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 […]

CEA Review Committee Approves Several Police Vehicle Requests Including Repurposed Crime Scene Van, Joint APD/Outagamie County Mobile Command Center

The CEA (Central Equipment Agency) Review Committee met 07/11/2022. It was a fairly short and straightforward meeting in which all of the items were approved. They started out with the request to use replacement reserve funds from van 1002 to outfit van 1001 and keep […]