Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Fire Department’s Request To Provide Confined Space Services To Purina; Reviews Two Grant Applications AFD Submitted

The Safety And Licensing Committee had several Fire Department related items on the agenda of their 01/12/2022 meeting. The first was an action item requiring a vote on a request from Fire Department to enter a contract with Purina Animal Nutrition to provide confined space […]

Library Board Meeting 01/18/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update And Vote On Contract To Temporarily House Library In Former Best Buy Location

The Library Board is meeting 01/18/2022 at 4:30PM. Perhaps the items of most interest on the agenda will be the Library Project Upsate as well as the action item regarding the library’s temporary location. City Staff is recommending they lease space in the former Best […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Decides To Wait Until Next Meeting To Vote On Alpine Swift’s Liquor License Application

The Safety And Licensing Committee met 01/12/2021. One of the items they took up was the Class B Beer and Class C Wine license applications submitted by Adam Marty for Alpine Swift, his planned new neighborhood restaurant on Pacific Street. Back in November he was […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Meeting 01/17/2022 – Will Take Up Two Variance Requests Regarding Signage At St. Bernadette Parish

The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 01/17/2022 at 7PM. They will be taking up two variance requests from one applicant. St. Bernadette Parish at 2331 E. Lourdes Dr. houses Iris Place, The Richardson School, and the Thompson Center on Lourdes. They already have 2 […]

Board Of Health Receives Covid-19 Update – Discusses Increased Case Count And How To Increase Vaccination Rate

Although the Honeybee Rescue Resolution was the only action item on the agenda, the vast bulk of the 01/12/2022 Board of Health meeting was taken up by the Covid-19 update. [I would say the TL:DR is that they discussed the marked increases in cases, how […]

Board Of Education Receives Update On Referendum Focus Groups

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/10/2022. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes provided a brief update on the referendum process. The week before the board meeting, AASD held two focus group sessions with the purpose of gathering feedback from “representative parents and […]

Pacific Street Neighborhood Restaurant Alpine Swift Granted Special Use Permit To Serve Beer and Wine

The City Plan Commission met 01/12/2022. One of the items they took up was a special use permit for a restaurant with alcohol sales and consumption located at 1016 East Pacific Street. Located in a small commercial building in an otherwise residential neighborhood, the restaurant […]

Honeybee Rescue Resolution Passes Through Board Of Health With Minor Changes

The Board of Health met 01/12/2022. The one action item they took up was the Honeybee Rescue Resolution. This resolution has not seemed to be controversial, and they spent only a couple minutes dealing with it. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2), who is the main […]