If you're looking to apply for a USA B1B2 visa from any of the Gulf countries like UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or Qatar, then this video is a detailed step-by-step guide as to how you can get your USA visa in 2023. Keep on watching. Hi guys, my name is Shachi and I'm a travel and visa coach. On this channel you'll find lots of useful videos on the US visa process. We have an entire playlist for the US B1B2 visa so make sure to check it out. So the US visa process differs slightly from country to country and from region to region. That means that the processes and the steps which are followed in India will be slightly different from what is followed in the Middle East countries. We have worked with a lot of clients who live and work in Gulf countries and have helped them get their USA visa asked. So in this video we're going to cover three important parts, the process that you need to follow, the documents that you need to be prepared with and of course the interview prep. So let's get started. So let's start by understanding the process. Now the US visa process begins with filling out a form called the DS160 form. This is the form that the visa officer has in front of him when you go for the interview. So needless to say the DS160 form is really really important and the DS160 form asks for a lot of information. It'll ask for your personal information, your family, your travel information and of course your education and work related information. Now here's a really important point to note, once you fill the DS160 form, you're not allowed to edit or correct or fill a new form in the Gulf countries. This is slightly different from what happens in other countries like India. In India even if you make mistakes in the DS160 form, you can still go ahead, correct it and fix it till the day of the interview. But that is not the case in the Gulf countries. Once you fill a form and you submit it, that's it, you cannot make any changes. Which means that you have to be really really careful when you fill the DS160 form. And all the information in it should be accurate, it should be correct, especially the work related information should be descriptive. So I highly recommend that you check out both these videos. These are the two videos which are going to explain in detail as to how you can go about filling the DS160 form and in case you need our help, do reach out, do check the links in the description box, we can help you with your DS160 form. Once the DS160 form is filled and submitted, you will need to pay the USA visa fees and then go ahead and book the appointments. There are two appointments that you will be getting. One is a biometric and one is the consular interview with the visa officer. Now again here the process is slightly different. So in countries like India, we have two different appointments, one appointment for biometric, one appointment for the interview. And typically these happen on two separate dates, sometimes on two separate locations. But in most of the Gulf countries, both these processes happen on the same day. That means you will just have one date on your appointment confirmation and on that particular date you're going to be doing the biometric first and then going for the consular interview. A note here about the availability of slots. Now the availability of slots in most of the Gulf countries is actually quite good and the average wait time is just about 20 to 25 days at the max. However, just in case you're not finding any slots available in your country, you can also think of traveling to a neighboring country and giving the USA visa interview from there. Next, let's discuss about the documents. So the USA visa process in general is not very document oriented and documents are very rarely asked in the visa interviews. However, we do see from my experience that documents are more frequently asked in the Gulf countries. So it's just good to be prepared. There are three to four really, really important documents which are typically asked. One is the bank statement. So make sure that you have your bank statement for at least the last three months. Proof of employment and an NOC from your employer. So you will need a proof of employment, proof that you're working in a particular company, in a particular designation and an NOC from your employer. This is basically the leave sanction which states that the employer is aware that you are planning to travel to the US. And third is the visa details you are currently on. So the visa that you are on in the Middle East, what is the validity, what is expiry date of that. These are also additional factors which are often checked and scrutinized. Now a really important point about funding and I cannot stress this enough. So when you apply for a USA visa from the country of your residence, it is important to have sufficient liquidity and healthy balance in the bank accounts in that country. I know that many of you will be having adequate savings and assets back home in your home country, but just that is not going to be sufficient. You really need to have good liquidity and good bank balance in the country of your residence. So let's say that you're applying from Bahrain. That means that you should have adequate funds in the bank accounts in Bahrain itself. And this is going to be the primary focus of the visa officer, not the savings and the assets which you have back home.  So comment down below in the description box and let us know from which of the Gulf countries you're going to be applying for your USA visa in 2023. Now coming to the third part of the video, that is the interview preparation and this is the most important part. So make sure that you have a pen and paper handy and you're taking notes. So the first thing that we're going to discuss about is the purpose of visit. Purpose of visit is typically the first question asked to you by the visa officer. So the visa officer can ask you what is the purpose of your visit? Why do you want to go to the US? Why are you applying for this visa? Now let's understand purpose of visit for a B2 that is a tourism visa first and then for B1 business visa. So starting with the B2 or tourism visa. Now I know that many of you watching this video might be planning to apply for a B2 or a tourism visa alone but over the course of working with our clients from the Gulf countries we see that the visa acceptance is much better when applied with family rather than applying alone. So if you're planning a leisure trip or a tourism trip to US it's highly highly recommended that you apply with your family that is with your spouse and children rather than applying alone and show the purpose as a family vacation rather than just a solo trip to the US and you can also pick the locations accordingly. So when you fill the DS164 you'll be required to indicate the locations where you are going to be in the US or the locations where you intend to travel to in the US. So plan your trip such that it is a family vacation where you are going with your spouse and children and you can pick locations like Disney World which would be feasible for a family getaway. Coming to the business visas or the B1 visas. Now for the business visas or business purpose it is okay to apply alone but it is important that the company supports your travel to the US and is able to give you an invite letter which clearly states that why your US trip is important why is it critical for the business of the company. The second important point to consider when talking of interview preparation is travel history. Now having a travel history, having a few stamps on your passport really adds to your credibility and also builds up your profile of somebody who is interested in tourism who is interested in travel. If you live in any of the Gulf countries and you don't have any international travel history consider planning this out in advance and building it up it can be really easy for you to do this because you can show travel to any of the nearby Gulf countries and even that would count as international travel. So for example let's say that you live in Saudi Arabia you could be showing travel history to UAE to Oman and so on. So all it requires is a little bit of planning and starting the process a little bit in advance but rather than going with a fresh passport without any stamps if you go with a passport which has a travel history even if it is to the nearby Gulf countries it would really notch up your credibility as a traveler. And another important point to note here is that if you are planning to apply for a USA visa along with your family make sure that the travel history that you are building up is with your family too. So all the trips that you are going to plan to the nearby Gulf country should also be with your family. Coming to the third part of the interview preparation and this is about your annual income. Now we see that annual income is given a lot of focus in the visa interviews and in lot of interviews questions are asked by visa officer what is your annual income how much money do you make here and so on. If you have faced a rejection from any of the Gulf countries previously then do check the annual income that could be one of the reasons. So presenting a healthy annual income is important and there are a couple of phase in which you could supplement it. Let's say that your spouse is working you could present a combined annual income along with your spouse. If you have any additional income sources back home let's say rentals then you could even supplement your job income with those additional income sources. And the fourth point to take care of when it comes to interview preparation is your history of stay in the Gulf country. So when you appear for the USA visa interview your history of stay here how long you have lived and worked here is going to be an important question. So if you have moved recently there and you have worked for less than a year then it would be advisable not to apply for the USA visa and to build up your track record and your history of stay in the country. So make sure that you have lived and worked in any of the Gulf countries for at least one and a half to two years before you apply for a USA visa. And when I talk about the track record and history of stay I'm talking of all the countries collectively. So many of you might have worked in different countries let's say that maybe you worked in Dubai and then you worked in Bari. So we are talking about the collective history of stay in the Gulf countries. So if you have collective history of stay of at least more than one and a half to two years then you can go ahead and apply for a USA visa from any of these countries. But remember the longer the track record of stay you have the better your chances are going to be. So I really hope that all the information and the tips that we discussed in this video helps you make sure that you take your notes and you take action on these points. If you want my help in preparing for a USA visa interview do get in touch. We do one-to-one sessions with clients helping them through this process so we can help you in filling your DS160 form interview preparation and work interview as well. Do check the link in the description box below for these details. Also we have a lot of free resources so you can get access to document checklist and the interview question bank. Do check the link in the description box for this. If you have any more questions feel free to leave them in the comment section below. You could also DM me on Instagram. My Instagram handle is at shachi.mull and lot more useful content coming your way for the USA B1 B2 visa. We would like more and more of you to travel to the US in the year 2023 so make sure that you subscribe and stay tuned. Signing off for now. I'll see you in the next one.


