1 COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF MILWAUKEE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In the Matter of: Competitive Adventures, LLC Class B Tavern and Tavern Dance and Video Game Center License CHRISTINA M. ELLIOT, "Jersey's Pub" 4014-4024 South Howell Avenue * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Proceedings had and testimony given in the above-entitled matter before the COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF MILWAUKEE on the 21st day of December, 2010. 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 ARENA LAW OFFICES, LLC, by MR. ANDREW P. ARENA, 3 1110 North Old World Third Street, Suite 515, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203, 4 appeared on behalf of Jersey's Pub. 5 MR. ADAM STEPHENS, 809 North Broadway, 6 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, appeared on behalf of the City of Milwaukee. 7 8 * * * * * 9 I N D E X 10 Statements By: Page 11 Attorney Arena..................................... 6 12 Attorney Stephens.................................. 13 13 Exhibit Identified: (None) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 2 PRESIDENT HINES: For the next several 3 items, we will use the services of the court 4 reporter. Let the record reflect that the court 5 reporter has been sworn in. 6 Will the city clerk please identify the 7 next items before the Council? 8 CITY CLERK: Item No. 4, the Licenses 9 Committee recommends approval of File No. 100617, 10 motion to approve the recommendations of the 11 Licenses Committee relative to licenses. Included 12 in the file are the following recommendations: 13 Renewal with nonrenewal of the extension 14 of premises due to an amendment to the license plan 15 of operation to not permit consumption of beverages 16 outside of the tavern buildings on the premises' 17 exterior decks based on neighborhood testimony, 18 License Division staff testimony and the police 19 report of the Class B Tavern and Tavern Dance and 20 Video Game License of Christina M. Elliot, agent 21 for Competitive Adventures known as Jersey's Sports 22 Pub and Grill and 4014 Lounge for the premises at 23 4014/4024 South Howell Avenue in the 14th 24 Aldermanic District. Written objections have been 25 filed. 4 1 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you, Mr. City 2 Clerk. 3 Have the members of the Common Council 4 read the report and the recommendations of the 5 Licenses Committee and the exceptions filed in this 6 matter? Roll call, please. 7 CITY CLERK: Alderman Hamilton. 8 ALDERMAN HAMILTON: Aye. 9 CITY CLERK: Davis. 10 ALDERMAN DAVIS: Aye. 11 CITY CLERK: Kovac. 12 ALDERMAN KOVAC: Aye. 13 CITY CLERK: Bauman. 14 ALDERMAN BAUMAN: Aye. 15 CITY CLERK: Bohl. 16 ALDERMAN BOHL: Aye. 17 CITY CLERK: Coggs. 18 ALDERWOMAN COGGS: Aye. 19 CITY CLERK: Wade. 20 ALDERMAN WADE: Aye. 21 CITY CLERK: Donovan. 22 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: Aye. 23 CITY CLERK: Puente. 24 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Aye. 25 CITY CLERK: Murphy. 5 1 ALDERMAN MURPHY: Aye. 2 CITY CLERK: Dudzik. 3 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Aye. 4 CITY CLERK: Witkowiak. 5 ALDERMAN WITKOWIAK: Aye. 6 CITY CLERK: Witkowski. 7 ALDERMAN WITKOWSKI: Aye. 8 CITY CLERK: Zielinski. 9 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Aye. 10 CITY CLERK: Mr. President. 11 PRESIDENT HINES: Aye. 12 CITY CLERK: 15 ayes. 13 PRESIDENT HINES: 15 ayes, 0 nos. 14 Alderman Bohl moves that the Common 15 Council resolve itself in the Committee of the 16 Whole -- I'm sorry, before we do that -- 17 CITY CLERK: Is Christina Elliot or her 18 counsel present, and if so, do they wish to address 19 the Council? Counsel is present. 20 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. 21 Again, Alderman Bohl moves that the 22 Common Council rise, resolve itself in the 23 Committee of the Whole for the purpose of hearing 24 oral arguments on behalf of the licenses and 25 opposition to the report and recommendations and a 6 1 statement presented by the city attorney. Any 2 objection? Seeing and hearing none, we are now in 3 the Committee of the Whole. Each side shall be 4 limited to five minutes and the arguments shall be 5 limited to the subject matter of the report and the 6 recommendations and written objections. 7 With that being the case, please identify 8 yourself for the record. Again, you have five 9 minutes. 