Green Bay City CouncilCouncil approves using contingency funds for extended poll hoursThe City Council approved using $15,703 from the contingency fund for a handful of additional expenses for the remaining 2022 elections. The council’s approval designates $11,767 for additional seasonal salaries to cover extra nights and weekends for in-person absentee voting, recruitment and retainment of …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village will ask the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to increase water rates by almost 20%. The Ashwaubenon village board passed a motion July 27 to send a letter to the PSC as part of its water rate increase application. Unlike the village being able to change …
By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – A bid of $815,706 from MCC, Inc., for asphalt paving in the village, was approved last month by the Ashwaubenon village board. Public Works Director Doug Martin said the village received two bids for the annual resurfacing, with MCC the lowest and under the total budget of $825,000. In …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Merit bonuses totaling $17,500 were approved earlier this year in closed session by the village board. According to the board’s Feb. 23 closed session minutes obtained in an open records request by The Press Times, bonuses of $2,500 each for seven Ashwaubenon employees were approved by the board …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village board agreed Tuesday, June 23, to award a $517,908 sidewalk and parking lot improvement contract for this year to Vinton Construction. Public Works Director Doug Martin said the contract’s three construction projects include: installing sidewalk along the east side of Ridge Road from Valley View to …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – With an anticipated general fund surplus of around $275,000 at the end of this year, the village board agreed Tuesday, Dec. 17, to designate $100,000 for replacing the Finance Department operating system with remaining excess funds being placed into the employee retirement fund. Finance Director Greg Wenholz said …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village board approved a resolution Tuesday, Nov. 26, to submit a grant application to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the purpose of completing the West Main Avenue Trail from Sand Acres Drive to the Interstate 41 roundabouts. If awarded, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director Rex Mehlberg …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village board approved an infrastructure construction contract Tuesday, Oct. 22, with RiverView Construction for $3.1 million to redevelop the former Schneider trucking maintenance facility site for residential use. In the months following the village’s purchase of the 20-plus acres of property along South Broadway for $1.25 million, …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Raking grass clippings, brush, garden waste and other similar yard waste into village streets or gutters is now explicitly prohibited under an ordinance amendment approved Tuesday, Oct. 22, by the Ashwaubenon village board. Village Attorney Tony Wachewicz said the amendment was requested by public works staff to provide …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A low bid of $148,500 from Robinson Brother Environmental, of Waunakee, was approved Tuesday, July 23, by the Ashwaubenon village board to demolish the buildings at the former Schneider trucking site along South Broadway. The Village of Ashwaubenon now owns the approximately 22 acres of land after purchasing …
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