Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 10/24/2023 – Will Vote On Contract To Retain Consultant To Assist With Submitting Grant Application For Transit Center, Review 2024 Budget

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 10/24/2023 at 2:50PM. Outside of the routine approval of payments, the commission will be voting on two action items. The first is a request to retain the consulting services of SRF Consulting to assist Valley Transit in submitting […]

Transit Commission Meeting 09/12/2023 – Will Receive Update On Whitman Avenue Facility Remodel, Review July Ridership Numbers – Ridership Down By 18,000 Compared To Pre-Covid Numbers

The Transit Commission is meeting 09/12/2023 at 2:50PM. The one non-routine action item is a request for authorization to purchase office furniture for the Whitman Avenue facility. Staff is requesting approval to spend $236,533.77 to purchase office furniture. On top of that, they would like […]

Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 07/25/2023 – Will Receive 2022 Audit Report, 2nd Quarter KPI Report, June Ridership And Finance Report

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 07/25/2023 at 2:50PM. They only have one action item which is the approval of payments for June. But they do also have four information items. Two of those information items are the standard financial report and ridership report […]

Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 06/27/2023 – Will Vote On Purchase 6 Bus Shelters, Contract With Security Service

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 06/27/2023 at 2:50PM. They have three action items on the agenda. The first is the routine request to approve payments for the month of May. The second is a request for approval to purchase replacement bus shelters. Per […]

Transit Commission Approves Contract And 7% Payment Increase With Lamers Bus Lines To Provide Downtown Trolley Service For 2023

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 05/23/2023. One of the items they took up was the request to authorize Lamers Bus Lines To provide the Downtown Appleton Trolley Services for the summer of 2023. Lamers has provided the trolley service for a number of years. […]

Transit Commission Meeting 05/23/2023 – Will Vote On Rate Increase To Lamers For Trolley Service, Receive Ridership Numbers For March And April Which Are Lower Than Pre-Pandemic Ridership Levels By Approximately 30,000 Riders

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 05/23/2023 at 3PM. They will be voting on housekeeping items for the new Council year including electing a Chair and Vice-Chair. The one non-standard action item on the agenda is the vote to provide authorization to Valley Transit […]

Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 03/21/2023 – Will Vote On 5 Year Tire Leasing Contract

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 03/21/2023 at 3PM. They have two action items on the agenda, the routine Approval of Payments item, and a requestion to award a 5 year tire leasing contract to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations. Valley Transit’s current leasing contract […]

Transit Commission Approves Acceptance Of $3 Million In Grants, Awards Contract For Phase One Of Whitman Avenue Facility Remodeling Project, Gives Go-Ahead To Seek Additional Grants For Whitman Avenue And Transit Center Projects

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 02/20/2023 and approved three action items related to the Whitman Avenue Facility Redevelopment Project. Back in 2021, this project had initially been estimated to cost between $6.5 and $7.6 million. Inflation and economic factors have since caused its cost […]

Transit Commission Meeting 02/20/2022 – Will Vote On Contract For Phase 1 Of Whitman Avenue Remodeling Project, Approve Request To Seek Federal And Local Funding For Phase 2

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 02/20/2023 at 3PM. They have three action items on the agenda. One is a request to approve the acceptance of $3.4 million in ARPA grants and $32,000 in Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act grants. Per the […]

Transit Commission Approves Contract With New CAD/AVL Vendor – Will Replace Old Dispatch Program That Will Become Outdated At End Of 2023

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 01/24/2023. The two action items that garnered the most discussion, were related to the potential new multi-level mixed-use transit center Valley Transit would like to build. There was, however, another action item that did result in some slight discussion. […]