Utilities Committee Meeting 01/23/2024 – Will Vote On 3 Wastewater Treatment Plant Items, Receive Year End Reports

The Utilities Committee is meeting 01/23/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on three items related to the wastewater treatment plant, a sole source engineering services contract, a final clarifier tank underdrain and tank drain rehabilitation contract, and a sole source purchase question for some […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 12/12/2023 – Will Vote On 2024 Stormwater Consulting Services Contracts

The Utilities Committee is meeting 12/12/2023 at 4:30PM. There are two action items on the agenda both of which are requests to award 2024 stormwater consulting services contracts, one to Brown and Caldwell for $50,000 and one to raSmith for $50,000. As an information item, […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 11/07/2023 – Will Vote On Whether City Will Participate In PFAS Class Action Lawsuit

The Utilities Committee is meeting 11/07/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to approve a single source contract for stormwater consulting services to raSmith for the Lightning Drive extension project. raSmith has been working on the […]

Utilities Director Shaw Explains The Impact Of Weather On The Wastewater Treatment Plant – Appleton’s Moderate Drought Has Resulted In Around $800,000 In Increased Revenue To Utility

The Utilities Committee met 09/12/2023. Much of the meeting was taken up by a presentation from Utilities Director Chris Shaw about the weather impact on the Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant. The basic premise was that, in some respects, less rain is good for the water […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 08/08/2023 – Will Vote On Contract For Water Treatment Facility Project, Receive 2022 Consumer Confidence Report

The Utilities Committee is meeting 08/08/2023 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to award the engineering services contract for the Appleton Water Treatment Facility’s Clearwells and Lindbergh Standpipe Project. They will also be receiving as information items […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 07/25/2023 – Will Vote On Stormwater Management Plan Review Contract Increase, Payments To City For Stormwater Ponds At Reid Golf Course And Memorial Park

The Utilities Committee is meeting 07/25/2023 at 4:30PM. The agenda includes three action items. The first is a request to amend the 2023A Stormwater Management Plan Review contract to increase to total contract by $20,000. Per the memo, “Due to the number of stormwater management […]

Utilities Committee Receives Update On December 2022 Polymer Incident – Attorney Abshire Does Not Know If A Formal Report About The Incident Will Be Provided To The Committee

The Utilities Committee met 06/12/2023. One of the items they received an update on was the wastewater treatment plant Polymer Incident of 12/26/2022. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download. During that incident 4-5 months’ worth of treatment chemicals were dumped into the […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 04/25/2023 – Will Receive First Quarter Reports, March Water Main Break Report

The Utilities Committee is meeting 04/25/2023 at 4:30PM. Outside of electing a vice-chair, confirming the meeting date/time, and designating a contact person, they have one information item on the agenda which is the 1st quarter reports for the Wastewater treatment plan, the water plant, and […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 04/11/2023 – Will Vote On 2023 Storm Sewer Cleaning And Televising Contract

The Utilities Committee is meeting 04/11/2023 at 4:30PM. It looks like potentially a short meeting because there is only one item on the agenda which is a request to award the Unit F-23 Sanitary and Storm Sewer Cleaning and Televising contract in an amount not […]

Utilities Committee Approves All Items, Receives February Water Main Break Report

The Utilities Committee met 03/21/2023. The meeting was brief, lasting only around 15 minutes. They took up a request for approve a root foaming contract as well as several requests related to utility equipment. All of the items were approved unanimously and none seemed to […]