Month: March 2023

Board Of Education Meeting 03/13/2023 – Will Receive Information On District’s Wellness Policy Evaluation Tool

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 03/13/2023. They will hold a closed session meeting at 5:30PM to discussion staff contract matters. The open portion of the meeting will begin at 6PM or whenever the closed session ends, whichever is later. The […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives 2022 Annual Fire Department Report, Update To City’s Emergency Operations Plan, Directors’ Reports

The Safety And Licensing Committee met 03/08/2023. They received a number of information items including: I’ve prepared a transcript of the full discussion for your downloading pleasure: EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN UPDATES – Cassidy Walsh, the city’s Emergency Management Coordinator, told the committee that the Emergency […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Increase In Sale Price Of Land In Business And Industrial Park – $43,000 Per Acre Still A Little Less Than Market Value To Spur Development

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/09/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to approve an increase to the selling prices for land in the city’s business and industrial park from $40,000 per acre to $43,000 per acre. The committee […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Extension To Merge Development Deadline, Gives Go-Ahead For Grant Agreement

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/08/2023. Two of the items they took up pertained to the Merge, LLC commercial/residential mixed-use development currently being built at 115 E Washington Street. Both of these items were approved unanimously by the committee. I’ve prepared a complete […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Demerit Point Violation With Owner Of The Durty Leprechaun – Asks Owner What Steps He Has Taken To Prevent Further Open After Hours Violations

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/07/2023 and, during that meeting, held their second demerit point violation appearance, this time involving the Durty Leprechaun. The city enacted an ordinance change that went into effect 07/01/2022 which requires alcohol license holders to come before the committee […]

City Plan Commission Approves Changes Facilitating Mead Pond Development Moving From A Condo Associating To A Homeowner’s Association

The City Plan Commission met 03/08/2023. The meeting was short and smooth, lasting less that 7 minutes from start to finish. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting for your downloading pleasure: The two items on the agenda were related to a Condominium Association’s […]

Utilities Committee Receives Update On Polymer Incident

The Utilities Committee met 03/07/2023. One of the items they received an update on was the wastewater treatment plant Polymer Incident of 12/26/2022. During that incident 4-5 months’ worth of treatment chemicals were dumped into the wastewater treatment plant’s system which stopped their digesters and […]

Finance Committee Approves Various Infrastructure Maintenance Projects – Discusses Cost-Cutting Efforts To Respond To Inflation And Supply Chain Issues, Questions Impact Of Project Postponements On Future Projects

The Finance Committee met 03/06/2023. They discussed and voted to approve a number of contracts that came in higher than the city had budgeted for and that required adjustments of one sort or another in order to maintain the budget. Issues discussed during the meeting […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 03/08/2023 – Will Vote On Request To Over Hire Residential Building Inspector Position For 1 Week

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 03/08/2023 at 6:30PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is a request to over hire a Residential Building Inspector position. For some positions, the city asks to over hire for several weeks if […]