Common Council Approves Sole Source Purchase Request For Downtown Street Reconstruction Streetscape Elements – Alderperson Hartzheim Expresses Concern That Style Guide Unnecessarily Locks City Into Sole Source Contracts

The Common Council met 01/18/2023. One of the action items separated out for an individual vote was a critical timing 2023 sole source purchase request for Downtown streetscape elements for the Oneida/Lawrence/Durkee/Morrison street reconstruction project. This item was the subject of a special meeting of […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 01/23/2023 – Will Receive Presentation On Proposed College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/23/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on several street occupancy permits including one for Avenue of Ice on the weekend of February 17, 2023. I would expect that the more interesting part of the meeting will be the […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 01/09/2023 – Will Vote On Sole Source Purchase Request For Traffic Equipment, Receive Information On 2023 Sidewalk Poetry Program

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/09/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items they will be voting on. The first is a sole source purchase request for various traffic equipment and technologies, and the second is a 2023 Materials Testing Contract. The committee will […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves All Items – Discusses Issues With Closed Appleton Landfill, Pacific/Appleton/Oneida Street Vacation

The Municipal Services Committee met 12/12/2022. It was a brief meeting clocking in at only 10 ½ minutes, and the committee voted to approve all items with only minimal discussion. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting. Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) is not […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 12/12/2022 – Will Vote On Two Items Related To Potential Transit Center Site, Receive November Bird E-Scooter Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 12/12/2022 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a couple contracts related to the closed City of Appleton Landfill, a street occupancy permit for placement of a construction dumpster, and a partial street vacation request near the intersection of […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves All Agenda Items – Alderperson Doran Raises Concerns About $200,000 Parking Utility Deficit

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/21/2022. The open portion of the meeting was fairly brief lasting only around 15 minutes. All items were approved unanimously, some without any questions or discussion. Those items were: I’ve prepared a transcript of the full discussion for your downloading […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/21/2022 – Will Vote On Perimeter Fence For Merge LLC Development, Outagamie County Landfill Expansion Agreement

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/21/2022 at 4:30PM. They will take up a request to install perimeter fencing through November 1 of 2023 along the 100 blocks of Oneida Street and Washington Street. This is the location of the former Conway Hotel and the […]

Municipal Services Discusses Update To Linwood Avenue Street Reconstruction, Approves Lease For Fence On Glenhurst Avenue

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/08/2022. It was a short meeting with the open portion of it lasting less than 10 minutes. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting for your downloading pleasure. The item that garnered the most discussion was the approval of […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/07/2022 – Will Vote On Lease For Encroaching Fence and Linwood Avenue Reconstruction, Receive October Bird E-Scooter Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/07/2022 at 4:30PM. They will spend some time in closed session reviewing the Landfill Siting Committee contract negotiations. In open session, they will consider and vote on 2 action items. The first is a lease agreement for a fence […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes 4-1 To Recommend Approval Of Updated Street Terrace Policy

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/24/2022. One of the items they took up was the modifications to the city’s street terrace policy. These modifications were prompted by Alderperson Israel Del Toro’s (District 4) Resolution 7-R-22 which, if passed, would allow residents to grow vegetable gardens […]