The Taskforce On Resiliency, Climate Mitigation And Adaptation is meeting this evening, 07/07/2021, at 4:30PM in the City Council Chambers and via MS Teams. These meetings are not recorded and minutes have not been posted for the last couple meetings. They do have an interesting […]
Month: July 2021
Coronavirus Numbers For 07/05/2021
On 07/05/2021, Appleton recorded 0 confirmed coronavirus cases, 0 probable cases, and 0 deaths. Active cases remained unchanged at 9. Cases out of isolation remained unchanged at 8,784. Deaths remained unchanged at 65.
Common Council Meeting 07/07/2021 – Agenda Items Include Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units, Banning Pole Buildings, And Banning The Display Of Campaign Signs On City Owned Property Leased By Private Entities
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 07/07/2021. It looks like Mayor Woodford will not be presenting any mayoral proclamations at this meeting. One never knows exactly which items will be pulled from the various committee recommendations to receive special attention and individual votes, but there […]
Community And Economic Development Committee and Safety And Licensing Committee Special Meetings Scheduled For 07/07/2021 – Will Award Neighborhood Development Contract And Review Core’s Lounge Noise Complaints
There are two special committee meetings scheduled for 07/07/2021 prior to the Common Council meeting that evening. The first one is a Community & Economic Development Committee meeting at 6:15PM. Their one action item is a “Request to award the project for the College Avenue […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 07/04/2021
As of 10:17PM last night, coronavirus numbers for 07/04/2021 had not been posted. It looks like they have finally been posted sometime since then, so, in order to avoid confusion, I deleted the old post I made about those numbers. Over the days of 07/02-07/04 […]
Municipal Services Committee Reviews Modified Bulky Overflow Collection Proposal, Learns What Will Happen When The Outagamie County Landfill Closes
During their 06/21/2021 meeting, the Municipal Services Committee reviewed the Department of Public Works proposed operation changes regarding bulky overflow collection. As you may recall, DPW had initially proposed the complete elimination of all free curbside bulky overflow collection, but after receiving community feedback, they […]
A Response To The Social Media Furor Over The Report That AASD Educator And Wife Of Appleton’s Mayor Signed The Zinn Education Project’s “Pledge To Teach The Truth”
I find that when there is social media upheaval it’s sometimes best to pause, not respond in the moment, and take some time before proceeding. When I published the post highlighting the fact that Hilary Haskell, an AASD educator and the wife of Appleton’s mayor […]
Recap of June Transit Commission Meeting – Ridership Still Down But Improving
Although the bulk of the 06/22/2021 Transit Commission meeting was taken up with the 2020 Audit report, there were some other items on the agenda. The only action item was the approval of the May 2021 payments. Deb Ebben, Valley Transit’s Administrative Services Manager, reported […]
Transit Commission Listens To Presentation On 2020 Valley Transit Audit – Valley Transit Receives A Clean Audit
As already posted, the firm of CliftonLarsonAllen conducted the City of Appleton’s 2020 audit. They also conducted Valley Transit’s 2020 audit. CLA team member and CPA Leah Lasecki reviewed their audit report with the Fox Cities Transit Commission on 06/22/2021. Ms. Lasecki was the manager […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 07/01/2021
On 07/01/2021 Appleton recorded 1 confirmed coronavirus case and 0 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by 3 to 4, and cases out of isolation rose by 4 to 8,784. Deaths remained unchanged at 65.