Finance Committee Meeting 05/22/2023 – Will Vote On $3 Million Cash Advance From Stormwater Utility Fund To Wastewater Utility Fund

The Finance Committee is meeting 05/22/2023 at 5:30PM. They are being asked to approve a budget amendment recording a Hazardous Materials Fund purchase of vehicles from the Central Equipment Agency. They will also be voting on the request to award the city’s 2023 Masonry Repairs […]

Finance Committee Meeting 05/17/2023 – Will Vote On Water Treatment Facility Contract, Reid Golf Course Budget Amendment

The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 05/17/2023 at 6:30PM ahead of the Common Council meeting at 7PM. They will take up two requests. One is a request to award a contract for the Appleton Water Treatment Facility Phosphoric Acid Treatment Project to August […]

Finance Committee Approves Agreement To Lease Dance Studio Space In Northland Mall

The Finance Committee met 04/24/2023. One of the items they voted on was a request to approve leasing space in the Northland Mall for dance studio space contingent on approval of a potential development agreement related to City Center. The Finance Committee voted 5-0 to […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/24/2023 – Will Vote On Northland Mall Rental Space, Adding Additional Space In City Center, Approving Agreement With Goodwill To Fund Upgrades To Miracle Field In Memorial Park

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/24/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be taking care of some housekeeping items associated with the start of the new Council year including electing a vice-chair and electing members to serve on various boards. There are also 5 non-housing keeping action […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/10/2023 – Will Vote On Several Maintenance Contracts

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/10/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be voting on a number of maintenance contracts including the Unit X-23 Water Main Reconstruction contract that had to be reduced in scope and rebid after the initial bids all came in over budget. They […]

Finance Committee Votes To Reject All Bids For 2023 Water Main Reconstruction Project – Project Came In $400,000 Over Budget, Will Be Reduced In Scope And Sent Out For Rebidding

The Finance Committee met 03/20/2023. The entire meeting lasted around 12 and a half minutes. Among the items the committee took up were a request to award the D-23 Sidewalk Construction contract, a request to award the E-23 Miscellaneous Concrete and Street Excavation, a request […]

Finance Committee Meeting 03/20/2023 – Will Vote On Request To Reject All Bids For 2023 Water Main Reconstruction Contract Due To Lowest Bid Being $400,000 Higher Than Budgeted For

The Finance Committee is meeting 03/20/2023 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes requests to award the Unit D-23 Sidewalk Construction contract for $293,000 and the Unit E-23 Miscellaneous Concrete and Street Excavation Repairs contract for $473,850. It also includes a request to reject all bids for […]

Finance Committee Approves Various Infrastructure Maintenance Projects – Discusses Cost-Cutting Efforts To Respond To Inflation And Supply Chain Issues, Questions Impact Of Project Postponements On Future Projects

The Finance Committee met 03/06/2023. They discussed and voted to approve a number of contracts that came in higher than the city had budgeted for and that required adjustments of one sort or another in order to maintain the budget. Issues discussed during the meeting […]

Finance Committee Meeting 03/06/2023 – Will Vote On Several Contract Awards Including 2023 Pavement Contracts Where Bids Were Higher Than Amount Allocated For Projects

The Finance Committee is meeting 03/06/2023 at 5:30PM It looks like it will probably be a pretty short meeting. There are no information items, and the action items all appear to consist of fairly run-of-the-mill requests to award contracts. I could, however, see some discussion […]

Finance Committee Approves Items Related To Valley Transit Grants, Discusses City’s Lead/Galvanized Line Replacement Program, Approves Redevelopment Contract For Vosters Park

The Finance Committee met 02/20/2023. The meeting was brief, clocking in at just over 15 minutes in length, and the committee unanimously approved all action items. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the meeting for your downloading pleasure. Although it was a short meeting, several […]