Municipal Services Committee Votes Unanimously To Approve Updated Scavenging Resolution – Will Allow The Scavenging Of Bulky Overflow Items

The Municipal Services Committee met 08/23/2021 and took up Resolution 10-R-21 which was related to the scavenging of solid waste. The committee had discussed this during their August 9th meeting during which they seemed to reach a general consensus that they liked the idea of […]

Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim’s (District 13) Invocation At 08/18/2021 Common Council Meeting – “Gracious God…help us to remember we have the comforting assurance that You will always be with us.”

Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) gave this invocation to the Common Council on 08/18/2021. As you can see, she is in the Council chambers and not wearing a mask although the Mayor has implemented rules requiring masks to be worn inside city facilities. Mayor Woodford: […]

Appleton Area School District Does Not Seem To Track Students With Ds Or Specifically Target Them For Intervention

Back in July, I posted about the number of Appleton Area School District high school students who received a D or an F on their 2020-2021 second semester report card. 38.10% of students at North had at least one D as did 49% of students […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 08/25/2021 – Will Vote On Approving A Plat For Trail View Estates And Approving The Downtown Business Improvement District 2022 Operating Plan

Appleton’s City Plan Commission is meeting 08/25/2021 at 3:30PM. They have no informational items and only two action items. Action item 1 is a request to approve a plat for Trail View Estates. Action item 2 is the “annual review and request to approve the […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 08/24/2021 – Will Vote On A Storm Water Consulting Services Contract And A Biosolids Transportation, Application, And Incorporation Contract

The Utilities Committee is meeting later today, 08/24/2021, at 5PM. It has two action items on the agenda… (1) Awarding a stormwater consulting services contract for Apple Creek Road/Haymeadow Avenue The main things the contractor would be doing is preparing “an independent drainage study that […]

Transit Commission Meeting 08/24/2021 – Will Vote On Northern Winnebago Dial-A-Ride Contract And Review Financial and Ridership Reports

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 08/24/2021 at 3PM. Outside of the monthly approval of payments, the only other action item is a request to aware the Northern Winnebago Dial-A-Ride contract to Running Inc. Although Running Inc’s per ride rate was higher than the […]

Board Of Education Appoints Amanda Stuck and James Bacon To Fill The Two Board Vacancies

After determining that 2 candidates had the necessary support from 3 Board members, the Appleton Area School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to appoint Amanda Stuck and James Bacon to fill the two vacancies on the Board. View full meeting video here: https://youtu.be/_8x-oEphqMY