Community Development Committee Approves 5-Year Consolidated Plan For Community Development Block Grant Program, Sets Allocation Amounts For 2025-2026 CDBG Program Year

The Community Development Committee met 06/11/2025. All of the action items on the agenda were related to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. One was a request to approve the 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), one was a request to approve […]

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 […]

Community Development Committee Meeting 06/11/2025 – Will Vote On Updated 2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant Allocations

The Community Development Committee is meeting 06/11/2025. They have three action items on the agenda with two associated public hearings all of which are related to the Community Development Block Grant Program. The first action item is a request to approve the 2024 Consolidated Annual […]

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 […]

Community Development Committee Reviews 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan For The Community Development Block Grant Program

The Community Development Committee met 04/23/2025. One of the information items they received was a review of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program. Per the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program provides […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Reviews Fire Department 2024 Annual Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/07/2025. They had two items related to the Fire Department on their agenda, a request to apply for nearly $20,000 in grant dollars from Capital Credit Union to purchase a digital fire extinguisher trainer which was approved unanimously and […]

Common Council Approves Use Of $134,180 Grant To Purchase Electric Vehicle And Install Charging Station

The Common Council met 02/19/2025. One of the items they voted on was a request to accept a $134,180 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to be used for the purchase of an electric vehicle and the installation of a charging station. The city had […]

Common Council Meeting 02/19/2025 – Will Vote On Delaire’s Alcohol License, Grant For Electric Vehicle Purchase, Sole Source Contract To Replace Light Poles On College Avenue Bridge, Consulting Contract To Investigate Creation Of Tax Increment Finance District For Thrivent Development

The Common Council is meeting 02/19/2025 at 7PM. As an information item, they will be receiving a presentation on the I-41 project. Among items they will be vote on are a few of note. They will be voting on the alcohol license application for Delaire’s. […]

Community Development Committee Approves Preliminary Allocations Of Community Development Block Grant Funds To Community Partners

The Community Development Committee met 02/12/2025. One of the items they voted on was a request to approve the preliminary Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations to community partners for the 2025-2026 program year. These preliminary allocations were set by the CDBG Advisory Board and now […]

Finance Committee Votes Unanimously To Approve Use Of $134,180 Grant For Purchase Of Electric Vehicle And Installation Of Charging Station

The Finance Committee met 02/10/2024. The item they spent the most time discussing was the request to accept a $134,180 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to be used for the purchase of an electric vehicle and the installation of a charging station. After initially […]