Common Council Meeting 03/15/2023 – Will Vote On Projects That Required Cost-Cutting Measures To Stay Within Budget, Request To Extend Completion Deadline For Merge LLC Development

The Common Council is meeting 03/15/2023 at 7PM.

In keeping with the last few meetings, there do not seem to be any particularly momentous or controversial items that one would expect to generate much discussion. It is possible that, as at the previous Council meeting, none of the action items will be separated out for individual votes. However, a couple that do stand out to me as items that someone may want to highlight and discuss:

• The pavement projects and hardscape renovation project that were discussed at the Finance Committee meeting. All of these projects cost more than was budgeted and required some kind of cost-cutting or moving-around of funds to get them within budget, and Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) expressed some concerns about the long-term sustainability of using those sorts of measures to keep within budget.
• The request to update the agreement between the city and Merge, LLC to give them an additional year to complete their mixed-use housing development project at 115 E Washington Street. While the project is continuing, it is taking longer than expected due to the current economic situation.

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