{
 "city": "Bloomer",
 "state": "WI",
 "page": "https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/ci.bloomer.wi.us/",
 "attribution": "MyTown / The Boring Parts — CC BY 4.0. Summaries AI-generated from official sources.",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "generated": "2026-08-20",
 "upcoming": [],
 "recent": [
  {
   "date": "2026-08-12",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to discuss excavation, land sales, and fire inspection fees",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council will hold its regular meeting, covering routine approvals, public comments, and department reports. Key business includes discussions on the north substation excavation, potential buyers for Creekside Estate lots, a solid waste collection evaluation, a tree removal and land purchase offer, a fire inspection ordinance amendment, and a resolution for special assessments. The council will also enter closed session to discuss tax increment financing and contract negotiations.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122026-77",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_08122026-77",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-30",
   "body": "Golf Course Committee",
   "headline": "Golf Course Committee to discuss irrigation and possible land development",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Golf Course Committee is meeting to discuss irrigation concerns and will enter closed session to deliberate on possible land development affecting the golf course layout, per Wisconsin open meetings law. The committee may take action after reconvening in open session.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07302026-74",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-22",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider $2.88M bond issuance and $475K loan for TID 5",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council will consider issuing $2,880,000 in general obligation promissory notes and a $475,000 State Trust Fund Loan for TID 5 improvements. They will also discuss change orders for TID 5 roadwork and MJ Electric substation dirt removal, special assessments for alley repaving, and street use permits for upcoming events.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07222026-76",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07222026-76",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-21",
   "body": "Zoning Board of Appeals",
   "headline": "Zoning board to hear variance request for 6-foot fence",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing and meeting to consider Zachary Mulholland's request for a variance to build a 6-foot privacy fence in the street yard at 2110 W. 26th Ave. The ordinance allows fences up to 4 feet in that area, so he is asking for a 2-foot variance. The board will hear evidence for and against the request and then vote.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07212026-75",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-15",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider change order for dirt removal at north substation",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council is holding a regular meeting with routine items including approval of minutes, claims, and public comments. The main business item is a discussion and consideration of a change order for dirt removal from MJ Electric for the north substation, presented by Dave Krause of EPS Engineering.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152026-73",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07152026-73",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-07-01",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to discuss selling city-owned lots and substation change order",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council is meeting for its regular session, which includes public comments, department reports, and a closed session to discuss strategy on selling residential lots in a city-owned subdivision and responding to a change order request from MJ Electric for a substation. The agenda is otherwise routine, with no other major action items listed.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07012026-72",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07012026-72",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "Park Board",
   "headline": "Park Board to discuss Willis Park improvements and North Park netting, campsites, food trucks",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Park Board is holding its regular meeting to discuss several park projects and policies. Items include improvements to Willis Park, installing netting at North Park pavilions, campsites at North Park, and allowing music and food trucks at North Park. The board will also review minutes and hear public comments.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06242026-69",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to issue debt for TID 5, approve permits and land map",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council will consider resolutions to issue general obligation promissory notes for TID 5 and approve the 2025 Compliance Maintenance report. They will also review a certified survey map for a parcel involving Don Schimmel and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, several street use and live music permits for local events, a donation of a crow's nest and pavilion at the fairgrounds, a police sergeant schedule, and possibly reschedule July meetings.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06242026-71",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06242026-71",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-23",
   "body": "Police Commission",
   "headline": "Police Commission to review patrol candidate test results in closed session",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Police Commission is holding a regular meeting that includes a police department update and a closed session to review testing results of a patrol candidate, as permitted under Wisconsin law for employment-related matters. The commission may take action on the candidate after reconvening in open session.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06232026-70",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-17",
   "body": "Planning Commission",
   "headline": "Planning Commission to review church survey map, Creekside Estates update",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Planning Commission will meet to approve prior minutes, discuss a certified survey map for Don Schimmel and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on parcel #23009-0821-63880806, and receive an update on the Creekside Estates development. The meeting is scheduled for June 17, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at City Hall.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172026-67",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06172026-67",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider filing electric rate case with PSC",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council will hold its regular meeting on June 10, 2026, at 1503 Main Street. The agenda includes routine approvals, public comments, and several business items, including a possible electric rate case filing, funding for Creekside Estates, a payment request from EPS Engineering, and a wastewater facility plan submittal to the DNR. The council may also enter closed session to discuss a Water/Wastewater Department Manager succession plan and potential payments on EPS invoices.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102026-68",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06102026-68",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-27",
   "body": "Planning Commission",
   "headline": "Planning Commission to consider chicken permits, Mayo addition, sign rules",
   "summary": "The Bloomer Planning Commission will discuss and consider two conditional use permits for keeping chickens, a land use permit for a Mayo Clinic Health Systems addition, a certified survey map, and a new building for b & l Ruff Properties. They will also discuss sign regulations under Article H, Sec 13-1. The meeting includes routine approval of minutes and roll call.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05272026-66",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05272026-66",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-27",
   "body": "City Council",
   "headline": "Bloomer Council to hear chicken permits, WWTP plan, Creekside Estates bids",
   "summary": "The Bloomer City Council is holding public hearings on conditional use permits for keeping chickens at two properties and on the facility plan for the wastewater treatment plant and lift stations. The council will also discuss and consider bids for the Creekside Estates development, a contract with CBS Squared, police department staffing, an Xcel Energy service agreement, a site lease with Northern States Power, and several Street Department improvement bids.",
   "agenda_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05272026-65",
   "minutes_url": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05272026-65",
   "source": "https://www.ci.bloomer.wi.us/AgendaCenter"
  }
 ]
}