Municipal Services Committee Approves Speed Reduction On Washington Street, Discusses Improved Notification Of Alderpersons Regarding Proposed Traffic Changes In Their Districts

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/22/2021. They had 5 action items on the agenda. Item 21-1635 was a contract amendment for the 2021 materials testing contract with Westwood Infrastructure. Item 21-1636 was the aware of the 2022 materials testing contract to Westwood Infrastructure. Both of […]

Municipal Services Committee Discusses Bird E-Scooter Pilot Program Issues

During the 11/08/2021 Municipal Services Committee meeting, the committee spent over 50 minutes receiving a presentation on the Bird E-Scooter pilot program and then discussing the issues that had come up through the pilot program. Last week I recapped Bird representative Adam Blau’s presentation to […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/22/2021 – Will Vote On $54,000 Increase To 2021 Materials Testing Contract, Installation Of Stop Sign, Speed Limit Change On Section Of Washington Street

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/22/2021 at 4:30PM. Two items were referred back to the committee at that the most recent Common Council meeting. 1. Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6) referred back the “Proposed changes to Municipal Code Section 9, Division 3-Central Business District […]

Bird E-Scooter Representative Gives Presentation To Municipal Services Committee

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/08/2021. About 53 minutes of the 1 hour and 18 minute meeting was taken up with a presentation from a Bird E-Scooter representative and then a discussion about the presentation and pilot program. To keep the length of post down, […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/08/2021 – Will Receive BIRD E-Scooter Presentation And Review Community Feedback, Vote On Food Truck Regulations And A Request To Create A “Parklet” Policy

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/08/2021 at 4:30PM. They will be receiving a presentation from a BIRD Scooter representative regarding the E-Scooter pilot program. There’s a funny split in how the safety of the electric scooters is viewed and it looks like there are […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Allow The Collective Sculpture To Remain On College Avenue Through The End Of April 2022

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/25/2021. Alderpersons Bill Siebers (District 1), Brad Firkus (District 3), Denise Fenton (District 6), and Joe Prohaska (District 14) were all in attendance. Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) was excused. At only 13 minutes, it wasn’t a long meeting. They […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 10/25/2021 – Will Vote On Request To Rescind Approval For The Collective Sculpture

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 10/25/2021 at 4:30PM. If you look at the agenda PDF it appears that there are only two agenda items: (1) a request from Professional Services Industries, Inc. for a permanent street occupancy permit to install two monitoring wells in […]

Municipal Services Committee Meets 10/11/2021 – Approve Occupancy Permits, Review Several Information Items, Parking Utility Revenue Still Down

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/11/2021. It was a short meeting, only around 11 minutes in length. The action items were all straightforward and each was approved unanimously without discussion. Those items included… Request from Supreme Tattoo Society for a street occupancy permit to place […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 10/11/2021 – Will Receive Building Inspections Report, BIRD Scooter Report, And Parking Revenue Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 10/11/2021 at 4:30PM. They have a number of street occupancy permits they will be voting on—one from a business wanting to put a picnic table outside their storefront and several from construction companies relating to various construction tools. A […]

“Road Reconstruction 101” Presented To Municipal Services Committee

During the 08/23/2021 Municipal Services Committee meeting, Director of Public Works Paula Vandehey gave a Road Reconstruction 101 presentation to the committee. She put it together after receiving some questions from alderpersons and thought that the community might have similar questions and find value in […]