The Utilities Committee is meeting 08/12/2025 at 4:30PM. They have one action item which is a request to award the R-25 contract for sanitary sewer root control services to Duke’s Root Control, Inc. for a total of $35,000. They will also be reviewing the water […]
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Finance Committee Unanimously Recommends All Items For Approval – Items Include Water Tower Booster Pump Improvements, Grading And Capping Mackville Quarry Site, New Police Radios Purchase, And New Phosphorus Analyzer Purchase
The Finance Committee met 07/07/2025. They had five action items on their agenda including a contract for water tower booster pump improvements, a contract for grading and capping the quarry in Mackville that Appleton owns, the sole source purchase of new police radios, the sole […]
Utilities Committee Approves Award Of $650,000 Water Tower Coating Contract To O&J Coatings
The Utilities Committee met 05/27/2025. They had one action item on the agenda which was the request to award the tower coating contract for the water towers on North and Ridgeway to O&J Coatings Inc for a total, including contingent, of $656,250. The committee voted […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 05/27/2025 – Will Vote On Water Tower Coating Contract
The Utilities Committee is meeting 05/27/2025 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is a request to award the repainting and repair contract for the water towers at North and Ridgeway to O&J Coatings Inc for an amount including contingency not […]
Finance Committee Approves All Items Unanimously – Approved Items Include Pierce Park Pavilion Renovation, Various Wastewater Treatment Plant Projects
The Finance Committee met 02/24/2025. They had 9 action items on the agenda, all of which they approved unanimously with minimal discussion during a 15-minute meeting. Items which might stand out most to the public were the request to award the Pierce Park Pavilion Renovation […]
Finance Committee Authorizes Emergency Replacement Of Water Treatment Facility’s Sodium Hypochlorite Tanks – Project Guesstimated To Cost Around $350,000 Which Could Be Paid From Existing Unused Funds
The Finance Committee held a special meeting on 02/05/2025 prior to the Common Council meeting. The one item on the agenda was a request from city staff to approve a resolution authorizing emergency replacement of the sodium hypochlorite tanks at the Appleton Water Treatment facility. […]
Finance Committee Meeting 02/05/2025 – City Staff Seeking Emergency Authorization To Replace Water Treatment Plant’s 3 Sodium Hypochlorite Tanks
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 02/05/2025 at 6:45PM prior to the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on a request o approve the emergency replacement of the sodium hypochlorite (bleach) tanks at the Appleton Water Treatment Facility. The tanks were […]
Common Council Votes Unanimously To Approve $300,000 Study Of Northland Creek And Bellaire Watersheds – Residents Recount Experiences Of Catastrophic Flooding
The Common Council met 11/20/2024. The item that took up most of the meeting was the public comment and then discussion and vote on the request to award a $300,000 contract to Brown and Caldwell to perform and evaluation on the Northland Creek and Bellaire […]
Common Council Meeting 11/06/2024 – Will Reconsider Library Smoking Ban; Vote On New Special Events Policy, Request To Spend $985K In ARPA Funds On Expo Center, Request To Increase Wastewater Utility Rate By 9%, Request To Hire Consultant To Study Police Department Workload And Organization
The Common Council is meeting 11/06/2024 at 7PM. There are a number of items on the agenda that seem like they might be separated out for individual votes. The Council will be reconsidering the request to update the Municipal Code to ban smoking around the […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 10/22/2024 – Will Vote On 9% Increase To Utility Rate
The Utilities Commission is meeting 10/22/2024 at 4:30PM. They have one action item which is a request to approve a 9% utility rate increase. Back in 2020, the utility had planned to implement annual, smaller rate increases in order to maintain funding levels. At the […]