Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 07/26/2023 – Will Hold Demerit Point Violation Appearances For Businesses Convicted Of Selling Alcohol To Underage Persons, Vote For Second Time On Gold Cross Ambulance Service Agreement

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 07/26/2023 at 5:30PM. The meeting will start out with Demerit Point Violation Appearance for five different establishments that were convicted of selling alcohol to underage persons. These violations were all related to a Police Department sting operation and […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 07/26/2023 – Will Vote On Plat Number 4 In Southpoint Commerce Park, Resolution To Dedicate Land For Park And Trail In Southpoint Commerce Park

The City Plan Commission is meeting 07/26/2023 at 3:30PM. The commission will be taking up two items. The first is a request to approve Plat Number 4 in Southpoint Commerce Park. The second is Resolution 8-R-23 which would dedicate city-owned land in Southpoint Commerce Park […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 07/25/2023 – Will Vote On Stormwater Management Plan Review Contract Increase, Payments To City For Stormwater Ponds At Reid Golf Course And Memorial Park

The Utilities Committee is meeting 07/25/2023 at 4:30PM. The agenda includes three action items. The first is a request to amend the 2023A Stormwater Management Plan Review contract to increase to total contract by $20,000. Per the memo, “Due to the number of stormwater management […]

Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 07/25/2023 – Will Receive 2022 Audit Report, 2nd Quarter KPI Report, June Ridership And Finance Report

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 07/25/2023 at 2:50PM. They only have one action item which is the approval of payments for June. But they do also have four information items. Two of those information items are the standard financial report and ridership report […]

Board Of Education Meeting 07/24/2023 – Will Review Design Renderings Of Building Projects, Vote On Proposal To Name New Elementary School “Sandy Slope Elementary School”

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 07/24/2023 at 6PM. They have a pretty hefty agenda with a lot of different items. A couple items of note are… They will be receiving a Referendum Update which includes design renderings of some of […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 07/24/2023 – Will Vote On Resolution To Dedicate Parkland In Southpoint Commerce Park

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 07/24/2023 at 6:15PM. [My understanding is that if the Finance Committee, which meets at 5:30PM, needs a full hour to complete its business, then the Parks and Recreation Committee will meet upon its conclusion even though that will […]

Mayor Woodford Gives Overview Of Budget Process To Common Council – Executive Budget Will Be Presented To Council On October 4

During the Common Council meeting 0n 07/19/2023, Mayor Woodford gave a brief overview of the budget process. They were brief, but I have prepared a complete transcript for download. The budget development process typically kicks off in April when staff starts talking about the budget […]

Finance Committee Meeting 07/24/2023 – Will Vote On Resolution Expressing Thanks For Changes To Shared Revenue, Receive 2022 Audit Report

The Finance Committee is meeting 07/24/2023 at 5:30PM. I would expect the meeting to be on the longer side because they are receiving several presentations. First and foremost, Leah Lasecki with CliftonLarsenAllen will be going over the 2022 Audit and Executive Summary. It looks like […]

Common Council Sends Gold Cross Ambulance Service Agreement Back To Committee, Votes To Approve Design And Placement Of Sexual Assault Survivors Monument In Ellen Kort Peace Park, The Heritage Rezoning And Special Use Permit, Rezoning Of Lawrence University Owned Properties

The Common Council met 07/19/2023. They separated out seven items from the agenda for individuals votes; however, with the exception of the denial of Core’s Lounge’s Class B Beer license application, none of the items generated any discussion, and all of them were passed unanimously, […]

Common Council Votes Unanimously To Deny Beer License Application By Core’s Lounge

The Common Council met 07/19/2023. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was the Class B Beer License application for Core’s Lounge. Core’s Lounge had previously had an alcohol license which was revoked after they had accrued over 200 demerit […]