Municipal Services Committee Meeting 10/09/2023 – Will Vote On Lawe Street Truck Route Resolution, Discuss 2024 Public Works Budget

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 10/09/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be discussing and voting on for the second time the Lawe Street Truck Route Resolution. This resolution does not itself determine whether or not Lawe Street should maintain its truck route designation, but if […]

Lawe Street Truck Route Resolution Referred Back To Committee – Staff Report Indicates If Truck Route Designation Is Removed The City Could Lose $2.8 Million In Grant Funds For Reconstruction Project

The Common Council met 10/04/2023. Five members of the public spoke during the time of public participation. They all spoke about Resolution 10-R-22 which calls for city staff to investigate removing the truck route designation from Lawe Street between College Avenue and Hancock Street. The […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Resolution Calling For Investigating Removing Truck Route Designation From Lawe Street North Of College – Votes To Amend To Require More Investigation Than What Has Already Been Conducted

The Municipal Services Committee met 09/25/2023. It was a mammoth 1 hour and 25 minute meeting with all but a couple of those minutes devoted to discussion regarding Resolution 10-R-22 which directed staff to explore removing the truck route designation from Lawe Street between College […]

Common Council Votes Down Bird Safe Glass Resolution – Alderpersons Express Concerns Over $10,000 Cost Of Retrofitting Windows On City-Owned Buildings

The Common Council met 09/20/2023. One of the items they took up was Resolution 6-R-23, the bird safe glass resolution which they ended up voting down by a vote of 10-5. The resolution initially called for the creation of a bird safe glass ordinance in […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 09/25/2023 – Will Vote On Resolution Pertaining To Alternate Lawe Street Truck Route

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 09/25/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is Resolution 10-R-22 regarding an alternate to the Lawe Street truck route. The resolution as written called for city staff to “explore removing the Truck Route […]

Common Council Votes 11-4 Against State Shared Revenue Allocation Resolution – Alderperson Wolff Calls Resolution “Garbage”

The Common Council met 09/20/2023. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was Resolution 10-R-23 regarding the allocation of state shared revenue aid. This resolution was recommended for denial by a vote of 3-2 by the Finance Committee. The resolution called […]

Resolution Supporting Mental Health Awareness Referred Back To Board Of Health Because Recording Of Previous Board Of Health Discussion On The Resolution Was Unavailable

The Common Council met 09/20/2023. One of the items on the agenda was Resolution 9-R-23 the Resolution Supporting Mental Health Awareness and Services in the City of Appleton. The resolution had been recommended for approval with no changes by the Board of Health during their […]

Common Council Meeting 09/20/2023 – Will Vote On Clearwater Creek Addition, Resolutions On Shared Revenue, Bird Safe Glass, And Mental Health

The Common Council is meeting 09/20/2023 at 7PM. If I had to guess, I would say it has the potential to be one of the longer Council meetings of this year as there are a number of items that garnered discussion during the committee meetings. […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Amends Bird Safe Glass Resolution, Removes Requirement To Create Bird Safe Glass Ordinance – Alderperson Denise Fenton Voices Concern Over Creating Stringent New Building Requirements That Could Potentially Impact Affordable Housing Development

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 09/13/2023. The one item on their agenda was Resolution 6-R-23, the Bird Safe Glass Resolution. This resolution was based on an ordinance from Madison that is currently the subject of legal challenges. Arguments on the legality of the […]

Finance Committee Votes 3-2 To Deny Shared Revenue Allocation Resolution – Majority Of Committee Views Resolution As Unnecessary

The Finance Committee met 09/11/2023. The item which took up the majority of the meeting was Resolution 10-R-23 regarding the allocation of state shared revenue funds. As written, the resolution called for the entire amount of the $1,926,000 that the city received in additional shared […]