Hi, everyone. Welcome to this last conversation that we're going to have on critical media studies as a part of this particular round of videos and discussion here. So this is what I have taken to calling the greater whole of critical media studies. So what does that mean? Well, it comes from an expression that is attributed to Aristotle who said this. Our buddy here, Aristotle, said that in the case of all things, which have several parts, and in which the totality is not, as it were, a mere heap, but the whole is something besides the parts. There is a cause. Now, this quote is commonly quoted, really, as the sum is greater than the whole of the parts, but really what he's saying here, the whole is something besides the parts. In other words, it's not necessarily greater, but it's different than. When we look at the different parts that we have in critical media studies, the different critical lenses that we've examined, they are all unique and important in their own right, but there's a whole that is something else entirely. There's a whole of this idea of critical media studies, as we talked about in the first couple videos in this series, what is critical media studies and how do we do critical media studies in general. We know that there's something more to it than just these individual lenses. Again, the individual lenses are great there. They're an important part of something, but there's a whole that is something else entirely outside of just those parts. So that's what I want to look at today. What's the whole that we've been looking at? How do we pull all this together and think of it as a whole? Another way to think of it in a little more modern terms is if we've taken an entire engine apart. This is a car engine. We've taken the whole thing apart. We've examined each part. We've examined the head. We've examined the pistons. We've examined every piece of this individually, this engine individually. But now that we've had a chance to look at those individual pieces, those individual lenses, we want to put it all together and see how the engine works altogether. It's not just this collection of parts, but there's something else entirely that happens when we look at it as a whole. So that's what we're going to do. Let's just to review real quickly. So we looked at a variety of different types of analysis and critical media studies in a couple different categories here. If you followed along first, there were the theories of the media industries. These include things like Marxist analysis, organizational analysis and pragmatic analysis that really have to do with the media industries. The way that the kind of the business of media and how these things get created in the first place and some of the different financial aspects and just the industry, the business of media in general. So we've looked at the theories that relate to those media industries. We also looked at some theories of media messages, how are things communicated through the media, including things like rhetorical analysis, cultural analysis, psychoanalytic analysis, feminist analysis and queer analysis. We've taken a look at all of those individual items, individual lenses. And so we've looked at critical media studies and how it operates through these different theories of messages, how we can be critical of those artifacts and examine those artifacts through the different ways that those messages are created from the creation standpoint and also through the interpretive aspect of it. So we just took a look at the different messages. And then finally we've taken a look a little bit at some of the different media audiences and discovered that the audience themselves is an important factor in examining these different media. So we looked at reception analysis, we looked at sociological analysis, we looked at erotic analysis and ecological analysis, all of which have to do with the audience's reaction and the various audience responses and the audience interactions with these different media. And what does that mean? What does that tell us as people who are examining this and looking at not only that artifact itself, but the impact of media on our culture in a broader sense and on just the individual audience members. So we took a look at a variety of different things related to the media audiences. So we looked at all these different categories, industries, messages and audiences and looked at lenses within each of those areas. Maybe the big question now though, we've taken a look at all these individual lenses. Like I said, we've got to handle on a lot of these or we've been introduced at least to a lot of these different individual lenses. But the big question is now what you have all this new knowledge, you have all these new perspectives, right? You can see the media in a variety of different ways than you could before, maybe or at least a few that you have gained some insight on and really have a new perspective on how we can examine the media and how we understand the media that we're taking in and that we're exposed to on a daily basis. But now what? What do we do with all this information? What do we do with these new perspectives? Well, I want to suggest a few. There are a couple of common ways that we look to apply critical media studies and look to the application of critical media studies. The first of which, the first level is media literacy, which is really just an understanding of what we mean by what, you know, where the media comes from. What the industry is that creates as we talked about those different theories of industry. But, you know, who makes the idea that media is created by someone and that there is a point here. So there's a message there somewhere. So being aware of those things and not just being kind of this, you know, mindless vessel that takes in media and never really thinks about where it came from, what it might mean or any other kind of, you know, subtle message or subtextual message that may be coming through there. But just having some basic media literacy, understanding the basic industry of the media and the basic principles of media and the purpose of media. We'll give you that media literacy so that we can have just that foundational level of analysis and examination when we come across media. We can step beyond media literacy and get into what we call media resistance, right? Sometimes we look at things like culture jamming and what's called culture jamming, which is essentially just ways to kind of resist media and to push back against media, indicating we have an understanding of where this comes from, what you're trying to do, and we're going to push back. We're going to resist. We're going to use your tools really against you in creating some of this resistance for the media. We see this sometimes in mainstream media. We see different programs push back or take shots at mainstream media. For example, those of you who may remember Stephen Colbert before he took over the late show after David Letterman's retirement, before he took over that more mainstream show, he had a show in between being on the daily show where he started and the late night show. He had this program called the Colbert Report, right? And it really was kind of a media resistance piece, almost kind of a culture jamming piece, because he really played a personality. That character of Stephen Colbert was, you know, a caricature of mainstream conservative media personality, a little over serious and said ridiculous things. And it was there for comedy, right? It was on Comedy Central and it was more educational than you might have thought. But at the same time, it really was a comedy program at heart. And so the Colbert Report, though, taking aim at the different mainstream, especially conservative media programs, there is a form of media resistance. And then you have more explicit forms of what we would really call culture jamming. The examples like this, which is obviously a play on the McDonald's marches, and talking about associating McDonald's with weight gain and obesity, just a general lack of health associated with that, but really playing on the familiar images of the Golden Arches and the McDonald's sign and things, and even the phrase, you know, instead of I'm loving it, I'm gaining it. And so you have some familiar things there, but really pushing back against mainstream media in that way. Another example of culture jamming here, a play on the Starbucks coffee logo, indicating just the high prices there and what you're paying a premium for that. And really that we're paying a premium for the logo that's on it, you know, a little bit for the coffee, but mostly for the logo that's on the side. So you have different types of media resistance that you can get involved with, you know, pushing back against the use of media for maybe what you might consider less than ethical or less than savory purposes. You can use that media itself to push back and provide some resistance here. Another way that we can apply critical media studies and a really fuller understanding of the media and the impact that it can have is through media reform. We can look at media reform. One, having, for example, right now that's hot on media reform, there's always media reform happening, but one in our current day and age, our present day and age really has to do with sort of policing social media. And should social media be policing itself? Should there be more governmental regulation of social media? What is what is not allowed?  So should the platforms be policing this themselves? Should they be responsible for that themselves? And surprisingly, many of them are arguing no. In fact, they're saying we don't really want the responsibility that we would rather have the government come in and do some of this. They should take some of the heat off themselves. But so, you know, those types of things for media reform, we can get involved in that. We can get involved in, you know, different standards and practices with the FCC and just, you know, making reforms in media. Now that we understand, you know, we've kind of pulled back the curtain, right? Like in the Wizard of Oz, we've pulled back the curtain. We see what's happening in these media outlets and things. So we can use that knowledge to enact media reform or fight for media reform that we see as necessary. But we can do any of these, we can do all of them. They're not mutually exclusive. It's not that you have to do all of them or you can only do one of them. You can do any combination of these. But the point is now that we have an understanding of this, of what's happening here with the media, a deeper understanding, a more full understanding of the media, how it operates and how it impacts us as individuals and as a society, that we ought to be more responsible about the way that we use that media, the way that we engage in media. And so we ought to be on the front end here. We ought to be the tip of the spear in helping people understand that and guiding those efforts. I hope that this exploration and critical media studies, this whole series has been fruitful for you. I hope it's given you a deeper understanding of the media and where it comes from, how it's created, how we can engage in it and how we can provide analysis in that. More importantly, I think I'm hoping that as I said at the very beginning of the series that you've learned how to think a little bit more and think differently and think more critically and see things from other perspectives. Again, not that we have to agree with those things all the time, but that we can see things from other perspectives now and we can understand that there is a perspective being demonstrated in the media at all times. And so it's our job as examiners of that media and consumers of that media to try and identify, okay, what is this perspective and how does that affect the way that it's made and the way that it's interpreted and the way that it impacts our society. So hopefully these are some of the things that you're more aware of now as we come to the conclusion of this particular series. As always, if you have any questions, I hope that you'll feel free to email me any questions about critical media studies. I'd be happy to answer any questions that I can chat with you about any topics that you still have questions about or comments over. Please feel free to email me and I'd be happy to chat about that with you. In the meantime, I hope you'll get out there and really utilize, open the door here. Don't just look through the peephole of what the media has to offer us, but open that door wide open so you can see the full picture and the full perspective and have a much deeper understanding of the media, both the benefits and the potential detriments to our life and just how media fits in as a piece of our overall lifestyle.


