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cny VI B E LOIT,wisconsin PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELOIT CITY COUNCIL 100 State Street, Beloit WI 53511 Monday, April 4, 2011 Presiding: Kevin D. Leavy Present: Sheila De Forest, Martin Densch, Charles Haynes, Heidi Johns, Eric Newnham, and James Van De Bogart 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. 2. SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY/ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Vice-President Van De Bogart presented the Proclamation recognizing April as National Fair Housing Month to Gretchen Roy, Vice-Chair, Equal Opportunities and Human Relations Commission (EOHRC). Ms. Roy noted the recent fair housing seminars and other events that the EOHRC has organized including the upcoming mock fair housing hearing on April 16th in the Forum. File 7148 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS - none 4. CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION - none 5. CONSENT AGENDA Councilor Johns moved to adopt, second by Councilor De Forest. The motion carried 7-0 that the followir, items from the Consent Agenda be accepted, approved, adopted, or referred and acted upon as required state and local codes. a. Minutes of the regular meeting of March 21 and the special meeting of March 25, 2011, were approved. b. Application for Class "A" Beer and "Class A" Liquor for Emad Qutoum d/b/a Liberty Mart, 412 Liberty Avenue, was referred to the Alcohol Beverage License Control Committee. File 8449 c. Resolution authorizing Final Payment of Public Works Contract C10-01 Wayfinding Signs was approved. File 8370/8445 d. Resolution authorizing Final Payment of Public Works Contract C10-03 Fourth Street and Third Street Parking Lot Improvements was approved. File 8465 6. ORDINANCES - none 7. APPOINTMENTS - none 8. COUNCILOR ACTIVITIES AND UPCOMING EVENTS a. Councilor De Forest said that there would be Town Hall-style budget workshops to receive residents' input on the 2012 budget on April 13th at Grinnell Hall and on April 14th at the Rotary River Center at 6:30 p.m. and an informal budget survey would be available on the City's website soon. She commended the Nightingale's Dance concert at Beloit Memorial High School. She said that she would be participating in the EOHRC mock hearing on April 16th in The Forum and thanked Teri Downing for her commitment to Fair Housing in Beloit. b. Councilor Van De Bogart said that he helped deliver Meals on Wheels with other community members during lunch on March 23rd c. Councilor Haynes reminded everyone to vote in the April 5th Spring Election. d. Councilor Johns echoed the previous statement and said that the polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. e. Councilor Newnham said that voting is a great opportunity to speak and be heard. He also commended the City Manager and his staff for holding preliminary budget meetings with the public so far in advance.