Legislation

The Joint Finance Committee Comes to Platteville

Council President Eileen Nickels, Council President Pro-Tem Barb Daus and I had the opportunity to speak today before the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance. Legislative advocacy is one of the duties of a City Manager. Platteville residents were well represented at the hearing. Also in attendance were UW-P Chancellor Dennis Shields, Platteville School Superintendent Connie Valenza, Chamber of Commerce Director Kathy Kopp, Main Street Director Jack Luedkte, PAIDC Board President Pete Mumm, and Grant Count Board Chair Bob Keene as well as numerous other residents and faculty.

Following Action at the Capitol

One of the duties of the City Manager is stay abreast of legislation that may impact the City (and to occasionally coax elected representatives into introducing legislation that will address a problem we are trying to solve). In the 7 months that I have been here, things have been fast and furious on the legislative front. 

Two weeks ago Council President, Eileen Nickels and Vice President, Barb Daus and I had the pleasure to meet privately with UW President, Ray Cross and Senator Howard Marklein. President Cross and Senator Marklein were both in town for a listening session about the future of the UW system (Council President Nickels and I attended that as well). Prior to the listening session, they toured some local sites to talk about economic development. One of those visits was to a company started by UW students, called Tenex. Tenex is housed in City Hall (more about Tenex and the City’s maker-space at...