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Joining by Dr. Jenninger, president of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, on behalf of the German Bundestag and on behalf of all the German people, I wish to thank you, to you and the Congress for this proclamation declaring October 6, 1987 as German American Day. My country, Mr. President, and I myself consider this as a special honor and a visible token of the close ties which bind us. The foundation for this close relationship was laid more than 300 years ago. The Germans, who left to come to your country at that time, had one aspiration in common, the desire for freedom. To paraphrase Alexis de Tocqueville, the land they found seemed to have been held in reserve by God as if it had just emerged from the great flood. Over three centuries, German immigrants have found their particular place here in America. They became royal citizens of their adopted countries. They began to weave the many close ties which today holds the German and American people together in partnership and in friendship. Mr. President, we in Germany have not forgotten the helping hand of the United States after World War II. Nor can we forget how we were aided at that time by martial plan and by the initiative of care. But what is most clearly etched in our minds is this. It is due to our friendship with the United States and the Western Alliance that we ensure the blessings of peace and freedom. For future years, the same holds true. The unity of the alliance cannot be preserved without close unity with the United States of America. In an alliance which is oriented towards defense alone, it is a great political accomplishment to have maintained a strong military presence on another continent for more than 40 years. Since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded, more than 10 million Americans, soldiers and their families have lived in my country. Americans are doing this for the freedom which we share. Mr. President, let me carry one message to you and to the citizens of the United States. The overwhelming majority of my countrymen is in favor of the presence of American soldiers in our country and regards them as friends. We know that we can rely upon each other. Why are our political relations so stable? Above all, apart from our common security interests, they are stable because we share the same vision of freedom, the same vision of human dignity and human rights, and because we are committed to democracy. Though Americans and Germanies may differ on certain reasons, they agree on the important question of our commitment to freedom. Now here is this more clearly demonstrated than in Berlin. It is a decisive importance that your young citizens get to know each other better. This realization led to the US exchange program agreed between the German Bundestag and the United States Congress. We know from bitter experience that ignorance leads to the justice and misjudgment. We must guard against both of these to assure the German-American friendship will endure in the future. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, if we continue along this path, I need not fear for the future of our two nations and peoples. Thank you very much. Thank you, President Jenner, Ambassador van Veld, Senator Lugar, and distinguished guests. Some say this is German-American day. I don't know. Seeing the band here in costume, I'd say it is Oktoberfest. As the President has told us, it was 304 years ago this coming week that a small band of Mennonites disembarked from their ship the Concorde in Pennsylvania. They made their way from Philadelphia to what is now Germantown, where they established the first German community in what is now the United States. Since that time, German-Americans have helped forge the ideals and dreams that have built our nation. It was a German-American, John Peter Zenger, who first fought for and established the tradition of freedom of the press on this continent. The colonial governor charged Zenger with libel, and Zenger's defense was that he had printed the truth. He won and the principle he established lives to this day that the press can and must be free to tell the truth. Freedom and the opportunities that freedom brings have been enduring themes in this German-American story. In 1830, one young German engineer wrote eloquently of his yearning for freedom, in particular the freedom to try new ideas and pursue new dreams. He had seen the bureaucratic restrictions on commercial freedom in Westphalia, where he had found his first job after graduating from the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Berlin. No project could go forward, he wrote, without in his words an army of counselors, ministers and other officials discussing the matter for ten years, making long journeys and writing long reports. And a few months after arriving, he wrote, I have found all that I sought, a free, reasonable democratic government and reasonable natural relationships of the people toward each other.  Well, the writer of those words was named John Robling, and he designed and with his son built one of the greatest monuments to engineering in American history, the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been sold many times or attempted to be sold by certain individuals. Yes, America's genuine heritage is rich. It is deep and fertile. It's helped nourish and cultivate our national heritage, our national accomplishments and our national ideals. And that's why I'm so happy to have all of you here today. I remember back when I was a boy in Illinois up near the Wisconsin border, the German heritage was displayed with pride. The German language at that time was the second most widely spoken language in the nation. Here in America, German Americans have helped give our nation its freedom, optimism, enterprise, and its love of peace. Today, this heritage is Germany's as well. A common dedication to democracy, freedom, and peace ties America and Germany together. It is the bedrock on which our alliance has been built. And it's why our people have made the sacrifices to build and maintain our military strength in the face of the missiles and armies of the Warsaw Pact. In the last six and a half years, we've stood firmly together. And now as a result, America may be on the eve of an historic agreement with the Soviet Union. I remember too many times to count that my arms reduction proposals were not serious. After all, the Soviets would never agree to actual arms reductions, certainly not to the zero option for U.S. and Soviet intermediate-range ground-launched nuclear weapons. The agreement toward which America and the Soviets are now moving is not happening because we, America, Germany, and our allies have been weak, but because we've been strong. And it is, as you know, nothing short of historic. Never before has an agreement actually abolished an entire class of U.S. and Soviet nuclear missiles. Never before has either side retired top-of-the-line, smanking new, mint-quality missiles. I don't know just when I'll sit down with General Secretary Gorbachev to sign this agreement, but I look forward to that day. None of us should ever forget, however, that all that we've achieved for world peace could never have happened without the strong alliance and friendship between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany.  As you know, I've nominated Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. I've been very clear about why I want Judge Bork on the high bench. Robert Bork believes that judges should interpret the law, not make it. And he believes that as time the court showed less compassion for criminals and more for the victims of crime. There's been a lot of misstatement spread around about Judge Bork and civil rights. It's time to set the record straight. Robert Bork has an outstanding record on civil rights. As Solicitor General, for example, he convinced the Supreme Court for the first time ever to extend the protection of federal civil rights laws to purely private contracts. Those who've been distorting his record have said over and over he's going to turn back the clock on civil rights. It's amazing they can find a room big enough for them to get in front of the cameras. Their noses must be so long by now. It's time to say a few words about the way the confirmation hearings have been conducted. Our founding fathers intended the courts to be above partisan politics. But in the last few weeks, we've seen an attempt to turn the confirmation of a justice into a partisan issue. No expense has been spared and we all know the reason. A few special interests consider the courts their private preserve. Communities all over the nation have seen how these special interests get through the courts what they can't get through the ballot box. Now the special interests are determined to pack the Supreme Court and to distort the reputation of anyone who disagrees. Some say they're compromising and demeaning the judicial selection process. I hope we haven't come to a time when good men and women are afraid to accept nominations to the bench for fear of the kind of treatment we've seen the last few weeks. This is no longer a battle over whether the most qualified man nominated in a century is confirmed to the Supreme Court. At stake here is the integrity and independence of the American system of justice. So I hope that before you leave Washington all of you will take time to let your senators know that you want to see Robert Bort on the Supreme Court. Forgive me for taking advantage of this opportunity. Well, there she is. Well, I'll bet you right now she's wondering if I put some sunblock on my face before I came out. I did. She can't hear me. Well, now to get back to the matter at hand. And that means there's a proclamation for me to sign. It's my pleasure to present to you a little token of our appreciation. It's a historic document in its own right, printed in 1770 by the President of the United States, proved beyond the shadow of the participation of German immigrants in the culture and life of the country. It's the German version of the Declaration of Independence. Thank you. German version of our Declaration of Independence. It's a historic document in its own right. And we thought that the President might like to have it as a memento of this day and of our thanks and appreciation for signing the Declaration as the proclamation, which honored German Americans everywhere and German Americans of all times. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of German Americans and especially the Society for German American Studies, which first initiated this resolution for German American Day, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to you for today's proclamation. We would also like to present to you in gratitude thereof a history of the German Americans of Cincinnati since this is the city where the idea was first presented and is symbolic of the many communities in our country that will proudly celebrate October 6th as German American Day. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much.


Welcome, folks. We had the Dow industrials finished down 225, NASDAQ off 174, S&Ps off 30, option expiration out here today. High volatility, folks. The NASDAQ got traded down 1.7%, the S&Ps off 1.2, and the Dow industrials off 0.7 to 1%. Gold. Gold contract continues to go higher with conviction. We had the gold contract up $25.50, $16.46 an ounce, silver also up $0.15, $18.47, you get the gold contract and an ABC structure up, $1705 is your price projection, silver you're at $18.47, $18.88 is the swing high that's going after. Oil. Down $0.54 straight and $53.34 a barrel, let's go over to that oil market. We had some volatility inside of the oil stocks, folks, saying that the oil contract is going to go to lower price. The highly integrated big cap oil companies have been going down for quite some time, still going down. The contract itself doesn't look that bad. The contract today got the $52.55, a rejected lower price. It looks to me like the contract itself basically was going to try to build a little bit of cause up here and we'll see what it can get higher price. If we go over to ExxonMobil, what you're going to see is that on a longer basis these things are in trouble. Exxon broke, well it's been a one way ride on Exxon. We go back three months and it was at $71 here at $59 right now. So big numbers. Notes and bonds, they're the story out here. We had the 30 year break all time lows today. The 10 year right now was up 13 ticks here at $131.27. We take a look at this 10 year, what you're going to see on the aspect of the rate structure is that we are at 1.46 right now and this thing looks like we're going to go after the all time low which was in July of 2016 which is 1.31. If we break that folks, bottom line we're going a lot lower. What you have here folks is this, this is where I'm getting this price projection. This would be an ABC down because the A point on the 10 year is 3.2, your B point is 1.4. So you've got bottom line is 1.6 and we're 1.9 so it would be like positive by 3 tenths of 1%. That's how this is shaken up. Have a great weekend folks, have a safe weekend, come back and visit us right here. Good morning, 8.30 in the morning, Tommy kicks us off, morning market kick off, great program. Wee! Look at him folks.


