The Library Board is meeting 02/24/2022 at 4PM. They will be approving the December and January bill registers and voting on 2022 budget amendment requests. They will also be receiving 4 reports: (1) Wisconsin Public Library 2021 Annual Report, (2) Report of the Library Finance […]
Tag: Library Project
Library Board Meeting 01/18/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update And Vote On Contract To Temporarily House Library In Former Best Buy Location
The Library Board is meeting 01/18/2022 at 4:30PM. Perhaps the items of most interest on the agenda will be the Library Project Upsate as well as the action item regarding the library’s temporary location. City Staff is recommending they lease space in the former Best […]
Finance Committee Receives Library Project Update – Director Gazza Explains Reasons For Cost Increase, Reiterates That Taxpayer Obligation Remains At $26.4 Million
The Finance Committee met 11/22/2021. Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) who in the committee chair opened the meeting up with a moment of silence for the victims at the Waukesha parade. The bulk of the 40 minute meeting was taken up by an update on […]
Finance Committee Meeting 11/22/2021 – Will Receive Update On Library Project; Director Dean Gazza States Appleton’s Borrowing Commitment Remains Unchanged At $26.4 Million
The Finance Committee is meeting 11/22/2021 at 5:30PM. The committee will be voting on two lighting project contracts and two change orders for existing contracts. They will also be voting on a request to approve the write-off of obsolete and no longer needed parts from […]
Common Council Members’ Responses To Question About Library Project Budget
As previously posted, Mayor Woodford recently issued a press release indicating that although the current cost of the library project was estimated to be $39 million, the taxpayer funded portion of it remains set at $26.4 million. Prior to that press release, prompted by the […]
Mayor’s Office Sends Out Press Release Indicating That Appleton Tax-Payers’ Portion Of The Library Project Remains Set At $26.4 Million
The Office of the Mayor has sent out a press release regarding the budget for the Library Project which reiterates that the taxpayer portion of the project remains set at $26.4 million. Per the press release, “the total building project cost is currently estimated at […]
Common Council Defeats Amendment That Called For 2023 Library Project Borrowing To Be Reduced By $2 Million
The Common Council held a special session on 11/10/2021 to vote on the 2022 executive budget. All Alderpersons were present except Alderperson Joe Prohaska (District 14) who had been expected to join them but then did not. The item that took up over half of […]
Finance Committee Discusses 2021 ARPA Allocations And Associated Budget Amendment
Due to my illness last month, I was not able to recap most if any of the financial discussions that led up to the budget being passed. I did want to recap the discussion at the 10/25/2021 Finance Committee meeting regarding the request to approve […]
Common Council Receives Library Project Update; Briefly Discusses Budget
During the 09/15/2021 Common Council meeting, the Council received an update on the Library Project. Mayor Woodford noted that it had been about a year to the day that the city had announced their change in direction and new focus on the existing library site. […]
Climate Task Force Meeting 05/19/2021
The Task Force on Resiliency, Climate Mitigation, and Adaptation is meeting 05/19/2021 at 5pm both in person in the City Council Chambers and via MS Teams. This committee meeting has not traditionally been recorded, so, for the most part, the public has to rely on […]