members of the community can feel at home and welcome. And I wish him the best in his retirement. Pete, it's my pleasure to present you this certificate in appreciation for 38 years of dedicated service from February 5th to 1979 to December 31st of 2017. Thank you very much. The North American Climate Summit in Chicago has signed the Mayor's Climate Charter. What was the most interesting to me is the participation of several cities from northern Illinois and Indiana. This is the region that produces much of the ozone that drifts up over Lake Michigan and do the prevailing wind patterns, finds its way to Sheboygan County and other communities along the Lake Shark. This factor along with the location of the EPA monitor located at Collar Andrews State Park has seen Sheboygan County as a non-attainment area for air quality. We need to focus on reducing emissions from the regions south of Lake Michigan to reduce that ozone that reached us along Lake Michigan and Sheboygan County. I participated in the global Covenant Mayor's Energy to show my solidarity with the mayors of Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park, Park Forest, and Waukegan, Illinois and also the mayor of Gary, Indiana. We appreciate their work to accelerate ambitious, measurable climate energy initiatives that will lead to lower emissions and a climate resilient future. We also hope that these agreements will lead to those communities meeting or exceeding the Paris agreements. A recent article in the Chicago Tribune ran with the headline, SMOG follows Chicagoans on vacation to Wisconsin and Michigan. And that really tells the story and we'd like to see that reduced.  They've worked aggressively to reduce their emissions to comply with additional regulations that a similar manufacturer in another county is not required to implement. The Sheboygan County Chamber with many local partners has led the effort to locate a second monitor in a location that's more correctly situation to collect data on the air in Sheboygan counter rather than the air that drifts up over Lake Michigan. This new monitor, they've put a new monitor in place for over three years and the data shows that Sheboygan County is an attainment but the restrictions on businesses have not been removed. The EPA will not recognize this new information and insist on using the current monitor that will continue to be used to measure Sheboygan's compliance with the Clean Air Act. Our residents and visitors want to know that the measure is being taken so they have clean air to breathe when they participate in recreational activities along the Sheboygan Lakeshore. Participation with the cities that I've mentioned in the Mayor's Climate Charter is a good first step to accomplish this goal. In the coming months the provisions from the Chicago Climate Charter will be submitted to the Sustainable Sheboygan Task Force for Inclusion and Sheboygan Sustainability Plan. And wrap it up, I just like to wish all of you in the chambers and those at home a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you. Okay next we'll continue with the Consent Agenda. That will include items 2.2 through 2.13. All in person. Thank you Mayor. I make a motion to accept and file all the roads, accept and adopt all our keys and pass all resolutions and ordinances. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on any of the items in the Consent Agenda? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll for passage. All right. Motion passes. Under reports of officers item 3.1 is R on number 247 of 1718 by the City Planning Commission. In general ordinance number 32 of 1718 by Alderperson Holschew and Schneider. An exiting territory owned by the city to the city of Sheboygan. And wishes to report this matter was discussed at a regular meeting of the City Planning Commission to recommend the approval of the ordinance. Alderperson Bellinger. Thank you I move to accept and file and pass the ordinance. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll. All rights. Motion passes. Items 3.2 through 3.6 will be referred to various committees moving on to resolutions. Item 4.1 is resolution 117 of 1718 by Alderperson Wolff and drawn authorizing retaining outside legal counsel to represent the city in the matter of the Walmart, Stores, Inc. versus the city of Sheboygan and authorizing payment for said services. Alderperson Wolff. Thank you mayor. I make a motion to suspend and pass resolution. Thanks for that motion and support. Under suspension is there any objections? Why are we suspending? See attorney, the reason we're suspending is there's a very short turnaround on the answer that needs to be made and so maybe we just get her. Is there any discussion on the motion then that's on the floor? There was no second. Thank you for your help with that. Alderperson Boring. Thank you mayor. Attorney Adams, who are we hiring? Who's the outside counsel and have we used them before on similar dark story cases? Amy Seibel is the person that we've hired. We have not used her before but she is an expert on these dark story cases. She came recommended to us by our assessor because she's worked with her on a lot of different Walmart cases and other cases as well. And especially for what we, I don't want to talk about it but open session where we think we're headed as far as strategy about she was the right person. Thank you. Any other discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll for passage? 15 ayes. Motion passes. Items 4.2 and 4.3 will be referred on the reports of committees. Item 5.1 is RC number 205 with 1718 by the Finance and Personnel Committee. Numas refer our number 143 of 1718 by the city clerk submitting a request from the village of Kohler for city of Sheboygan to construct improvements to the city's portion of Union Avenue and for approval to connect the proposed Aurora Development to city water and sanitary sewer mains and recommends filing the document and direct the city administrator to commence negotiations with the village of Kohler relative to intergovernmental agreement for the Aurora Development. Motion down here. Thank you mayor. I move to accept and file. The motion should only be to file. That's okay. That's any advice for city attorney. Okay. And then therefore the action that was taken by Finance and Personnel does not need to be ratified. It does not need to be ratified at council. Very good. Then I just move to file. Thank you for your help. The motion is on the floor to file this document. Is there any discussion? Seeing none. Will the clerk please call the roll. 15 ayes. Motion passes. Item 5.2 is RC number 204 of 1718 by Finance and Personnel. Numas refer to Resolution 110 of 1718 by all the persons not in union born approving the project plan and establishing the boundaries for the creation of tax incremental district number 18 in city of Sheboygan and recommends passing the resolution. All the persons down here. Thank you. I move to accept and pass the resolution. Second. Thank you for the motion and support. Under discussion. Seeing no discussion will the clerk please call the roll. 15 ayes. Motion passes. Moving on to ordinances. 