10 ATTORNEY ARENA: Thank you, Mr. 11 President. Members of the Common Council, my name 12 is Andrew Arena, Arena Law offices, LLC. I'm here 13 representing Competitive Adventures, LLC, and the 14 registered agent, Christina Elliot. 15 The license in this particular 16 establishment came to an end on December 15, 2010; 17 she has been closed. I'm going to submit to you 18 that you have to take a close look at this file. 19 And what you have to consider is, is this record 20 really enough to put the people out of work at this 21 point in time? There are seven to ten employees: 22 accountants, purveyors, suppliers, these are all 23 people affected by this decision. 24 When I represent these types of 25 establishments, I go to the locations. I talk to 7 1 the people that are working there. I get their 2 perspective. And in this location, these are 3 family people with children, and they rely on this 4 business to have an ability to support their 5 families. I would submit to you that in this 6 location, these people, if this was such a terrible 7 place, would not work there. 8 Let's look at some of the issues here. 9 There was a special use granted for a volleyball 10 court since 1994 at this location. That special 11 use expired on June 9th of '09. That special use 12 was not renewed and an application was not filed at 13 that time. Up to that point in time, volleyball 14 was not played. At some point in time, the Common 15 Council granted an extension of premises to cover a 16 deck. 17 On July 12th of this year, thereabouts, I 18 was contacted by my client, and she asked me, 19 "Well, we're not playing volleyball, but can we use 20 the deck?" I did advise her that it was my opinion 21 that I believe that a special use was granted for 22 the use of serving alcohol on the deck, contact the 23 City and get their opinion. The City was 24 contacted, they were informed that, "Yes, your 25 license says you have a special use." 8 1 What had occurred here is that the 2 Department of Neighborhood Services took the view 3 that because the word "deck" appeared in the BOZA 4 application, that automatically required a special 5 use for the deck and the volleyball court. 6 Citations were issued, we took those citations to 7 court. And the court agreed with the licensee that 8 there was no violation, there was no requirement 9 for a special use permit to have alcohol on the 10 deck. 11 In order to solve or appease the powers 12 that be, an occupancy permit was once again applied 13 for for the deck for special use, for the extension 14 of premises was already granted by the Council. 15 That occurred, and the deck was now left unused 16 until Labor Day weekend. 17 So one has to wonder really, what were 18 the issues that caused people to complain about the 19 operation of this location? And I would submit to 20 you that I've submitted to the Committee and 21 submitted partially in this record, and I believe 22 it's in the record, CAD reports. And we subpoenaed 23 seven police officers to testify to the Committee; 24 we only had time to hear from, I believe, four of 25 them. They all agreed and were in a resounding 9 1 agreement that there was nothing in their 2 estimation that rose to the level of real problems. 3 Several officers said that they had been there and 4 they checked for noise -- 5 PRESIDENT HINES: One minute. 6 ATTORNEY ARENA: -- approached from 50 7 feet away; no noise. 8 There was a, what you would call; what I 9 call, a red-herring issue of whether or not there 10 was some sort of collusive agreement. We submitted 11 a report done by WTMJ4. It showed the licensee in 12 the premise. She is there, present every day. She 13 may have had some help from a fiance' that was 14 probably ill-advised, but she asked him to do 15 certain things: mostly driving people in the 16 shuttle bus to Brewers games, cleaning, stocking, 17 those sorts of things. There was no evidence that 18 anybody else was in charge at the premises. And I 19 submit to you that there was not anybody else in 20 charge of these premises but the licensee, 21 Christina Elliot. 22 There was some evidence that that 23 particular individual is subject of a revocation 24 proceeding. There's some question -- we did have a 25 probation agent there to testify, we ran out of 10 1 time, but I can submit to you that -- 2 PRESIDENT HINES: Please prepare to wrap 3 up. 4 ATTORNEY ARENA: Okay. Thank you, Mr. 5 President. 6 I can submit to you that that individual 7 is out of the picture. If somebody has questions 8 on that, I can go into more detail on how a 9 revocation works. 