by Michael Martens | Mar 26, 2020 | Council Meeting
The word of the day is unprecedented. We’ve been using that a lot to describe the events that have transpired over the last month. COVID-19 has turned our world upside down but the city still needs to run and that requires a functioning government. That’s...
by Michael Martens | Mar 19, 2020 | Council Meeting
In an exercise of social distancing‚ the Wausau Common Council held a special meeting this evening to discuss the ability of members being able to ‘call-in’ for city council or committee meetings during the COVID-19 restriction period. You can read the...
by Michael Martens | Mar 11, 2020 | Council Meeting
This week’s common council meeting was a mixed bag of items. That can traditionally be the case as the city will have several initiatives moving forward at any given point in time. In my bi-weekly update I’m pulling out a few notable items that will increase the...
by Michael Martens | Feb 26, 2020 | Council Meeting
This week’s common council meeting was pretty much uncontentious but it did have some key items that deserve a little deeper dive. Resolution Approving the WisDOT Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant application to create a section of the Business...
by Michael Martens | Feb 12, 2020 | Council Meeting
This week’s common council agenda was light but the meeting wasn’t short on information. The bulk of the meeting was a presentation on the South Riverfront Master Plan and Towers District Market Study Plan. But before I get into that‚ there is one item of note. The...
by Michael Martens | Jan 29, 2020 | Council Meeting
The packet with background information and agenda for the January 28 meeting can be found on the City of Wausau website This evening’s meeting started off by recognizing four individuals from the Wausau Fire Department with an Award of Valor. Our public safety...
by Michael Martens | Jan 15, 2020 | Council Meeting
This week’s common council meeting didn’t have any big overarching issues, but there were plenty of nuggets of information that are of interest to our community. I’ll provide my impressions and analysis on items of note. The entire meeting packet can...
by Michael Martens | Jan 8, 2020 | City News
At the recent Longfellow Neighborhood meeting there were a few questions about the winter maintenance of the city’s streets. I’ll address a couple of those issues for the benefit of the greater community. First off‚ I’ve received some questions if...
by Michael Martens | Apr 25, 2018 | Council Meeting
The April 24 meeting of the Wausau Common Council was the first meeting where we actually worked on city matters. We did have an organizational meeting on the April 17, but that one was devoted to taking the oath of office, committee assignments, and establishing the...
by Michael Martens | Apr 11, 2018 | Council Meeting
The April 10 meeting of the common council was the final one of the 2016-2018 session. The agenda was full, but went rather quick as many of the items cleaned up loose ends before the new council session starts on April 24. At the end of the meeting Mayor Robert...
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