Finance Committee Meeting 10/09/2023 – Will Review 2024 Legal Services And Facilities Management Budgets

The Finance Committee is meeting 10/09/2023 at 5:30PM. The one action item on the agenda is a budget amendment moving $37,400 from the Jones Park Shade Project to the City Hall Remodel Project. The Jones Park project came it underbudget so staff would like to […]

Finance Committee Votes 3-2 To Deny Shared Revenue Allocation Resolution – Majority Of Committee Views Resolution As Unnecessary

The Finance Committee met 09/11/2023. The item which took up the majority of the meeting was Resolution 10-R-23 regarding the allocation of state shared revenue funds. As written, the resolution called for the entire amount of the $1,926,000 that the city received in additional shared […]

Finance Committee Meeting 09/11/2023 – Will Vote On Shared Revenue Allocation Resolution Which Calls For All Additional Shared Revenue To Go To Infrastructure, But Mayor Wants To Spend Half On Other Items

The Finance Committee is meeting 09/11/2023 at 5:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. One is a request to approve a change order for a raw water line project. The contingency is being decreased, but the overall contract is remaining the same. The […]

Finance Committee Approves Miracle League Field Resurfacing Contract – Thickness Of Rubberized Surface Reduced To Decrease Costs

The Miracle League Field at Memorial Park will be getting a new rubberized surface. Back in June the Finance Committee voted to reject a bid to resurface the field because the bid was $144,000 over-budget. Goodwill Industries will be covering the cost of the resurfacing, […]

Finance Committee Votes Unanimously To Move Forward With Wastewater Treatment Plant Heat To Power Project

The Finance Committee met 08/21/2023 and took up a number of items related to a Waste Heat to Power Project. The city would like to install two waste heat-to-power generators at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. These generators would allow them to take the methane gas […]

Finance Committee Denies St Joseph’s Cemetery’s Reimbursement Request For Upkeep Of Veterans’ Graves After Cemetery Misses Deadline To Submit Supporting Documentation

The Finance Committee met 08/21/2023. One of the items they took up was the St. Joseph’s Cemetery reimbursement request for the maintenance of veteran graves. This item had been referred back to the committee after questions were raised as to how much money if any […]

Finance Committee Meeting 08/21/2023 – Will Vote On Miracle League Field Resurfacing Contract, St. Joseph’s Cemetery Reimbursement

The Finance Committee is meeting today, 08/21/2023, at 5:30PM. They have a number of Waste Water Treatment Plant action items on the agenda including awarding a project, approving a contract amendment, accepting some grants, and approving a balance transfer from one project to another. They […]

Finance Committee Holding Special Meeting 08/16/2023 – Will Receive Final Numbers For $20.2 Million General Obligation Promissory Note Sale

The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 08/16/2023 at 6:30PM ahead of the Common Council meeting at 7PM. Brad Viegut, the city’s Baird representative, will be presenting the results of the 2023 General Obligation Notes sale. This was discussed at the 08/07/2023 Finance Committee […]

Finance Committee Awards Lundgaard Park Development Project Contract To Vinton Construction

The Finance Committee met 08/07/2023. In addition to voting on the sale of $20.2 million in promissory notes, the committee also voted unanimously to approve a request to award the 2023 Lundgaard Park Development Project contract to Vinton Construction for approximately $900,000. With a 15% […]

Finance Committee Approves Sale Of $20.2 Million Of General Obligation Promissory Notes – Will Cover Capital Improvement Plan Projects, Phase 2 Of Library, TID 11 Infrastructure Improvements

The Finance Committee met 08/07/2023. They received a presentation from Appleton’s Baird representative Brad Viegut on the sale of $20.2 million of general obligation promissory notes. They then unanimously voted to recommend that the sale of those promissory notes be approved. I’ve prepared a transcript […]