Common Council Meeting 02/19/2025 – Will Vote On Delaire’s Alcohol License, Grant For Electric Vehicle Purchase, Sole Source Contract To Replace Light Poles On College Avenue Bridge, Consulting Contract To Investigate Creation Of Tax Increment Finance District For Thrivent Development

The Common Council is meeting 02/19/2025 at 7PM. As an information item, they will be receiving a presentation on the I-41 project. Among items they will be vote on are a few of note. They will be voting on the alcohol license application for Delaire’s. […]

Community Development Committee Approves $100,000 Reimbursement Agreement With Thrivent Related To Planned Development Of Thrivent Campus – Alderperson Hartzheim Expresses Concern About Consultant Services For Proposed Tax Incremental Financing District

The Community Development Committee met 02/12/2025. They took up two items related to Thrivent’s planned development on their property north of 41 and west of Ballard Road. The first was a request to enter into a $100,000 cost reimbursement agreement with Thrivent Finance for Lutherans […]

Community Development Committee Approves Preliminary Allocations Of Community Development Block Grant Funds To Community Partners

The Community Development Committee met 02/12/2025. One of the items they voted on was a request to approve the preliminary Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations to community partners for the 2025-2026 program year. These preliminary allocations were set by the CDBG Advisory Board and now […]

Finance Committee Approves Request From Police Department To Open Coinbase Account To Facilitate Return Of Seized Cryptocurrencies To Scamming Victims

The Finance Committee met 02/10/2025. One of the items they voted on was a request from the Police Department to open a bank account to be used for returns of seized cryptocurrencies. The purpose of this would be to provide an avenue for scamming victims […]

Appleton Redevelopment Authority Receives Update On Expo Center Bonds – City On Track To Pay Off Bonds Much Earlier Than Scheduled

The Appleton Redevelopment Authority met 02/12/2025. They spent about 12 minutes receiving an update from Baird representative Brad Viegut on the bonds for the Fox Cities Exhibition Center. Per Mr. Viegut, “We’re clearly on track to retire these bonds much earlier than the original amortization […]

Appleton Redevelopment Authority Receives Update On Purchase Of Property At 222 N Oneida Street – After Over 18 Months, Valley Transit Has Finally Received Approval From Federal Government To Purchase Property

The Appleton Redevelopment Authority met 02/12/2025. During that meeting they received an update on the vacant lot at 222 N Oneida Street that the ARA owns and is in the process of selling to Valley Transit. Valley Transit has been under contract to purchase that […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes 3-1 To Recommend Denial Of Delaire’s Alcohol License – Committee Members And Attending Alderpersons Express Distrust Of Business Owner’s Intentions

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 02/12/2025. The agenda item that took up the vast majority of the meeting was the discussion on the alcohol license application for Delaire’s. The fate of this license has been in limbo since October as the committee has reviewed […]

Finance Committee Votes Unanimously To Approve Use Of $134,180 Grant For Purchase Of Electric Vehicle And Installation Of Charging Station

The Finance Committee met 02/10/2024. The item they spent the most time discussing was the request to accept a $134,180 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to be used for the purchase of an electric vehicle and the installation of a charging station. After initially […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves $88,000 Sole Source Purchase For College Avenue Bridge Decorative Streetlight Poles – Requests That Staff Provide Information On Cost Of Plain Aluminum Poles Prior To Common Council Meeting

The Municipal Services Committee met 02/10/2025. The item that took up the bulk of the meeting was the discussion on the request to approve the sole source purchase of decorative streetlight poles for the College Avenue bridge at a cost of $88,592. The committee ended […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Receives Grounds 2024 Annual Report – Discusses Issues Surrounding Homeless Individuals In Parks

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 02/10/2025. One of the information items they received was the Grounds 2024 Annual Report. This ended up resulting in a discussion about some of the issues the Grounds Division and the Parks and Recreation Department more broadly was experiencing […]