The Finance Committee met 08/22/2022. The item that took up the most discussion time was the allocation of the city’s 2021 Excess General Fund Balance. After the annual audit was completed, it was determined that the city had $4.8 million in excess general funds. This […]
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Finance Committee Rejects 5 Bids On Facilities Projects After Some Bids Came In Over Double What Was Expected
The Finance Committee met 08/22/2022. They started the meeting out by voting on 5 different requests to reject bids for various projects. The 2022 Telulah Pavilion Renovation Project – The city had budged $200,000 for the project but the lowest bid was $220,187 The Appleton […]
Finance Committee Approves All Items – Alderperson Doran Suggests Using ARPA Funds To Pay For APD Mobile Command Center
The Finance Committee met 07/25/2022. It was a brief and relatively uneventful meeting. All of the items were approved, most with minimal discussion. Alderperson Chris Croatt (District 14), who was not a member of the committee but was present, did ask how the budget amendment […]
Finance Committee Meeting 07/25/2022 – Will Receive Mid-Year Reports From Finance Department, Legal Services, And Parks, Recreation, And Facilities
The Finance Committee is meeting 07/25/2022 at 5:30PM. The committee will be voting on a number of budget amendments to record the use of grants, insurance payouts, etc. It looks like there were also issues with using ARPA funds to cover the lost revenue in […]
Finance Committee Receives Audit Presentation – City Given “Clean” Audit By CliftonLarsonAllen Auditing Firm
The Finance Committee met 07/11/2022. They received a presentation from Leah Lasecki on Appleton’s 2021 Audit and Executive Summary. Basically, the city had a clean audit with no concerns. Leah was a principal CPA at the firm CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) and was responsible for the signing […]
Finance Committee Meeting 07/11/2022 – Will Receive Presentation On 2021 Audit, Review City’s Fuel Costs
The Finance Committee is meeting 07/11/2022 at 5:30PM. They will be receiving a presentation from CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP of the city’s 2021 Audit and Executive Summary. They will also be voting on a number of action items including a new walk-in freezer at Reid Golf Course […]
Water Main Resolution Passed After Being Stripped Of Language That Would Reallocate ARPA Dollars; Council Votes To Ask The State To Give The City $35.1 Million
On 06/01/2022 Resolution 5-R-22, the Water Main Resolution, was taken up first by a joint meeting of the Finance and Utilities Committee and then by the full Common Council. During the joint committee meeting, the resolution was amended to remove the language about reallocating American […]
Finance And Utilities Committees To Hold Joint Session On 06/01/2022 – Will Vote On Resolution Reallocating $6 Million In ARPA Funds To Replace Undersized Water Mains
The Finance Committee and the Utilities Committee will be holding a joint special session on 06/01/2022 at 6PM. They will be taking up Resolution 5-R-22, the Water Main Resolution. This was introduced by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) and, if approved, would reallocate $6 million […]
Finance Committee Meeting 05/23/2022 – Will Vote On 2023 Special Assessment Policy
The Finance Committee is meeting 05/23/2022 at 5:30PM. They will be voting on the 2023 Special Assessment Policy, a contract, and a contract amendment as well as receiving information items regarding various ongoing contracts and contract change orders. They’ll also be receiving information items on […]
Common Council Votes To Approve Issuance Of $15.53 Million In General Obligation Promissory Notes And $11.71 Million In Sewerage System Revenue Bonds
On 05/18/2022 the Common Council voted to approve the issuance of $15,530,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes and $11,710,000 Sewerage System Revenue Bonds. This borrowing is an annual thing that the city does and is used to fund the Capital Improvement Plan and utility projects. During […]