welcome back to another blog miss vlog if you're new here my name is Cara do not forget to like comment and subscribe and today is going to be an exciting day because me and Royale are shooting today I love Royale that's my boy and he always wants me to shoot with him so I'm like yeah let's do it cuz I was supposed to shoot with him if you watch my blogmas day one I had a situation where I was supposed to do a intro for blogmas but so we're just gonna do a shoot today so I have to do hair makeup today I'm getting my makeup professionally done today cuz I was like you know it if we don't know if I don't shoot you might as well go full throttle okay we might as well get the whole glam squad okay I'm going to get my hair done I'm gonna do a updo I wanted to do like the wedding curls like the finger waves like the pin curls but Royale was like no you should do a updo with like a bang and up and I was like okay I'm gonna get that done later on today but first I'm gonna be on my way to a lymphatic drainage massage at Forma Beauty I had a package with them so I just go every now and then I'm gonna get my measurements because somebody is making the dress today I gotta go pick up the shoes I'm gonna wear in the shoot I'm pretty excited so even though it's so gloomy outside I'm still in a good mood to do it you know cuz normally I'm good I'm good for y'all I'm good for me to be like we can just push it we can just push your bag are you sure you want to do today but something is like no we finna do it today I feel good pretty excited to get my lymphatic drainage because I want to be skinny skinny girl but and also got to get our nail done I do have to go to somebody else other than Tim cuz Tim is booked and busy but I'm just gonna get like a regular color I'm not gonna get any design cuz I don't want to cheat on my boy so check him with y'all once we get to Forma Beauty and it's right up the street wait we're doing like full legs and stuff oh we don't have to do that oh yeah like stomach this is a full hour so whatever you want to do we usually do full body but if you just want to focus I never get my legs I mean I don't hear your problem is no but I can I've never they never did it on me swear okay so I just do it will take like a couple minutes to just see if you feel the majority of it is just okay but you can just take our clothes off and you can leave your panties on feel pretty use the disposable okay so I'm going to get changed never gotten my legs done but when I just walked outside to come in here the rain maybe I might catch this I'm getting so I just got out of my lymphatic drainage it was so good she was like you went down a lot and I was like and yeah I just like the form of beauty staff they're so nice and friendly every time I go and also if y'all want to go try out form of beauty as well all you need to do is go use my coupon code Kyra 50 to get 50% off on your first treatment there so you can just go there say current sent you say that I want to use my Kyra 50 half off and just go try it out and see how you like it because next time I go I'm going to I just booked an appointment and I'm gonna try the skin tightening that they have I want to use it on my stomach and my arms and my back just to see how that works because they show me the before after baby baby girl snack she had like a little pouch after I think she was like after pregnancy or something and they it's called the Veno I'll get more information when I go back again but yeah she had like a Veno the Veno treatment and she had like a little pouch baby right after that pouch really disappeared and then they showed me her back rolls girl she had like one from three to one to that's major so cannot wait to try that out next time but I'm on my way to go meet Roya now because I did ask her if she could take my measurements girl I don't even know how today is gonna go okay because I have to get this dress still made and I got a few measurements out of homegirl cuz she measured my waist and that was it so yeah so Roya has to come to my house and take the rest of my measurements and then we're gonna go to FIPS because I need to go take that Dior bag to Dior because they have me messed up like Dior like these expensive bags are just so like delicate and it's just so annoying so my purple Dior bag the many one it had broke when I was in Miami so I need to take that back so I forgot it so I have to go home anyways so he's gonna meet me so we can get these measurements really quick and I gotta do some stuff for my video anyway I have to put some links in for today's vlogmas but it's already uploaded so so yeah this weather's trash I'm just checking with y'all once I get to home and also oh my god y'all the other night Aliyah just called me she was like forgot your boot in my car and I was like oh that's crazy cuz I was literally gonna call her and asked her is my boot in there cuz I'm like where's my other boot and she called me that was funny that night was wild boy that night was wild being with Tasha and Aliyah is just like something I cannot describe we'll always say oh no we only want one drink baby and be out until whatever in the morning and be so messed up but it's all good it's all play play fun and games so you little boot but anyways so yeah I'm gonna be on my way home and then I'm gonna wait for royal to come okay he's here he's gonna take my measurements y'all cuz like I told y'all homegirl couldn't take all my measurements at forma I'm sorry oh my god sorry I can't believe I'm here the famous the one at home who ain't gonna post it I'm here to measure camera okay he's here he's gonna take my measurements cuz we have a Christmas shoot to shoot today and I can't wait so how long is this dress gonna take um two hours no workable professionals yeah yeah so yeah guys um I have to see what measurements I need just get with me a second care carousel my YouTube not coming out my vlog not coming out so I won't try to tune in cuz it's definitely coming out it's her so I'm using this time right I decide and she's gonna set a minute and let me tell you so right you like my blog you like my blog on I say how the car let's try this again cuz that's not how you talk about supermodel again I need you to meet my family get some energy oh my god it's a gloomy day outside that's why I love tomorrow and that's why I love tomorrow so 15 is like really tight do you want some space all right so it's 15 and a half my head so her head is a little bit the shoulder down to her knuckles it should be like 25 26 should I start where should I start what we're at the shoulder should I start her shoulder the tip of her shoulder right here so her knuckles 25 25 and a half so if you knew that why you asked me to do it from her waist down to how long you want to dress huh all the way down the way it looks in the picture real tight and so so start it's like tighten the new flares it should be like 16 17 17 that's it you're done today use like a like a but I really appreciate you for like last minute stuff like we can push it no we're not pushing that I'm talking shit no we're shooting today I don't want to rush him though don't be pressured you know who this is pressure you better tell she don't know who you are she will today okay are you gonna put like I didn't know I'll figure out like the fabric that is that like a sequence sequence because the idea wins on top she know you to go she know that which the black on the black dress yeah that's cute you know the family but not not with that on now how the top yeah I wanted to be like all covered at the top so it's like classy I don't know I just want to make sure that I said hey the designer knows what you want he already knows so stop repeating I'm dropping this video you know she's calling me Kelly Jenner Kelly Jenner you lying what's your idea are you coming yeah let me see the DM it seems real real I feel like you're lying is he lying y'all he's saying he's shooting Kelly Jenner so y'all I'm on my way to go get my shoes I'm gonna wear for the shoe and then I'm gonna get my nails done and then I'm gonna get my hair done and I just ask the makeup artist if she can come to Royal Studios studio 21 so but yeah say two for the beat because we looking to miss so I'm in the mall looking to miss I just came from Dior and I am getting the shoes I'm gonna wear the shoe on my hair to miss so then we're gonna go get our nails done and I think I'm gonna do red like red like fire nails so I'm just waiting for her to bring me the shoe but yeah I'm gonna miss okay y'all so it's a dilemma so the shoe they didn't have it at sex but they do have a 38 and a half and at the Jimmy Choo store but I I know I'm not gonna fit it but it's just it's just for a picture so it's really doesn't need to fit cuz the 39 was on my foot but it wasn't on my heel all the way but you can't really tell until I like my turn or something so I'm gonna just go there to see if I can just fit the shoe like in some way and yeah because this is crazy I didn't think I was gonna have to do this and then I still have to go get my hair done and then I still feel like I should just hop in the shower real quick because I've been running around and I also had a lymphatic drainage and they put oil on you so I want to get that off of me mm-hmm this a lot and I'm hungry I'm starving but I'm just trying to drink water cuz I gotta like snatch I'm just going going through it this one do photo shoots because it's just like oh my gosh I wish I would have just had everything but I don't but I'll definitely keep y'all updated for sure so fingers crossed I don't know I don't know there's really no fingers crossed cuz I can't fit the shoe regardless