The Utilities Committee is meeting 04/23/2024 at 4:30PM. Outside of electing a vice-chair, setting a meeting date and time, and designating a contact person, they have one action item on the agenda. That action item is a request to approve a sole source engineering services […]
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Utilities Committee Meeting 03/26/2024 – Will Vote On The Purchase Of Turbidity Meters And Auger Assembly Replacement Equipment
The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/26/2024 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to purchase turbidity meters for a total not to exceed $41,939.44. What is a turbidity meter? It is an instrument that measures the “cloudiness […]
Utilities Committee Approves 2024 Native Landscape Management Contract – Alderperson Del Toro Expresses Desire To Limit Herbicide Products Contractor Can Use To Non-Glyphosate Products
The Utilities Committee met 03/12/2024. The item which resulted in the most amount of discussion was the request to award a single source contract for 2024 native landscape management to NES Ecological Services. Alderperson Israel Del Toro (District 4) was concerned that the contract allowed […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 03/12/2024 – Will Receive 2023 Annual Stormwater Report To DNR, Receive Updates On City’s Lead And Galvanized Service Line Replacement Program
The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/12/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on three contract-related items, one to award the 2024 Native Landscape Management Contract, the 2024 Ash tree removal contract, and the water treatment facility clearwell repairs project base bid. Additionally, they will be […]
Utilities Committee Approves 3 Items Related To Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance, Including A Sole Source Engineering Contract And A Sole Source Purchase Request
The Utilities Committee met 01/23/2024. They took up three action items all related to maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 1: Sole Source Engineering Services Contract to McMahon Associates as part of the 2024 Aeration […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 01/23/2024 – Will Vote On 3 Wastewater Treatment Plant Items, Receive Year End Reports
The Utilities Committee is meeting 01/23/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on three items related to the wastewater treatment plant, a sole source engineering services contract, a final clarifier tank underdrain and tank drain rehabilitation contract, and a sole source purchase question for some […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 12/12/2023 – Will Vote On 2024 Stormwater Consulting Services Contracts
The Utilities Committee is meeting 12/12/2023 at 4:30PM. There are two action items on the agenda both of which are requests to award 2024 stormwater consulting services contracts, one to Brown and Caldwell for $50,000 and one to raSmith for $50,000. As an information item, […]
Utilities Committee Votes Unanimously To Opt Out Of PFAS Class Action Settlement – Move Turns Down $2 Million Payout But Preserves Right Of Future Leadership To Pursue Lawsuit And Insurance Claims For Any Necessary Environmental Cleanup Costs
The Utilities Committee met 11/07/2023. The item which took up almost all of the roughly 40 minute meeting was a discussion regarding whether or not the City of Appleton should opt out of the PFAS contamination class action settlements against 3M and DuPont. If it […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 11/07/2023 – Will Vote On Whether City Will Participate In PFAS Class Action Lawsuit
The Utilities Committee is meeting 11/07/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to approve a single source contract for stormwater consulting services to raSmith for the Lightning Drive extension project. raSmith has been working on the […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 10/24/2023 – Will Review 2024 Utilities Budget
The Utilities Committee is meeting 10/24/2023 at 4:30PM. They have no action items on the agenda but they will be receiving a few information items. I would assume that the main focus of discussion will be the Utilities Department 2024 budget. The committee will also […]