Municipal Services Committee Meeting 02/21/2022 – Will Vote On Resident’s Tire Fee Appeal, Consider “No Mow May” Resolution, Review Enhanced Crosswalk Flow Chart, Receive Update On Transportation Utility Study

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 02/21/2022 at 4:30PM. They have a packed agenda, but many of the items seem minor such as awarding a plan review services contract for large projects to E-Plan Exam, a request to replace hotel signage on the College Avenue […]

Finance Committee Votes To Hold Resolution Reallocating City Brand Funds Until March 7 Committee Meeting

The Finance Committee met 02/07/2022. There were six action items on the agenda. The committee spent the first five or so minutes approving five of those items, but the bulk of the meeting was taken up with discussion of Resolution 2-R-22 which would take the […]

Finance Committee Meeting 02/07/2022 – Will Discuss And Vote On Resolution 2-R-22 To Improve Communication, Technology, and Pedestrian Safety

The Finance Committee is meeting 02/07/2022 at 5:30PM. The first item on the agenda and the one I would expect to garner the most discussion is Resolution #2-R-22. If passed this resolution would take the money currently allocated for a city brand study and reallocate […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes To Hold Intoxicated Bartender Resolution For 1 Month; Expresses Desire To Treat Intoxicated Bartending As License Violation Rather Than Criminal Issue

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 01/26/2022 and took up Resolution #1-R-22 Intoxicated Bartender Ordinance. If passed as written, the resolution would make it unlawful for a bartender to serve alcohol while intoxicated, and would give police the authority cite/arrest the individual as well as […]

Resolution #2-R-22 Calls To Allocate $61,495 More Than Needed For Enhanced Crosswalk Program

In light of Resolution #2-R-22‘s call to take $225,000 originally allocated for the city brand study and brand implementation and reallocate it to the enhanced crosswalk program, I reached out to Director of Public Works Paula Vandehey to get some background on the enhanced crosswalk […]

Finance Committee Decides To Hold Resolution Reallocating Brand Study Funds To Give Time To Receive Staff Feedback

On 01/24/2022 the Finance Committee voted to indefinitely hold the city brand study. After doing that they then moved on to consider and vote on Resolution #2-R-22. If passed as written, this resolution would take $475,000 from the funding previously set aside for the city […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 01/26/2022 – Will Vote On Intoxicated Bartender Resolution, Alpine Swift Alcohol License Application

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 01/26/2022 at 5:30PM. The first item on the agenda is Resolution #1-R-22 Intoxicated Bartender Ordinance. As is common with resolutions, when this was introduced at the most recent Common Council meeting, no background was given as to why […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Vote On Resolution To Pursue Trail Funding, Parks And Rec Reciprocity Agreement With Menasha And Neenah

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 6:30PM. They have no information items and only two action items. The first action item is a request to adopt Resolution 2022-02 for Wisconsin DOT TAP Grant. It looks like passage of this resolution is a […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Decide How To Proceed With Rebranding Effort

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 5:30PM. As you may recall, during the committee’s 01/10/2022 meeting they discussed a recommendation to award a contract for brand development services to Unlisted, LLC. Due to some concerns with the proposal the committee decided to hold off […]

Two Resolutions Submitted To Common Council – First Would Ban Intoxicated Bartending, Second Would Reallocate City Brand Funding For Other Purposes

The Appleton Common Council met 01/19/2022. The meeting was not particularly eventful. No agenda items were separated out for individual votes and the meeting was completed in under 30 minutes. However, the first two resolutions of 2022 were introduced at that meeting. Resolution #1-R-22 Intoxicated […]