Month: June 2022

Fox Cities Regional Partnership Gives Presentation To Community And Economic Development Committee – Talks About Student Career Expo, Diversity Equity And Inclusion Conference Appleton Will Be Hosting Next Year

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 06/22/2022. The one item on the agenda was a presentation by the Fox Cities Regional Partnership regarding projects, plans, initiatives, and direction. The presentation was delivered by Becky Bartoszek, President and CEO of the Fox Cities Chamber of […]

Board Of Building Inspection Meeting 06/30/2022 – Will Consider Variance Request For Staircase With No Landing

This week is a slow week in Appleton city government. The city meeting cycles run on a four week schedule with Common Council meetings being on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month and regular committee meetings happening during the 2nd and 4th weeks […]

Driver Who Almost Hit City Employee Cited For Hit And Run, Deviating From Designated Lane

Just a brief follow-up on the incident earlier this month in which a city employee narrowly avoided being injured or killed by a hit and run driver…the driver who caused the crash was cited for Hit and Run and for Deviating From Designated Lane. It […]

Transit Commission Discusses Staffing Levels, Receives Revenue and Ridership Reports For May

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 06/21/2022 during which they approved the May payments and received several reports. During the approval of payments, they briefly discussed the filling of shifts at Valley Transit. Alderperson Maiyoua Thao (District 7) asked if Valley Transit was still providing […]

Board Of Education Meeting 06/27/2022 – Will Receive Multiple Reports Including An Update On Dress Code

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 06/27/2022 at 6PM. They will be receiving a number of reports including a summary of the Houdini Family survey, the Annual Notice of Academic Standards, a couple of proposed materials updates, the Achievement Gap Reduction […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Premise Amendment Allowing Restaurant To Use Shipping Container As Outdoor Bar

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/22/2022. One of the items they took up was a permanent premise amendment for the restaurant Area 509 that would allow them to add a shipping container to their premise so they could use the shipping container to serve […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Update – Chief Thomas Discusses New Squad Car Design And Staffing Issues

During the 06/22/2022 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting, Police Chief Todd Thomas provided a brief update regarding some of the things that are going on in the police department. Attached to the agenda was a picture of the new squad car design. The change was […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Taxicab Driver Application Until Next Meeting To Give Police More Time To Contact Applicant

The Safety and Licensing committee met 06/22/2022. It was a brief meeting, clocking in at under 10 minutes. I had been hoping that there might be an interesting discussion regarding the taxicab drivers license application, because it looked like Torrey, the applicant, had a somewhat […]