Common Council Meeting 12/18/2024 – Parade Committee Awards To Be Presented

The Common Council is meeting 12/18/2024 at 7PM. Mayor Woodford will be presenting Parade Committee Awards. He will also be submitting a recommendation for Jenny Krikava to be appointed to the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board. She is an employee at the Community Foundation […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes 3-2 To Hold Speakeasy Liquor License Revocation Hearing Until 01/08/2025 – Hold Will Provide More Time For Owner To Sell Business And Surrender License To Avoid Revocation

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 12/11/2024. The item that took up the largest amount of time during the meeting was the liquor license revocation hearing for the Speakeasy Ultra Lounge. The committee ended up voting 3 to 2 to hold the item until the […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 12/18/2024 – Will Vote On Water Tower Coating Projects Contract, Approve A Water Rate Study Consultant

The Utilities Committee is holding a special meeting on 12/18/2024 at 5:45PM. Normally, these sorts of meetings are held at 6:45PM shortly before the 7PM Common Council meeting, but for some reason this meeting is listed as starting at 5:45PM. At any rate, they will […]

Library Board Meeting 12/17/2024 – Will Vote On Multiple Library Policies, Receive Update On Building Project

The Library Board is meeting 12/17/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on the 2025 Library Budget as well as the creation or updates to several library policies. Those policies include: As information items, they will be receiving updates on staff hiring, the library brand […]

Board Of Zoning Appeals Meeting 12/16/2024 – Will Take Up Variance Requests For Commercial Building With No Parking Lot, Residential Property With Code-Violating Driveway Extension

The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 12/16/2024 at 7PM. They will be taking up variance requests pertaining to two properties. The first is a request for a property on Pacific Street. The Property is zoned commercial but does not have any off-street parking. The […]

At Request Of Applicant’s Lawyer, Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Delaire’s Liquor License Application Until 01/08/2025 Meeting – Business Owner Denies Plans To Install Gambling Machines On Premises

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 12/11/2024. They briefly took up the Liquor License application for Delaires, and, at the written request of Delaire’s lawyer, they voted unanimously to hold the item until the 01/08/2024 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting. I’ve prepared a transcript of […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes Unanimously To Deny Bartender License After City Attorney Indicates They Cannot Legally Issue The License To Applicant With Record Of Misdemeanor Battery Offenses

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 12/11/2024. One of the items they took up was the operator/bartender license from an applicant named Crystal. Crystal has two convictions for battery and is currently on probation after having been convicted of possession open intoxicants in a motor […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes To Hold Until January Bartender License Application For Applicant Who Recently Pleaded Guilty To Misdemeanor Charge Of Possession Of Cocaine – Hold Will Give City Attorney’s Office Time To Provide Legal Recommendation

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 12/11/2024. One of the items they took up was an operator/bartender license for an applicant named Kelly. This item ended up being held until the next meeting of the Safety and Licensing Committee on 01/08/2025 both at the request […]

Appleton Redevelopment Authority Approves 6 Month Extension To Deadline For Valley Transit To Purchase Site Of Former Menn Law Firm Building – Extension Will Allow Completion of Environmental Regulatory Process Prior To Sale

The Appleton Redevelopment Authority met 12/11/2024 and voted on a request to extend the purchase date deadline for the lot just north of the downtown Valley Transit Center from 12/31/2024 to 06/30/2025. The vacant lot at 222 N Oneida Street former housed the Menn Law […]

Finance Committee Approves Extension To ARPA Consultant Contract, Land Purchases To Widen Lawe Street, Lumbini Estates Development Agreement

The Finance Committee met 12/09/2024. It was a brief meeting lasting only 8 minutes during which the committee unanimously approved all action items and briefly discussed one information item. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 24-1569: REQUEST TO APPROVE THE RELOCATION […]