Hudson Finance Committee October 19, 2026

The Hudson Finance Committee meeting on October 19, 2026, approved claims totaling approximately $736,996.70. It also approved placing a permanent speed-display sign for Bear Drive in the 2028–29 capital improvement planning cycle; the sign’s cost was not stated. Members discussed possible pedestrian-safety improvements and asking the township about the speed limit, but no related action was recorded. The committee considered a rail commission request for approximately $15,000 toward a feasibility study of passenger rail service from Eau Claire to the Twin Cities. Members raised concerns about affordability, the city’s membership status, and the study’s value; the discussion was deferred so the coordinating representative could provide more information, with no final approval captured in the transcript.

The committee approved staff’s recommendation to award downtown parking-lot and adjacent-sidewalk snow-removal services to Complete Lawn Care. The city had issued an RFP and received seven responses; the contract is for three years, paid from the parking utility fund, but the proposed amount is not legible in the transcript. Members also considered adding a third school resource officer at the school district’s expense under the existing shared-cost arrangement. A motion and second to approve are audible, but the vote result is not captured before the transcript ends.