6.1 is general ordinance number 33 of 1718 by all the persons. Billing the general ordinance number 76 of 9495 as to eliminate parking prohibitions and limited parking in both sides of Cherry Lane between 12th Street and 11th Street from 7am to 4pm school days only. All the persons. Thank you. I make a motion to pass the ordinance. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Under discussion. All the persons starts. Thank you Mr. Mayor. I'd just like to speak in favor of this change as well. This ordinance changed. I applaud my constituents for the countless public works meetings that they've attended. The previous council meeting that they've attended. I think that this shows the determination and the passion that the neighbors have for changing their neighborhood. If this doesn't work you know if we remove all the parking restrictions and students end up parking in their neighborhood that's okay because then we can take the necessary steps and move forward with a different plan but can move forward with that plan which the neighbors would like to possibly see in the future you know we have to take this initial step and move forward. So once again I'm just speaking on behalf of the constituents of the 8th District I encourage and I vote in adoption of this new ordinance. Thank you. Thank you for those comments. All the person holds you. Thank you Mr. Mayor. I'm voting against this. This has come before us once before. There is a large amount of diligence done when this ordinance was created. It was done purposefully and I don't see any reason to obligeated at this point. I will be voting not to approve this and to leave the ordinance as it stands and I'm hoping that we will get the support of other aldermen. But in the meantime I would like to get the police chief's opinion of this ordinance change how it may or may not affect that school. Does the school in that particular area? Okay chief please Chris Domigalski would you like to step up and answer that question? Good evening. So what I shared at the committee meeting was essentially some of the comments that have been raised here before that when this issue came up 20 years ago or so there was a large effort made to try to find out what the issues were and address them in a reasoned and thoughtful way I think. Beside that I'm not sure what's going to happen here. It's my belief that we'll probably have parking problems there again at some point. Beside that I think really this is an issue and if 85 or 90% of the residents that live there want to take that on and I think that's why we do the things that we do and let them have some input on that. Thank you very much for your comments. Anything else? All the person holds you? No thank you very much. Okay next is all the person leave Domigalski. Yes I would like to read a letter from the principal at South High School and it says dear members of the City Council and the principal of Sheboygan South High School and writing this in regards to city parking ordinance for streets and surrounding South High neighborhoods. The current ordinance on Cherry Drive Orchard Lane and South 12th Place is stated as no parking during school hours 7am to 4pm there is a petition to the council to have these parking options removed. We truly understand the inconvenience this may cause our neighbors and provide caution to those seeking a change into those who will ultimately make their decisions for a change. In this school this ordinance has been significant in helping Sheboygan South High School staff manage the student driving and parking behavior for our students, staff and visitors. Well our parking has ample parking spaces. Parking on any of the above listed streets will undeniably create issues for both school officials and community residents. The current ordinance was initially passed in 1994 and sustained two other petitions for removing this ordinance in 2006 and 2015. The initial petition for putting this ordinance in place was related to a survey of problems associated with littering noise line violations and traffic violations Maintaining the ordinance as stated will continue to foster a positive community environment as it relates to the 180 days of school we are in session. The ordinance forces both students and visitors to park at our parking lot even though all our entrance has moved to the west side of the school. Parking on any of the above streets will occur and we allow entry and exit to our school through our east doors until 7.45 and after 3.15. We also allow students exit the building by doors on the east side during lunch from 11 to 12. There may be an assumption that because the main office has moved to west side of the school that the stated ordinance is no longer needed. I can assure you students will gravitate to the parking areas if allowed for following reasons. It is closer to the academic sector of our building where students have easier access to their AM classes and a faster exit to their vehicles during lunch and when school ends. Students will be provided with an opportunity to visit their vehicles more routinely and not be supervised as we do provide activity on our parking lot but will not be able to provide supervision of our community streets if students are permitted the opportunity to park in these locations. We are not responsible for off school grounds behavior and this will require residents to report on observed issues to the Sheboygan Police Department and not to the school. Most situations we will not have the grounds for which we can have poor school conditions in our school consequences for poor behavior off site. If the council decides to rule in favor of the residents filing for removal of said ordinance our school recommends for the council to keep the ordinance as stated during school hours with an exception of parking by permit for residents of those streets only. Thank you. Thank you for those comments. All the persons warranted. Thank you Mayor. I also encourage my fellow older persons to approve this new ordinance. I think there's been a lot of changes in that neighborhood since 1994. Back then I think many households were one car households and now as the woman stated earlier it's two and three cars and I appreciate all of my constituents going through this process and bringing this to our attention and there's nothing that says that this doesn't work out that it can go back to the system we're in right now or go to the permit parking system but I think the neighbors over there with their lifestyles deserve this ordinance to be changed. Thank you. Thank you for those comments. Seeing no other discussion we'll go to the police to call the roll. All the persons on the menu. Nine eyes six nose. Motion passes. Next we'll move on to matters laid over. Item 7.1 is arrow number 241 of 1718 by the city planning commission to meet and review and discuss the tax incremental district 18 boundaries and project plan at the regular meeting of city planning commission November 28th of 17 recommends approval of both the TID boundaries and project plan. All the person on the menu. Thank you. Thank you. I move to accept it. