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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Mark Rohloff, City Manager
DATE: June 4, 2021
RE: Weekly Newsletter
1. CITY RECEIVES NEW HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANT: The Wisconsin
Department of Administration notified the City that we have been awarded a $50,000
Housing Cost Reduction Initiative (HCRI) Program grant to assist low to moderate
income homebuyers with down payment assistance, closing costs and help existing
owners with foreclosure prevention. The HCRI grant funds, along with other City
housing program funding, will continue to provide affordable housing options for
low to moderate income homebuyers looking to purchase their first home or help
prevent the loss of their affordable house within Oshkosh. Staff will be working with
the State on policies and guidelines for this new program. For more information on
this new housing program, please contact Community Development Director Allen
Davis at 920.236.5055.
2. CITY LEADERS PARTICIPATE IN DEI TRAINING: The City of Oshkosh is
committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and
inclusion (DEI). To continuously support this effort the City of Oshkosh began
developing several Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. These initiatives are
designed to encourage respectful communication and cooperation between all
employees; teamwork and employee participation; facilitation of the representation
of all groups and employee perspectives as well as employer and employee
contributions to the communities we serve. The first training and strategic planning
session was held on May 26th & 27th with all managers and supervisor. We will be
conducting follow up strategies with our DEI consultants over the next few months
with the goal of preparing performance measures to present to our DEI Committee.
3. 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/.
4. COVID-19 RESOURCE LINKS AND INFORMATION:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
https://www.cdc.gov/
Wisconsin Department of Health Services:
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/
Winnebago County Public Health Department:
https://www.co.winnebago.wi.us/health/divisions-program-areas/communicable-
disease/covid-19-coronavirus/wchd-covid-19-situation
5. UPCOMING MEETINGS: On Monday at 9:00 AM I will be meeting Michele Behnke,
Human Resources Manager to discuss the Museum Director recruitment process. At
10:00 AM I am meeting with Steve Brandes, President of the Wisconsin Herd to get
an update in regards to their upcoming season. At 1:30 PM I will be attending a virtual
LWMMI Board meeting. At 8:00 AM on Tuesday I will be meeting with Mayor
Palmeri to discuss Tuesday’s agenda. On Wednesday at 7:30 AM I will be attending
the Oshkosh Area United Way Leadership Council meeting. At 8:00 AM on Thursday
I will be attending the Leadership Oshkosh Steering Committee meeting. At 12:00 PM
on Thursday I am participating in a virtual WCMA mini-conference. At 6:00 PM I will
be attending the virtual Joint Workshop with Council & Various Boards to discuss
Chapter 30 Subdivision Code updates. On Friday at 1:00 PM I am meeting with Art
Rathjen of GOEDC. The week of June 7th begins the annual CIP process with
department heads. Therefore the remainder of the week I will be meeting with
departmental staff regarding their proposed 2022-26 CIP projects. If you have any
questions about my schedule, please contact me.