Municipal Services Committee Denies Request To Waive Snow Removal Assessment – Property Owner Claims He Removed The Snow, Not The City

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the items they voted on was a request to waive a nearly $400 snow removal assessment fee for the commercial property on South Oneida Street consisting of Houdini’s Escape and the lot that formerly housed Kokomo’s bar. […]

Municipal Services Committee Holds Off On Voting On Variance Request To Give Property Owner Time To Come Into Compliance

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the items they took up was a variance request from a property owner to allow their driveway to be widened more than four feet into their front yard. Apparently, the area was already paved without a permit […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 07/25/2022 – Will Vote On Assessment Waiver Request, Variance Request For Driveway Extension; Receive Mid-Year Report, June E-Scooter Update

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 07/25/2022 at 4:30PM. While there’s nothing earth-shattering on the agenda, it is fairly heavy with 6 action items and 4 information items. A couple action items of interest are… (1) A request from a business to have their street […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Parking Ramp Planning And Design Services Contract, Agreement With Chamber Of Commerce To Maintain Landscape Peninsula At Green Ramp

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/11/2022. Outside of the informational update on the Modifications To Street Terrace Policy Resolution, they took up two actions items both related to parking ramps. The first was a request to award a contract for 2022 Parking Ramp Planning and […]

City Staff Will Present Recommendations Regarding Street Terrace Policy Modifications Resolution Within 60 Days

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/11/2022. One of the items they covered was an update on the status of Resolution #7-R-22, the Modifications to Street Terrace Policy resolution. Deputy Director of Public Works Ross Buetow reiterated what was in the memo, namely that the resolution […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 07/11/2022 – Will Vote On Two Parking Ramp Related Items, Receive Staff Update On Street Terrace Policy Resolution

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 07/11/2022 at 4:30PM. There are two action items, both related to parking ramps. The first is a 2022 parking ramp planning and design services contract. Last year, the city entered into a 5-year contract with Desman Design Management for […]

In Light Of Ongoing Legal Questions, Municipal Services Committee Holds Off On Voting To Create A Transportation Utility Until January of 2023

The Municipal Services Committee met 06/20/2022. One of the items they took up was the creation of a Transportation Utility. This had been an item for discussion during the 06/06/2022 committee meeting during which the committee members had generally expressed a desire to hold off […]

Municipal Services Committee Votes To Deny Appleton Downtown Inc’s Request To Place Dumpster In Jones Park Parking Lot Without A Dumpster Enclosure

The Municipal Services Committee met 06/20/2022. One of the items they took up was the request from Appleton Downtown Inc for a waiver to allow for dumpsters to be placed on the city-owned parking lot without the required dumpster enclosure. This item was discussed during […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 06/20/2022 – Will Vote On Jones Park Dumpster Request From ADI

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 06/20/2022 at 4:30PM. They will, once again, take up the request from Appleton Downtown Inc. for a waiver to place dumpsters over the summer in the parking lot by Jones Park without the required dumpster enclosures. The committee initially […]

Municipal Services Committee Holds Off On Approving Or Denying ADI’s Dumpster Placement Request For Jones Park Pending Further Information From Staff; Questions Why No Dumpster Enclosure Was Built By Million Dollar Stage

The Municipal Services Committee met 06/06/2022 and took up a request from Appleton Downtown, Inc (ADI) for a waiver to allow dumpsters to be place within city-owned property by Jones Park without the required dumpster enclosure. Staff members from the Department of Public Works attend […]