Mayor· 2024-04-01–2028-04-01; month-level start: April 2024 per the city's Mayor's Office page ('elected as the 41st Mayor of the City of Menasha in April 2024'; terms begin the third Tuesday in April); end sourced from the city statement that mayors are elected in presidential-year spring elections (next in the following cycle); month-level end: April 2028
Austin Hammond
Menasha
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 17
- Total speaking time
- 2:26:54
- Avg per meeting
- 8:38
- Segments
- 2727
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Top issues during term (8)(Development)
Lawson Canal redevelopment concept
Concept-stage; potential new tax base from townhouses, hotel and commercial development.
2 Tayco Street restoration instead of demolition
$150,000 city investment; projected $16,000/year in new property tax revenue; total project cost ~$1.1–1.2 million.
Senior Care Conversion at 1284 Midway Road
Housing market trends
Downtown Building Incentive Grant Program
Grants are a dollar-for-dollar city match up to $50,000 per project, with the annual program budget set through the city operating budget.
Comprehensive Plan Update — development visioning
Up to $20,000 from the city's budget for planning consultant services.
Downtown Waterfront Vision
Q1 Community Development report and redevelopment sites
The department issued 162 permits in Q1 totaling $6.7 million in project value and about $33,000 in fees.
Decisions during term (3)
Recorded while Hammond was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.