The Safety and Licensing Committee met 08/27/2025. One of the action items they took up was a request to approve the special event application for the World Peace Festival scheduled to be held in Pierce Park on 09/13/2025. The application had been administratively denied because […]
Tag: Special Events Policy
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Recent Alcohol License Convictions, Reviews How New Special Events Policy Is Working
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/11/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up by an update from the Appleton Area School District on their request for the city to reinstate a truancy ordinance, but also discussed two other information items including recent alcohol license […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Recommends Approval Of Special Event Permit For Summer Shootout Soccer Tournament Taking Place June 20-22
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 05/28/2025. The action item they spent the most time discussing was the request from Wisconsin United Football Club to approve the special event application for their Summer Shootout soccer tournament scheduled to take place 06/20/2025-06/22/2025. The application was automatically […]
Common Council Votes 12-1 To Approve New Special Events Policy That Will Allow The City To Recoup 25% Of Its Costs For Special Events And Negotiate Service Agreements With Organizers Of Large Scale Events
The Common Council met 11/06/2024. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was the proposed new Special Events Policy to go into effect in January of 2025. This new policy would create one application deadline 45 days before an event for […]
Common Council Meeting 11/06/2024 – Will Reconsider Library Smoking Ban; Vote On New Special Events Policy, Request To Spend $985K In ARPA Funds On Expo Center, Request To Increase Wastewater Utility Rate By 9%, Request To Hire Consultant To Study Police Department Workload And Organization
The Common Council is meeting 11/06/2024 at 7PM. There are a number of items on the agenda that seem like they might be separated out for individual votes. The Council will be reconsidering the request to update the Municipal Code to ban smoking around the […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Votes 3-1 To Approve New Special Events Policy – Policy Would Allow City To Recoup 25% Of Its Costs For Special Events, Enter Into One-On-One Negotiations With Organizers Of Large Scale Events To Determine Service Agreements
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 10/23/2024. They spent around 45 minutes discussing the new proposed Special Events Policy which would allow the city to recoup up to 25% of the costs the city spends on staff and resources for special events. Currently, the city […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses New Proposed Special Event Policy, Receives Feedback From Community Event Organizers
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 10/09/2024. They spent 30 minutes discussing the new proposed Special Event Policy. This new policy would create one application deadline 45 days before an event for all events regardless of size as well as have a uniform $75 event […]