The Library Board met 10/18/2022. One of the information items they received was an update on the Library Project. Library Director Colleen Rortvedt called attention to the Frequently Asked Questions on the library’s website and said that they were keeping that updated and trying to […]
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Finance Committee Rejects One Project Bid, Approves Another Bid After Project Scope Reduced, Approves Budget Amendment Related To Library Project
The Finance Committee met 10/10/2022 and voted on a number of projects. Although staff was not requesting that they reject multiple bids as they did back on 08/22/2022 and again for the Library Project bids, there were still a couple projects that were indicative of […]
Finance Committee Spends A Hour Discussing Library Project, Unanimously Votes To Reject All Project Bids
The Finance Committee met 09/26/2022. The meeting was around an hour and ten minutes long, and all but around 5 minutes of that was taken up by discussion on the request from the city to reject all bids for the library project. As most people […]
Finance Committee Meeting 09/26/2022 – Will Vote On Request To Deny All Library Project Bids
The Finance Committee is meeting 09/26/2022 at 5:30PM. The item most of note on the agenda is probably the request to deny all bids for the Appleton Public Library project. On 09/20/2022, the bids came back $14 million over budget, so the city is wanting […]
Library Project Bids Far Exceed Estimates – City To Request All Bids Be Denied, Will Rebid The Project In Early 2023
The Library Board met 09/20/2022 and received a brief update on the library project. Library Director Colleen Rortvedt told the board that bids had opened earlier that day at 2PM and had come in higher than expected. Some packages had received no bids. They still […]
Appleton Redevelopment Authority Receives Update On Library Project $12 Million Capital Campaign
The Appleton Redevelopment Authority met 08/10/2022. During the meeting they received an update on the fundraising and capital campaign for the Appleton Public Library project. Library Director Colleen Rortvedt told the ARA that the fundraising was led by the Friends of Appleton Public Library. The […]
Common Council Receives Update On Library Project Ahead Of Bidding Process
The Common Council met 08/03/2022. The first 45 minutes of the meeting were taken up with an update on the library project. Director of Parks Recreation and Facilities, Dean Gazza, started things off by explaining that with all the economic factors the country was currently […]
Library Board Approves All Action Items, Does Not Have Time To Receive Information Items
The Library Board met 07/19/2022. It was an unexpectedly short meeting. Apparently, due to the members’ schedules, it was difficult for them to get enough members at the meeting for them to have a quorum, and it sounded like some members needed to leave fairly […]
Library Board Meeting 07/19/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update, Hopefully Discuss Keeping Project Within Budget
The Library Board is meeting 07/19/2022 at 4:30PM. There will be trustee reappointments for current board members Rebecca Kellner and Brian Looker, and the new appointment of Nanette Bunnow an Appleton Area School District Assistant Superintendent who will be taking over from Greg Hartjes as […]
Common Council Receives Overview Of Library Project – Director Gazza Discusses Budget Challenges
The Common Council met 05/18/2022. Nearly an hour of the meeting was taken up by a presentation on the library project which Mayor Woodford wanted to do to bring the new council members up to speed on the project and make sure that all the […]