By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Mayor Eric Genrich cast the tie-breaking vote to extend the city’s State of Emergency at the city council meeting Tuesday, Aug.18. Instead of extending the declaration to the next month, as council has done since spring, the newly passed resolution extends the State of Emergency to Dec. 31, …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council approved a city-wide face covering, or mask mandate in a 7-5 vote at its meeting Tuesday, July 21. The ordinance, which goes into affect on Monday, July 27, will require people to wear a face covering inside all public areas. The vote came …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay will continue to be under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew until Monday, June 8, after the city council voted to extend the citywide curfew following a tense discussion at its meeting Tuesday, June 2. The curfew was originally enacted on Monday, June 1, after …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council held its meeting remotely Wednesday, April 1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming election on April 7 will see changes, said Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich. “Right now, we have a deluge of absentee voter ballots to send out,” he said. …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It was tense inside the city council chambers Tuesday, March 17, during an emergency meeting where alders approved the city’s state of emergency proclamation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision didn’t come easy, and the vote wasn’t unanimous. District 8 Alder Chris Wery voted against the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After discussion, city alders decided not to impose an informal censure on District 6 Alder Kathy Lefebvre at the council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14, but instead presented her with a letter of reproval, which was drafted by District 1 Alder Barbara Dorff. “A very, very important part of …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A tie-breaker vote from Mayor Eric Genrich at the Tuesday, Oct. 15, city council meeting approved the creation of an Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) policy. ERGs are voluntary, employee-led groups, formally recognized by the city, compromised of employees who share a common background, focus area, set of interests …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After nearly an hour of discussion, some of which got heated, the city council voted Tuesday, Oct. 1, to deny a request for the city to split the cost of installing a private storm sewer system with property owner Jeremy Kroll to address surface water drainage issues on …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The city council unanimously approved an increase in wages of the teachers and naturalist who work in the Oak Learning Center program at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17. Alders approved an annual salary increase for teachers from $37,577 to $41,486 and a …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Homeowners affected by flooding earlier this year came face-to-face with city leaders Monday, May 13, at an informational meeting held at Sullivan Elementary School, where frustrations were high. Several city leaders, including Mayor Eric Genrich, attended the meeting. Community and Economic Development Director Kevin Vonck, said the meeting’s …
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