Finance Committee Meeting 08/07/2023 – Will Vote On Sale Of $20.2 Million General Obligation Promissory Notes, Partial Refund Of Dental Associates’ Property Tax Payments For 2021 and 2022

The Finance Committee is meeting 08/07/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be receiving a presentation from Brad Viegut, the city’s Baird representative, on the 2023 General Obligation Notes Sale. After that presentation, the committee will be voting on a request to approve the sale of $20.2 […]

Special Meetings Of Finance And Human Resources And Information Technology Committees To Be Held 08/02/2023 Before Common Council Meeting – HRIT Committee Will Vote On Awarding Contract For City Website Redesign

Two special meetings are scheduled ahead of the Common Council meeting on 08/03/2023. The first is a special meeting of the Finance Committee at 6:15PM. The committee will be voting on a request to award a repair and maintenance contract for the Green, Red, and […]

Finance Committee Votes 3-2 To Amend Resolution Expressing Support For Wisconsin Act 12 To Remove Names Of Individual Legislative Representatives, Insert Concerns Over Some Aspects Of Act 12

The Finance Committee met 07/24/2023. Beyond receiving a presentation on the 2022 Audit, they discussed and voted on Resolution 7-R-23 which expressed support for Wisconsin Act 12. The resolution as originally submitted, thanked, without caveat, a number of politicians for passing Act 12 which increased […]

Finance Committee Receives 2022 Audit Summary Presentation – Discusses 2 Compliance Findings Noted In Report

The Finance Committee met 07/24/2023. Around 20 minutes of the meeting was taken up with a presentation on the 2022 Audit and Executive Summary. The presentation was given by Leah Lasecki a CPA with CliftonLarsenAllen (CLA), LLP, the company that conducted the audit. CLA gave […]

Finance Committee Meeting 07/24/2023 – Will Vote On Resolution Expressing Thanks For Changes To Shared Revenue, Receive 2022 Audit Report

The Finance Committee is meeting 07/24/2023 at 5:30PM. I would expect the meeting to be on the longer side because they are receiving several presentations. First and foremost, Leah Lasecki with CliftonLarsenAllen will be going over the 2022 Audit and Executive Summary. It looks like […]

Finance Committee Approves $66,000 Contract For Specialized Flooring In New Northland Mall Dance Studio Space – Studio Expected To Be Ready By Mid-August

The Finance Committee met 06/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to award the dance studio flooring contract to CMG Flooring for a project total not to exceed $75,943 along with a budget amendment to take $100,000 from the City Hall […]

Finance Committee Rejects Bid For Miracle League Field Resurfacing Project – Bid Was $144,000 Over-Budget, Goodwill Working On Raising Additional Funds

The Finance Committee met 06/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to reject a bid from Keifer USA for the Memorial Park Miracle League Field Resurfacing Project because it was significantly over-budget. The city had expected the project to cost around […]

Finance Committee Approves Request To Apply For Loan To Replace Private Lead Service Lines – City Will Only Accept If Loan Includes Principal Forgiveness

The Finance Committee met 06/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to apply for a Safe Drinking Water Loan through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. If awarded this money would be used to help pay for the replacement of private […]

Finance Committee Meeting 06/26/2023 – Will Vote On WDNR Loan For Lead Pipe Replacement, Dance Studio Remodeling Project

The Finance Committee is meeting 06/26/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be voting on a request to apply for a Safe Drinking Water Loan. This is funding available through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to help municipalities assist property owners with costs associated with the […]

Finance Committee Unanimously Approves Bid Packages For Library Project

On 06/19/2023, the Finance Committee voted unanimously to approve the bid packages for the Library project. Video for the meeting has still not been posted, but the Post Crescent wrote an article that can be read here: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2023/06/19/bids-for-appleton-public-library-fit-within-40-4-million-budget/70335475007/ Per the article, “The current accounting for […]