Finance Committee Approves $70,000 ARPA Administration Contract Extension, Several Items Related To Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, Sole Source Contract For Wastewater Treatment Plant Project

The Finance Committee met 06/09/2025. In addition to discussing and voting on the request to approve a Hwy KK corridor study and a bike and pedestrian study they took up several other action items including requests associated with reimbursements for galvanized pipe replacements, some wastewater […]

Finance Committee Meeting 06/09/2025 – Will Vote On $70,000 Increase To ARPA Management Contract, Bike And Pedestrian Planning Study For Calumet County Fox Valley Area

The Finance Committee is meeting 06/09/2025 at 5:30PM. They have seven action items on the agenda. A few of them are related to the forgivable loans associated with the Safe Drinking Water program. A couple are related to projects at the wastewater treatment plan. They […]

Finance Committee Approves Award Of Lungaard Park Pavilion Project Contract To Milbach Construction After Receiving Assurances There Will Be No Issues With Subcontractors, Approves Creation Of Reserve Fund For $1.5 Million In Interest Earned On ARPA Dollars

The Finance Committee met 04/21/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up with discussion on the request to spend $107,000 to hire a climate action consultant and the request to allocate $20,000 for signage in the City Center/Fox Commons complex; however, they also took up […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/21/2025 – Will Vote On Budget Carryover Requests, Request To Establish Reserve Fund With $1.5 Million In Interest From ARPA Dollars

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/21/2025 at 5:30PM. Outside of housekeeping items related to the start of the new Council year, the committee has 5 action items on the agenda. They will be taking up the 2024-2025 budget carryover requests of $127,631 associated with 2024 […]

Finance Committee Approves Extension To ARPA Consultant Contract, Land Purchases To Widen Lawe Street, Lumbini Estates Development Agreement

The Finance Committee met 12/09/2024. It was a brief meeting lasting only 8 minutes during which the committee unanimously approved all action items and briefly discussed one information item. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 24-1569: REQUEST TO APPROVE THE RELOCATION […]

Finance Committee Approves 4 Routine Action Items, Receives ARPA Update – Alderperson Croatt Expresses Surprise That $2 Million Was Needed To Install Broadband In Library

The Finance Committee met 11/11/2024. It was a brief meeting lasting not quite 10 minutes during which the committee unanimously approved all 4 action items and also briefly discussed American Recovery Plan Act funds. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: PURCHASE OF […]

Finance Committee Meeting 11/11/2024 – Will Receive Update On City’s Use Of ARPA Funds

The Finance Committee is meeting 11/11/2024 at 5:30PM They will be voting on two wastewater treatment plant related purchase requests, one for sludge density meters and one for four high service pump check valves. They will also be voting on a request to approve a […]

Common Council Meeting 11/06/2024 – Will Reconsider Library Smoking Ban; Vote On New Special Events Policy, Request To Spend $985K In ARPA Funds On Expo Center, Request To Increase Wastewater Utility Rate By 9%, Request To Hire Consultant To Study Police Department Workload And Organization

The Common Council is meeting 11/06/2024 at 7PM. There are a number of items on the agenda that seem like they might be separated out for individual votes. The Council will be reconsidering the request to update the Municipal Code to ban smoking around the […]

Common Council Votes 9-1 To Approve Reallocation Of $45,000 In ARPA Funds Toward Cost Of Updating City’s Strategic Plan

The Common Council met 08/21/2024. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was the request to take $45,000 of un-used American Recovery Plan Act funds and reallocate/re-obligate them to fund the Human Resources Strategic Planning project which would help the city […]

Finance Committee Approves Reallocation Of $45,000 In ARPA Funds To Cover Update Of City’s Strategic Plan

The Finance Committee met 08/12/2024. One of the items they voted on was a request to take $45,000 in American Recovery Plan Act dollars that were left over from other projects and put them toward funding the updating of the city’s Strategic Plan. The committee […]