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none we'll a quick please call the roll. 15 eyes. Motion passes. Item 7.2 is resolution number 103 of 1718 by all the persons not anymore in will, Rinflaish and Ross. Proving the amendments to the nonrepresented employee benefits policy for calendar 2018 policy number HR101-18. All the persons on the menu. Thank you. I move to pass the resolution. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none we'll a quick please call the roll. 15 eyes. Motion passes. Item 7.3 is resolution number 104 of 1718 by all the persons not anymore in Rinflaish, Wolf and Ross. I move to pass the resolution. Second. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? All the person bellowed here. Thank you. I've got a question and then a comment. First my question would be to Sandy does the accelerator provision is that included in here? Yes. Because I read the document and I did not see that that equity portion on page 11 of that document. It is included in the document. I don't have the document for me to know what page that is. Okay. It's one of the exhibits with the merit development reward guide. Okay. I received a couple phone calls this afternoon from city employees and they are concerned about this document and how it affects their personal situations and they brought some things up to me and I don't want to discuss their individual situations in open on the floor of the council. So what I would like to do is I would like to hold this for two weeks until our next meeting until I can get the questions that were brought to me answered and they can be looked at. I'm not sure if this is intended or unintended consequences that put these people in the situation they're in but they have some valid points and I would like to do my job as an alderman and address these for them prior to approving this. Is there any second to that motion? Second. So we have motion to hold on the floor. Okay. Under discussion I'd first of all like to ask Sandy to explain a little bit about the implications of holding that at this point in the year. Holding would mean that the increases would not take effect until they'd take effect in January but they wouldn't be entered until after January which means approximately 125 individual entries on retro pay. I'm not aware of any employees that came directly to me I guess I don't know who you're referring to so I'm concerned about holding it. Okay. Just a minute. I'll refer to some concerns in this next. I have a question for Older Person Belanger. Do you have other questions referring to this at all? I'm just curious what all those questions were so I could... No, like I said I don't want to go into the specifics of the individual's claims or how it's going to affect their individual situations. The plan to do was meet with them and go over this whole document with them and get the questions that they have and have them addressed either by Sandy or their supervisor or Daryl or whoever would be the appropriate person to address those questions. There's a bunch of different questions for their particular situation and I think that it warrants holding it and I realize there's going to be some additional journal entries in doing it retroactively but to pass this and ignore the phone call and the conversation that I had today I don't think that would be the right thing to do. And then you were going to ask another question to Older Person Belanger. Do you want to do that right now? No, I covered it with my previous comments. Thank you. Sandy, how many employees are there safely? How many? John, how many people called you? I had two conversations this afternoon. I guess my question would be if there's a problem with two employees could we still pass this and we can always go back after research and review and we can always make adjustments later? Absolutely. I guess my recommendation is that we pass this legitimate concerns with the policy that's being put forward that we would actually make an adjustment later and not affect the process at hand. Thank you. Thank you for those comments. Older Person Boren. Older Person Belanger, did these people do they have any discomfort with talking to their department head or to the HR director? To be honest with you and answer that question they said that what person that I talked to said that they had talked to their supervisor, their former boss, their current boss, they supported it and they tried to get a hold of Sandy and to their knowledge that hasn't taken place yet. I'm just reiterating what was said to me. I can't validate that one way or the other. That's just what I was told. Anything other, Older Person Boren? Thank you. Is there any other discussion? We have a motion to hold that's on the floor. Would the clerk please call the roll for holding this document? Four ayes, 11 noes. Motion's defeated. Documents back on the floor for any other discussion? Seeing nothing. Would the clerk please call the roll for passage? 13 ayes, two noes. Motion passes. Next we'll move on to item 7.4, resolution number 113 of 1718 by all the person down here in Boren expressing the intent of the Common Council, the City of Shpoig exercises police powers in loving a special assessment for 2017 the cost of operating the teen, off street parking facilities within parking to district number one. All the person down here. Thank you Mayor. With the permission of the Council I would like us to consider 7.4, 7.5 7.6 and 7.7 in the same motion which is to pass the resolution. Thank you for that motion of support so this will include Parking District 1, 2, Parking District 4 and 5. For the record Mayor I would note that these resolutions are essentially identical and come before us I believe every year. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none. Will the clerk please call the roll for passage? 15 ayes. Motion passes. Item 7.8 is general ordinance number 31 1718 by all the persons down here in Flesh and Trester. Minding chapter 130 of the municipal code so as to license commercial quadricycles but do so separately from the current taxicab regulations. All the person holds you. Thank you for that motion and support. Is there any discussion on the motion? All the person starts them. Thank you Mr. Mayor. I just like to second Mr. Van Heathen-Hogan's comments prior to the council meeting. I think that this is an excellent opportunity and I give him kudos for his patients and diligence working with members of the law licensing committee, city clerk's office, city attorney's office, mayor, city administrator, all the council members as well. I think that, and you know Sherboygan should head itself on the back that we have a young entrepreneur that is this dedicated and passionate to work through city bureaucracy to get this started. I think that this would be a wonderful opportunity for us to build upon our tourism base and I think that there's so many more opportunities down the line so I would encourage an affirmative vote from my fellow council members. