Safety And Licensing Committee Approves 3 Year Ambulance Service Agreement With Gold Cross

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/12/2023. Most of the meeting was taken up by review and discussion of the Fire Department service agreement for Gold Cross ambulance. Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen reviewed the agreement, and then the committee voted unanimously to recommend it for […]

CEA Agency Review Committee Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Vote On Requests To Sole Source Purchase Fire Truck And Provide Letter Of Intent To Purchase Asphalt Paver

The Central Equipment Agency Review Committee is meeting 06/12/2023 at 4PM. They will be voting on two action items. The first is a request to purchase a fire truck via sole source and order it prior to 07/15/2023. The Fire Department wants to order from […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives 2022 Annual Fire Department Report, Update To City’s Emergency Operations Plan, Directors’ Reports

The Safety And Licensing Committee met 03/08/2023. They received a number of information items including: I’ve prepared a transcript of the full discussion for your downloading pleasure: EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN UPDATES – Cassidy Walsh, the city’s Emergency Management Coordinator, told the committee that the Emergency […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Reviews And Approves 2023-2025 Firefighter Contract – Contract Would Eliminate Longevity Pay, Raise Wages By 7.75% Over 3 Years, Increase Pay For Paramedics

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 10/12/2022. One of the items they discussed and voted on was the request to approve the 2023-2025 firefighter contract. Human Resources Director Jay Ratchman and Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen highlighted some of the changes in this most […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes On Two Grants For Fire Department, Receives Update On Third

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/28/2022. They voted on two grants received by the Fire Department and received an update from Fire Chief Hansen on another grant. The first grant they voted to approve was FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for a Regional […]

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 […]

Common Council Approves The Sole Source Purchase Of A Fire Truck From Pierce Manufacturing – Paying Before May 1 Will Result In At Least $90,000 In Savings

The Common Council met 04/20/2022. Outside of the fact that it was the first regular Common Council meeting of the new Council year, the meeting was uneventful. The action item that resulted in the most discussion was the request to purchase a fire truck via […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives 2021 Annual Fire Department Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/09/2022. It was a brief meeting. After dispensing with the action items by formally voting to deny the Intoxicated Bartender Resolution and approving all of the license applications, they moved on to the 2021 Annual Report For the Appleton […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Auto-Aid Addendum With Neenah/Menasha Fire Rescue, Also Approves Urban Search and Rescue Contract

There were a couple Fire Department related action items voted on during the 02/23/2022 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting. The first was the Auto-Aid Addendum with the Neenah/Menasha Fire Rescue. Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen said his department was really happy to have this pack up […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Fire Department’s Request To Provide Confined Space Services To Purina; Reviews Two Grant Applications AFD Submitted

The Safety And Licensing Committee had several Fire Department related items on the agenda of their 01/12/2022 meeting. The first was an action item requiring a vote on a request from Fire Department to enter a contract with Purina Animal Nutrition to provide confined space […]