Common Council Votes On Proposal To Remove Recitation Of Pledge Of Allegiance At Committee Meetings – Proposal Fails By 7 – 7 Vote

The Common Council met 04/17/2024 and held an organizational meeting at 6PM prior to the regular meeting of the Council at 7PM. During that meeting they took up and voted on several rule changes for the 2024-2025 Council term. The item that resulted in the […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 04/23/2024 – Will Vote On Sole Source Engineering Services Contract For McMahon

The Utilities Committee is meeting 04/23/2024 at 4:30PM. Outside of electing a vice-chair, setting a meeting date and time, and designating a contact person, they have one action item on the agenda. That action item is a request to approve a sole source engineering services […]

Transit Commission Meeting 04/23/2024 – Will Vote On Contract Amendment For Valley Transit II Services

The Transit Commission is meeting 04/23/2024 at 2:50PM. They will be doing the housekeeping that comes with the beginning of the new Council year, including electing a chair and vice-chair and setting the meeting date and time. Outside of the Approval of March payments, they […]

Board Of Education Meeting 04/22/2024 – Will Discuss Graduation Rates, Review Debt Issuance For 2022 Referendum, Accept Assistant Superintendent Harrison’s Resignation

The Appleton Area School Board of Education is meeting 04/22/2024 at 6PM. Now that the 2024-2025 Board term is starting, they will be deciding which board members will serve as officers as well as appointing representatives for various committees and events. The board will be […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/22/2024 – Will Vote On 2024 Sewer Pipe Lining Contract, New Generator For Parks And Recreation Department Facility

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/22/2024 at 5:30PM. Outside of housekeeping items such as electing a Vice Chair and designating a contact person, they have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to award the O-24 Sanitary and Storm Sewer cured […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 04/22/2024 – Will Receive Parking Utility 2023 Annual Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 04/22/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be engaging in some new Council year housekeeping such as electing a Vice Chair and confirming the meeting date and time. They have three non-administrative action items on the agenda. The first is a […]

Common Council Accepts Firehouse Subgrant For $24,000 – Will Cover Purchase Cost Of 8 Video Laryngoscopes

The Common Council met 04/17/2024. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was the Fire Department request to accept a Firehouse Sub Grant for roughly $24,000 to cover the cost of eight McGrath video laryngoscopes. This item was spoken about […]

Common Council Receives New Committee Assignments For 2024-2025 Council Term

The new committee appointments for the 2024-2025 aldermanic term have been approved. I was interested in what the makeup of the new Safety and Licensing Committee was going to be given that the committee is still in the process of reviewing Miguel’s bartender/operator license. It […]

Common Council Approves Street Occupancy Permit For Trout Museum Project – Drew Street Will Remain Closed Even On Weekends During The Project

The Common Council met 04/17/2024. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was the request from the Boldt Company for a street occupancy permit along College Avenue, Drew Street, and Kimball Alley pertaining to the Trout Museum project. This permit will […]

Common Council Approves Rezoning Of Parcel Near Midway/Plank Roundabout From Single-Family To Multi-Family Over Opposition From Neighbors

The Common Council met 04/17/2024. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to rezone a parcel of land near the Midway/Plank Road roundabout from R1-A Single Family District to R-3 Multi-Family District. This rezoning was also the subject of […]