Municipal Services Committee Approved 9 Action Items – Codifies Parking Stall Designation For Hilton Hotel, Discusses Intergovernmental Agreement With Outagamie County For County Road Projects, Approves Placement Of Parklet By Vacant Muncheez Building

The Municipal Services Committee met 04/11/2022. They had 9 action items, none of which were particularly controversial or out of the ordinary, although a few did warrant some brief discussion. The first three items were passed 4-0 without any discussion or questions. Request from All […]

Municipal Services Committee Reviews Three Soldier’s Square Redesign Options – Does Not Indicate Next Steps Because The Project Is Not In Appleton’s 5 Year Project Plan

The Municipal Services Committee met 04/11/2022. One of the information items on the agenda was a presentation of three possible design options for Soldier’s Square. The committee had spent some time during the 03/23/2022 meeting discussing Soldier’s Square, with the discussion revolving around the number […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 04/11/2022 – Will Review 3 Soldier’s Square Design Options

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 04/11/2022 at 4:30PM. The business on the agenda seems pretty routine. There are a few street occupancy permits, some intergovernmental agreements with Outagamie County for reconstruction projects on JJ, E, and EE, some parking restriction changes, and a request […]

Municipal Services Committee Discusses Possible Redesign of Soldier’s Square – Makes No Decision And Votes On Nothing

During the 03/23/2022 Municipal Services Committee, the committee discussed the desired process for a possible redesign of Soldier’s Square per Resolution #5-R-19. This was an information item and they neither reached any decisions nor voted on anything. And, as was mentioned several times in the […]

Municipal Services Committee Denies Recommendation To Implement Permanent Parking Restrictions By The Harris And Mason Streets Intersection

The Municipal Services Committee met 03/21/2022. The item that took up the most amount of time was the request to “Approve Parking restriction change on the 1300 block of W. Harris Street (west of Mason Street). Follow-Up to Six-Month Trial Period.” This request resulted in […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Deny Appeal Of Snow/Ice Removal Assessment

The Municipal Services Committee met 03/21/2022. Although it was not the highlight of the meeting, they did take up the request from Brett on Marquette Street to appeal the $75 assessment he received after city staff salted his icy sidewalk. Getting the committee and Council […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 03/21/2022 – Will Hear Appeal Of $75 Ice Removal Fee

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 03/21/2021 at 4:30PM. Most of the action items on the agenda seem to be generally routine, consisting of approvals of things like minor changes to parking and intersection controls. One resident is requesting to have his sidewalk snow removal […]

Municipal Services Committee Declines To Put “No Mow May” Permanently Into Municipal Code, Instead Approves Resolution Recommending It Take Place In 2022 In Line With Past Practices

The Municipal Services Committee met 03/07/2022 and devoted around 50 minutes of the meeting to discussing and voting on Resolution 3-R-2022, the Weeds and Wild Growth resolution. As originally proposed, this resolution would have permanently added “No Mow May” to Appleton’s Municipal Code and also […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 03/07/2022 – Will Discuss And Vote On Permanent No Mow May Resolution

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 03/07/2022. I would expect that a decent portion of the meeting will be taken up with discussion of the “No Mow May” resolution which the committee had previously voted to hold to allow time for further review and discussion. […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Plan Review Services Contract With E-Plan Review, Reviews And Approves Additional Agenda Items

The Municipal Services Committee met 02/21/2022. Outside of the No Mow May Resolution which they voted to hold until the 03/07/2022 Municipal Services Meeting and a resident’s appeal of a $75 tire removal fee which the committee voted to deny, there were a number of […]