Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht gave a Covid update at the 01/20/2021 Common Council meeting. He reviewed the current number of cases and then remarked that we’re nearing the one year anniversary of when we saw our first cases. The last time the Common Council met […]
Month: January 2021
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/24/2021
On 01/24/2021 Appleton reported 13 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 4 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 3. Cases out of isolation increased by 14. There were no new deaths. Over the last week we had 131 total confirmed cases and 36 total probable […]
Common Council Approves Committee Appointments
During the 01/20/2021 Common Council meeting, the alderpersons approved all of Mayor Woodford’s appointments to committees, commissions, and boards. Per Mayor Woodford, those appointments filled a majority of vacancies. He stated that he was really pleased to be making serious headway on cleaning vacancies up. […]
Police Chief Thomas Gives Presentation To Common Council About APD’s Human Trafficking Response Procedures
Mayor Woodford issued a proclamation declaring January 11, 2021 to be Human Trafficking Awareness Day. He asked Police Chief Todd Thomas to give a presentation to the Common Council on on how the Appleton Police Department responds to human trafficking. Chief Thomas also included a […]
Alderperson Matt Reed’s Speech On The Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum – “These People Are Not Accountable To The Voters”
Although District 8’s alderperson Matt Reed voted in favor of putting the non-partisan redistricting referendum on the April 6 ballot, he did express concerns about the actual aims of the referendum and the practical ramifications of implementing a non-partisan redistricting process. He was concerned that […]
APD Community Advisory Board Meeting on 01/25/2021
The Appleton Police Community Advisory Board is meeting 01/25/2021 at 6pm. No agenda is listed, but Chief Thomas did mention at the last meeting that the topic for January’s meeting would be APD’s mental health program and the way they respond to mental health calls. […]
Finance Committee Meeting Scheduled For 01/25/2021
The Finance Committee is meeting 01/25/2021 at 5:30 pm. On the agenda is… (1) A request to approve the Relocation Orders for the Richmond at Glendale, Lightning Drive, Spartan Drive, and Newberry at Kensington projects. Basically it looks like the city needs to widen the […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/23/2021
On 01/23/2021 Appleton reported 8 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 8 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 4. Cases out of isolation increased by 12. There were no new deaths. Counting both confirmed and probable cases, 9.86% of Appleton residents have had coronavirus thus […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting On 01/25/2021
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/25/2021 at 4:30pm. On the agenda… They’ll be voting on a resolution to allow the city of Appleton to negotiate with Outagamie County over the development and use of a proposed landfill. Appleton Downtown Inc. is requesting a permit […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/22/2021
On 01/22/2021 Appleton reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by a whopping 76. Cases out of isolation increased by by an equally impressive 90. There were no new deaths.