Green Bay's City Council met for the first time since Mayor Jim Schmitt pled guilty to violating campaign finance laws.
On Monday Mayor Schmitt was ordered to serve 40 hours of community service and pay $4,000 in fines in the next 60 days.
Some council members were very vocal at Tuesday night’s meeting, about how they believe Mayor Schmitt should consider resigning.
“Do the people of Green Bay want him negotiating or picking laws or business developments in Green Bay? This is a man who has forfeited his trust with the city of Green Bay. He should resign,” said Alderman Guy Zima.
Council president Tom DeWane says no such plans are in place
"Someone would have to make an official complaint. At that time, mayor would have 10 days to say whether or not he accepts or appeals. After that, is when the council president has a meeting with council as a whole, to determine if the council wants to do something about the situation," DeWane explained.
DeWane says there’s been some tension within the council.
"It hurts right now, lot of bickering within the alderman and mayor. I’ve talked to them and as president I want to make sure we do our business in Green Bay. I was very firm on that. All aldermen know what their job is here. It isn't about the mayor right now, we need to get the city job done and move forward. Until someone makes that official complaint, we're going to continue to do that,” said DeWane.
Mayor Schmitt has said that he wants to move forward and plans to serve his current term as mayor in completion. He hasn’t said if he’ll run for reelection in 2019.