The Common Council met 06/19/2024. Most of the meeting was taken up with discussions about the resolution increasing the wheel tax and the resolution regarding pesticide usage by city staff and contractors. They did, however, briefly discuss the recommendation from the Municipal Services Committee that […]
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Municipal Services Committee Votes To Stop Negotiations With Bird Inc, Create Ordinance Prohibiting Short-Term Scooter Rentals In City – Possibility Remains Open For Creating New Scooter Rental Program In Future
The Municipal Services Committee met 06/10/2024. One of the issues they took up and voted on was how to proceed with Bird scooters going forward. The committee ended up voting unanimously to cease negotiating with Bird Inc for a scooter program in 2024. This formalized […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 06/10/2024 – Will Vote On Anti-Pesticide Resolution, Resolution To Rescind No Mow May, Decide Next Steps On Bird Scooters
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 06/10/2024 at 4:30PM. They have a very full agenda that includes two resolutions, action regarding the ongoing Bird scooter discussion, multiple requests for various street occupancy permits, and a request to update the design parameters for the Morrison Street […]
Municipal Services Committee Discusses Future Plans For Bird Scooters – Expresses Desire To Close Municipal Code Loophole That Would Allow Scooters To Operate In The City Even Without A Contract
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/20/2024. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with a discussion about Bird Scooters and the future outlook of electric scooter rider-share programs in the city. This was an informational discussion at which no action was taken and had […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/20/2024 – Will Discuss Bird E-Scooters
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/20/2024 at 4:30PM. The item on the agenda of most interest to the public will probably be the information item which looks like it will be a discussion of some sort regarding the Bird scooters. The action items on […]
Slide Deck Regarding Bird E-Scooter Virtual Docking System Is Posted
The minutes for the Municipal Services Committee meeting on 05/06/2024 were published yesterday. They included a PDF of a slide deck pertaining to the discussion that took place at that meeting between the committee members and a Bird representative. The slides give a brief overview […]
Representative Of Bird Rides Speaks To Municipal Services Committee – Asks To Continue E-Scooter Program In Appleton, Provides Information On New Virtual Docking Ports
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/06/2024. As an information item, they met with a representative of the company that manages the Bird Scooters. Adam Davis, the Principal Government Partnerships Manager at Bird appeared before the committee and told them Bird hoped to remain in partnership […]
Appleton Ceases Contract Negotiations With Bird Inc – Will Not Seek New Contract For E-Scooters
The Municipal Services Committee met 04/08/2024 and, as an information item, received an update on Bird scooters. It looks like Bird scooters in Appleton will be no more. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: The initial memo submitted to the committee indicated […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 04/08/2024 – Will Vote On On-Street Overnight Parking Resolution, Discuss Bird Scooter Bankruptcy
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 04/08/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on Resolution 11-R-23 regarding allowing overnight parking on city streets for people who purchase a monthly parking permit. This resolution was first introduced back in October of 2023, but was held several […]
Municipal Services Committee Discusses Bird E-Scooters – Alderperson Siebers Expresses Concerns About Mess Of Scooters In District 1, Says Bird’s Communication Stank
The Municipal Services Committee met 11/20/2023. They had a brief but, I thought, interesting discussion about the Bird E-Scooter program. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download. Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) started the conversation out by saying that the scooters in District […]