so and then no this is a better thing okay try this one too cuz I want to sit once you stand up on this I want to see with the back of the heel hits on that for you there's about to just oh that's cute I love this it's a 40 that's glamour and glitter right there okay now stand up on it for me let's see I want to see what a 40 looks like and that other one is a 41 because I have a wide foot but you're a man well it doesn't matter it's our mid it's the way we're made it's so good y'all saw I just got my hair slayed by Deja so now I'm gonna make my way home and then we couldn't be on our way to the shoe okay y'all so I just put up to the shoe I had go home and freshen up you need to tell me I smell good anyway we just pulled up y'all gonna see the set it's too raw that's not even my name you're disgusting so I'm gonna squeeze myself in the corner that's crazy no you don't he's gonna edit all that out yeah we're shooting from this way that's crazy I don't even know how I'm finna pose but I'm just going to tell people how to pose yeah okay but my skin is looking good okay that's okay mm-hmm okay let me introduce y'all to the behind-the-scenes production yeah what's your name Shawn Craig okay what's your Instagram Shawn Michael Craig what do you do here royal eyes studio do all the video period that was the goat he is the goat go go go go okay anyways so what's your name knock it show us this one shine shine I'm just showing y'all that Roy is not a one-man show but go ahead I'm shine my Instagram is shine the score in I'm assistant shooter period I do everything basically no I'm just a husband no what was the line you told me it was a whole line we had to do I was like you say all them I was like you ice I ain't got ice today I'm gonna calm today you know Sam while I'm at work I'm trying to be why you got you are interested more than you know anyways are y'all I'm just waiting for the making artists to come the hair is it's pinned up right now but before the shoot okay well that's your block yeah that's fine this is the real impact ATL so that's a designer this cadet I have everybody's Instagram link down below period so is it clear or now you're gonna pull it out you always think you got so you want to do it now the fitting I could do it now before I start my makeup yes start and yeah we're about to start this holiday look what's a trendy one y'all making a lot of content right now okay oh my god your skin yeah like I'm okay let's do I'm sorry I'm sorry okay that's cute okay that's cute it's so cute same yes and then go back to it put your hand over the camera oh wait okay okay oh you gotta see my face yeah okay oh wait so that the background yeah okay yeah you already have on your face thank you oh what's the girls yeah even now she's just like gorgeous yeah if you comment she was that exactly how she would respond right now she showed me her page and I was like oh my gosh you she has the best nails thank you that's a comment so sorry that's a lot of right going on maybe that was a good thing I didn't get red shoes yeah I mean it would be like red kill like red like over red beach over head beach no bitch no she's never been to Wisconsin you know everything about there about yeah we say about a boat a boat we don't say that no they don't say about who did you hear that from is that Connecticut it's it gotta be okay maybe that's okay so there's no accent okay I like them I know you made that dress so fast I was literally like and I'm really good for like the weather today really was like but so I don't know God gave me the strength to get everything done so what were you doing before running around with my first I had to work this morning then I had to go get my nails done I had to wait for Roy to come to my house to take my measurements then I had to go to the store and get my shoes and then they couldn't find the size so I ended up staying there for an hour wasting time that I had to call another Jimmy Choo and see if they had a shoe of my size went over there where they closed then I had to go get my hair done and then my nose and now I'm here oh and I took a shower I'm glad it was layered because I was kind of busy too how long you've been doing makeup for two years yes it is okay but I hate when people say that I'd be like no right like I mean they say all the time they like that's sandy spring I'm my girl is hailing I said I'm six seven you're looking at the school you know everybody I know you don't be having fun what you are that's so funny no play with you don't play oh you're the only one I've said that your excuse and the camera for oh oh that's where I work oh yeah that's who to my hair that's pretty yeah my hair was already installed but she I like how she's so young but like you know I still give the like wrong bars yeah but it's like you're no you're actually like okay let's get into your eyes this is so exciting wait let me give y'all a little close up the face be it's giving mmm she's mad she's there okay even yeah go ahead this is that's fine because I like masquerade so pretty so dainty okay let's do okay let's do the black liner my camera battery is dying okay your glam is glam so we're about to start shooting you already thanks to you that's cute tag me I just got home and y'all because bless cadets heart bless him but he burnt me and I'm very Olivia baby please DM me on Instagram you are the giveaway for last videos giveaway so you will be able to choose what gift card you want you need to just DM me on Instagram DM your Instagram literally right now so yeah you are the giveaway winner so for the question for the next giveaway is going to be the question is gonna be what ingredient did I used to make my vegan cookies as an egg replacement so that's gonna be the answer you have to comment down below and leave your Instagram please cuz I don't I'm not able to contact you through here I need to contact you through DM on Instagram so make sure you leave your Instagram handle and also yeah so just comment everything down below and yeah like I had a positive attitude but it's just annoying cuz it hurts like my neck hurts didn't burn me like literally also story on days um cadet actually updated well he touched up my hair after my makeup after a day just out it and he was nice enough to touch up my hair and this was an accident but love him still but a burn I gotta wait to heal and I already don't heal right but anyways yeah back to the vlog but other than that the shoot was successful my makeup is deep hair is cute Deja did her thing she styled this but yeah I'm just so exhausted like I'm so tired so I'm gonna what the it looks like a big thing in my head huh lordy I'm just why like why did this have to happen anyways I'm about to go to bed I'm tired I've been running around all day I'm just ready to get in the bed and relax so I'm just gonna take a shower if you have any lashes like this let me take them off if you have any like lashes that are fluffy like so please send them my way like I feel like this is like my signature lash I obviously have to cut only like them on the ends that's like gonna be my look so yeah so if you have those lashes let me know I'm gonna take this makeup off and I'm going to bed and I'll see y'all tomorrow in the next vlog and we might be doing a little traveling so we'll see but I love y'all so much and I'll see you on next video


Every little boy's dream well that's obviously a fire engine but this is a very special fire and tell us about some of the features on it. Absolutely it's a 1965 comma it's owned by the three of us which is why there's three of the boys dream. We're a Taronga based team. The lads are in the team come from right throughout New Zealand. We've been doing the bash collectively for around 50-60 years which is an interesting number for an event that's In terms of the guys on board themselves we've got Steve from Steve's plumbing and gas, Jeff Butler from Mount Maunganui language he did and myself principally we're the three owners and our company is proper thing up. And what about your motivation for getting involved in the bash in the first place and I'm sure it's the same for the rest of the team. Three words mate. Smiles on kids faces forwards. You come in here every year and you saw a little boy this morning getting his bike for the first time. Mate we're the last day of the bash and there's tears there's no dry eyes in the place. It's a wonderful thing to be a part of. You could not be. So when you stop at schools I noticed that kids love to get in the fire engine and up on that top deck. Yeah they do and sometimes we can get about 10 or so team on here at the end of the stage but we can get a heck of a lot more kids than that up the back. It's just when you go to a school of 300 odd it takes a wee while to rotate them through but kids do love getting up on top there putting the old fire helmets on screwing some water around and getting their photos taken which is lovely. That's one of the points I was in.  Oh indeed in fact it's one of our favorite characteristics come along to the bash every year and it doesn't matter whether you're north on south on what time of year is what time what temperature it is. Water is very much a part of our contribution and kids just absolutely love it. They do. Now tell us a little bit about your sponsors of the vehicle and of your team on the bash. Yeah I mean the other sponsors are the other lads themselves but the overall team is sponsored by BDO Accountants in Taronga. They've been very very generous over the years they've just run a golf tournament for us we run another race day they're really really good to us and you couldn't hope for a better sponsor.


