You’ve probably passed him walking along one of Appleton’s city streets and not even glanced his way. He’s John Olinger, our city administrator; his on-foot routes take him to every corner of Appleton on his ongoing quest of getting to know the neighborhood’s better – and all part of his efforts to administrate the oftentimes arguably ambiguous and hard-to-enforce sets of regulations know as the city code or ordinances.
“I have taken the position of pro-active code enforcement,” says Olinger, “I know what mowing issues are… I’ve sent out letters… I want to know this town so well that I can tell when something changes… so when I get the call I can say ‘I’m on it!’” Subscribe or Log In