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HomeMy WebLinkAboutnewsletter DATE: July 31, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and Common Council FROM: Mark Rohloff, City Manager SUBJECT: Weekly Newsletter 1. ABSENTEE BALLOT UPDATE: In-Person absentee voting for the August 11, 2020 Partisan Primary started in the City Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, July 28th and will continue through August 7th. Below are in-person absentee ballots numbers from previous years: August 2016 August 2018 August 2020 Tuesday 13 8 21 Wednesday 14 9 29 Thursday 15 10 19 The last day to request an absentee ballot by mail for the August election is Thursday, August 6, 2020. The Clerk’s Office has mailed out 12,296 absentee ballots to voters and received 5,589 absentee ballots back. Next week staff will be testing the voting equipment and preparing final election tasks. 2. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WEBPAGE UPDATED: The City of Oshkosh Capital Improvement Program (CIP) webpage has been updated with additional resources. Due to the ongoing health pandemic throughout the country, the traditional CIP Neighborhood Meeting will not be held this year. In an effort to provide the information that property owners adjacent to major projects would normally receive, the Department of Public Works, in cooperation with Oshkosh Media, recorded an informational presentation and posted it to the CIP webpage at the link below: https://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/PublicWorks/CapitalImprovements/ In addition to the informational presentation, the proposed 2021-2025 CIP Interactive Map has been posted, along with some Frequently Asked Questions and answers. Also new this year, the Department of Public Works has initiated a general email address that questions may be submitted to: DPW@ci.oshkosh.wi.us. This allows property owners to be able to email questions directly to the department without needing a specific individual’s email address. City Manager • Mark A. Rohloff City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5002 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us 3. OSHKOSH MEDIA HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT: Oshkosh Media has worked with staff members from various city departments over the past couple weeks to help spread the word about important projects and initiatives in the City of Oshkosh:  The Oshkosh Police Department and Oshkosh Fire Department came into the Oshkosh Media studio to put together a fun video that highlights summer safety tips for kids: https://youtu.be/DyCSYT4lvZI  Staff from the Department of Public Works scripted an explanation of the city’s sidewalk rehab program, and Oshkosh Media edited the informational video together: https://youtu.be/LH1cTo-7Va4  Oshkosh Media worked with the City Clerk’s office to produce a how-to video on absentee voting for the August 11 partisan primary election: https://youtu.be/nPHdb2yOVGY  In lieu of a public meeting this year, Oshkosh Media worked with DPW to record a presentation of the city’s 2021 Capital Improvement Program: https://youtu.be/J1TcHBNWXg8 If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jake Timm in Oshkosh Media at 236- 5261. 4. PERFORMANCE REVIEW DEMONSTRATES STRENGTH OF GO TRANSIT: WISDOT hires a contractor to perform management performance reviews for all transit systems in Wisconsin approximately every 5 years. They performed this review of GO Transit last fall. Although some things have changed since the audit (for example delivery of 3 new buses), we recently received the final report. The highlights of the review show GO Transit compares favorably to our state and national peers. GO Transit performs better than our peers in most categories. This shows we have an effective and efficient transit service. The only area GO Transit is outside the satisfactory range on is average fares per passenger trips. Even with a fare increase on January 1, 2019, our fares are still among the lowest in the state. The report also notes the need to upgrade the downtown transit center and pursue mobile fares. We have already implemented many of the report’s recommendations and are actively pursuing others. For your convenience, the full report is attached. If you have any questions about this report or GO Transit, please contact Transportation Director, Jim Collins. 5. COVID-19 RESOURCE LINKS AND INFORMATION: o Citizen Covid-19 Information Site: https://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/covid19.aspx o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/ o Wisconsin Department of Health Services: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ o Winnebago County Public Health Department: City Manager • Mark A. Rohloff City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5002 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us https://www.co.winnebago.wi.us/health/divisions-program- areas/communicable-disease/covid-19-coronavirus/wchd-covid-19-situation 6. ATTACHED REPORTS & UPDATES: Attached is the weekly Museum Board Memo. 7. MEETING MINUTES FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: All meeting minutes are uploaded to the website upon approval. Please follow the link below for the most updated information & meeting minutes: https://onboard.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/. 8. UPCOMING MEETINGS: On Tuesday at 11:00 AM I will be meeting with staff to discuss the staff’s review of the Great Neighborhoods Program. Beginning Wednesday August 5, I will be on vacation, returning to the office Monday, August 17. If you have any questions regarding my schedule, please contact me.