The Sheboygan Common Council on Nov. 17 adopted its consent agenda, approved a separate roll‑call vote on item 11 and accepted a Justice Assistance Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Alder Decker moved to accept and file reports and adopt resolutions for consent items 10–16. Item 11 was polled separately by roll call and approved; the remaining consent items passed by roll call. The council later considered and adopted a resolution to accept and expend funds from the Wisconsin Department of Justice under the Edward O’Brien Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

During the public forum, Michael Burnett (611 North Water Street, Apt. 303) spoke on what he identified as item 16, the city’s proposed contract with a service he called "Zen City." Burnett said the city was planning to spend "$125k" for a service that would monitor residents’ social media, run city polls and use AI to aggregate and respond to posts. He criticized the contract as an expensive, surveillance‑style approach and said he has developed a lower‑cost alternative that can quickly generate searchable meeting clips. "Basically, you’re spending a $125 to have a service tell you what I'm seeing online," Burnett said, and added that the product felt "more like a CIA kind of tool."

Council members did not debate the Zen City comment on the record during the meeting; the council moved forward with the consent agenda and grant acceptance. No contract award or final contract terms for the Zen City item were recorded in the meeting transcript.

Next steps: The consent agenda items were approved at the meeting; any contract awards or procurement steps for item 16 (the Zen City service) were not finalized in the public record of this meeting and should be checked in subsequent council packets or procurement records.