The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/27/2022. The first item they took up was the resolution that, if passed, would add a non-binding referendum question to the November ballot asking voters to weigh in on the legalization of marijuana in Wisconsin. After amending the resolution […]
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Muncheez Pizza Owner Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison For Tax Fraud; Let’s Not Forget The Time He Wrote A Character Reference Letter For A Parole-Violating Felon Who Tried To Have Sex With Two Teenage Girls
Per WBAY, Paul VanderLinden, the owner of the now closed Muncheez Pizza on College Avenue, has pleaded guilty to Filing False Individual Tax Returns and Failing to Collect, Account for, and Pay Over Payroll Taxes. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 07/27/2022 – Will Vote On Marijuana Advisory Referendum Resolution
The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 07/27/2022 at 5:30PM. They have a number of licenses that they will be voting on, but the action item of most interest to the public is probably Resolution #8-R-22, an advisory referendum related to marijuana legalization for the […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Mid-Year Report, Updates On APD Grants, Recruitment Report
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. They received several updates from Police Chief Todd Thomas. The first was the 2022 Appleton Police Department Mid-Year Report. This was basically a three-page summary of significant events from 2022. Chief Thomas did not go through it in […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Fire Department Update – Learns About EMS Flex Grant Application, New Fire Department Public Education Specialist
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. One of the information items they received was a director’s report from Fire Chief Jeremey Hansen. He started off by talking about the EMS Flex Grant. In February of 2022, Governor Evers allocated $12 million in state ARPA […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Multiple Licenses Including Many Related To Mile Of Music
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. After dispensing with the taxicab driver’s license application for Torrey, the committee moved onto the remaining action items many of which were alcohol licenses of one sort or another, and many of those were temporary licenses related to […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Denies Taxicab Driver’s License To Convicted Felon
The saga of Torrey’s taxicab driver license application has come to exactly the end that one would have expected. The Safety and Licensing Committee has specifically held off on voting on his application in order to give more time to the Police Department to contact […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 07/13/2022 – Will Vote On A Number Of License Application, Receive 2022 Police Department Mid-Year Budget Report
The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 07/13/2022 at 5:30PM. The action items consist of a number of license applications. None of them seem particularly controversial other than the Taxicab license for Torrey. This application has already been held once to give police additional time […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Premise Amendment Allowing Restaurant To Use Shipping Container As Outdoor Bar
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/22/2022. One of the items they took up was a permanent premise amendment for the restaurant Area 509 that would allow them to add a shipping container to their premise so they could use the shipping container to serve […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Update – Chief Thomas Discusses New Squad Car Design And Staffing Issues
During the 06/22/2022 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting, Police Chief Todd Thomas provided a brief update regarding some of the things that are going on in the police department. Attached to the agenda was a picture of the new squad car design. The change was […]