BY LEE REINSCHCORRESPONDENT DE PERE – If residents who took the most recent city services survey are representative of the typical De Pere resident, then your chances of running into someone who loves De Pere are pretty good. An impressive 95% of survey takers rated the community as an excellent (51%) or good (44%) place …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — Concerns at Voyageur Park – including noise from vehicles and loitering by young people – and possible solutions filled much of the Tuesday, June 7 City Council meeting – an issue that has caused headaches for area residents and city staff for the past few years. Lawton Foundry …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie prognosticated an early spring, and De Pere is making sure it’s going to be ready for it. The De Pere Common Council passed a slew of warmer weather-related motions touching on topics ranging from pools to boat launches at its Tuesday, Feb. …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council may add in-person back to its menu of meeting options. The board voted 6-2 to change the in-person meeting resumption guidelines from Phase II, which was to be when Brown County is designated a low-risk community for the spread of COVID-19, to Phase …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – At its Tuesday, Oct. 20, virtual meeting, the De Pere Common Council discussed the results of the community equity and inclusion survey. The survey, conducted by Polco, was in response to recent national calls for racial justice, inclusivity and equity for historically oppressed peoples. The questionnaire included …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council discussed resuming in-person meetings for council and committees, boards and commissions at its Tuesday, July 21, meeting. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the council has been meeting virtually for several months. Alder Dean Raasch asked for in-person meetings to begin Sept 1. …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear De Pere Taxpayer, Recently Lawrence Delo, De Pere City Administrator, and the De Pere Common Council contracted with the Green Bay Press-Gazette for printing legal notices. This contract is projected to cost you, the taxpayer, about $6,000 more than you would have paid to run the same notices in The Press …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer DE PERE – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic this year now includes pay-for-performance monetary awards for non-union city employees. The De Pere Common Council voted 7-1, May 19 to suspend salary increases and bonuses in the pay-for-performance program payable in 2020 for performance dating back to 2019, but agreed …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council took action on its Phase 1 plan to reopen city facilities and programs at its Tuesday, June 2, meeting. A memo to the city stated there is currently no concise guidance from either the federal or state level and no consistency throughout …
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By Press Times Staff DE PERE – The common council agreed Tuesday, April 21, to provide up to a $50,000 match to Downtown De Pere’s fundraising effort with the COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant Fund. Downtown De Pere is seeking to provide financial help to businesses in the Downtown De Pere Business Improvement District deemed …
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