The Municipal Services Committee met 02/24/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up with a review and vote on the College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration project, but they also took up several other items including an update to the Department Of Public Works Fee Schedule for […]
Municipal Services Receives Final Report On College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration – Vote Unanimously To Maintain Changes
The Municipal Services Committee met 02/24/2025. They spent around 30 minutes reviewing and discussing the final update on the College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration project. The reconfiguration changed College Avenue from 4 lanes of traffic to 2 traffic lanes, a center turn lane, and bicycle lanes […]
Common Council Votes Unanimously To Update City Noise Ordinance Aimed At Making It Easier To Enforce With Hope That Noise On College Avenue Can Be Decreased
The Common Council met 02/19/2025. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was a request to approve changes to the city’s noise ordinance. These changes had been approved without discussion at the Board of Health meeting on 02/12/2025. The changes […]
AASD Board Of Education Pauses Enforcement Of 2024 Title IX Policy – Board Member Nick Ross Assures LGBTQ Students That They Will Still Be Able To Access Bathrooms Designated For Opposite Sex
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 02/24/2025. One of the items they voted on was the request to no longer enforce District Policy 411.4 (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities) while 2020 Title IX regulations are in […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 02/26/2025 – Will Hold Two Demerit Point Violation Appearances, Vote On Request To Deny Amusement Device License, Vote On Alcohol License For Business Taking Over Speakeasy Location
The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 02/26/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be holding two demerit point violation appearances for two businesses that recently received demerits for alcohol license violations. Home Burger Bar received 40 demerit points for having no licensed operator on the premises. […]
Community Development Committee Meeting 02/26/2025 – Will Vote On Request From Merge LLC To Extend Blue Ramp Purchase Deadline To 05/01/2025 Over Two Years After Original Deadline
The Community Development Committee is meeting 02/26/2025 at 4:30PM. They have on item on their agenda which is a request from Merge LLC to extend the purchase date of the site that formerly housed the Blue Parking Ramp to 05/01/2025. Merge already owns and has […]
Common Council Votes To Approve Cost Reimbursement Agreement Between City And Thrivent – Alderperson Wolff Votes Against Amendment That Clarified TID Creation For Thrivent Development Was Not A Given
The Common Council met 02/19/2025. They separated out two items related to the proposed development of the Thrivent property west of Ballard Road and just north of 41. One of these items was a cost reimbursement agreement between Thrivent and the city in which Thrivent […]
Library Board Meeting 02/25/2025 – Meeting To Be Held In Conference Room At Library
The Library Board is meeting 02/25/2025 at 5PM. The meeting will be in the Cornerstone Conference Room of the Appleton Public Library so I would assume it will not be live streamed or recorded. The action items look fairly routine, including approval of monthly bill […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 02/25/2025 – Will Vote On Sole Source Native Landscape Management Contract With NES Ecological Services
The Utilities Committee is meeting 02/25/2025 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is a request to award a sole source contract with NES Ecological Services for $181,899.05 to provide native landscape management. An initial contract with NES was awarded in […]
Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 02/25/2025 – Will Receive 2024 Year End Performance Report, Review Ridership Numbers
The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 02/25/2025 at 2:50PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is the routine approval of payments for November, December, and January. The second is a request to extend their 2020 contract with Red Shoes Inc […]