10 The bottom line here is, if you look at 11 my submission, you have to conclude that there 12 really is no reason not to have some sort of 13 amendment to allow alcohol on the deck; the limited 14 hours, number one. 15 And number two, I'm going to ask for this 16 body to make a decision on the first part of my 17 objection, which concerns a motion as it relates to 18 the gentleman of the 14th District. 19 With that, I'll thank you for your time 20 this morning, and I'm available for questions. 21 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. 22 The chair recognizes Alderman Dudzik. 23 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Thank you very much. 24 Good morning. I just have a couple 25 questions: one, because I'm fairly familiar with 11 1 the area, but I'm not 100 percent familiar with the 2 area, could you tell me what the closest resident 3 is, I believe it would be to the east, northeast? 4 ATTORNEY ARENA: The location is on 5 Howell Avenue. The location makes up two 6 buildings. In between the two buildings there is a 7 yard. I don't know the exact dimensions of that 8 yard, but it's, I believe, a pretty 9 substantial-sized yard. On the back side of what 10 would be the lot line of this location, there is a 11 ten-foot tall wooden fence, and on the other side 12 of that fence, there are yards and houses. 13 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: So is it safe to say 14 that there are residential properties within 50 15 feet of this location, building proper? 16 ATTORNEY ARENA: When you say "50 feet," 17 are you saying 50 feet of the lot line, or 50 feet 18 of the building? 19 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: I think I said 50 feet 20 of the building proper. 21 ATTORNEY ARENA: 50 feet of the building 22 proper. I would say, probably not 50 feet; it's 23 probably more than 50 feet. 24 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Because I noticed one 25 of the things that you mentioned is, we have 12 1 families and children involved from your client's 2 end, and I imagine that's true for the residents 3 around there. 4 You also mentioned that there would be a 5 considerable amount of hardship if we were to go 6 forward with the recommendation of the Committee, 7 which is a renewal and nonrenewal of the extension 8 of premises, what -- do you have any grasp, or 9 maybe your client can tell you real quickly, what 10 is the amount of business actually generated from 11 the extension of premises? Are we talking 50 12 percent of her business is generated from that 13 extension, or ten percent, or exactly what are we 14 talking? 15 ATTORNEY ARENA: It is substantial. 16 Outdoor dining has become the norm. It is very 17 important to the welfare of all citizens of the 18 City of Milwaukee. And the only number that I can 19 give you is that I was told that $40,000 in revenue 20 was lost over the summer. So their, the revenue 21 was $40,000 less this summer than it was the year 22 before. 23 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: And to the point of 24 your client being the manager of this particular 25 location, she does the hiring and firing of all 13 1 personnel? 2 ATTORNEY ARENA: She does hiring, firing 3 of all personnel. She is on the location, present 4 there nearly every day. I'm sure occasionally 5 there are commitments; she does have children, and 6 she may have, you know, a different commitment here 7 and there, but she is there operating on the 8 premises. She testified to that fact, and she 9 testified to seeing the neighbors regularly walking 10 by down the sidewalk walking their dogs, which, in 11 my mind, wasn't adequately denied or addressed by 12 those residents. 13 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Thank you very much. 14 PRESIDENT HINES: Any additional 15 questions of the attorney? 16 ATTORNEY ARENA: Thank you, 17 Mr. President. Happy holidays to all. 18 PRESIDENT HINES: We will now hear from a 19 representative from the city attorney's office. 20 Please identify yourself for the record. You have 21 five minutes. 22 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: Thank you, 23 Mr. President. Good morning, members of the Common 24 Council. Adam Stephens, assistant city attorney. 25 This matter was before the Licenses 14 1 Committee on December 7th of this year. There are 2 two paragraphs in Paragraphs 5A, 5B of the 3 Committee Report which set forth the factual 4 findings of the Committee that would lend this body 5 to come to the conclusion that a warning letter 6 could be issued relative to an allegation of a 7 collusive agreement involving the licensee. 