Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Slight Compensation Increase For Police Lieutenants And Captains Who Pick Up Additional Duties, Reviews Change To Fringe Benefit Policy, Receives Update On Recruitment Efforts For Various Open Positions

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 05/24/2023. The meeting was on the shorter side at only 15 minutes, and they had only one action item and then a couple information items. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the meeting for download. The action […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 05/24/2023 – Will Vote On Changes To Overtime Pay For Police Lieutenants And Captains

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 05/24/2023. They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to adjust the overtime pay rate for Police Lieutenants and Captains. Previously, when lieutenants and captains worked overtime on certain duties such as […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Creation Of Police Community Engagement Specialist Position – New Employee Will Take Over Most Public Information Officer Duties

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to approve a Police Table of Organization change. They had a full-time opening available in the clerical department, but they wanted to leave the Administrative Support […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Table Of Organization Changes For Police And Health Department – Will Use Grant Funding To Increase Public Health Nurse Position To Full Time

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 02/08/2023. In addition to the reorganization of the Legal Services department the committee voted on table of organization changes for the Police Department and the Public Health Department. Both of these changes were approved unanimously by the […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses String Of Alcohol Law Violations

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/28/2022. During that meeting, they received an update on a number of alcohol law violations. 5 Appleton establishments received 80 point violations for selling alcohol to minors. Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) wondered why they were seeing all of […]

Department Of Justice Releases Statement On 08/12/2022 Officer Involve Critical Incident In Appleton

The Department of Justice released a statement regarding the officer involved shooting that happened yesterday evening in Appleton At approximately 7:22 p.m., Appleton Police Department officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at a residence on the 1500 block of N. Birchwood Ave. in Appleton, […]

Finance Committee Approves All Items – Alderperson Doran Suggests Using ARPA Funds To Pay For APD Mobile Command Center

The Finance Committee met 07/25/2022. It was a brief and relatively uneventful meeting. All of the items were approved, most with minimal discussion. Alderperson Chris Croatt (District 14), who was not a member of the committee but was present, did ask how the budget amendment […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Mid-Year Report, Updates On APD Grants, Recruitment Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. They received several updates from Police Chief Todd Thomas. The first was the 2022 Appleton Police Department Mid-Year Report. This was basically a three-page summary of significant events from 2022. Chief Thomas did not go through it in […]