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Council directs staff to develop policies on undergrounding utilities and special-assessment deferrals
Summary
The Oshkosh council gave staff guidance to draft a utility-undergrounding policy (prioritizing gateways and wide boulevards) and to prepare a residential special-assessment deferral policy with multiple payment-plan options; staff will return with drafts.
The Oshkosh City Common Council on July 8 instructed staff to draft policy language on two infrastructure topics: (1) a policy to evaluate undergrounding utilities during street reconstructions and (2) a policy providing for interest-free deferrals and multi-year payment plans for certain special assessments tied to utility connections.
On undergrounding, engineering staff presented a draft framework proposing that arterial and gateway corridors be prioritized for additional study and potential undergrounding given their visibility and resiliency benefits. Council members asked that the…
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