8 In an amendment of the plan of operation 9 to restrict the use and consumption of alcoholic 10 beverages on the exterior deck, as was previously 11 mentioned, this premise is somewhat awkward in the 12 sense that there are two physical buildings that 13 are attached by a wooden deck. Both of those 14 buildings and the exterior deck are, and have been 15 for some time, in the plan of operation as the 16 licensed premises. The amendment that was offered 17 by the Committee, that was approved by the 18 Committee and recommended to this body, would limit 19 the consumption of alcohol on that exterior deck 20 that connects the two buildings. 21 I would just ask that the Council make 22 its decision today based only on the facts that are 23 set forth in the two Paragraphs of 5A and 5B 24 relative to the testimony by several neighbors as 25 to noise and disorderly behavior and consumption of 15 1 alcohol on the public sidewalk, as well as the 2 testimony by staff of the Licenses Division where 3 there was some evidence offered that the licensee 4 was not properly operating the licensed premises as 5 required. 6 With that, I would be happy to answer any 7 questions that Council has. 8 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. Are there 9 any questions of the assistant attorney, City 10 Attorney Stephens? Chair recognizes Alderman 11 Puente. 12 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Thank you, 13 Mr. President. 14 When you say "several neighbors 15 testified," can you be a little more specific? Was 16 it 2, 20? 17 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: Three, I believe. 18 There were three neighbors, one of which lived in 19 the residence immediately to the east of the rear 20 lot line of this, and I believe another neighbor 21 who lived around the corner on the same block. 22 ALDERMAN PUENTE: And the third one? 23 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: I'm sorry, the first 24 two were married. I believe they were a married 25 couple living in the same house, and the third 16 1 neighbor lived in a different house. 2 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Anybody speak in favor 3 of this location? 4 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: There was evidence 5 offered by the licensee. There was a landlord that 6 owned the building adjacent to this building, that 7 she supports the business and that her tenants 8 support the business. 9 ALDERMAN PUENTE: So there was one person 10 in favor; three different individuals that were 11 opposed? 12 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: There may have been 13 others in support, if I recall correctly, but I 14 can't, Alderman, at this point, tell you how many 15 neighbors testified in support. 16 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Thank you. 17 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. 18 Alderman, did you want to respond? 19 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Just one question. 20 Were there any residents there to testify in favor 21 of the license; residents? 22 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: I don't believe so. 23 I do recall the landlord of the building next door. 24 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. Are there 25 any additional questions of the assistant city 17 1 attorney? If not, thank you. 2 ATTORNEY STEPHENS: Thank you. 3 PRESIDENT HINES: Alderman Bohl moves 4 that the Committee rises. Are they any objections? 5 Hearing no objection, so ordered. 6 Are there any motions relative to these 7 matters, any motions relative to these matters? 8 The chair recognizes Alderman Tony Zielinski. 9 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Thank you, 10 Mr. Chairman. 11 What's being distributed is a portion of 12 the transcripts relating to a question as to 13 whether or not a certain individual who is alleged 14 to be involved in a collusive agreement was going 15 to have any role in this bar during the course of 16 the next year. And if you look at Line 18 of the 17 transcript, the licensee is recorded as saying, 18 "Zero. He is revoked. He is looking at remaining 19 in prison for a minimum of five to seven, a maximum 20 of 13 to 20 years right now. His parole officer is 21 here to testify to that effect." You will also 22 find another memo from the parole officer, who left 23 that meeting early, and in the memo it reads, "This 24 is in response to