Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 06/12/2024 – Will Vote On Fire Department Mutual Aid Agreement Between Appleton And Fox Crossing, Review Proposal To Add Traffic Officer To Police Department

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 06/12/2024 at 5:30PM.

They have a full agenda, but most of it is simply license renewals as well as some temporary alcohol license applications all of which appear to be very routine.

They will also be voting on an automatic aid agreement between the City of Appleton and the Village of Fox Crossing Fire Department. This is one of a number of mutual aid agreements that Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen told the Safety and Licensing Committee would be coming before the committee this year.

As an information item, the committee will be reviewing a request from the Police Department to update its Table of Organization, eliminate an Administrative Specialist position, and add a Traffic Safety Officer position. Per the memo, “The addition of a Traffic Safety Officer to the Traffic Safety Unit would allow the officers to increase their saturation while addressing specific traffic concerns. For example, addressing driving behaviors on College Ave. can be challenging. A second traffic officer will allow for creative enforcement tactics to enforce traffic violations more effectively and safely in our high-volume traffic areas. I also anticipate the expanded ability of traffic officers to work with neighborhood patrol officers on targeted complaint-driven enforcement.”

The change could result in a maximum annual cost of $22,611.

View full meeting details here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1204755&GUID=8F696E6E-0186-4333-863C-24C7F0C7EFB3