The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 09/10/2025 at 5:30PM.
The agenda item of most interest to the public is the vote on Resolution 3-R-25 which, if passed, would reinstate a truancy ordinance in Appleton.
The Appleton Area School District’s request for a truancy ordinance has been discussed several times over the last 6 months.
- March 19, 2025 – AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes gave an initial presentation to the full Common Council on 03/19/2025.
- March 26, 2025 – No AASD representatives attended the Safety and Licensing Committee meeting. Members of the public did attend and expressed their concerns about taking punitive measures in response to truancy. The committee ended up voting to hold the item until May.
- May 2025 – Superintendent Hartjes asked the Safety and Licensing Committee to hold the item to give time for “stakeholder” meetings to take place.
- June 2025 – AASD representatives gave a presentation to the committee on District efforts to curb student absenteeism and truancy.
- July 2025 – AASD staff members gave speeches to the committee in which they asked for the truancy ordinance to be reinstated. They then answered committee questions for around 40 minutes.
- August 2025 – AASD representatives provided recommendations on what dispositions should be allowed in a truancy ordinance.
The committee will also be voting on a request from city staff to deny the bartender/operator license application for Jeffrey Hanson. Mr. Hanson has a history of operating while intoxicated convictions, the first of which dates to 2003 and the fifth of which occurred in 2020. He was also convicted of disorderly conduct earlier this year for actions he engaged in while intoxicated.
There are also some miscellaneous alcohol licensing related items they will be voting on.
As information items, they will be receiving Director’s Reports, reviewing special events, and reviewing recent alcohol license violation convictions.
Lumberjack Johnny’s was convicted of selling alcohol to a minor and not having a licensed operator on the premises. Antojitos Micanos, Appleton Axe, Camelot, and the Richmond Citgo were all convicted of selling alcohol to minors.
View full meeting details here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1308972&GUID=ED88FC1D-F888-4589-AF83-5D6725568DB1
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