Call the order the 26th regular meeting and the last meeting of the 2008-2009 Common Council. As is tradition I will have the city clerk Sue Richards read the quote of the evening. Thank you. Cherish your yesterday's dream your tomorrow's but live your today's. Tomorrow belongs to those who fully use today. Roll call. Boren. Here. Balk. Excuse. Decker. Here. Gisha. Here. Hanna. Here. Heidemann. Here. Kittleson. Here. Clayunas. Here. Mayer. Excuse. Montemayor. Here. Rinflaich. Here. Ryan. Here. Surrick. Here. Vanderweal. Here. Verhasselt. Here. And Wongamon. Here. Go ahead. I've got 13 present. Thank you. I'd ask that Alderperson Clayunas lead us in the pledge. 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. I would entertain a motion for the approval of the minutes. Alderman Boren. Thank you Mr. President. I move to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Chair votes aye. Public forum. Resignations. Oh I'm sorry. Resignations. Apologize. Attorney McLean. Thank you. I've got letters from three different members of the Mayor's International Committee. Jose Starnella advising that he decided not to renew his commitment for the next council year so his resignation be effective April 30, 2009. I need a motion to accept and file. All in favor say aye. Aye. Chair votes aye. Dieter Helm's resignation effective Wednesday April 15th. I need a motion to accept and file. All in favor say aye. Aye. Chair votes aye. And Val Brisa also resigning from the International Committee. I'll need a motion to accept and file. All in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you. First on our list this evening is Jeff Schucho. If you could come up to the mic please. And Jeff can I have your home address. Okay and you will have five minutes sir. Thank you. I just wanted to come today and I know in the news lately there's been an awful lot of down things about our economy. This council, the city, the state, federal government were all up against a lot of big struggles but I thought it'd be interesting to share some positive news and little things that a lot of people may not notice going on in our area. I run a very small business that I'm starting out and working to establish right here in Sheboygan and I engaged a couple of years ago in a abatement program for an area community along the Lakeshore that being the city of Kiwani. The city in implementing this program found out that while they started saving a lot of money with their department of public works but what I didn't anticipate was what we've experienced this spring. A news story was run last fall which I believe was on Channel 5 and one or two other stations which I have a copy of and this news story was promoting the success of their tourism development and what was being done to clean up their riverfront and their lakefront areas. And what I've been amazed to see this year and I just wanted to let the city of Sheboygan and other communities know too that this is this could be possible in many areas where there are problems is that for the last three to four weeks already their boat ramps are crammed. There's people trailering boats there and fishing streams of boats going out on the lake and coming back in. It's really an impressive sight for a lakeside community like that and I know this city is working towards those sorts of goals and I think what the resources that you have here in this community in the people that if you set your sights on on some of these things like development of the Aerospace Museum possibly getting the Edson here boy be wonderful to really jump start our tourism and really move things forward here. I'd love to see that take place here as much as I am in other communities that I'm getting engaged with now and I just wanted to share a little bit of good news on that in that regard that there are good things happening here and with a lot of the job losses we really need to I'm afraid steer our governor and some others representing us in the right direction which they haven't been of late. Thank you very much. Thank you. And last this evening is Tom Bowers. Tom if you could come up to the mic please. Address? Yes I do need your address. 2120 North 36th Street. And you will have five minutes sir. Thank you. Well it's always good to hear good news. Mr. Sukho we can certainly use it. Tonight I would like to speak to you on some projects Sheboygan, Wisconsin I found on the internet. This were shovel ready projects which were submitted to the mayor's conference 2008 which year marks for Sheboygan 40,624,000 dollars. Here are a list of the projects. I imagine that this came from the mayor and maybe the council. Number one construction of a pedestrian bridge over the Sheboygan River costs seven million dollars. People voted on this. 81% voted no. Number two performed sanitary sewer linings of various segments of the city sanitary system. A $300,000 project. 87% people voted yes. Development of a high end technology park within the city limits. Costs 15 million dollars. 74% voted no. Purchase additional land to expand Sheboygan business center. 70 million dollars. Costs 70% voted no. Eisner Avenue reconstruction including bicycle lanes. Roadway improvement. Costs 7 million dollars. I'm sorry 3,838,000 dollars. 61% voted yes. 10th street in Florida Avenue flood mitigation including storm sewer curbing and road improvements. 2,160,000 dollars. 71% of the people voted no. Central business district district street and flood mitigation improvements. 2 million dollars. 53% of the population voted no. Indiana Avenue street reconstruction including reconstruction of storm sewers. Costs 675,000 dollars which seems very low but anyway 76% of the people voted yes. Now I don't know if this is the project that was voted on last week or not but anyway 76% of the people voted for it. Replace old windows city hall. Costs 300,051% of the people voted no. Additional police officers on the street to deal with street crime. 750,000 dollars. 58% of people voting voted yes. Eliminate or reduce bus fares for one year to increase ridership. 500,000 dollar cost. 88% of the people voted no. Purchase new energy efficient transit buses to replace age buses. 500,000 dollar cost. 68% of the people voted no. Add additional bus routes to metropolitan areas to allow persons to get jobs outside the city limits. 350,000 dollar cost. 69% voted no. Provide feeder service, bus routes to central business district. 250,000 dollar cost. 58% people voted no. Now this is only a outline and I would imagine that this is set in stone because this is probably the earmark that has been allocated for Sheboygan and I don't know if this is the total amount or not. One thing that I know that I would like to see created in Sheboygan for the not only for the roadways but for sewers is maybe create a tiff district. This way with the tiff tiff district it would eliminate some of the blight maybe on Indiana Avenue and would help these people pay for some of these very expensive sewer repairs and road repairs. We were going to be faced in the next year, two years, three years a very serious shortage of money. So if any of this money can be allocated towards us I'm hoping that these projects are not set in stone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Tom. That's it this evening. Thank you so. We have the consent agenda and I'll Vice President Boren. Thank you Mr. President. I move to accept and file all our O's and accept and adopt all our C's and pass all resolutions and ordinances. Thank you. That's 26-1 and through 26-30 and we'll need a roll call on that. Discussion? Dan. Thank you. Thank you. I just had a question on document 26-29. If I recall correctly from reading the document at the last meeting this is a there's no current bid on these two trucks that we're looking to purchase. It's a single axle dump truck and a single axle truck chassis. This is working off of an old bid from 2008. Is that correct? I think you're correct. All the person clueless. Thank you. Yes it is but I understand that the bid has not changed. The price has not changed. It's the same price as it was last year. They were giving us the same deal. Have we rebidded I guess to the entire group? I mean I understand that's probably the case with this provider but if we were to offer it out to three or four worthy providers would they be more competitive? I mean being in the I guess in private industry since last year sometime many whether you're in the soup business or the nuts business people have gotten a lot more competitive with the economy that we're currently in. So I'm just curious if we offered it all out. What the result might be? Do we have an answer for that or do we know? All the person kiddles. Thank you Mr. President. I was going to ask if we could have a director Bill Absolutely. You just want to see if I can work this board. I know what you're up to. Last year the city did five traditional or major snowplow trucks. There's some differences but they're pretty much the same unit. Because of that large number we felt the prices were very competitive. We now have the opportunity as you indicated because of the economics we have there's several vendors involved in packaging a truck that comes through our door ready to use and all vendors involved were willing to hold last year's prices at the group bid. It's our judgment if we bid out one truck we will probably not get prices of this nature. That's a judgment thing the only way to prove is to bid one out and if they're higher they're higher and if they're lower they're lower but our judgment is that because of the group and the large purchase which is five of these trucks we have the best bid is what we got last year. Questions for Bill? Thank you Bill. Any further discussion? Any discussion on any other items? Roll call. Vander wheel for Hasselt and Wongamon. 13 ayes. Thank you. Communications and petitions to be to be referred 2631 to public protection and safety of the new council. Report of officers 2. I need a motion to accept and file 2632 by the city clerk submitting a communication from the march of dimes requesting permission to hold their Sheboygan march for babies a three mile or six mile route on Saturday April 25th. Vice president Boren. Thank you. Motion to accept and file. Discussion? Attorney McLean. President Hannah I believe want to approve this tonight. I guess my suggestion would be to accept and adopt rather than file I think it's a little ambiguous accepting and filing as to whether you're approving it or not. Vice president Boren would you in your second. Thank you. Attorney McLean. Any other discussion? Hearing none all in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. 2633 by the city clerk granting various license applications. I'll need a motion to accept and file. All in Boren. Thank you, Your Honor. Do we need a motion to that's a report of officer to move to that the report of officer be accepted and placed on file? Is that the correct motion? Okay so moved then. Second. Thank you all the person. Discussion? We'll need a roll call. Sure. Decker. Gisha. Heidemann. Kittleson. Cleonis. Montemayor. Rinfleshe. Ryan. Zurich. Vanderweal. Verhaselt. Wongamon. And Boren. 