Bicycle And Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting 01/18/2024 – Will Receive DPD And Parks And Recreation Project Updates, Update On Appleton Conservancy

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is meeting 01/18/2024 at 8AM. Meetings of this committee are not recorded. They will be meeting at the Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Management Department building in Memorial Park. They’ll be receiving project updates from the Department of Public Works […]

Common Council Meeting 01/17/2024 – Will Vote On Parking Facilities Study Resolution

The Common Council is meeting 01/17/2024 at 7PM. There have only been a few committee meetings since the Council last met, so there are not a lot of action items on the agenda. The Parking Facilities Study Resolution will almost certainly be separated out for […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Amended Parking Facilities Study Resolution Removing Reference To Studying The Possible Lease Or Sale Of City-Owned Parking Ramps

The Municipal Services Committee met 01/08/2024. One of the items they took up was the Parking Facility and Management Study resolution. As originally written by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15), this resolution called for staff to seek the services of a consultant to help them […]

Library Board Meeting 01/16/2024 – Will Receive Building Project Update, Undergo Trustee Training Regarding “Public Health 3.0”

The Library Board is meeting 01/16/2024 at 4:30PM. They only have two fairly routine action items which are to approve the December 2023 bill register and a January 2024 budget amendment for $200. They will be receiving a number of reports including a building project […]

Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board Meeting 01/15/2024 – Will Vote On Block Grant Allocations For 2024-2025 Program Year, 2023-2024 Reallocations

The Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board is meeting 01/15/2024 at 11AM. They have two action items on the agenda. They will be discussing and making preliminary recommendations for the 2024-2025 community partner allocations for the Community Development Block Grant. Staff is recommending that  approximately […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Hold Whitman Yard Waste Site Closure Resolution Until February – Hold Will Give More Time To Find Out How Grand Chute Would React, Research Potential Cost Savings Of Closure

The Municipal Services Committee met 01/08/2024. One of the items they took up was Resolution 12-R-23 which, if passed as written, would close the city’s Whitman yard waste site leaving only the Glendale site open, a change that would take place in 2025. The resolution […]

Finance Committee Approves Multiple Items – Discusses Efforts To Collect Past-Due Bills And Taxes, Sole Source Contract Concerns, Issue With Underground Watermain Project

The Finance Committee met 01/08/2024. In addition to the Library Signage Package and the Wastewater Treatment Plant items, the committee voted on 6 additional items all of which they approved unanimously. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 24-0012: Request to approve […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes To Deny Bartender License Application After Being Told State Statute Prevents Them From Approving It – Alderperson Siebers Expresses Dissatisfaction With Situation And Votes In Favor Of Application

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 01/10/2023. The action item that took up most of the meeting was the recommendation to deny an application for an operator/bartender license. Andrew applied for a bartender license so that he could serve alcohol at the restaurant he worked […]

Finance Committee Approves Three Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Items – Alderperson Hartzheim Expresses Concern About Budget Amendments Being Made So Early In The Year

The Finance Committee met 01/08/2024. They took up three items related to Wastewater Treatment Plant projects one of which resulted in no discussion, two of which prompted some comment, and all of which were approved unanimously. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: […]

Finance Committee Approves $195,000 Signage Contract For New Library

The Finance Committee met 01/09/2024. One of the items they discussed was the request to approve the “Library Signage Package” contract to  Seating Concepts Inc., in the amount of $185,994.61 with a contingency of $10,000 for a project total not to exceed $195,994.61. The committee […]