Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Agreement For Mixed-Use Development In Downtown Chase Bank Building – Will Feature 24 Apartments, 1st Floor Businesses, And Entertainment Space

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 01/11/2023. One of the items they discussed and voted on was a request to approve a development agreement for improvements to the Chase Bank property at 200 W College Avenue in TIF District 11. The committee ended up […]

Utilities Committee Discusses Boxing Day Polymer Incident – 4-5 Months Of Cationic Polymer Emptied Into Anaerobic Digester In One Day

The Utilities Committee met 01/10/2023. Much of the meeting was taken up with discussion of the Polymer Incident of December 26, 2022. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the discussion for your downloading pleasure. I find it all very interesting, but because I don’t know […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 01/11/2023 – Will Vote On 3 License Applications, Resolution Moving District 12 Polling Place

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting this evening, 01/11/2023 at 5:30PM. The agenda looks to be pretty light. They have three license applications they will be voting on, one alcohol license and two cigarette licenses. They will also be voting on a resolution moving […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 01/11/2023 – Will Vote On Merge LLC Phase 2 Purchase Extension, Development Agreement For Apartments Above Chase Bank

The Community And Economic Development Committee is meeting 01/11/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first action item is a request from Merge LLC to move the purchase date of the property on the corner of Washington Street and Appleton […]

Board Of Education Reviews AASD’s 2021-22 State Report Card – District Scores 66.6 Overall, Achievement Below State Average For 3rd Year In Row

I thought it would be nice to go back to the 11/28/2022 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting and highlight their discussion about the District’s 2021-22 State Report Card. I wasn’t able to write-about it at the time because of my busier than […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 01/11/2023 – Will Update Fee-In-Lieu Of Land Dedication Rules

The City Plan Commission is meeting 01/11/2023 at 3:30PM. They have one item on the agenda which is a public hearing and then an associated action item to update the section of Municipal Code related to how the city handles the fee-in-lieu of land dedication. […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 01/10/2022 – Will Discuss The “Polymer Incident” Of 2022

The Utilities Committee is meeting 01/10/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda one requesting approval for a sole source purchase of an axial flow pump for $133,876 and one requesting approval of a axial flow sludge blending pump impeller repair contract […]

Board Of Education Meeting 01/09/2023 – Will Receive Several Monitoring Reports, Review Proposed Math Curriculum, Discuss WASB Resolutions

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/09/2023 at 6PM. They will be receiving reports on a new instructional book, Thinking Mathematically, for the Math Topics course. AASD wants to align their Math Topics course with the Fox Valley Technical College’s College […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/09/2023 – Will Vote On Contract For Sanitary And Storm Sewer Lining Project

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/09/2023 at 5:30PM. Only one action item is on the agenda, a request to award a sanitary and storm sewer lining project contract for $626,000. There are also four information items which are updates on several contracts. View full meeting […]