13 ayes. Thank you. To be referred this would be 2634 through 2643 except we are pulling 2643 and the companion referral of 2650. We have additional okay I'm sorry resolution two I'm sorry resolutions introduced three. I'll need for 2644 all the person Kittleson. Thank you Mr. President. I would move that the resolution be put upon its passage. The second. Thank you. Discussion? Under discussion I think this is just a resolution authorizing our Director of Public Works to solicit bids for the Western Inceptor. Thank you. Just a general resolution. Any further discussion? We'll need a roll call. Yes that's fine. Gisha. Heidemann. Kittleson. Cleonis. Montemayor. Rinfleshe. Ryan. Zurich. Vanderweal. Verhaselt. Wongamon. Boren. And Decker. 13 ayes. Resolution passes. Resolution 2645 by all the persons Ryan and Bauk. All the person Ryan. Thank you Mr. President. I move that the resolution be put upon its passage. Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Resolution passes. We'll need a suspension on the next one. Resolution 2646 by all the person Gisha, Cleonis, Montemayor, Boren, Bauk authorizing an amendment to the General Engineering Services Contract with ACOM dated July 11th 2008. All the person Gisha. Thank you Mr. President. I ask for suspension of the rules with an explanation. The reason for the need of suspension is this is some additional work being done on the project. It's a time sensitive project you can see by the dating on the document and the this would release funds that are already set aside for this project. Do we have any objection to the suspension of rules? Can we just move on to the resolution? Thank you. I move that the resolution be put upon its passage. Second. All the person Verhas. Thank you Mr. Chair. I was just curious if there could be just a short and sweet explanation as to exactly what this is, the ACOM. All the person Cleonis. Yes. This is a company that gives us general engineering services because we don't have a city engineer and we just need to extend the services for the section. Is that satisfactory? Thank you. All the person Cleonis. Roll call. Any other discussion? Roll call please. Heidemann? Aye. Kittleson? Aye. Cleonis? Aye. Montemayor? Aye. Rinflesch? Aye. Ryan? Aye. Zurich? Aye. Fanderwheel? Aye. Verhaselt? Aye. Wongerman? Aye. Boren? Aye. Decker? Aye. And Gisha? Aye. Thirteen Ayes. Resolution passes. Resolution 2647 by Alderman Gisha. Authorizing an amendment to the flood control project engineering service contract with ACOM dated August 13th 2008. I think you'll need to suspend this one also. All the person Gisha. Thank you Mr. President. I ask for suspension of the rules. Second. Any discussion? Any objection to the suspension? Hearing none. I move that the resolution be put upon its passage. Any further discussion? We'll need a roll call. Kittleson? Aye. Cleonis? Aye. Montemayor? Aye. Rinflesch? Aye. Ryan? Aye. Zurich? Aye. Fanderwheel? Aye. Verhaselt? Aye. Wongerman? Aye. Boren? Aye. Decker? Aye. Gisha? Aye. And Heidemann? Aye. Thirteen Ayes. Resolution passes. Resolution 2649 by Alderman Gisha that the city undertake certain actions to reduce the number of preventable drownings and near drownings in the city. Alderman Gisha. Thank you Mr. President. Once again and there will be a following document I ask for suspension of the rules. I'm sorry. Second. Any objection? Please proceed. You're doing quite well Alderman Gisha. Just so everyone understands the suspension of the rules who happens to be listening tonight or in attendance. This is to move $70,000 from the general contingency fund into the parts improvement fund so that we can have certain water safety measures that the committee took up and requested adopting for in time for our summer tourism and beach season. So this is this is in response to the committee the committee report on water safety. Alderperson Ryan. Thank you Mr. President. I think it should also be noted that the $70,000 that's being allocated for this hopefully we will not incur that entire cost. One part of this that is going to be incorporated into it is a five five minute water safety video that we hope to show on the screens at the Marcus Theater all summer long and also the brochures that will go out etc all of the the literature regarding this program we will be looking for a sponsor for. Now we're hoping that this video has a 10-year shelf life so to get a sponsorship on every movie screen all summer long for 10 years probably is worth a buck or two so hopefully we can knock this $70,000 down significantly. Thank you Alderperson Ryan. Alderperson Claylons. Thank you Mr. President. Can I ask how much is left in the contingency fund that would be for this year? I think we'll be very short answer but I think Terry would be best answer. Terry? After this there'll be about 80,000 I believe left in the contingency. Any questions for Terry? That's after this dispersion. Thank you. Any further discussion? Call for a roll. Clioness. Hi. Montemay Orr. Hi. Rindflige. Ryan. Hi. Surik. Hi. Vanderweal. Hi. Verhassell. Hi. Longamon. Hi. Bourne. Hi. Decker. Hi. Gisha. Hi. Heidemann. Hi. Ann Kittleson. Hi. Thirteen Eyes. Motion passes. Resolution 2648 again by Alderperson Gisha. Authorizing the transfer of appropriations in the 2009 establishing a temporary appropriation for water safety task force and recommended improvements. This resolution will require a two-thirds vote. Alderperson Gisha. Thank you Mr. President. I ask for suspension of the rules. Second. Any discussion on the suspension of the rules? Hearing none please proceed. Thank you. I move that the resolution be put upon its passage. Any discussion? Alderperson Clioness. Thank you Mr. President. I want to say thank you to the committee for doing this work. It's very thorough and I think you know it's a needed thing and the timing is important at this time because hopefully summer will come. In due time. Any further discussion? Hearing none I call for roll call. Montemayor. Hi. Rinfleisch. Hi. Ryan. Hi. Zurich. Hi. Van Der Wiel. Hi. Verhasselt. Hi. Wongaman. Hi. Bourne. Hi. Decker. Hi. Gisha. Hi. Heidemann. Hi. Kittleson. Hi. Ann Clioness. Hi. Thirteen Eyes. Motion passes. To be referred 2650 which of course I'm having pulled through 2652. Reports of committee 6. 2653 by law and licensing. Recommend the denial of the Taxicab Driver License Application 8187. Vice President Bourne. Thank you Mr. President. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted. Any discussion? Under discussion Mr. President is Jose Mozo here tonight. He's not here your honor. Mr. President. Mr. Mozo had an opportunity to appear before our committee. He declined. In fact he called me and made an oral withdrawal of his Taxicab Driver's License Application. So for that reason we voted just to make things clean that we denied the application. Thank you Vice President Bourne. Any further discussion? Hearing none a roll call please. Rinfleisch. Hi. Ryan. Hi. Zurich. Hi. Van Der Wiel. Hi. Verhasselt. Hi. Wongaman. Hi. Bourne. Hi. Decker. Hi. Gisha. Hi. Heidemann. Hi. Kittleson. Hi. Clayunas. Hi. And Montemayor. Hi. 13 ayes. Report of committee passes. To be referred 2654 through 2655. Report of committees 7. 2652 by public protection and safety making a favorable recommendation regarding the water safety task force report that the city of Sheborgen undertakes certain actions to reduce the number of preventable drownings. It's 2656. 2656. Near the city. I need a motion to accept and adopt. Discussion. Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Report of committee passes. Report of committee 2657 by finance making a favorable recommendation regarding the water safety task force report in the city of Sheborgen undertakes certain actions to reduce the number of preventable drownings and near drownings in the city. I'll need a motion to accept and adopt. A second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. RC passes. RC 2658 by law and licensing recommending the denying of taxicab driver's license application 8175 based upon the applicant's record of convictions and substantially related to the licensed activity. Vice President Boren. Thank you Mr. President. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted. Second. Discussion. Under discussion. First of all some housekeeping thing. This is actually Madame City Clerk. This is actually a beverage operator's license not a taxicab. We did catch that at the L&L meeting. Okay. Thank you. And then the gentleman has an interesting name. His first name is Mr. So I have to say is Mr. Mr. Harshman here tonight. He's not here your honor. Mr. Harshman also had an invitation to appear before our committee. He declined to go through the process and called me and I believe also the city attorney's office to withdraw his license application for the beverage operators. So again just to make it clean we voted unanimously to deny the license application. Thank you Vice President Boren. Any discussion? Requires a roll call. Please. Ryan. Aye. Zurich. Aye. Vanderwheel. For Hasselt. Aye. Wongamon. Aye. Boren. Aye. Dekker. Aye. Giesha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clayunas. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. And Rindfleisch. Aye. Thirteen Ayes. Great. Report of committee accepted. To be referred 2659 through 2660 those will be referred to the new council. Report of committees eight. Resolution sorry report 2661 by finance recommending the authorization venturing to a contract for the 2009 concrete sidewalk program and passing the substitute resolution. All the person Giesha. Thank you Mr. President. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted and the substitute resolution be put upon its passage. Thank you. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Zurich. Aye. Vanderwheel. Aye. For Hasselt. Aye. Wongamon. Aye. Boren. Aye. Dekker. Aye. Giesha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clayunas. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. And Ryan. Aye. Twelve Ayes one extension. Thank you. Report of committee accepted. To be referred 2662 matters laid over 11 RO number I'm sorry 2564 RO number 4670809 by the city clerk submitting a communication from the government accountability board awarding the municipal clerk $2,500 to be used for elections. I need a motion to accept and file. Vice president Boren. Thank you Mr. President. Motion to accept and file. Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? RO accepted. Resolution I'm sorry 2541 resolution number 2450809 by Alderperson Meyer extending the listing on the Little Red School House at 1116 Huron Avenue from April 2009 through December 2009. I'll need a motion to put the resolution upon its passage. Vice president Boren. So moved Mr. President. Second. Discussion. Alderperson Kittleson. None. I'm okay with it. Thank you. Any other discussion? Alderperson Cleonis. Thank you Mr. President. Just out of interest has anyone expressed an interest in this property? Little Red School. Please come forward. Thank you Paulette. Thank you Mr. President and Council. We have had interest in the property. Very low interest but when we have received offers offers have been so low that they haven't been accepted so we continue to market it. Any discussion any questions for Paulette? Thank you Paulette. Thank you. Any further discussion? Hearing none roll call please. Vanderweal. Aye. Verhassell. Aye. Wongerman. Aye. Boren. Aye. Decker. Aye. Gisha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Cleonis. