On this Tuesday evening, Mayor Lois called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. starting with roll call. Roll Call: Kent Strong, Thomas Vos, Robert Miller, Peter Girolamo, and John Thate. Aldermen Joel Jacobsen, John Ekes and James Beardsley were excused. Also present were: City Administrator, David Torgler; Department of Public Works Utility Manager, Connie Wilson; Department of Public Works Utilities Supervisor, Dick Pieters; Department of Public Works – Streets and Parks Supervisor, Larry Gobel; Police Chief, David Walsh; Fire Chief, Dick Lodle; Library Director, Gayle Falk; City Attorney, Thomas Kircher; Kapur & Associates, Tom Foht and Building Inspector, Patrick Scherrer.

Citizens Comments – None.

Approval of Minutes – Alderman Thate moved and Alderman Girolamo seconded to approve the minutes of October 3, 2006. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Ordinance 1815(19) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending the official traffic map by creating a mid-block pedestrian crossing on McHenry Street 230 ft. northerly of it’s intersection with St. Mary’s Street and expanding the existing No Parking Zone. Alderman Vos questioned whether pylons could also be used at this crossing to further aid in pedestrian crossing. Mr. Larry Gobel, Department of Public Works – Streets and Parks Supervisor stated that his department would look into it and it could be given a try. This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Proposed Compost Site changes – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to proposed changes to the City’s Compost Site. City staff has assembled a survey of local municipalities regarding landscape waste services provided to area residents. Based upon this information, and the high cost to maintain our existing landscape waste drop-off site and brush pick-up services, staff has prepared a recommendation for consideration to: a) restrict access to our municipal drop off center to City residents, b) to staff the drop off area when open it is open to the public, and c) to reduce our brush pick-up program from twice monthly to once monthly. Several concerns were raised regarding the proposed limitation in hours and the budget allotted to man the drop-off site. Mayor Lois suggested that if the Compost Site is manned, all non-City residents should be charged some sort of fee for usage. After much discussion, it was determined that Alderman Vos and Girolamo agreed to work with Mr. Gobel to come to a workable situation for the compost site. This issue will move forward to a future Committee of the Whole and City Council meeting for consideration.

Discussion of Garbage Service Renewal – Mayor Lois and the Council gave consideration to renewal of the garbage service contract from Veolia Environmental Services to extend our existing Solid Waste Hauling Contract. Veolia proposes to increase the solid waste collection fee by five percent, effective January 1, 2007, and by the CPI-U for the Greater Milwaukee Area SMSA, for calendar years 2008 and 2009. The City has not had a rate increase since November 8, 1996. A survey conducted of surrounding municipalities demonstrates that the quoted rate is competitive. This issue will move forward to a future Committee of the Whole and City Council meeting for consideration.

Resolution 4051(39) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to a resolution approving Amendment No. Two to Task Order No. 46 with Kapur & Associates for a cost not-to-exceed amount of $16,051.00. This task order would amend the Commerce Street project service agreement for anticipated engineering services associated with the State of Wisconsin and Federal Governments requirements. The additional engineering costs include coordination and completion of archaeological and historical investigations, redoing the temporary limited easements to conform to non-local requirements, two-way traffic coordination, public meetings regarding two-way traffic configuration and preparation of as-built drawings. This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Resolution 4050(38) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to a resolution approving a Certified Survey Map (CSM) for lands lying east of Bridge Street and south of the State Street Bridge (Riverwalk Plaza). This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1814(18) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending Section 315-26F "Building Height" in the B-1, Neighborhood Business District of Chapter 315 "Zoning" of the City of Burlington Municipal Code increasing the maximum allowable building height to 60 feet. This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1801(12) – Mayor Lois and the Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending sections of the Zoning, Subdivision of Land, and Parks and Public Areas chapters of the Code of the City of Burlington to align with State and FEMA mandated floodplain provisions. Administrator Torgler wanted to update the Council on the three changes recommended from the Plan Commission. Those changes are: 1) any letters of map revisions would be identified in the appendix, 2) the City Engineer would calculate the loss and the developer would provide for compensatory storage and 3) and a note in Appendix B that a letter of map revision was adopted by the City several years ago. It was also noted that there was a discrepancy in the number of this ordinance. Administrator Torgler stated that this would be looked into. This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1813(17) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance to repeal and recreate Chapter 284, Tattooing, of the Code of the City of Burlington and Sections 315-26 and 315-27, to permit tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments in the B-1 and B-2 Zoning Districts. This issue will move forward to the November 9, 2006 City Council meeting for consideration.

Other Matters – None.

Adjourn – Alderman Miller moved and Alderman Thate seconded to adjourn. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

Recording Secretary – Angela M. Hansen