Year: 2023

Tax Payment Appeal Board Meeting 03/15/2023 – Appellant Claims Late Tax Payment Was Lost In The Mail

The Tax Payment Appeal Board is meeting 03/15/2023 at 6:30PM. They will be taking up tax appeals for two properties; however, those properties appear to be owned by the same person who is making the same defense for both properties. It looked like the taxes […]

Library Board Meeting 03/14/2023 – Will Receive Updates On Building Project And Hiring Process, Receive 2022 Annual Report

The Library Board is meeting 03/14/2023 at 4:30PM. The only action item on the agenda is the approval of the bill register for February. The rest of the item consists of information items including a Building Project update, a hiring update, and the 2022 library […]

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 […]