Safety And Licensing Committee Reviews Fire Department 2024 Annual Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/07/2025. They had two items related to the Fire Department on their agenda, a request to apply for nearly $20,000 in grant dollars from Capital Credit Union to purchase a digital fire extinguisher trainer which was approved unanimously and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Public Comment On Truancy Resolution – Residents Express Concern About How A Truancy Ordinance Would Impact Students Who Are Low-Income, Neurodivergent, Depressed, Or Victims Of Bullying

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the discussion on the resolution calling for the creation of a truancy ordinance in the city. The resolution ended up being placed on hold until the 05/14/2025 […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Two License-Related Items In Order To Provide Attorney’s Office And Police Department Opportunity To Weigh In

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. There were two licensing-related items that they decided to hold until the 04/09/2025 meeting of the committee. One was the liquor license change of agent application for Tandem Wine and Beer and the other was the Class A […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Sole Source Contract With Axon For Drone Camera Software – Will Allow Live Footage To Be Shared With Cellphones

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. One of the items they took up was a request for the sole source purchase of the Axon Air/ DroneSense program. Per the memo, “Axon Air/DroneSense offers a range of features, including the ability to operate various sUAS […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Truancy Resolution Until 05/14/2025 Committee Meeting – Alderpersons Express Desire For More Details Prior To Moving Forward

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the anti-truancy resolution. During the 03/19/2025 Common Council meeting, Appleton Area School District Superintendent Greg Hartjes had given a presentation on truancy rates in AASD high schools […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 03/26/2025 – Will Take Up Resolution Calling For Creation Of Anti-Truancy Ordinance

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 03/26/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be taking up Resolution 3-R-25 which, if approved as written, would “enact an ordinance prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being a habitual truant” and keep this ordinance in place […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes Unanimously To Deny Commercial Solicitation Licenses To Vacuum Sales Company Accused Of High Pressure Tactics, Salesman With Criminal History

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/12/2025. They voted on two commercial solicitation licenses. Each license had been recommended for denial by city staff. Neither of the applicants appeared at the committee meeting to appeal the denial recommendations, and each of the license was recommend […]