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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK
June 8, 2004
PETITIONS RECEIVED:
None
COMMUNICATIONS:
Letter of gratitude to Council Member Esslinger for his efforts to get Representative Gregg
Underheim and other locally elected officials who represent our community in Madison
before the Council and citizens.
ITEM'S TO BE FILED:
Cash Report for the month of April, 2004.
Minutes of the April 29, 2004 meeting of the Library Board.
SPECIAL CLAIMS:
Special claims submitted to the City's insurance carrier:
Jeff & Lynn Houts, 908 Bay Shore Drive, in the amount of $2,500.00 for damages resulting
from a backed up sewer.
May 26,2004
Pamela Ubrig
Clerk, City of Oshkosh
215 Church Ave.
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Dear Ms. Ubrig,
Please pass along to Councilman Paul Esslinger a huge debt of gratitude for continuing to
ask that Rep. Gregg Underheim and our other locally elected officials who are supposed
to be representing us in Madison, come before the city council and people of Oshkosh to
address our concerns. It was nice to see Mr. Underheim was finally able to find time to
make such an appearance at City Hall and I am sure I am not alone in saying it will be
nice ifhe comes back in the future to address other issues affecting Oshkosh.
Hopefully, however, when he comes back in the future it will not be during an election
season where it looks like he is politicking.
In any event, many thanks again to Paul for continuing to watch out for all of our best
interests and for attempting to hold other elected officials as accountable for their actions
as he always is. He understands the true meaning of being a "public servant," and should
be a shining example for others to follow.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Hentz
City of Oshkosh resident
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Ubrig, Pam
From: Cheryl [writeus@athenetnet]
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:48 AM
To: pubrig@cLoshkosh.wLus
Subject: Communications
Hi Pam, here is a letter for the Communications file and to get to the Common Council members. Thanks a
bunch!
- Cheryl
5/26/2004
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Dear Oshkosh Common Council Members:
I urge you to reject the claim for damages submitted by several local restaurant and
tavern owners and to defend the current ordinance against their legal challenges, for the
following reasons:
First and foremost, this ordinance protects the health and safety of Oshkosh residents,
both restaurant patrons and restaurant employees. Citizens have a right to breath clean
air and communities have the right to take appropriate steps to ensure protection.
The ordinance is in place because a majority of Oshkosh voters voted to approve it at the
April 6 spring election. Asking you, our elected officials, to overturn a valid election is
asking you to blatantly ignore the will of the people and the democratic process.
Asking taxpayers to provide monetary damages without providing any evidence of lost
income is totally unreasonable. This is particularly unfair to taxpayers in light of the fact
the ordinance provides a hardship exemption that allows restaurants (after July 19) to
become exempt if they demonstrate an economic hardship. Even more absurd, several of
the businesses asking for damages are not subject to the ordinance and one actually stated
in the Northwestern that his profits have increased since enactment of the ordinance.
Questioning the direct legislation process, at this point in time, is ridiculous. The City
Clerk certified the ballot initiative signatures, after which time the Council voted
unanimously to place the ordinance on the ballot 60 days prior to the election. This
provided ample time to raise questions about the election process or the proposed
language, before the voters spoke.
It is unfortunate that a small group of restaurant and tavern owners continue to oppose an
ordinance that is protecting the health of their own workers and customers. It is
especially disappointing that these same owners are attempting to overturn an election
with after-the-fact complaints about the process and frivolous complaints about how the
ballot was laid out.
I encourage the City of Oshkosh to dismiss the damage complaints as baseless and defend
the ordinance against the same legal challenges that have been dismissed by numerous
courts across the country.
Sincerely,
Margy Davey
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Monday, June 07, 2004 11:10 PM
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Letter to Councii
Letter to
Council.doc
Pam,
Attached is a letter to the Council members regarding the ciaim on
file regarding the smoking ban.
Please share with the Council prior to tonight's meeting.
Thank you,
Margy