The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/21/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a number of requests to purchase parts and equipment for the wastewater treatment plant. Additionally, they will be voting on a request to award the Unit R-23 Chemical Root Foaming of Sanitary […]
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Utilities Committee Receives Update On Polymer Incident
The Utilities Committee met 03/07/2023. One of the items they received an update on was the wastewater treatment plant Polymer Incident of 12/26/2022. During that incident 4-5 months’ worth of treatment chemicals were dumped into the wastewater treatment plant’s system which stopped their digesters and […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 03/07/2023 – Will Receive Update On Polymer Incident Including Estimate Of Costs And Revenue Loss
The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/07/2023 at 4:30PM The action items consist of approving the 2022 Annual Stormwater Report to the DNR and awarding the 2023 Native Landscape Management Contract to NEW Ecological Services in an amount not to exceed $215,000. There are quite a […]
Utilities Committee Discusses Boxing Day Polymer Incident – 4-5 Months Of Cationic Polymer Emptied Into Anaerobic Digester In One Day
The Utilities Committee met 01/10/2023. Much of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the Polymer Incident of December 26, 2022. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the discussion for your downloading pleasure. I find it all very interesting, but because I don’t know […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 01/10/2022 – Will Discuss The “Polymer Incident” Of 2022
The Utilities Committee is meeting 01/10/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda one requesting approval for a sole source purchase of an axial flow pump for $133,876 and one requesting approval of a axial flow sludge blending pump impeller repair contract […]
Utilities Committee Discusses Regulatory Issues With Moving Composting Facility Within City Limits
Things are pretty quiet in the City of Appleton right now. Due to the holidays, there are no meetings scheduled until January 9. I did want to take this opportunity to jump back to the Utilities Committee meeting of October 11, 2022 which included a […]
Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Increase 2 Times More Than Expected For 2023; Utilities Director Shaw Discusses Plans To Keep Within Budget
The Utilities Committee met 12/13/2022. The meeting was only 14 minutes long and none of the items were contentious. All action items were approved unanimously without any questions. The information items, however, resulted in more discussion, particularly the joint chemical consortium quotation awards item because […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 12/13/2022 – Will Vote On Stormwater Consulting Services Contracts, Receive Update On Covid Concentrations In Wastewater
The Utilities Committee will be meeting 12/13/2022 at 4:30 PM. They will be voting on awarding four stormwater consulting services contracts for 2023 as well as a request to award a sole source contract for the Conkey Pond Regional Pond Model Update. They will also […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 10/25/2022 – Will Vote On Utility Rate Hike, Review Watermain Break Report
[NOTE: This agenda item was posted on the All Things Appleton Facebook page, but was not successfully posted on the website on Monday the day before the meeting like it was supposed to be posted. I apologize for that.] The Utilities Committee is meeting 10/25/2022 […]
Utilities Committee Reviews Water Main Break Report For August 2022
The Utilities Committee met 10/11/2022. One of the information items they received was the water main break report for August of 2022. Year-to-date water main breaks were up compared to 2021. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) said that the numbers and estimates of water loss […]