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City manager highlights housing, infrastructure and utility upgrades in year-in-review
Summary
City Manager Joe Moore outlined a broad 2024 year-in-review for Fond du Lac, citing housing and downtown redevelopment, nearly 500 lead service lines replaced in 2025 (700 planned in 2026), wastewater-treatment upgrades and investments in parks, public safety accreditation and new buses.
City Manager Joe Moore presented a year-in-review to the Fond du Lac City Council on Dec. 10, outlining housing gains, infrastructure projects and utility upgrades the city completed or initiated in 2025. "We've done a lot of work throughout the year, a lot of success," Moore said as he reviewed slides summarizing the city’s accomplishments.
Moore pointed to downtown redevelopment and private investment as highlights, naming recent retail openings, a new brewery renovation and multiple renovation projects that replaced blight with mixed commercial and residential uses. He said the city is supporting new neighborhoods and infill development, and noted several projects in early stages, including developer interest in tax-credit units along Police Memorial Drive.
On utilities, Moore said the city accelerated replacement of lead service lines — "almost 500 this year" — and expects to increase that pace to about 700 next year. He described major investments at the wastewater treatment facility, including a biosolids dryer and a gas purification system, and said those upgrades are drawing regional interest.
Moore also highlighted public-safety work: the police department’s work toward (re)accreditation and a reduced failure rate among alcohol-serving establishments through education and mentoring, and fire-rescue accreditation and the integration of a fourth ambulance into round-the-clock duty.
Other items Moore emphasized included expanded library programming and a new library director, investments in parks and playgrounds, and the city’s fiscal health — he described the city’s bond rating and reserves as strong and called the 2026 budget "the most fiscally sound budget we've had in many a year." Moore thanked department heads and staff for executing major capital projects such as the Main Street reconstruction and listed future priorities including continued housing construction, infrastructure maintenance and homelessness coordination.
Council members responded with appreciation. The council also asked no substantive follow-up questions and moved to the remainder of the agenda.
