During the 07/28/2021 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting, the Fire Department’s Chief Jeremy Hansen told the committee that although there is a nationally recognized color coding scheme for fire hydrant flow to indicate the water flow rate, the city of Appleton does not do that […]
Month: August 2021
Sculpture Going Up On Lawrence Campus
They’ve been working on erecting this sculpture over by the art building on the Lawrence campus for over a week. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too much longer for the finished product.
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/11/2021
On 08/11/2021 Appleton recorded 12 confirmed coronavirus cases and 9 probable cases. Active cases rose by 3 to 107. Cases out of isolation increased by 18 to 8,946. Deaths remained unchanged at 65 for the 99th day in a row. We’ll see if we make […]
Board Of Health Receives Covid-19 Update
The Board of Health met on 08/11/2021. The first item they took up was the Covid-19 update. Given that it was a Covid-19 update, they talked extensively about Covid-19, so I am posting this update only to the website and not directly to the All […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/10/2021
On 08/10/2021 Appleton recorded 13 confirmed coronavirus cases and 5 probable cases. Active cases rose by 6 to 104, and cases out of isolation increased by 12 to 8,928 for the 98th day in a row deaths remained unchanged at 65. On this day last […]
Mayor Woodford Gives Update On Process For Allocating Appleton’s American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) Grant Dollars
During the 08/04/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford reviewed the allocation process for the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds that the city has received. As a part of ARPA, municipalities received direct allocations of funds which the mayor stated was an unprecedented step on […]
Common Council Approves Coolidge Court Rezoning After Holding It For Two Weeks To Give Neighbors Chance To Make Public Comment
On 08/04/2021 the Common Council took up the request to rezone a parcel on Coolidge Court. The rezoning was being sought because the current zoning locked the developer into a very specific site and building layout that would have been appropriate in 1985 when the […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 08/11/2021 – Will Vote On Change To HRA Administrator And Receive Information On Process For Hiring New Health Officer
The Human Resources And Information Technology Committee is meeting 08/11/2021 at 6:30PM. They’ll be voting on a request to modify the Police Department’s table of organization (which the Safety and Licensing committee will be receiving as an information item), a couple requests to over hire […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Amendment Clarifying What Electrical Work Can And Cannot Be Performed By Homeowners
The Municipal Services Committee met 08/09/2021 and took up item 21-0873 which was a request to approve an update to Municipal Code Section 4-392 related to electrical work by a home owner. Essentially, this change would update the Municipal Code to make it clear that, […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/09/2021
On 08/09/2021 Appleton recorded 21 confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 probable cases. Active cases rose by 13 to 98. Cases out of isolation increased by 8 to 8,916. For the 97th day in a row deaths remained unchanged at 65. Last year on this day […]