Municipal Services Committee - Regular Meeting
The Municipal Services Committee approved the design for the 2028 paving reconstruction of Franklin Street, a parking change on Foster Court, and ordinance changes for the Mission Ridge North Subdivision, phase one. The committee also accepted a $1.157 million state grant for Badger Avenue signal retrofits and approved a temporary occupancy permit for a dumpster on East Bald Eagle Drive.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Municipal Services Committee
- Meeting Type
- Municipal Services Committee
- Location
- Appleton, WI
- Meeting Date
- July 20, 2026
Transcript
30 sections
All right. Good evening, everyone. We'll call this meeting of the Municipal Services Committee to order at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2026. Let's rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, All right, thank you. Roll call of membership. Let the record show that all members of the committee are present, except for Alder Hartzheim, who is excused, and Alder Wolf will be joining us remotely. Next up is approval of the minutes, 26-0962, minutes from July 15th, 2026. I'll move to approve. All right, we have a motion. Second. And a second. Are there any comments, corrections? Seeing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor?
Aye.
Opposed? All right, we got four ayes. That passes 4-0. There are no public hearings or appearances. So, excuse me. We'll move into action items starting with 26-0963, request to approve design for 2028 paving reconstruction of Franklin Street, Division Street to Drew Street.
Move to approve.
Second. All right. Motion is second. And all right. District one. Sounds good. Go ahead, Deputy Director Neuber.
Thank you, Chair. Yeah, so I'll just briefly reintroduce this project, which was previously before this committee as the design hearing item. Really nothing has changed from the design hearing in terms of input received from property owners or in terms of staff's recommendation per the design hearing. And we've got City Traffic Engineer Lam here and Project Engineer Brown here that can answer detailed questions about any specific areas related to traffic or design. Otherwise, we would just refer to the memo.
All right, sounds good. Are there any questions or comments? Seeing none, I know we didn't have much for participation, and we got a lot of good conversation from the committee side when this was here for the public appearance. So with that in mind, let's go ahead and vote. All those in favor?
Aye.
Opposed?
Aye.
All right, we got the aye there. So we got four ayes, no nays, no abstentions. That passes four to zero. Next up is 26-0964, request to approve parking change on Foster Court, follow up to a six-month evaluation.
Move to approve. Second.
All right, we have a motion and a second. Any comments or questions here? Anything from staff? Otherwise? Okay, all right, well, Then we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor?
Aye.
Opposed? Abstentions? That passes four to zero. 26-0965, request to adopt ordinance changes related to Mission Ridge North Subdivision, phase one.
Move to approve.
Second. All right, we have our motion as second. Any comments, any questions on here? I'm not seeing any, so let's go ahead and vote. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstentions? We got four ayes. That passes 4-0. Next, 26-0966, request to accept SISP grant award and approve state municipal financial agreement for Badger Avenue signal rehab retrofits.
Move to approve. Second.
All right, we have a motion and a second. Imagine, yes, sorry. Go ahead, Deputy Director Newberg.
Thank you, Chair. So really the important information is in the memo and in the state municipal financial agreement included with the agenda item. Bottom line, our DPW traffic section applied for $1.157 million of state funding. It's a 90-10 state-local split. We're happy to report that funding was approved, and so the local share is estimated to be $115,700, and with the balance being funded through the state SISP program.
All right, sounds good. Are there any questions or comments on this? Not seen any, just I'll say, it's nice to hear, very good chunk of money to help out with this project and help with those improvements. So good work, glad the application was successful. So let's go ahead and vote. All those in favor?
Aye. Opposed, abstentions?
That passes four to zero. 26-0967, request to approve long-term temporary occupancy permit for dumpster at 2325 East Bald Eagle Drive through November 11, 2026.
Move to approve. Second.
All right. Any questions here? Imagine, yeah, definitely nothing from staff. Yeah, this is a pretty straightforward one. So with that, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Abstentions? That passes four to zero. That's all we have for action items tonight. There are no information items on the agenda, so... Move to adjourn.
Second.
Second. All right, we have our motion as second. All those in favor? Aye.
Aye.
All right, that's four ayes. We are adjourned. Good night.
Bye.
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