Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/04/2022 – Will Vote On Soldier’s Square Resolution, Receive First Report Of Season On Bird E-Scooter Pilot Program

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/09/2022 at 4:30PM. They will be once again taking up the Soldier’s Square Resolution. This resolution was discussed extensively during the 04/25/2022 committee meeting and was held until this meeting to give staff time to provide an estimate of […]

Common Council Vote To Approve Contract Amendment With Lamers Bus Lines For Trolley Service; Council Members Express Frustration With Situation Lamers Put City In

The Common Council met 05/04/2022. They spent around 30 minutes of the hour-long meeting discussing the request from Lamers Bus Lines to amend their contract with Valley Transit to run the trolley service over the summer. This item was discussed by both the Transit Commission […]

Common Council Approves Alcohol License Application For Mill City Public House

Things seem to be progressing nicely for Mill City Public House. Back in March, they had to apply for a special use permit for their establishment because the previous special use permit only ran with the Elks Club that had formerly occupied their building. On […]

Common Council Votes To Allow The Withdrawal Of Anti-Pipeline Resolution

On 05/04/2022, the Appleton Common Council voted to allow anti-pipeline Resolution 4-R-22, the Clean Water and Treaty Rights Resolution, to be withdrawn by its authors. This resolution was introduced at the 03/02/2022 Common Council meeting. Due to its subject matter and lack of overlap with […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Receives Update On IT System Assessment – Told One Of The Police Department Fiber Optics Cables Is Not Functioning

The Humana Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/27/2022. One of the information items on the agenda was an update on the IT infrastructure systems and vulnerability assessment that is currently underway. That assessment was approved in March and the purpose and scope of it […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Increasing Administrative Employee’s Hours To Full Time, Letting Employee Work For Both HR And IT Departments

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/27/2022. One of the items they took up was a request to approve the addition of a .20 Full Time Equivalent HR/IT Administrative Support Assistant in the Information Technology Department. Information Technology Director Corey Popp explained to […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Receives Presentation On Downtown Development Projects And Opportunities

The Community And Economic Development met 04/27/2022. Most of the meeting was taken up with a presentation by City of Appleton Economic Development Specialist Matt Rehbein about development projects and opportunities in the City of Appleton. This was a presentation that the city gives to […]

Mayor To Present 6 Proclamations At 05/04/2022 Common Council Meeting

Mayor Woodford will be present 6 proclamations at the 05/04/2022 Common Council meeting. The first proclaims the month of May 2022 to be Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and encourages “residents to recognize the many contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in our […]

Common Council Meeting 05/04/2022 – Will Vote On Request To Withdraw Anti-Pipeline Resolution

The Common Council is meeting 05/04/2022 at 7PM. The committee meetings have been pretty light on action items that have garnered a lot of discussion or disagreement, so it’s hard to tell what if anything might be separated out for individual votes. One item that […]