Safety And Licensing Committee Denies Application To Change Agent For Tandem Wine And Beer’s Alcohol License Due To Incomplete Answers And Irregularities With Application

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/09/2025. One of the items they took up was a change of agent application for the alcohol license for Tandem Wine and Beer. The committee ended up voting 4-0 to recommend the application be denied not because the current […]

Finance Committee Holds Off On Discussing $100,000 Sustainability And Climate Action Consultant And $20,000 City Center Signage Project Until 04/21/2025 Committee Meeting

The Finance Committee met 04/07/2025. One of the items on the agenda was the 2024-2025 budget carryover requests of $127,631 associated with 2024 Facilities Capital Projects. City staff wants to take $107,625 of funds left over from the 2024 Park Pavilion Roof Replacement Project and […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Recommends Denial Of Alcohol License For Jai Sung Mah Pool Club Citing The Applicant’s “History As A Non-Law-Abiding Business Owner With Insufficient Regard For The Peace, Quiet, Health, Safety And Welfare Of The Community.”

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/09/2025. One of the items they took up was the application for a Class A Beer and Class A Liquor License for Jai Sung Mah Pool Club on W. Wisconsin Avenue. The committee ended up voting unanimously to deny […]

Municipal Services Committee Recommends Approval Of Trout Museum Loading Zone To Be Reviewed After A 6-Month Trial Period

The Municipal Services Committee met 04/07/2025. The item that took up the bulk of the meeting was the request to turn two on-street parking stalls on College Avenue into a loading zone for the Trout Museum of Art/Lawrence University building. This item had previously been […]

AASD Board Of Education Reviews Plans To Facilitate Transition Of Columbus Students To Edison

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 03/31/2025. During that meeting the Board received an update on the move of Columbus elementary into Edison Elementary. Currently, they had 26 Columbus students who had confirmed they would be attending Edison, 16 who were unsure, […]

Appleton Area School District Board Of Education Reviews District’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 03/31/2025. During that meeting they reviewed the 5-Year Facilities Capital Improvement Plan. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: There were a few general projects planned for the 2025-2026 school year: During the 2026-2027 […]

Appleton Sustainability Advisory Panel Member Ron Jones Speaks In Favor Of Taking $107,625 Left Over From A Park Pavilion Roof Replacement Project And Putting It Toward Hiring A Consultant To Create A Sustainability And Climate Action Plan For Appleton

The Finance Committee is meeting later today and will be discussing the request to take $107,625 of funds left over from the 2024 Park Pavilion Roof Replacement Project and direct it toward hiring a consultant to create a sustainability and climate action plan for Appleton. […]

Safety and Licensing Committee – Will Vote On Two License-Related Items That Were Held In Order To Get Feedback From Attorney’s Office And Police Department

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 04/09/2025 at 5:30PM. They have two items on the agenda that were held at the previous committee meeting. One is the liquor license change of agent application for Tandem Wine and Beer. The current license holder appears to […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 04/09/2025 – Will Vote On Special Use Permit, Rezoning, Annexation, and Lundgaard Park Pavilion

The City Plan Commission is meeting 04/09/2025 at 3:30PM. They have four action items on the agenda, two of which have associated public hearings. The first action item with a public hearing is a request to approve a special use permit for a landscape business […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/07/2025 – Will Vote On Use Of 2024 Budget Carryover Funds To Hire Climate Action Consultant And Install Signage In City Center

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/07/2025. They will be taking up the 2024-2025 budget carryover requests of $127,631 associated with 2024 Facilities Capital Projects. City staff wants to take $107,625 of funds left over from the 2024 Park Pavilion Roof Replacement Project and direct it […]