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Oshkosh council approves final special-assessment resolutions for multiple street projects; resident raises questions about lead-service funding and tree damage
Summary
The Oshkosh Common Council on May 27 approved final resolutions establishing special assessments for a series of street, water, sewer and sidewalk contracts covering neighborhoods across the city, and heard one public commenter who said she had been told grant money would cover private lead-service replacement and who reported $17,000 in home damage.
The Oshkosh Common Council on May 27 approved final resolutions establishing special assessments for a series of street, water, sewer and sidewalk contracts covering neighborhoods across the city, and heard one public commenter who said she had been told grant money would cover private lead-service replacement and who reported $17,000 in home damage after a tree fell.
The council voted to adopt final resolutions for Contract 25-02, 25-04, 25-05, 25-07, 25-08, 25-09 and 25-12 (sanitary sewer mains and laterals, water mains and laterals, storm sewers, and related sidewalk and driveway work). Each resolution passed on final reading by roll call with the council recording unanimous affirmative votes from the six members present.
The action matters because the adopted resolutions set the maximum special-assessment amounts that may later be certified against affected properties; council members and staff emphasized that later changes to project scope can…
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