Votes at a glance: Green Bay Finance Committee, Nov. 4, 2025
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Summary
The Finance Committee approved several routine contracts and grant acceptances by voice vote and carried one major allocation to Willow’s JBS Urban Barn. The committee also approved a revised asset capitalization policy and held the levy-supported borrowing and CIP for further review.
The Green Bay Finance Committee took the following formal actions Nov. 4. Vote totals reflect recorded voice votes; specific aye/no counts were not entered in the minutes for several items and are reported as unanimous where the transcript records a voice vote.
• Approved acceptance of the 2026 State BECOP grant from the Wisconsin Department of Justice for $161,912 with a required local match of $40,004.78 (voice vote; motion carries unanimously).
• Approved purchase of a 2024 Tool Cat (UW56 with bucket) from Bobcat Plus Inc. for $42,000 (purchase price after trade-in); funding to come from the capital equipment reserve (voice vote; motion carries unanimously).
• Approved a three-year packaged oil waste and recycling services contract with Halloran Oil. Staff reported expected spend over the contract term of about $90,000 (voice vote; motion carries unanimously).
• Approved a five-year finance audit services contract with CliftonLarsonAllen for a total cost of $315,000; staff noted the water utility and transit will separately consider the same award (voice vote; motion carries unanimously).
• Approved allocation of $752,843 in ARPA site-acquisition funds to the JBS Urban Barn project, with a request that Willow raise approximately $250,000 to cover the fundraising gap (voice vote; motion carries unanimously). See separate article on this action for details.
• Approved the revised asset capitalization policy (voice vote; motion carries unanimously).
• Deferred formal approval of the 2026 levy-supported borrowing request and the 2026–2030 capital improvement plan report to the Nov. 13 joint personnel/finance meeting to allow staff to provide prioritized equipment lists and additional documentation (voice vote; action to hold passed unanimously).
Minutes and staff reports will accompany the Nov. 13 packet for items being held.
