Finance Committee approves routine tax rescinds, equipment purchases, contracts and grant acceptance

The City of Green Bay Finance Committee on April 8 unanimously approved a package of routine financial and procurement actions, including rescinding and refunding specific 2024 property tax charges, accepting a State of Wisconsin EMS funding award (revised total), awarding equipment and software support purchases, and adopting an asset‑variance procedure intended to improve change‑order reporting.

The items were largely procedural or corrective and passed by voice vote with no recorded individual roll‑call votes; staff said the actions correct recording errors, implement procurement controls and add one new funding acceptance.

Item details

• Parcel tax rescinds/refund: The committee approved three related resolutions affecting 2024 real‑estate tax entries. Staff noted one agenda description mislabelled a rescind as a refund; the committee corrected that and approved the corrected motions. The affected taxpayers and amounts recorded on the agenda were: Parcel 7‑520 (Kingdom Agenda Church Inc., 730 Quincy St.), $4,570.14 (refund item corrected on the agenda); Parcel 7‑521 (Kingdom Agenda Church Inc., 708 Harvey St.), $570.61 (rescind); and Parcel 8‑224 (Open Door Housing, LLC, 728 St. George St.), $4,619.06 (rescind to convert to exempt status per nonprofit documentation).

• Police radios: The committee approved the purchase of 13 Motorola EPX 6500 portable radios from Motorola Solutions for the police department for $65,340.47. Committee members discussed replacement cycles for portable radios and the city’s strategy for spreading replacements.

• ERP support contract extension: The committee approved a three‑year extension for annual support and maintenance of the city’s enterprise resource planning software with Tyler Technologies for $512,314.37.

• Asset variance procedure: The committee approved adding an “asset variance” procedure to the City of Green Bay procurement procedures. Staff and the procurement manager explained the rule requires departments to report changes that increase a purchase order beyond the approved amount; the director noted any change over $50,000 will be reported to council. The procedure excludes transit (Transit Commission oversight) and the Department of Public Works construction variances, which have separate mechanisms.

• State EMS funding acceptance: The committee accepted the 2025 Wisconsin Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Funding Assistance award. Staff corrected the award amount on the record from an initial…