your request for information 25 regarding my offender, Rodney Las. He is currently 18 1 in custody at MSDF, and is awaiting an alternative 2 to revocation of his parole. He is placed in 3 custody, he was placed in custody on 11/20/10 and 4 will remain until he completes his sanction. The 5 amount of time in custody is in the area of 5 to 12 6 months. This time is not precise as there are many 7 factors that come into play." But we're 8 looking in the ballpark of 5 to 12 months. Again, 9 if you look back at the testimony under oath where 10 it stated that he could be in a prison up to 20 11 years, now, this evidence calls into question the 12 findings of fact that was presented for this body 13 to make a determination on this license. 14 And because of this conflicting 15 information, I would move to send this matter back 16 to Committee. And my motion would include that we 17 just discuss this matter before the Committee and 18 not take up other matters that we previously 19 discussed. Thank you. 20 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. The motion 21 is to refer it back to Committee. Are there any 22 discussions relative to refer back to Committee? 23 The chair recognizes Alderman Puente. 24 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Thank you, 25 Mr. President. When does this license expire? 19 1 PRESIDENT HINES: It expired on the 15th 2 of December. 3 ALDERMAN PUENTE: So in essence then, 4 they're not operating right now? 5 PRESIDENT HINES: That is correct, 6 Alderman; they're not operating right now. 7 ALDERMAN PUENTE: So then the next -- if 8 this would go back to Committee, when is the next 9 Licensing Committee hearing, and would it be 10 scheduled at the next one, or -- 11 PRESIDENT HINES: January 5th is what I'm 12 informed. 13 ALDERMAN PUENTE: So just 20 or 21 days 14 of suspension just in that, and we're looking at a 15 warning letter versus 20 days? Is that my 16 understanding right now, they just have a warning 17 letter? 18 PRESIDENT HINES: Correct. 19 ALDERMAN PUENTE: All right. Thank you. 20 PRESIDENT HINES: The chair recognizes 21 Alderman Donovan. 22 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: Thank you, 23 Mr. President. 24 I -- in ten years that I've been here, I 25 don't think I've voted against what the aldermen 20 1 may have wanted. Most especially, if it's 2 referring back to Committee if it's an issue in 3 their district. But I've watched bits and pieces 4 of this, read the transcripts, I've talked to some 5 of these individuals. Something is not right here, 6 Mr. President. I don't know what it is. But we 7 have a situation where I think, for whatever 8 reason, this tavern, this location, has been 9 brought under some rather harsh treatment over the 10 years for little or nothing. There may be one 11 resident who is very much opposed to this, her 12 husband -- well, cripes sake, if my wife was 13 opposed to something, I would be doing what she 14 wanted too. 15 PRESIDENT HINES: People don't believe 16 that, Bob. We're going to have to verify that with 17 her. 18 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: She's the real boss. 19 But I've heard testimony, quite frankly, 20 where there were threats made to this license 21 holder about coming after this license. That, and 22 the individual recused himself then from voting on 23 this at Committee, I mean, that concerns me. 24 Secondly, quite frankly, Mr. President, 25 to force this place to close now by sending it back 21 1 to Committee, that is going to impact them 2 significantly. And they were just issued a warning 3 letter after three or four hours of testimony. 4 Last year they got a 45-day suspension; 5 questionable. 6 Quite frankly, I've seen taverns, I've 7 seen locations here in Milwaukee where there have 8 been shootings and violence and major disruptions 9 to neighborhoods getting far, far less. 10 So it's making the Council -- you know, 11 when I consider all of the decisions made by this 12 Council that have then been taken to court, and 13 there are injunctions pending on five or six 14 licenses already, I'm concerned about all of the 15 impact on how this is affecting our authority to 16 rule on these issues. People are beginning to 17 question a lot of what's going on. 18 So I think it's inappropriate. I'm going 19 to vote against sending it back to Committee, and I 20 would urge my colleagues to do so as well. Thank 21 you. 22 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you, 23 Mr. Chairman, the chair -- thank you, Alderman 24 Donovan. 