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Mayor. I'd like to also voice my support for this ordinance. The increase in tourism as well as opportunities for more businesses like this in the future to grow our city in a very eco-friendly way. I'm very much in support of it. Thank you. Thank you for those comments. Any other discussion? Seeing none of the clerk please call the roll. 15 ayes. Motion passes. Next is other matters received after the agenda was posted, city attorney Charles Adams. 8.1 is an honorary city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending of December 31, 2018 to June 30, 2019. None of you refer to the line licensing committee. 8.2 is a resolution by all the person while authorizing the appropriate city officials to advertise for request for proposal from qualified vendors for establishment and operation an authentic German beer garden concession at Canwanas Park in the solution. None of you refer to the public works committee. All the person holds. Thank you Mayor. I would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and we will close out the 2017 year and with a motion to adjourn. Second. Thank you for that motion in support. All those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye opposed. We stand adjourned. Thank you for your time tonight.


Hey, this is Brett and this 2021 Ram 2500 Crew Cab Short Box Bighorn Level 1 is stock number 14404Z. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck and Ram headquarters. This 2021 Ram 2500 has a 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine. It's paired up with the 6-speed 68 RFE automatic transmission. This truck has been fully safety and inspected by our service shop per the state of Wisconsin inspection process. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. This truck is 100% ready to go. Extremely clean inside underneath. And that's exactly what I'm going to do in this video. Go all the way around inside underneath, start it up, take a look under the hood, show you all the options and give you the most accurate representation that I can of the vehicle. Billet Silver Metallic is the color I shoot. All my videos in 4K, if you like the video, subscribe to the YouTube channel, click the bell notifications and get updates on the videos I do each and every day and stay current on our ever-changing and vast heavy-duty Ram inventory here at Summit Auto. This one comes with some really nice method painted alloy wheels and it has Yokohama Geolander XAT tires. These are LT28575R18s. You can see that they have probably about 50 to 60% of the tread left on them. Frame and underbody is exceptionally clean on this truck. This is a one owner clean title history, clean car facts out of Florida. Front fenders, absolutely perfect. Headlight lenses are nice and clear. You get the chrome bumper with the big horn package. No dents or dings on that. You also get the factory fog lights. The grille is in really nice condition too. And the hood is in excellent shape as well. I didn't see any dents or dings on there. It does come with the cab lights up top and the passenger side front fender is absolutely perfect as well. Passenger side front wheel, no major scuffs or scrapes on there. And as you go down this side of this 2021 Ram 2500, take note of how clean the body is, how reflective and mirror-like that paint is. I take these HD videos so if you're far away or even if you're close by and you just cannot make the trip down but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle, you can see the truck, hear the truck, and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here. So when you do get here, there's absolutely no surprises. You can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at or if you just want to make the decision to come take a look at the truck. If this video helps you do either of those things, let your salesmen know that you saw the video. It was helpful and that Brett sent you back wheels in excellent shape as well. And the back tires have just as much tried as the front tires. Frame and underbody is once again in excellent condition. Definitely advantageous to get a truck out of Florida. It has all the remaining factory exhaust so it hasn't been altered in any way. Lower rockers and cab corners all look fantastic and I'm pretty sure this one has power running boards. Those are AMP Research. You can have some LED lights on them and always want to show those so that you know that they're working properly. Passenger side box, no dents or dings on there. Coming around to the back of the vehicle, the rear bumper is in excellent condition, no major dents on that. It does have the towing package, which includes a receiver hitch, four pin and seven pin wiring. And the tailgate is just as clean as the rest of the truck. No dents or dings on there. So it also comes with a very nice spray and bed liner. You get these side box tie downs, no major dents or dings in the bed. That spray and bed liner goes onto the tailgate, which is a very nice feature as well. That tailgate shuts nice and solidly. And going down the driver's side just as clean as that passenger's side, no major dents or dings in the box. And for full disclosure, this back wheel just as nice as rest no scuffs or scrapes on there. Rest of the side truck, cab and doors all look fantastic. It does have the heated fold-up tow mirrors built in directional signals. They fold up like so. They also fold in like that. Take a quick look at the back seats. See those running boards on the driver's side work well as well.  Very clean back here, smells very clean inside this truck.  You've got money boots or tools. Put them on there. You're not going to get your seats dirty. Or if you've got pets, put both sides down. They've got a nice flat place to lay. And they're not going to get your seats dirty. Storage under there, receiver hitch reducer as well. You also get in-floor storage with removable bins for easy cleaning. You can put ice and drinks in here. And it's like you have too many coolers wherever you go. Or if you're not in Wisconsin, just extra storage space. Side corner bags on those front seats. Child safety locks on the back doors and the inside and bottoms of the doors. All look fantastic on this truck. Really a clean vehicle. Here's the VIN sticker, no previously owned in Canada trucks here. Which means that you get cleaner vehicles that haven't been in the elements of Canada. Tire and loading information sticker up front.  