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 […]
Tag: Library Project
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 […]
Library Board Meeting Scheduled For 05/18/2021
The Library Board is meeting 05/18/2021 at 4:30 PM. They will be welcoming Alderperson Katie Van Zeeland (District 5) as the new City Council representative on the Library Board of Trustees. She is replacing Alderperson William Sieber (District 1) who served in that capacity last […]
Public Comment Regarding Awarding Library Design And Engineering Services Contract To Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
On 03/17/2021 the Appleton Common Council voted to approve the Finance Committee’s recommendation and award a design and engineering services contract for the Appleton Public Library to the company Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). The vote itself was uneventful. There was no discussion and it […]
Finance Committee Approves Library Design and Engineering Contract With SOM
The City of Appleton Finance Committee met 03/08/2021 to award a design and engineering services contract for the Appleton Public Library to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The city had only included $2.4 million in the 2021 budget for these services, but the contract was […]