25 The chair recognizes Alderman Witkowski. 22 1 ALDERMAN WITKOWSKI: Thank you, 2 Mr. President. 3 I would say that it is inappropriate to 4 go back to last year's hearing and say it was an 5 inappropriate suspension back in those days, if you 6 want to see the record to see who voted against 7 that at that time, saying it was inappropriate. 8 Having a district across the street and 9 having, living a half-a-block away, there have been 10 problems at this establishment. And I even stopped 11 in there last time to bring a problem to their 12 attention, which they didn't address. 13 So I just wanted to comment that there 14 hasn't been an unjust pursuit of someone's license. 15 There have been problems, there was a warranted 16 suspension. And I wanted to correct that record 17 from my point of view. Thank you. 18 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you, Alderman. 19 The chair recognizes Alderman Puente. 20 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Thank you, 21 Mr. President. 22 I have to correct myself. I had asked 23 when the next Licensing hearing would be; in 24 reality, it would be when the next Common Council 25 is. That is how long it would take for them to get 23 1 their license back with whatever decision. So that 2 would be 35 days that they would be without a 3 license and not operating. 4 Do we know why the license expired on the 5 15th? Did they file late? That's very unusual 6 too. I'd like to address that 7 PRESIDENT HINES: Yes, Alderman, that was 8 the case; they filed late. 9 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Okay, thank you. 10 PRESIDENT HINES: Thank you. 11 The chair recognizes Alderman Zielinski. 12 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: I'd like to start 13 off by providing a little bit more detail to 14 Alderman Puente's question about why this is late. 15 Originally, the licensee came in and wanted to add 16 Mr. Rodney Las as a licensee on this particular 17 license, even though last year she testified before 18 the Committee that she was going to have nothing to 19 do with him after she pursued domestic violence 20 charges against him in the bar, ultimately dropping 21 it. But she made it very clear last year that he 22 was to have nothing to do with the bar. And he's 23 had quite an extensive amount of activity with this 24 bar. The neighbors have testified that they only 25 have dealt with Mr. Las. They haven't dealt with 24 1 her. They haven't dealt with him in last few weeks 2 because he is in prison again; his parole was 3 revoked. He was originally charged as a felon as a 4 drug dealer. Anyway, she wanted to add him to the 5 license, and he didn't want to be added to the 6 license because, I guess, he knew that he had some 7 issues coming up. And she wound up coming back a 8 few days later to putting herself on the license. 9 If you look at this, we have a clear, 10 what I believe to be perjury. I mean, clearly, it 11 was germane, there were a number of issues 12 surrounding this individual's involvement with the 13 bar. He is a bad guy. He is a convicted felon, 14 drug dealing. There has been testimony in the past 15 about seeing drug activity at the bar. And, 16 obviously, it was a question, you know, it was 17 important to at least one Committee member, "What's 18 the involvement of this individual with the bar in 19 this year?" You have the transcript right before 20 you, "Zero. He is revoked. He's looking at five 21 to seven; maximum 13 to 20 years." His parole 22 officer is saying 5 to 12 months. This is the type 23 of cat-and-mouse game I've been dealing with for 24 the last two years, ever since this place has been 25 open. 25 1 Believe me, I'm a busy guy. I don't have 2 time to mess around with this type of stuff unless 3 there is problems at this bar. And the alderman 4 who lives right next door testified that there has 5 been problems with this bar. And I think things 6 are going to be a lot worse, and that's why I'm 7 investing the kind of time, effort that is 8 necessary to deal with this in a way that I think 9 is fit for my constituents. That's a very safe, 10 good neighborhood, and I don't want to have future 11 problems here. 12 And I think that if someone is going to, 13 what I believe, to provide inaccurate information 14 to the Committee with respect to how long this 15 individual is going to be in prison, that is 16 something that if it gets sent back to Committee 17 because of their erroneous statements, then so be 18 it. Thank you. 19 PRESIDENT HINES: Are there any 20 additional comments or questions relative to the 21 motion, any discussion? If not, Mr. City Clerk, 22 please call the roll. 23 CITY CLERK: On the motion to return this 24 item to Committee, Alderman Hamilton. 