Common Council Meeting 11/06/2024 – Will Reconsider Library Smoking Ban; Vote On New Special Events Policy, Request To Spend $985K In ARPA Funds On Expo Center, Request To Increase Wastewater Utility Rate By 9%, Request To Hire Consultant To Study Police Department Workload And Organization

The Common Council is meeting 11/06/2024 at 7PM. There are a number of items on the agenda that seem like they might be separated out for individual votes. The Council will be reconsidering the request to update the Municipal Code to ban smoking around the […]

Human Resources Committee Unanimously Approves Contract With Matrix Consulting Group To Conduct Police Department Organizational And Workload Study – $69,000 Cost To Be Paid With ARPA Dollars

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 10/23/2024. One of the items they took up was a request to approve the hiring of the Matrix Consulting Group to complete an organizational and workload study for the Appleton Police Department. The cost of the contract […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 10/23/2024 – Will Vote On Request To Spend $69,000 In ARPA Funds On Consulting Group To Conduct Police Department Organizational And Workload Study

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 10/23/2024 at 6:30PM. They will be voting on a request to approve the hiring of Matrix Consulting Group for $69,000 to complete an Organizational and Workload Study for the Appleton Police Department. The cost will be […]

CEA Review Committee Meeting 10/07/2024 – Will Vote On Police Department Request To Purchase Enclosed Trailer To Be Used For Crime Scene Processing

The Central Equipment Agency Review Committee is meeting 10/07/2024 at 4PM. They have one item on their agenda which is a request from the Police Department to purchase an enclosed trailer for the police department’s Identification Unit. Per the memo, the department’s current ID van/crime […]

Common Council Approves $48,000 Contract With Nordon Business Environments For Two Police Department Workstations – Bulk Of Cost Associated With Walls For Modular Units

The Common Council met 09/18/2024. The one item separated out for an individual vote was the request to award a contract in the amount of $48,100.37 to Nordon Business Environments to provide two police workstations. This item was the subject of a special meeting of […]

Finance Committee Holding Special Meeting 09/18/2024 – Will Vote On Contract To Furnish The Police Station With Two New Workstations

The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting on 09/18/2024 at 6:45PM right before the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on the request to award the Police Station Additional Workstations contract to Nordon Business Environments in the amount of $48,100.37. This would […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 06/12/2024 – Will Vote On Fire Department Mutual Aid Agreement Between Appleton And Fox Crossing, Review Proposal To Add Traffic Officer To Police Department

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 06/12/2024 at 5:30PM. They have a full agenda, but most of it is simply license renewals as well as some temporary alcohol license applications all of which appear to be very routine. They will also be voting on […]

Fire Chief And Police Chief Review Factors Impacting Overtime In Their Departments

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 05/22/2024. During that meeting they received reports from Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen and Police Chief Polly Olson on the factors and issues that impact overtime payments in the Fire Department and the Police Department. I’ve prepared a transcript of […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives 2023 Annual Police Department Report – Discusses Drug Issues, Police Staffing Levels

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/27/2024. During that meeting they received the 2023 Annual Report for the Police Department. Police Chief Polly Olson highlighted some of the areas of the report. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: There were some questions […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Proposed Ordinance That Would Require Class B Bars And Restaurants To Install Video Surveillance Cameras And Make Footage Available To Police

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 02/27/2024. The meeting ran slightly more than 60 minutes, all but a couple of which were taken up with discussion about public safety ordinance changes proposed by Police Department. The Police would like to create an ordinance that would […]