Board Of Health Receives Update On Dangerous Animal Declaration – After Owner Tries To Circumvent Rules, Dangerous Husky Taken To Shelter And Scheduled To Be Euthanized

The Board of Health met 06/14/2023. One of the information items they received was an update on a Prohibited Animal Declaration. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download. Back at the 05/10/2023 Board of Health meeting, the board had received updates on a […]

Utilities Committee Receives Update On December 2022 Polymer Incident – Attorney Abshire Does Not Know If A Formal Report About The Incident Will Be Provided To The Committee

The Utilities Committee met 06/12/2023. One of the items they received an update on was the wastewater treatment plant Polymer Incident of 12/26/2022. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download. During that incident 4-5 months’ worth of treatment chemicals were dumped into the […]

Finance Committee Receives Presentation On Performance Of City’s Bond Portfolio

The Finance Committee met 06/12/2023. During that meeting they received a presentation on the performance of the city’s bond portfolio. This presentation was given by Michael Maloney, a portfolio manager as US Bank who manages Appleton’s bonds. The presentation and discussion were fairly high level […]

Resolution Calling For Ellen Kort Peace Park To Participate In Now Mow May Is Withdrawn – Director Dean Gazza Expresses Interest In Experimenting With Low Mow Grass Types In Peace Park And Other Parks Regardless Of Resolution Status

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 06/12/2023. They took up two resolutions. The larger part of the meeting was devoted to discussion and voting on the resolution for the City of Appleton to join the Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition, but they also spent about […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Vote On Request To Approve The 2022 Annual Report For The Community And Economic Development Block Grant Program

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 06/14/2023 at 6:30PM. They have one public appearance which is associated with the single action item on the agenda. They will be receiving the 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Community Development Block […]

After Removing Most Of The “Whereas” Statements, Parks And Recreation Committee Approves Resolution Calling For The City Of Appleton To Join The Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition

The Parks and Recreation committee met 05/12/2023. One of the items they took up was the resolution calling for the City of Appleton to join the Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition. The resolution was approved by the committee after undergoing some extensive changes to the […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Vote On Alcohol License Application For Core’s Lounge

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 06/14/2023 at 5:30. They have a lot of items on the agenda, but for the most part they are various license applications and renewals. One item of interest is the application by Core’s Lounge for a Class B […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Vote On Permits Allowing Stone Arches Brewpub And Maritime Bar To Expand Serving Areas, Rezoning Request For Lawrence-Owned Properties

The City Plan Commission is meeting 06/14/2023 at 3:30PM. They have four public hearings along with four associated action items they will be taking up. The first two items are special use permits for existing businesses that would like to expand the area on which […]

Appleton Redevelopment Authority Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Vote To Release Historic City Center Development Agreement To Make Way For New Fox Commons Redevelopment Project

The Appleton Redevelopment Authority is meeting 06/14/2023 at 9AM. They will be taking up two action items related to the Fox Commons redevelopment project of City Center. One is to release the historic Development Agreement for City Center and the other is to release the […]

Board Of Health Meeting 06/14/2023 – Will Receive Quarter 1 Report, Review Prohibited Animal Declaration

The Board of Health is meeting 06/14/2023 at 7AM. They have no action items, but they will be reviewing several information items, which consist of the Quarter 1 Health Department report, the June newsletter, new noise variances, and a prohibited animal declaration. Per the Quarter […]