In the front, both these seats are heated. No rips, no tears. Power driver seat with lumbar, factory all-weather floor mats, auto headlamps, power pedals, power windows locks, mirrors, cloth bolster, wood grain trim. These mirrors do power fold in. It's like showing both sides. So that you know that both sides are working properly. Top and side check out the miles. The radio and everything that this truck has to offer on the interior. I honestly cannot believe this one has 42,958 miles. This truck seems like it has 15,000 miles on it. So really nice condition for the miles on it. Digital spinometer, instrument cluster is very nice and clean. Comes with the heated leather wrapped steering wheel. Cruise controls on the right as well as the gear selector. And Bluetooth and information center controls on the left. Audio controls on the back of the steering wheel. This one has the six speed 68 RFE automatic transmission. Push button start, push button four wheel drive. It has the 8.4 4C radio. You get AM FM, sorry about that, AM FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities. You also get your climate controls including your dual climate controls there. So this one has the heated seat and steering wheel group. So you get your heated seats and steering wheel there. You also get your backup camera, which is HD. They've made those crystal clear. So you can get hooked up to your boat camper trailer the first time every time. And you can zoom in on that receiver hitch for even better results. You get, sorry about that. You get your apps right here. This one has off road pages, projection manager. You can project your cell phone to the screen via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. We did a demo on Android Auto if you want to check that out. That's in the upper right hand part of screen. This one also has the factory navigation system on it. There is highway 41. So that is working nicely. And then I'll show you the off road pages quickly. They take a second to load. So while they're loading, I'll show you, you do get your more tactile volume tune. Climate controls including the dual climate controls, heated seats, heated and steering wheel controls, factory brake controller, factory exhaust brake and tow hall mode. You may be lost but never stuck in a RAM, latitude, longitude, altitude. You also have your pitch and roll there, your steering angle, which is, if I turn the steering wheel, you can see that angle changes. And then the accessory gauges right there as well. So a lot of really cool stuff you can do with this radio. Down here is your factory exhaust brake, tow hall mode, two USBs, two USB C's and an Augsjack. You get your cup holders and coin tray on that sliding tray. Remote start on this one as well. Passengers side format and seat are in excellent condition as well. No rips or tears. Smells very clean inside this truck. I don't think it's ever been smoked in. And the headliner is in fantastic condition as well. You get map lights up there, system SOS buttons, auto dimming mirror and your homelink buttons for your garage door security systems and lighting systems. All right, let's start it up. Take a look under the hood. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. Boy, this truck is optioned out exactly how I would get a Ram Big Horn. Heated seats, the nav, the power running boards. They've even installed LED headlamps and fog lights in this one. And as you can see, they are very bright, very nice truck. Excellent condition under the hood. We have the 6.7 liter Cummins diesel engine and today's very clean runs, very smooth. Once again, this truck has been fully safe and inspected by our service shop as a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. Shocks are doing a fantastic job holding that hood up. There is the emission sticker. And I would highly recommend this truck for make quality and condition standpoint. I'd ship this one back to Florida. I'd ship it to Texas, California, New York, wherever. Whoever's going to get this truck is going to be very happy with it. It's an excellent condition and I highly recommend it. And to see more pictures of this truck or one of our other 550 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, Wranglers, halftones, your quarter tons, one tons. 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Yo, what up welcome back to another episode of Caleb's prostate exam And over Salutations and good tidings fellow scholars tonight. We're gonna be f**king up some ectochrome So the cool thing about Kodak's new ectochrome is that on the Kodak Alaris spreadsheet It says that you don't have to compensate for reciprocity up to 10 seconds So what does that mean for us when we shoot night photography? It means anything is possible tonight I'm gonna be shooting with my sweet baby Mamiya 7 and a Tiffin black chromis filter at one quarter So it's it's not bad. Oh, that looks so cool. Yeah, I'm like is it for Caleb cuz that's me Hey there, this isn't your conscious speaking. This is just Jason from the future So these were shot at a store that had a black light display out front now I don't know a whole lot about black lights But what I do know is that they're often used in movies to reveal why a cheap hotel bed is sticky And it's usually never blood or urine initially I was concerned that black light might exist somewhere on the light spectrum that some films don't register And while that might be the case It seems like ectochrome actually rendered the scene quite well in my opinion until I looked back at the footage And then I kind of noticed there's a bit of a disparity between the colors Ectochrome seems to have rendered the purple black light a bit more blue than it naturally appeared to the naked eye So I guess keep that in mind if you're gonna go shoot any black light raves anytime soon This is an interesting shot You know if you're boring and film photography excites you which is the truest definition of me The shot is notable because there's a lot of mixed lighting in frame and let's just say Ectochrome took some artistic liberties with the colors. I mean look at this LED light It's so goddamn turquoise most of the ectochrome shots had a purple slash blue cast to them But for some reason this shot rendered a load of cyan So I guess what I'm saying is watch out for those LED lights when you're shooting ectochrome Unless you are already planning on blasting your image with cyan anyway, then you're good All right, so the $13 question on everyone's mind is ectochrome a good film to shoot at night. Well Yes, and no mostly yes, I think though the dynamic range on ectochrome is actually pretty good It's still a color-positive film So it'll never be able to compete 100% with color-negative film Although Sinna still did come out with some chemicals recently for ectochrome that kind of seemed to magically do the impossible So We'll see how that develops as I mentioned earlier in the video Ectochrome is actually quite special because you don't need to adjust for reciprocity if your exposure is less than 10 seconds long Wow, that's incredible 10 seconds. I don't even brush my teeth that long. You may be thinking. Yeah It's pretty cool and added bonus is that ectochrome is actually damn near grainless And yeah Well, I did swear an oath to be grainy until the day that I meet my accidental volcano death more on that later We'll just have to pretend like this grainlessness never happened now as you can probably tabulate nighttime scenes are quite Contrasty depending on what you're shooting for example if you're shooting a light in an alleyway You may have to decide whether you want to expose for the highlights or the shadows another nighttime example would be if you're shooting Through someone's bathroom window and you decide to expose yourself in which case you should probably go to jail So yeah, I think in the end ectochrome is actually pretty rad to shoot in the evening The only problem you might run into is if your exposure time goes over 10 seconds You may have to do some guesswork or experimentation with the reciprocity in that case And of course the last downside is that if any other film photographers see you shooting ectochrome at night They may try and rob you because it ain't cheap


