Green Bay City Council Council approved fence for police parking lot The Green Bay Police Department parking lot will soon have additional security. City Council approved using $148,100 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to install a fence around the unsecured parking lot, located at 307 S. Adams St. in downtown Green Bay, at …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – A plan to have the village market a private business renting kayaks and paddleboards at Fireman’s Park is on hold for now. The Suamico village board voted 3-2 Monday, July 6, to table action and refer the plan back to staff for additional clarification as to the marketing …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – After colors presented to the village board for brick and stone on the new Fire Station No. 1 didn’t receive a ringing endorsement from Village President Laura Nelson, the board approved different colors at a special meeting 10 days later. “I don’t think I could have chosen an …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – A resolution declaring a 60-day emergency period in Suamico because of the COVID-19 pandemic was approved Monday, March 23, by the village board. Suamico Fire Chief Joe Bertler, who is also the village’s emergency management director, provided the board with statistics related to COVID-19. “Why is this a …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – The village hall was filled Monday, Feb. 3, when Joe Bertler was sworn in as Suamico’s full-time fire chief by Municipal Judge Kevin Rathburn. Along with members of the Suamico Fire Department present, Bertler was joined during the swearing-in ceremony by his wife, Kristi, and two children, Alivia …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – Effective Feb. 3, the village will have a full-time fire chief. The Suamico Fire Commission gave final approval Monday, Jan. 20, to hiring Joe Bertler, a battalion chief with the Bellevue Fire-Rescue Department. Village Administrator Alex Kaker said Bertler will be formally sworn in at the Feb. 3 …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – A battalion chief in Bellevue is the preferred candidate to become Suamico’s full-time fire chief. Joe Bertler was selected after being one of two finalists the Fire Commission interviewed last week for the position, Village Administrator Alex Kaker confirmed in response to an open records request from The …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – Three candidates remain in the running for the village’s full-time fire chief position after one of the four finalists pulled out of consideration, said Village Administrator Alex Kaker. The village’s Fire Commission last month narrowed the field of 15 applicants to four finalists to interview Jan. 9-10. Kaker …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – Four finalists for Suamico’s full-time fire chief position have been selected by the village’s Fire Commission for interviews Jan. 9-10, said Village Administrator Alex Kaker. Kaker said the commission narrowed the field of candidates Dec. 23 by selecting the following finalists with their respective backgrounds: • Joe Bertler …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – A Pandora’s box was opened at the Monday, Sept. 17, Suamico village board meeting when trustees disagreed about fire inspection fees at the first reading of a proposed ordinance change. At the request of the board, Jim Kowalkowski, village directed enforcement officer, and Joe Bertler, assistant fire chief of …
