Finance Committee Approves Resolution Designating $134,000 In Grant Funds Toward Library Project – Declines To Clarify If This Will Reduce Taxpayer Burden Or Increase Overall Library Project Budget

The Finance Committee met 01/22/2024. One of the items they took up was Resolution 1-R-24 the Resolution for Use of Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds. This resolution calls for $134,180 in Department of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds that the city accepted […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/22/2024 – Will Vote On Energy Efficiency And Conservation Block Grant Resolution, Receive Updates On ARPA Funded Projects

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/22/2024 at 5:30PM. They will be discussing and voting on the Resolution for Use of Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds. This resolution calls for $134,000 in Department of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds to be directed toward […]

Finance Committee Approves Multiple Items – Discusses Efforts To Collect Past-Due Bills And Taxes, Sole Source Contract Concerns, Issue With Underground Watermain Project

The Finance Committee met 01/08/2024. In addition to the Library Signage Package and the Wastewater Treatment Plant items, the committee voted on 6 additional items all of which they approved unanimously. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 24-0012: Request to approve […]

Finance Committee Approves Three Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Items – Alderperson Hartzheim Expresses Concern About Budget Amendments Being Made So Early In The Year

The Finance Committee met 01/08/2024. They took up three items related to Wastewater Treatment Plant projects one of which resulted in no discussion, two of which prompted some comment, and all of which were approved unanimously. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: […]

Finance Committee Approves $195,000 Signage Contract For New Library

The Finance Committee met 01/09/2024. One of the items they discussed was the request to approve the “Library Signage Package” contract to  Seating Concepts Inc., in the amount of $185,994.61 with a contingency of $10,000 for a project total not to exceed $195,994.61. The committee […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/08/2024 – Will Vote On $186,000 Library Signage Package, Request To Write Off $90,000 In Unpaid Bills And Property Taxes

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/08/2024 at 5:30PM. They have a lot of items on their agenda, but I don’t know how many will prompt discussion versus just being routine contract items that get approved with minimal questions. There is a request to approve the […]

Finance Committee Approves Transfer Of An Additional $244,000 In ARPA Funds To City Parking Utility To Cover Lost Revenue

The Finance Committee met 12/11/2023. One of the items they voted on was a request to approve a budget amendment authorizing an additional $244,000 be transferred from the city’s ARPA funds and moved to the city’s Parking Utility to cover lost revenue by the parking […]

Finance Committee Votes Unanimously To Deny Resolution That Would Have Moved The Executive Budget Delivery Deadline Up By Two Weeks

The Finance Committee met 12/11/2023. One of the items they took up was Resolution 14-R-23 which would move the deadline for the delivery of the executive budget to the Common Council up by a couple weeks from the first Wednesday in October to the third […]

Finance Committee Passes Resolution To Reallocate $125,000 In ARPA Funds To Cover The Cost Of Leasing 10 Additional Flock License Plate Reader Cameras – Some Alderpersons Express Opposition

The Finance Committee met 12/11/2023. It was a long meeting taking nearly an hour and a half, 40 minutes of which was taken up with discussion and a vote on Resolution 13-R-23. The resolution initially called for the reallocation of $25,000 of American Rescue Act […]

Finance Committee Meeting 12/11/2023 – Will Vote On Resolution That Would Use ARPA Funds To Fund 10 Flock License Plate Reader Cameras, Resolution Changing Budget Delivery Date, Creation Of Special Fund For Maintenance Of Sexual Assault Survivors Monument

The Finance Committee is meeting 12/11/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be taking up two resolutions, Resolution 13-R-23 that would reallocate $25,000 of ARPA funds to cover the cost of an additional 10 Flock license plate reading cameras and Resolution 14-R-23 that would change the timeline […]