The Common Council met 06/21/2023. They took up two items related to the library project. The first was a request to approve an increase of $1.4 million in fees to the architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). These fees were, in part, based on the […]
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Common Council Meeting 06/21/2023 – Will Vote On Bid Packages For Library Project, Resolution To Join Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition
The Common Council is meeting 06/21/2023 at 7PM. The items that result in the most attention and discussion will most likely be the request to approve the bid packages for the Library Project and the request to increase the contract payment to Skidmore, Owings, and […]
Finance Committee Unanimously Approves Bid Packages For Library Project
On 06/19/2023, the Finance Committee voted unanimously to approve the bid packages for the Library project. Video for the meeting has still not been posted, but the Post Crescent wrote an article that can be read here: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2023/06/19/bids-for-appleton-public-library-fit-within-40-4-million-budget/70335475007/ Per the article, “The current accounting for […]
Finance Committee Meeting 06/19/2023 – Will Vote On Library Project Bid Packages, Total Cost Comes In Just Shy Of $31 Million
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting on 06/19/2023 at 5PM to review and vote on a request to approve the bid packages for the Library project. The taxpayer funded portion of the project was supposed to be no more than $26.4 million, but […]
Library Board Reviews Updated Renderings Of Library Project
The Library Board met 05/16/2023. During that meeting, they reviewed the updated renderings for the Library Project. Library Executive Director Colleen Rortvedt went over the 12 images and talked about their vision and expectations for the different spaces in the library and how they tried […]
Library Board Meeting 05/16/2023 – Will Review Updated Renderings Of Library Building Project
The Library Board is meeting 05/16/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on updated Library Trustee bylaws and also voting on Nominating Committee appointments. The Nominating Committee will present ja President, Vice President, and Secretary to the Library Board at the August meeting in 3 […]
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 […]
Library Board Receives Building Project Update – Staff Hoping To Get Final Approval For New Bids Before Independence Day Holiday
The Library Board met 04/18/2023. They received a brief update to the Library Building Project which included a tentative timeframe for when the bids would be opened and approved by the Common Council. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: SOM is busy […]
Transcript Of Updated Library Design Presentation
The Common Council met 01/18/2023. About an hour of the meeting was taken up with an update on the updated design of the library. I’ve prepared a transcript of both the update as well as the discussion that took place after the presentation. As you […]
Common Council Receives Update On Library Project
On 01/18/2022 the Common Council received an update on the Library Project which included an overview and concept renderings of the scaled down library project. The Post Crescent had a nice high-level article about it which hits all the main points. The three glass pavilions […]