The Finance Committee met 04/21/2025. One of the items they took up was a request to approve taking $20,006 left over from a furniture upgrades project and a lighting upgrades project and using it to cover the cost of installing new signage in the City […]
Finance Committee Votes 3-1 To Recommend Denial Of Request To Take $107,000 Left Over From Roof Replacement Project And Spend It On Climate Action Consultant
The Finance Committee met 04/21/2025. The item they spent the most amount of time discussing was the request to take $107,625 in funds left over from the 2024 Park Pavilion Roof Replacement Project and put it toward hiring a consultant “to create a sustainability and […]
Transit Commission Discusses New Fare Collection System, Sets Daily And Monthly Caps On Fares
The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 04/22/2025. They received an update on the implementation of Valley Transit’s new collection system and voted to approve daily and monthly fare caps for riders. Going forward, riders will pay for no more than two rides per day even […]
Common Council Approves Alcohol License Agent Change For Tandem Wine And Beer, Creation Of Loading Zone On College Avenue For Trout Museum Of Art, Annexation Of 95 Acres From Grand Chute Into Appleton
The Common Council met 04/16/2025. They separated three action items out for individual votes—the alcohol license change of agent application for Tandem Wine and Beer, the request from the Trout Museum of Art to turn two on-street parking stalls on College Avenue into a loading […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 04/23/2025 – Will Vote On Table Of Organization Changes For Community Development Department, Updates To Two City Policies
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 04/23/2025 at 6:30PM. This will be the first meeting the committee has had since 12/11/2024. They will be electing a Vice Chair, setting the meeting date and time, and designating a contact person for the committee. […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 04/23/2025 – Will Vote On Request From Police Department To Deny Bartender License To Applicant With Battery Conviction
The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 04/23/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be electing a Vice-Chair and doing some other housekeeping items related to the start of the new Council year. They will also be voting on two alcohol license change of agent applications and […]
Community Development Committee Meeting 04/23/2025 – Will Hold Public Hearing On Draft Of The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan For Community Development Block Grant Program
The Community Development Committee is meeting 04/23/2025 at 4:30PM. They will be holding a public hearing on the draft of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program. They also have two action items that are not housekeeping items related to the […]
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Board Of Education Receives Attendance Update, Discusses Truancy Issues And Possible Truancy Ordinance
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/14/2025. One of the information items they received was an update on student attendance numbers, the District Leadership Team’s efforts to get a anti-truancy ordinance passed by the Common Council, and the Leadership Teams reasoning for […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 04/22/2025 – Will Elect Committee Vice-Chair For New Council Year, Set Date And Time For Committee Meetings
The Utilities Committee is meeting 04/22/2025 at 4:30PM. It would not surprise me if they don’t actually end up meeting because, right now, the only action items on the agenda are housekeeping items related to the new Council year. They need to elect a Vice-Chair, […]