If I can ask those members leaving the chamber to please do so quietly, we now move to urgent questions. I call Graeum Simpson. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to restore ferry services between Mal egg oban and luck boys' dail in South US in light of the announcement that the services are to be withdrawn from 5 April to 13 May. Minister Kevin Stewart? Thank you, Presiding Officer. Transport Scotland met with CalMac earlier today, and they confirmed that they are doing everything possible to bring vessels back into service and minimise the period that the Loch Boysdale-Obin-Mally Groot is out of service. CalMac has also put in place mitigation by increasing services on the Barra to Erisge route to allow greater use of the services from Barra. We recognise the real challenges being faced and regret the disruption that this is causing to island communities and, of course, island businesses. It is however important to note that islands remain open for business and CalMac are highlighting where there is capacity on secondary routes. As members are aware, we have provided funding for the charter of the MV Alfred that will enable additional resilience in the fleet when she comes into service next month. Graham Simpson? I thank the minister for his answer. Can I start by welcoming him to his new post? He is only minutes into the role, but he is not off to a good start. His answer will be of no comfort to islanders who will be without a ferry service to the mainland for five weeks. It is hard for those of us who live on the mainland to understand the impact of that, because most of us have choices of how we get about, no matter how bad public transport is. CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond calls it a challenging period that could go on for two years. It is worse than challenging. It is disastrous. So, with the holiday period looming, what will the minister be doing on his break to sort this out? I thank Mr Simpson for welcoming me to this new post. Mr Simpson and I have been opposing in various roles in this Parliament previously. As Mr Simpson well knows, I will always do my level best. What will I be doing over the next week while? Today, I met Transport Scotland directors to discuss some of the most important issues facing transport in Scotland. This afternoon, I will be speaking with CalMac about this and other issues. I recognise how important those ferry services are for our island communities. They are lifelines. I served as chair of Nestrans in a previous life on the Northern Isles lifeline ferry service committee. I recognise the impacts that those kinds of things have on our island communities. I will be doing all that I can to ensure that CalMac gets it right for all our island communities and that the chamber can be assured that I will continue to update everyone on how we are going about that. I am not sure that any of that will be a comfort to islanders, but to be fair to the minister, he has inherited a disaster. Islands and particularly businesses on the US need help. Has the Government done any analysis of the impact on the local community and the economy of that? Can the minister commit to looking at a compensation scheme for islanders and reduced fares on those ferries that they can use while the crisis goes on? As I said in my earlier answer, my first course of action is to speak to CalMac this afternoon and to hear what mitigations can be put in place. While the announcement by CalMac of this change has come as a shock to many, including the Government, we have to ensure that communication is right between CalMac and our island communities. I will be speaking to CalMac this afternoon. We will be seeking mitigations. I will be seeking solutions so that our island communities can give back to the normality that they should have in those regards. Of course, as always, I will continue to update Parliament on our efforts to achieve that for our island communities. I welcome the minister to his new post. I have today been inundated with messages of despair from South US. That is a community that has suffered by far, by far, the highest rate of cancellations of any island community over a period of months. For that to happen yet again, just as the Easter holidays are starting, is a devastating blow, given what I have to frankly call the abysmal state at present of CalMac's service to this particular community? Can the Scottish Government consider either a business resilience fund or other specific measures for US? I fully sympathise the impact that this is having on South US. I recognise that Dr Allan has been vociferous in all of that. The impact on his constituents will no doubt be challenging for some. The timing of that withdrawal is not the best either, given the Easter period. Scottish ministers need assurance from CalMac that this measure has been taken with full consideration to capacity and volumes on alternative routes. It is, however, important to note that CalMac has increased operations on the service from Erisgate to Barra, and there are other routes that enable people to reach South US, so that people know that island remains open for business, although car deck capacity may be pressured. As I said earlier, I will be meeting with CalMac later this afternoon, and I will impress upon them the need to minimise any outage to the service. On the point of the compensation scheme, I know that this is something that has been discussed by the Loch Boysdale business group with ministers and officials. I will need to consider this further, although our primary focus has to be on restoring those services to minimise impacts on business in the first place. As always, I am more than willing to discuss those matters with Dr Allan further as the constituency MSP. It is unacceptable that there will be no ferries from Loch Boysdale for six weeks. UST has already borne the brunt of recent disruptions. The mitigation put in place means that the small isles will also be left with only one ferry a week—again, absolutely unacceptable. Disruption is now so common that the Scottish Government have devised a disruption management traffic prioritisation framework. The framework can cancel bookings and relegates hauliers to the end of the queue, making their businesses and those depending