Finance Committee Holding Special Meeting 09/18/2024 – Will Vote On Contract To Furnish The Police Station With Two New Workstations

The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting on 09/18/2024 at 6:45PM right before the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on the request to award the Police Station Additional Workstations contract to Nordon Business Environments in the amount of $48,100.37. This would […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Update On Voting Options For November Election

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/11/2024. The action items were approved with no discussion, and most of the 6-minute meeting was taken up with discussion about absentee and early-in-person voting. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: City Clerk Kami Lynch, told […]

Library Board Meeting 09/17/2024 – Will Vote On Committee Appointments, Receive Update On Library Project, Receive Information On Appleton’s First Poet Laureate

The Library Board is meeting 09/17/2024 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda which is approval of the August bill register and approval of Library Board Committee appointments for 2024-2025. As information items, they will also be receiving a number of reports […]

City Plan Commission Approves Public Participation Plan Related To Update Of The City’s Comprehensive Plan

The City Plan Commission met 09/11/2024. They had one item on the agenda which was a request to approve the Public Participation Plan for the upcoming update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend the item for approval. I’ve prepared a […]

Board Of Health Receives Update On Dangerous Animal Declaration For Aggressive Dog Named Ziva

The Board of Health met 09/11/2024. As an information item they received an update on the dangerous animal declaration for a dog named Ziva. The order declaring Ziva dangerous lists the dog as a male Great Dane, but then the notice provided to the owner […]

Finance Committee Meets 09/09/2024 – Holds Police Workstation Item Until Next Meeting, Approves Sole Source Contract For Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project

The Finance Committee Met 09/09/2024. They took up two items, one regarding the purchase of two additional workstations for the Police Department and one for a sole source engineering services contract related to the Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant Hauled Waste Station Tank Upgrades project. The […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves 3 Road-Related Items, Holds Ballard Road Driveway Extension Variance Until 09/23 Meeting

The Municipal Services Committee met 09/09/2024. The entire meeting lasted for just under 3 ½ minutes. Given the brief length of the meeting, I have not prepared a transcript, but I have included the agenda packet for download. The three road-related items on the agenda […]

Corner Pub Still Not Open Nearly 3 Weeks After Common Council Voted To Renew Its Alcohol License – The Business Has Now Been Closed For 19 Months

It is almost 3 weeks since the Common Council voted on 08/21/2024 to renew the alcohol license for the Corner Pub, but the bar is still not open for business. The bar has now been closed and not utilizing its license for 19 months since […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 09/11/2024 – Will Vote On Various License Applications And Two Retail Outlet Transfer Applications

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 09/11/2024 at 5:30PM. The agenda mostly consists of various license applications and temporary license applications as well as two retail outlet transfer applications—one from Hop Yard Ale Works to facilitate the Flicks and Sips event on 10/04/2024 and […]