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. Ryan. Aye. Nsirk. Aye. Thirteen Ayes. Resolution passes. Thank you. 2565 resolution number 2460809 by Alderperson Meyer authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute an agreement for the shared town of Wilson city of Sheboygan dog park. I'll need a resolution to put upon passage. Alderperson Rindfleisch. Thank you. I'll make that motion to put the resolution upon its passage. And I have a second. Alderperson Montemayor. Thank you Mr. President. Well the dog park is almost here. One last step that we need to take and I'm so glad it's almost here. Yes it is. Thank you. Any further discussion? Roll call please. Verhassell. Aye. Wongerman. Aye. Boren. Aye. Decker. Aye. Giesha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clayunas. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. Ryan. Aye. Sirk. Aye. And Vanderweal. Aye. Thirteen Ayes. Resolution passes. 2553 general ordinance 850809 by Alderperson Hannah Heidemann, Kittleson, Rindfleisch and Ryan. Alderperson Rindfleisch. Thank you. I move that the general on this be put upon its passage. Discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Wongerman. Boren. Aye. Decker. Aye. Giesha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clayunas. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. Ryan. Aye. Sirk. Aye. Vanderweal. Aye. And Verhassell. Aye. Thirteen Ayes. General ordinance passes. Thank you. 2555 general ordinance 860809 by Alderperson Giesha, Clayunas, Montemayor, Boren, and Bowell, creating section 2-874 of the municipal code entitled Special Assessment Payments in Installment. I need a motion to pass the ordinance. Alderperson Giesha. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the ordinance be put upon its passage. Discussion? Hearing none. Roll call please. Boren. Aye. Decker. Aye. Giesha. Aye. Heidemann. Aye. Kittleson. Aye. Clayunas. Aye. Montemayor. Aye. Rindfleisch. Aye. Ryan. Aye. Sirk. Aye. Vanderweal. Aye. Verhassell. Aye. And Wongerman. Aye. Thirteen Ayes. General ordinance passes. We move now to other matters authorized by law Attorney McClain. Alderperson. Before we do so I know we have pulled items 2643 and 2650 but as they are on the agenda do we need to act on that? They weren't pulled before their agenda was made. Not sure what the President's intention was to pull those. It was told to me that the purchasing agent was given wrong information for both of those documents so he wanted them pulled to redo them to get the right information so we're just pulling them. Okay I just noticed because it was on the agenda. They need to be corrected. Right it was just notified to us. So do we need to refer it back or just let it be pulled? We're just going to it'll be recorded in our records that it was pulled and new ones will come forward. Very good thank you. Thank you Alderman. Attorney McClain. 2663 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting a communication from Denise Jones owner of Tray Shit boutique stating her upset over the city charging her for parking spaces on the riverfront asking to have four spaces marked in front of her business specifically for her business use. That's referred to transit. 2664's communication from Paul and Barbara Gruber regarding the plan resurfacing project on Geely Avenue from 3rd street to 6th street and stating that most of the residents are opposed to this. This gets referred to the public works of the new council. 2665 is an arrow by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending June 30 2009 and June 30 2010. That gets referred to law license of the new council. 2666 is a resolution amending the composition of the information services excuse me information systems steering committee so as to add the city assessor ex officio as a non-voting member. Referred to the new common council. 2667 is an RC by the special committee on risk management recommending that various documents be referred to the new common council. That is referred to the new common council. 2668 is an RC by the special committee on risk management recommending that the documents referred to the special that the enclosed documents be referred also to the special committee on risk management of the new council. That is referred to the risk management committee of the new council. 2668 is an RC by the special committee on risk management, recommending that the reporter committee be referred to the new common council. That is referred to the new common council. Before we adjourn, Vice President Boyle. Thank you, Mr. President. If I could just have a moment. I want to thank my friend Dan Verhassel, three years of service on the council. Dan and I toured southwestern and southeastern Wisconsin back before the new police station was built. So we had a chance for some mail bonding on those on those trips, which also included, in fact, I think it was two trips that James will Dan, wasn't it? One was to look at their police department, which was also a Sabanash project, and then also a chance to look at their dispatch center. So we put on a lot of miles that summer. I also want to thank you, Dan, for reviving earlier this year the possibility of doing joint dispatch. I was happy to join you in that effort. And it may take three to five years to come to fruition, but I think we're on the right track with that. And it's also been a great pleasure tipping a couple of guinnesses with you after the meetings. So thank you very much, Dan, for your service. I'm going to take the floor for a minute. First off, I would like to really express, I'm sure, the gratitude of the entire common council and the citizens of Sheboygan for Mayor Perez's efforts over the last four years. He did a remarkable job in keeping the city budget in balance, keeping taxes reasonable and declining. We finally have a police station. We almost have a dog park. Mayor Perez was tireless in his efforts. He worked very hard. He had the best interest of Sheboygan in his heart, and we wish him all the best going forward. All the person, Ryan, thank you, Mr. President.  You know, he told me when I was running for office after the primary, he said, you know, if you win, it's very lonely when you get there. He said, it's a very lonely job. He said, there's people coming after you all the time. And, you know, I think it would be nice if, you know, the people, the supporters of Mayor Perez and the people who did not support him, lend a kind word to them, maybe send them a card, give them a phone call, and tell them that we appreciate all the efforts that he has made for the city over the last four years, because he did put everything that he possibly could into doing the best job as being, best job at being mayor that he possibly could. So I thank him for that. Thank you. Thank you. All the person. Motion to adjourn signed. I have one more comment. Very close. But I would be remiss if I didn't express the optimism that so many council people have come up to me, and we're looking so forward to your leadership, Mayor Alec Ryan. There's a good feeling in the city. There's a positive feeling. We can already tell since the election, how are you going to go about doing business? And we are, we are very excited to work with you. So congratulations, Bob. All the person in flesh. I believe it is tradition as well. For the county council, the outgoing members to be allowed to have say a few words. So we do have one today. All the person for hassle. Thank you, fellow Alderman, Mr. Ryan Flesch and President Hannah. Yes, I would like to take a few minutes here and just thank the community and thank this body for the last three years. It's truly been an honor and a pleasure working with this group. Boy, it's come a long ways in the last four and five years when I consider the time that I first got on the council or at least was thinking about getting on the council, just the quality of the depth of this council. Really appreciate that. You know, a lot of people asked me over the last three months, am I looking forward to leaving having all this extra free time and that sort of thing? And you know, and honestly, I can say I have mixed feelings about it because there's a lot of good things that have happened here, but a lot of inviting challenges in the year ahead that I would love to be a part of. But on the flip side, I've got a beautiful wife and two very, very energetic little boys. They're looking forward to a little more time at home. So I honestly look forward to that. It's been fun and rewarding. And we've had some very good debates here over the last three years. And that too, I think, I hope everybody found those rewarding and useful as well to just increase the quality of our decision making at the end of the day. And I hope I served that purpose to some degree that was able to bring more information out onto the floor. I've always tried to keep our constituents, number one, when thinking about different resolutions that are on the council floor here, try to vote to benefit the citizens. But at the same time, you know, I've obviously been challenged by the focus occasionally of trying to grow our government. You know, it's a concern of mine that I think we need to try to manage the growth and focus on issues that actually help benefit the citizenry much more than it helped benefit ourselves. I too would like to thank Mayor Perez for the work he's done the last four years. Again, like more love him, I challenge anyone to look at his predecessors for a better record of fiscal restraint. And I send a friendly challenge to Mayor-elect Bob Brian in the same way. It'll be a challenging four years from a fiscal standpoint. So I'd like to thank Mayor Perez for his work. I wish my successor, Julie Kauff, all the best. I think she's still here. There she is over the next two years. And I have a vested interest in that. Obviously she will be my alderman starting tomorrow. So again, I'm very interested in seeing her succeed. Again, I'd like to wish Mayor-elect Brian all the success here in the next four years. And with that, I'll say thanks and good night. I would also like to thank Alderperson Meyer for her years of service to the city. She again was a hard worker dedicated to the city and will miss her energy. We certainly look forward to Tom Bowers joining us in the next two years with that. All the person among them. That's a hard act to follow. I also would like to wish Alderman Ryan the best of luck. Or Mayor-elect Brian, bigger pardon. With that, I make a motion to adjourn signed die. Do I have a second? All in favor say aye. Opposed? Thank you very much.


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