on them absolutely unbiable. If you will procure a freight ferry to bring it to service for those periods, what assistance and compensation will it make to all those impacted, or is it just another in a long line of failed transport ministers? It must be a record in terms of already a member saying that a transport minister has failed, considering that I have not been imposed for 12 hours or 10 minutes in reality. I would say to Ms Gradd that she is quite simply confused in some of her lines of questioning because the mitigation committee that she talks of has got nothing to do with the Scottish Government and is CalMac. I intend to have discussions this afternoon with CalMac around the measures that need to be put in place here. I will talk to them about the issues that are affecting islanders, and I will do everything that I can to ensure that CalMac does the job that they need to do. In terms of future procurement of ferries, as I said, we have already brought in the MV Alfred, but I will be looking at all of this in some depth, as I know that my predecessor, Jenny Golruth did, to find solutions that work for our island communities and ensures that we have a ferry service that works for all. I hope that I am going to be some help to the minister. In 2018, the Scottish Government set up a resilience fund of £3.5 million to hold fast-moving spares for ferries that broke down so that they did not have to be manufactured. The problem was that the transport minister at the time, Graham Day, repurposed it for something else. The following year, Michael Matheson, who was the transport minister at the time, repurposed it for another reason, but said that it was being reinstated. Can the minister confirm that that money has been spent on holding spares, those spares are in stock and available to use for the ferries? If he does not know the answers, I suggest that it might be where he starts with CalMac this afternoon. I am sure that that will be part of many discussions with CalMac this afternoon, but, as my predecessor has said, there is that resilience fund that they hold. I will be questioning them about that this afternoon. I will be questioning them around the current unavailable ferries, which are MV Caledonian Isles, Clansman and Hebride Isles, to make sure that we can get those ferries back into service as soon as possible. I heard that the minister said that he was meeting with CalMac and that he was meeting with Transport Scotland. When is he meeting with the communities impacted by this? They are second tired of hearing new transport ministers making promises that are never ever delivered. I think that it is 12 minutes now since my appointment. I have already met with Transport Scotland this morning. I will be meeting with CalMac this afternoon. Of course I will be meeting with communities the length and breadth of Scotland about the transport issues that they face. Many members will recognise that, in all the ministerial roles that I have had, I have gone out of my way to listen to the voices of lived experience, because that is extremely important to me in ensuring that our policy decisions are the right one. This job is no different, and I will speak to our island communities as well as everybody else that our transport system impacts upon. I welcome the cabinet secretary to her new post. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Police Scotland call handlers used a fake system for eight years. I am grateful to Mr Rennie for laying this question. While this is a matter for Police Scotland, any suggestion that callers to Police Scotland were not having their calls properly prioritised is clearly unacceptable. I have assurances from Police Scotland that this historical practice was limited to a single regional force that is no longer in use anywhere in Scotland and has not been since 2015. Police Scotland call handling has been completely overhauled since the creation of a single national service and policing continues to be a priority for this Government. The Scottish Police Federation warned about the dumping of SCO6 calls at the time, so the Government should have known about this. Back in 2015, I also raised the alarm repeatedly about the failings of the newly centralised Police Scotland. Those systematic failings led to the tragic deaths of Lamarabelle and John New, but we were not told that call handlers used a fake system with a fictitious call sign. It was used to hide the chaos and anxious members of the public had their calls ignored. The call sign was dummy. Did ministers or Government officials know about call sign dummy? Can I say very directly to Mr Rennie that I am not aware of any information that suggests ministers were advised of this at the time? In terms of the issue at hand here, my officials in Police Division have discussed the issue, as you would expect, directly with the relevant Police Scotland division. Police Scotland has stated that, while the call sign existed, it was used when calls were at a peak so that they could be put into a holding system until they could be dealt with. Police Scotland do not believe that any calls were dropped to its use. That said, they are clear, that it is not an acceptable approach at this time. With regard to the very tragic, painful, awful loss of life on the M9 that Mr Rennie refers to, I also say directly to him that Police Scotland has given my officials categorical assurances that this historical issue is not related to the tragic death of Mr Rule and Ms Well. There is obviously a fatal accident inquiry with regard to that matter about to commend soon and I cannot at this stage add any further comment on that. Willie Rennie I am afraid that this is the culture that has been established by this Government. Spin and manipulate to avoid the truth coming out. This also lays bare the abject failure of governance. That should have been spotted by the Scottish Police Authority. So will the minister now commit to wholesale reform of the governance arrangements for the police service? I know and appreciate that when it comes to the creation of a single national police force that Mr Rennie and I sit on different sides of the fence in this one, but I also hope that in terms of the contact that he has had me over a range of portfolios over a number of years, neither me nor Mr Rennie are new to this place, that he would accept and appreciate that I am very strong and focused on governance and accountability. I would also say that Police Scotland must be one of the most scrutinised public services in Scotland and rightly so and I would point to the fact that on issues in and around call handling, there have been several reports over the past recent years carried forth by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Contrary for Scotland. Several reports dating from 2015 with very clear recommendations that have been implemented with the most recent report in 2022. I look forward to continuing to engage with Mr Rennie on this and many other matters. I, too, would like to welcome the cabinet secretary