Common Council Votes 12-2 To Accept $274,000 Grant For Library Project – Denies Amendment That Would Have Confirmed Funds Would Not Be Used To Increase Overall Project Budget

The Common Council met 02/05/2025. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was the request to accept a $274,000 grant for the library project. During the Finance Committee meeting on 01/20/2025, Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) had proposed an amendment […]

CDBG Advisory Board Makes Preliminary Grant Allocation Recommendations – Awards Pillars Full Amount Requested, Decreased WWBIC Award To $0

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Board met 01/28/2025 and set the preliminary allocations for the 2025-2026 CDBG allocations for private community partners. City staff estimated that there would be approximately $145,000 available to be divided among non-public partners and provided the initial recommendations: […]

Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board Meeting 01/28/2025 – Will Vote On Preliminary Allocations Of Grant Funds To Private Entities

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Board is meeting 01/28/2025 at 11AM. They will be discussing and voting on the preliminary 2025-26 community partner allocations of CDBG funds. The Community Development Committee already voted to approve a preliminary allocation of $443,231 of expected CDBG […]

Finance Committee Approves Use Of $134,180 Grant For Purchase Of Electric Vehicle And Charging Station After City Was Denied Request To Use It For Library Project’s Solar Panels

The Finance Committee met 01/20/2025. One of the items they took up was a request to approve a budget amendment related to a $134,180 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) the city had been awarded. City staff outlined plans to use that money to […]

Community Development Committee Discusses Process For Managing 2025 Community Development Block Grant Funding, Plan To Create 5-Year CDBG Consolidated Plan

The Community Development Committee met 08/28/2024. They held two public hearings with two related informational discussions pertaining to the Community Development Block Grant Program. Nobody spoke at either of the public hearings, but the committee did spend time discussion both the CDBG notice of funding […]

Community Development Committee Meeting 07/10/2024 – Will Vote On Contract For City’s Comprehensive Plan Update And Contract For Neighborhood Leadership Academy Programming

The Community Development Committee is meeting 07/10/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be holding a public hearing pertaining to the 2024 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program. They will be voting on two requests to award contracts. The first is a request […]

Community Development Committee Meeting 06/12/2024 – Will Vote On Final Community Development Block Grant Allocations, Request For Waiver To Southpoint Commerce Park Covenants

The Community Development Committee is meeting 06/12/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a request to approve the 2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant Program. They will also be voting on a request to approve revised Community […]

Finance Committee Approves $2 Million In ARPA Grants For Mental Health, Community Wellness, Early Childhood Development, And Family Support Services

The Finance Committee met 05/20/2024. One of the items they took up was the request to approve ARPA non-profit grant awards of $500,000 for “Mental Health, Community Wellness, and Violence Prevention” services and $1.5 million for “Early Childhood Development, Childcare, and Family Support” services. The […]

Common Council Accepts Firehouse Subgrant For $24,000 – Will Cover Purchase Cost Of 8 Video Laryngoscopes

The Common Council met 04/17/2024. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was the Fire Department request to accept a Firehouse Sub Grant for roughly $24,000 to cover the cost of eight McGrath video laryngoscopes. This item was spoken about […]

Board Of Health Approves Requests To Purchase Contract For Electronic Health Records System, Accept $4,000 Grant To Fund Car Seat Safety Program

The Board of Health met 02/14/2024. They took up two action items. One was a request to approve an Electronic Health Records vendor contract for an annual subscription cost of $12,371 and a one time training and implementation cost of $5,500. The other was a […]