The Finance Committee met 08/21/2023 and took up a number of items related to a Waste Heat to Power Project. The city would like to install two waste heat-to-power generators at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. These generators would allow them to take the methane gas […]
Tag: Utilities
Parks And Recreation Committee Approves Final Design For Sexual Assault Survivors Monument, Receives June Reid Golf Course Revenue Report
The Parks and Recreation Committee met on 07/10/2023. It was a brief meeting lasting only approximately 7 1/2 minutes. They took up two action items. One was a request to approve proposed revised stormwater utility agreements for ponds at Reid Golf Course and Memorial Park. […]
Finance Committee Approves Request To Apply For Loan To Replace Private Lead Service Lines – City Will Only Accept If Loan Includes Principal Forgiveness
The Finance Committee met 06/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to apply for a Safe Drinking Water Loan through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. If awarded this money would be used to help pay for the replacement of private […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 06/13/2023 – Will Receive Update On Wastewater Treatment Plant Polymer Incident, Information On Aquahawk Signups
The Utilities Committee is meeting 06/13/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two items on the agenda. The first is the anticipated award of the 2023 Spot Repairs, Protruding Tap and Mineral Deposit Removal contract. The second is a request to approve the 2022 Electronic Compliance maintenance […]
Finance Committee Meeting 05/22/2023 – Will Vote On $3 Million Cash Advance From Stormwater Utility Fund To Wastewater Utility Fund
The Finance Committee is meeting 05/22/2023 at 5:30PM. They are being asked to approve a budget amendment recording a Hazardous Materials Fund purchase of vehicles from the Central Equipment Agency. They will also be voting on the request to award the city’s 2023 Masonry Repairs […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finance Committee Approves Sole Source GIS Contract, Waste Water Treatment Plant Equipment Upgrades Project
The Finance Committee met 11/21/2022. The meeting was brief and the two action items were approve unanimously. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the meeting for download. The request to approve a sole-source contract for a three-year license with ESRI for GIS services was approved […]
After Alderperson Doran’s Motion To Amend Is Ruled Out Of Order, Common Council Unanimously Approves 2023 Add-On Water Main Replacement Project List
The Appleton Common Council met 10/19/2022. It was not a long meeting, clocking it at just under 24 minutes long. When I posted the agenda for the meeting, I noted that there didn’t seem to be any particularly controversial items or even any items that […]
Utilities Committee Approves Erosion And Sediment Control Changes, Additions To 2023 Water Main Replacement Project List
The Utilities Committee met 10/11/2022 and took up three action items, only one of which resulted in any in-depth discussion. The first two action items were related, the first being a request to approve changes to Municipal Code Chapter 24, Erosion and Sediment Control and […]