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CITY OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
APRIL 17, 2018
RECESSED MEETING held Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. in Council Chambers,
City Hall
Mayor Cummings presided.
PRESENT: Council Members Caroline Panske, Jake Krause, Tom Pech, Jr., Lori
Palmeri, Deb Allison-Aasby, Steven Herman, and Mayor Steve Cummings
ALSO PRESENT: Mark Rohloff, City Manager; Pamela Ubrig, City Clerk; Lynn
Lorenson, City Attorney; and Tim Franz, Fire Chief
CITIZEN STATEMENTS
There were no citizen statements to Council.
ACTION TAKEN ON ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 18-205 Resolution of Support to Provide Matching Funds for Wisconsin
Department of Transportation-Transportation Alternative Program
Grant for Multimodal Trail Development through Rainbow Park
MOTION: ADOPT (Pech; second, Panske)
CARRIED: Ayes (7) Panske, Krause, Pech, Palmeri, Allison-Aasby, Herman,
Mayor Cummings
OTHER BUSINESS
MOTION: ADJOURN SINE DIE (Panske; second, Herman)
CARRIED: Ayes (7) Panske, Krause, Pech, Palmeri, Allison-Aasby, Herman,
Mayor Cummings
The meeting adjourned sine die at 12:03 p.m.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL—APRIL 17, 2018
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING held Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 12:05 p.m. in Council
Chambers, City Hall
Mayor Cummings presided.
PRESENT: Council Members Deb Allison-Aasby, Steven Herman, Jake Krause, Matt
Mugerauer, Lori Palmeri, Tom Pech, Jr., and Mayor Steve Cummings
ALSO PRESENT: Mark Rohloff, City Manager; Pamela Ubrig, City Clerk; Lynn
Lorenson, City Attorney; and Tim Franz, Fire Chief
Ms. Ubrig stated she administered the oath of office for newly elected Council Members
Steven Herman, Matt Mugerauer and Lori Palmeri prior to the roll call.
Mayor Cummings called three times for nominations of Deputy Mayor for the Common
Council.
Council Member Allison-Aasby nominated Lori Palmeri for deputy mayor.
MOTION: CLOSE NOMINATIONS FOR DEPUTY MAYOR (Pech; second,
Herman)
CARRIED: Ayes (7) Allison-Aasby, Herman, Krause, Mugerauer, Palmeri, Pech,
Mayor Cummings
Ms. Ubrig explained Lori Palmeri had been nominated for deputy mayor.
MOTION: ELECT LORI PALMERI AS DEPUTY MAYOR
CARRIED: Ayes (7) Allison-Aasby, Herman, Krause, Mugerauer, Palmeri, Pech,
Mayor Cummings
Ms. Ubrig declared Council Member Palmeri as deputy mayor.
The Council seating assignments were decided as follows (starting with the seat farthest
to the right of the Mayor): Deb Allison-Aasby, Steven Herman, Tom Pech, Jr., Mayor
Cummings, Lori Palmeri, Jake Krause, and Matt Mugerauer.
ORIENTATION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
Mayor Cummings encouraged the newly elected Council members to complete the
orientation of City departments.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL—APRIL 17, 2018
DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL RULES
Council Member Palmeri questioned if the civility pledge verbiage could be included in
the Council rules.
Ms. Ubrig indicated it was located in the handbook; she stated she would attach it to the
Council rules.
MOTION: ADOPT COUNCIL RULES (Pech; second, Mugerauer)
CARRIED: Ayes (7) Allison-Aasby, Herman, Krause, Mugerauer, Palmeri, Pech,
Mayor Cummings
DISCUSSION OF AGENDA FORMAT
Council Member Herman stated he believed the agenda format was working well and
thought it made the Council meetings more efficient to not read each of the consent
agenda items. He explained he did not believe there needed to be any changes at this
point.
Mayor Cummings explained it was helpful for Council members to reach out to City staff
in advance of the meetings with any questions or to make them aware that they will be
asked specific questions during the meeting. He stated it helped make for an efficient
meeting and allowed City staff time to gather the applicable information.
MOTION: ADJOURN (Allison-Aasby; second, Pech)
CARRIED: VOICE VOTE
The meeting recessed at 12:13 p.m.
PAMELA R. UBRIG
CITY CLERK
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