The Board of Zoning Appeals met 03/21/2022 and took up the variance request from the owner of a property of a corner lot on John Street. Kevin currently has a detached garage on his property which is in very poor condition and not worth saving. […]
Month: March 2022
Candidate Questionnaires For Appleton Aldermanic Races
Appleton’s seven even numbered aldermanic seats are on the ballot for the 04/05/2022 election which is only 1 week away. Below are links to various candidate forums and questionnaires that candidates responded to. Both Vered Meltzer in District 2 and Chris Croatt in District 14 […]
Library Board Receives Presentation From SOM Architectural Firm On Library Project Design
The Library Board met 03/25/2022 and received Building Project Design Update Presentation from Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM), the Chicago-based architectural firm contracted for the project. You may recall back in September the Common Council received a presentation on the initial design. This presentation followed […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/20/2022 – 03/26/2022
After the City of Appleton recently discovered 68 deaths they had not reported, I decided to start pulling numbers from the WI DHS website instead. Last week from 03/20/2022 through 03/26/2022, Appleton recorded 22 confirmed cases and 4 probable cases. There were no new deaths, […]
Transit Commission Receives Brief Update On Valley Transit II Service – Running Inc Has Hired 3 New Employees, Continues To Recruit
The Transit Commission met 03/22/2022. They received a brief update regarding the Valley Transit II service. This is curb to curb transportation service, provided by a contracted company Running, Inc, to elderly and disabled individuals who are unable to use the fixe route bus system. […]
Valley Transit General Manager Ron McDonald Talks About His Desire To Turn Downtown Transit Center Into A Mixed Use Facility With Housing And A Daycare Center
The Transit Commission met 03/22/2022. One of the information items they discussed was the Valley Transit Center Needs Assessment. Valley Transit General Manager Ron McDonald expressed a desire for the downtown transit center to be completely rebuilt with a transit center on the first floor […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Is Informed Appleton Has Met Its Quota Of Class B Liquor Licenses
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/23/2022. Outside of the information item regarding the upcoming election on 04/05/2022, the other action and information items were all alcohol related. They started out by approving a gas station’s “Class A” Liquor License application and the temporary Class […]
Community And Economic Development Committee Receives Update On Afghan Refugee Resettlement Efforts
The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/25/2022. Most of the meeting was taken up with a presentation by Tami McLaughlin with World Relief – Fox Valley, updating the committee on the Afghan refugee resettlement efforts. Before Ms. McLaughlin spoke, Terrence “Timber” Smith, Appleton’s Diversity, […]
Municipal Services Committee Discusses Possible Redesign of Soldier’s Square – Makes No Decision And Votes On Nothing
During the 03/23/2022 Municipal Services Committee, the committee discussed the desired process for a possible redesign of Soldier’s Square per Resolution #5-R-19. This was an information item and they neither reached any decisions nor voted on anything. And, as was mentioned several times in the […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Information On Absentee Ballot Policies For April 5 Election
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/23/2022. During the meeting they received an update on the Spring Election that it coming up Tuesday April 5. They received some important reminders about absentee voting and how that is happening under the current court order imposed by […]