The Community and Economic Development Committee met 01/24/2024. They took up two action items, one was a request to approve preliminary 2024-2025 Program Year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations. The other was a request to approve the reallocation of 2023-2024 program year funds in […]
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Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 01/24/2024 – Will Vote On Preliminary 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Awards
The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 01/24/2024 at 6:30PM. They have two related items on the agenda as well as an associated public hearing. The first item is a request to approve the preliminary community development block grant community partner allocations for the […]
Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board Makes Preliminary 2024-2025 Allocation Recommendations – Amends Staff Recommendation To Fully Fund Salvation Army Grant Request
The Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board met 01/15/2024 and voted on preliminary allocations for non-public community partners. City staff had initially recommended the following recommendations: The board decided to amend the recommendations to reduce the amounts awarded to Habitat for Humanity and WWBIC so […]
Transit Commission Approves Contract With SRF Consulting To Assist With Grant Application For Transit Center, Authorizes Purchase Order For Audio Visual Equipment For Whitman Avenue Facility
The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 10/24/2023. Outside of the routine monthly approval of payments, they took up two action items, one requesting approval to sole source a consulting contract with SRF to assist in a grant application for the Transit Center and one to […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 10/25/2023 – Will Vote On Allocation Of Community Development Block Grant Funds For 2024
The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 10/25/2023 at 6:30PM. The agenda consists of one action item and one related public hearing. The action item is a request to approve the city program funding for the 2024 Community Development Block Grant Funding. City staff […]
Common Council Approves $80,000 Grant To Update Columbus Elementary Playground
The Common Council met 10/81/2023. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to award approximately $80,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the Neighborhood Grant Program to pay for upgrades to the Columbus Elementary School playground. Those […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Approves $80,000 Neighborhood Grant To Upgrade Columbus Elementary Playground
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 10/11/2023. The one action item on their agenda was a request to award approximately $80,000 in neighborhood grant funds to the Historic Central Neighborhood to help fund improvements to the playground at Columbus Elementary School. A number of […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Information Items – Update On Police And Fire Department Grants, Purchase Of Police Mobile Command Post Vehicle
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 08/23/2023. In addition to voting to approve the purchase of new radios for the Fire Department, the committee received a few information items. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download. 2023 EDWARD BYRN MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT […]
Common Council Votes 15-0 To Approve $200,000 Grant To Habitat For Humanity After Alderperson Hartzheim Suggests Money Could Instead Be Used For City Infrastructure
The Common Council met 04/03/2023. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to award $200,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds to Habitat for Humanity. This was separated out for an individual vote by Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13). […]
Common Council Approves Acceptance Of $134,000 Energy Efficiency Grant, Declines To Allocate It For The Library Project
The Common Council met 05/03/2023. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to approve the grant allocation for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program of $134,180. This item had been approved unanimously at the Finance Committee meeting. It […]