to her new role. I recognise the call handling system in question as a legacy service that was permanently deleted in 2015. However, as the new cabinet secretary has just alluded to, this will be of little comfort to those who have been personally affected by these revelations. Can I ask the cabinet secretary as she takes on her new post what steps the Scottish Government will take going forward to ensure transparency, maintain public confidence and build increased public trust in policing? I thank Ms Nicoll for her comments and, of course, look forward to future appearances at our Parliament's Criminal Justice Committee and to being held to account. Can I say to Orgy Nicoll that, starting by Rittery, it is something that I say to Mr Rennie that Police Scotland is one of the most scrutinised public services in Scotland, and that is entirely right. I will continue to work with the Scottish Police Authority, his Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, as well as national and local parliaments and, of course, this Parliament to support and challenge Police Scotland to ensure that we maintain an excellent standard of policing for all our communities. Along with the investment of nearly £1.5 billion in policing in 2023 to 2024, this coming financial year, I do expect to introduce the Police Complaints and Misconduct Handling Bill to Parliament later this year. Jamie Greene Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I welcome the cabinet secretary to her new position? The problem is, two of her justice predecessors hold two of the highest officers of government still, and many questions yet remain unanswered about this. The cabinet secretary said that call handling has improved, but the reality is that, last year, hundreds of thousands of calls to Police Scotland went unanswered or were dropped by the caller. Can I ask around this revelation? It is a scandal, I should add. Has anyone gone back in time to review which of those calls that went into the ether? What happened to those calls? What was the exact consequence of not dealing with those calls? More importantly, can we get categorical reassurance today from the new cabinet secretary that this practice did indeed end in 2015 and has not happened once in the time since then until now? There remains serious questions unanswered. Someone must pay the price for the scandal, cabinet secretary. I do indeed appreciate why Mr Greene and other members have raised this matter today. It is, of course, a serious matter. Can I refer him without repeating and full the earlier comments that he made to other members about the explanation that has been given to the situation here? It is that this call sign existed and that it was used when calls were at a peak so that they could be put into a holding system until they could be dealt with and that Police Scotland say that they are clear that calls were not dropped due to this. Of course, as you would expect, I am due to be meeting with the chief constable shortly and this will be one of many matters that will be on the agenda. I would also again refer to the several reports that have already been carried out on this matter, including the earlier reports that made a number of recommendations that covered issues of staff and systems and processes. The follow-up report, in particular, the 2018 report that recognised the considerable priority and effort that had been made in this area, as well as the progress. I, too, would like to congratulate Angela Constance on her appointment to cabinet secretary for justice. If the cabinet secretary agrees that it is a very serious matter because the call centre system was designed to redirect actual one-on-one calls to make the response times look better. The BBC reported today that some of those calls did go unattended as a result of that. Does the cabinet secretary agree that she says that she is not aware that any other practices and other parts of the force existed? Does she agree that Police Scotland should never allow pressures to meet certain responses and targets that will ever lead to any types of practices like this ever again? Will she ensure that, since the chief constable who is leaving the service has pleaded with the Government to fund the service, to ensure that one-on-one, a vital public service continues to be the best service that can be insured the chamber today, that she will ensure that the one-on-one service will operate effectively and be adequately funded? I have reiterated to members throughout this discourse this afternoon that I consider this a serious matter, albeit one of historical practice. Nonetheless, it is imperative that we continue to govern, to scrutinise, to hold ourselves and each other to account, because it is absolutely imperative that there is the strongest possible confidence in our police force and all related practices. In terms of funding, I have already intimated that, going forward, we will invest nearly £1.5 billion in policing in terms of the resource increase. That is an increase of 6.3 per cent and an additional £80 million. As Ms McNeill will appreciate, I will be scrutinising that budget with great care and detail as we move forward. A senior police officer has told the BBC that he was instructed by Police Scotland to investigate this matter. He produced a report, but no one knows where that report is. Will the new cabinet secretary, when she meets the chief constable, instruct or request a fresh search for this crucial document? As always, I appreciate Mr Finlay's deep interest in our criminal justice system on this and a range of matters. I will indeed be meeting with the chief constable very shortly. In terms of the briefing that I have received from my officials and the extensive questions that I have already put to them, there have been five reports on issues in and around call handling thus far. I urge members to go back and look at the recommendations that were made and to look at the progress that has been made. My door is always open to any other supplementary information that needs to be drawn to my attention. That concludes the urgent questions. The next item of business is consideration of parliamentary bureau motion 8474 on suspension and variation of standing orders. I ask George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau to move the motion. The question on this motion will be put at decision time, and I am minded to accept a motion without notice under rule 11.2.4 of standing orders that decision time be brought forward to now, and I invite the minister to move the motion. I was always happy to oblige, Presiding Officer. The question is that decision time be brought forward to now. Are we all agreed? We are, and there is one question to be put as a result of today's business, and the question is the motion 8474 in the name of George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau on suspension and variation of standing orders be agreed. Are we all agreed? We are. The motion is therefore agreed, and that concludes decision time, and I close this meeting.