25 ALDERMAN HAMILTON: Aye. 26 1 CITY CLERK: Davis. 2 ALDERMAN DAVIS: Aye. 3 CITY CLERK: Kovac. 4 ALDERMAN KOVAC: No. 5 CITY CLERK: Bauman. 6 ALDERMAN BAUMAN: Aye. 7 CITY CLERK: Excuse me, Alderman Bauman. 8 ALDERMAN BAUMAN: Aye. 9 THE CLERK: Thank you. 10 Bohl. 11 ALDERMAN BOHL: Aye. 12 CITY CLERK: Coggs. 13 ALDERWOMAN COGGS: No. 14 CITY CLERK: Wade. 15 ALDERMAN WADE: Aye. 16 CITY CLERK: Donovan. 17 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: No. 18 CITY CLERK: Puente. 19 ALDERMAN PUENTE: No. 20 CITY CLERK: Murphy. 21 ALDERMAN MURPHY: No. 22 CITY CLERK: Dudzik. 23 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: No. 24 CITY CLERK: Witkowiak. 25 ALDERMAN WITKOWIAK: No. 27 1 CITY CLERK: Witkowski. 2 ALDERMAN WITKOWSKI: Aye. 3 CITY CLERK: Zielinski. 4 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Aye. 5 CITY CLERK: Mr. President. 6 PRESIDENT HINES: Aye. 7 CITY CLERK: 8 ayes, 7 nos. 8 PRESIDENT HINES: 8 ayes, 7 nos, the 9 motion carries. 10 Are there any additional motions relative 11 to the matter? If there is no further discussion, 12 I request a vote of those council members present 13 to approve the recommendations of the Licenses 14 Committee as contained in File No. 100617. Will 15 the city clerk please call the roll? 16 CITY CLERK: Alderman Hamilton. 17 ALDERMAN HAMILTON: Aye. 18 CITY CLERK: Davis. 19 ALDERMAN DAVIS: Aye. 20 CITY CLERK: Kovac. 21 ALDERMAN KOVAC: Aye. 22 CITY CLERK: Bauman. 23 ALDERMAN BAUMAN: Aye. 24 CITY CLERK: Bohl. 25 ALDERMAN BOHL: Aye. 28 1 CITY CLERK: Coggs. 2 ALDERWOMAN COGGS: Aye. 3 CITY CLERK: Wade. 4 ALDERMAN WADE: Aye. 5 CITY CLERK: Donovan. 6 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: Aye. 7 CITY CLERK: Puente. 8 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Aye. 9 CITY CLERK: Murphy. 10 ALDERMAN MURPHY: Aye. 11 CITY CLERK: Dudzik. 12 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Aye. 13 CITY CLERK: Witkowiak. 14 ALDERMAN WITKOWIAK: Aye. 15 CITY CLERK: Witkowski. 16 ALDERMAN WITKOWSKI: Aye. 17 CITY CLERK: Zielinski. 18 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Aye. 19 CITY CLERK: Mr. President. 20 PRESIDENT HINES: Aye. 21 CITY CLERK: 15 ayes. 22 PRESIDENT HINES: 15 ayes, 0 nos. The 23 file is adopted. Is there any further discussion 24 on the Committee Report, any further discussion on 25 the Committee's Report? If not, Alderman Bohl 29 1 moves for the approval of the remainder of the 2 report of the Licenses Committee. Will the city 3 clerk please call the roll? 4 CITY CLERK: Alderman Hamilton. 5 ALDERMAN HAMILTON: Aye. 6 CITY CLERK: Davis. 7 ALDERMAN DAVIS: Aye. 8 CITY CLERK: Kovac. 9 ALDERMAN KOVAC: Aye. 10 CITY CLERK: Bauman. 11 ALDERMAN BAUMAN: Aye. 12 CITY CLERK: Bohl. 13 ALDERMAN BOHL: Aye. 14 CITY CLERK: Coggs. 15 ALDERWOMAN COGGS: Aye. 16 CITY CLERK: Wade. 17 ALDERMAN WADE: Aye. 18 CITY CLERK: Donovan. 19 ALDERMAN DONOVAN: Aye. 20 CITY CLERK: Puente. 21 ALDERMAN PUENTE: Aye. 22 CITY CLERK: Murphy. 23 ALDERMAN MURPHY: Aye. 24 CITY CLERK: Dudzik. 25 ALDERMAN DUDZIK: Aye. 30 1 CITY CLERK: Witkowiak. 2 ALDERMAN WITKOWIAK: Aye. 3 CITY CLERK: Witkowski. 4 ALDERMAN WITKOWSKI: Aye. 5 CITY CLERK: Zielinski. 6 ALDERMAN ZIELINSKI: Aye. 7 CITY CLERK: Mr. President. 8 PRESIDENT HINES: Aye. 9 CITY CLERK: 15 ayes. 10 PRESIDENT HINES: 15 ayes, 0 nos, the 11 Committee Report is adopted. 12 The court reporter is dismissed. Thank 13 you for your services. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 31 1 STATE OF WISCONSIN ) ) SS: 2 COUNTY OF WALWORTH ) 3 4 5 I, KAREN RENEE, Court Reporter and Notary 6 Public in and for the State of Wisconsin, do hereby 7 certify that the above hearing was recorded by me on 8 December 21, 2010, and reduced to writing under my 9 personal direction. 10 I further certify that I am not a 11 relative or employee or attorney or counsel of any of 12 the parties, or a relative or employee of such attorney 13 or counsel, or financially interested directly or 14 indirectly in this action. 15 In witness whereof I have hereunder set 16 my hand and affixed my seal of office at Burlington, 17 Wisconsin, this 5th day of January, 2011. 18 19 ___________________________ 20 Karen Renee Court Reporter and Notary Public 21 In and for the State of Wisconsin 22 23 My Commission Expires: March 11, 2012. 24 25