Municipal Services Committee Holds Whitman Yard Waste Site Closure Resolution Until January, Provides Questions Related To Potential Closure For Staff To Research

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/20/2023. One of the items they took up was the Resolution to close the Whitman Street yard waste site. This resolution was submitted by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15), and like the two other resolutions he recently submitted, this resolution […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Design Parameters For Perkins Street Reconstruction, Maintains Installation Of Sidewalks That Residents Opposed

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/20/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to approve the roadway design parameters for the Perkins Street reconstruction project. The proposed changes included: Residents along Perkins street had opposed the changes, and particularly objected to the […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/20/2023 – Will Vote On Design Parameters For Perkins Street Reconstruction, Resolution To Close Whitman Yard Waste Site

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/20/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on requests to approve the design parameters for the Perkins Street reconstruction project between Prospect Avenue to the railroad tracks and the Morrison Street reconstruction between Glendale Avenue and Pershing Street. The […]

Municipal Services Committee Receives Feedback On Perkins Street And Morrison Street Reconstruction Project Proposals – Perkins Street Residents Express Opposition To Sidewalk Installation, Frustration With Trucks Utilizing Street

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/06/2023. The meeting ran just slightly over an hour, and all but the last minute or so was taken up with the public Design Hearing for the pavement projects of Perkins Street (Prospect Avenue to 50’ north of Allen Ally […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/06/2023 – Will Vote On 2023 Land Acquisition Services Contract, Hold Design Hearing For Morrison Street And Perkins Street Pavement Projects

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/06/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be holding a public design hearing for two 2025 paving projects, one for a section of Morrison Street and one for a section of Perkins Street. They also have one action item on the […]

Stymied By Logistical Issues Of Allowing Free Ramp Parking On Small Business Saturday, Municipal Services Committee Votes To Allow Free Parking In On-Street Metered Stalls – Committee Members Express Desire For Creation Of More Concrete Policy Going Forward

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/23/2023. They spent almost 40 minutes discussing the request from Appleton Downtown Inc for free meter and ramp parking in downtown Appleton on Small Business Saturday, 11/25/2023. The request had originally been recommended for approval with no discussion but, after […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Hold Overnight On-Street Parking Resolution For 30 Days To Allow Staff Review

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/24/2023. The final action item they took up was Resolution 11-R-23. If passed as written, this resolution would allow for overnight on-street parking by people who have purchases monthly parking passes. The committee voted to hold it for a month […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 10/23/2023 – Will Vote On Small Business Saturday Free Parking Request, Permitted Over-Night Parking Resolution, Variance For Driveway Extension

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 10/23/2023 at 4:30PM. There are three items on the agenda that I could see resulting in detailed discussion. The first is the request from Appleton Downtown Inc for free ramp and meter parking on Small Business Saturday. This item […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Terrace Occupancy Permit For Garden Outside Planned Parenthood Building, Request For Free Ramp And Meter Parking On Small Business Saturday 2023

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/09/2023. In addition to the Lawe Street Truck Route resolution, the committee took up two other action items. The first was a request for a terrace occupancy permit for a garden in the terrace by the Planned Parenthood building and […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes 3-1 To Recommend Lawe Street Truck Route Resolution Be Denied

The Municipal Services Committee met 10/09/2023. One of the items that they took up was the Lawe Street Truck Route resolution. This resolution had initially been amended and approved at the 09/25/2023 committee meeting, but this second time around it was recommended for denial by […]