Public Arts Committee Approves Lease Extensions For Three Sculptures – Gesture Of Conscience, To The Moon Alice, and The Collective

The Public Arts Committee met 11/03/2021. Amongst several things they took up lease extension requests for three Sculpture Valley sculptures currently located on public property—The Collective, Gyan/Gesture of Conscience, and To the Moon Alice. Alex Schultz, who is the alderperson for District 9, appeared in […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 11/08/2021 – Will Vote On Reid Rate Policy For 2022, Two 1-Year Lease Extensions For Sculpture Valley Sculptures

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 11/08/2021 at 6:30PM. They will be reviewing and voting on the Reid Golf Course 2022 Rates Policy. The policy includes a $1.00 increase for weekday 9-hole play and an increase of $375 for the business pass. Per the […]

Board Of Education Meeting 11/08/2021 – Will Vote On Student Resource Officer And Crossing Guard Contract With Police Department

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 11/08/2021 at 6PM. Their will be two special presentations, one introducing the student school board representatives and one showing some of the ways AASD is celebrating Native American Heritage Month. The Board will receive updates […]

Public Arts Committee Chooses Photos From Rhythms Of The World Event To Fill Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower

The Public Arts Committee met 11/03/2021. One of the items on their agenda was to determine how to fill the Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower. They had discussed the item at their previous meeting but made no final determination and came to this meeting with the […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/08/2021 – Will Receive BIRD E-Scooter Presentation And Review Community Feedback, Vote On Food Truck Regulations And A Request To Create A “Parklet” Policy

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/08/2021 at 4:30PM. They will be receiving a presentation from a BIRD Scooter representative regarding the E-Scooter pilot program. There’s a funny split in how the safety of the electric scooters is viewed and it looks like there are […]

Common Council Approves Allocations For $6,891,841 In ARPA Funding

During the 11/03/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting, the Council members discussed and eventually approved the recommended 2021 allocations for the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds and approved the related 2021 budget amendment. Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) asked for the item to be separated […]

Three Items Referred Back Or Held By Common Council – Tee Tees Nachos Referred Back To Committee, Votes On The Collective Sculpture And River Tyme Bistros Premise Amendment Put Off Until 11/17/2021

During the 11/03/2021 Common Council meeting, several items were either referred back or held for the 11/17/2021 Common Council meeting. Alderperson Katie Van Zeeland (District 5) requested that the Class “A” Beer and “Class A” Liquor License application for Tee Tees Nachos LLC be referred […]

Common Council Receives Covid 19 Update – Hospitalizations Down, Breakthrough Cases Lower Than In September

It is now the evening of 11/04/2021 but Appleton’s Covid Dashboard has not yet been updated, so I have no daily Covid numbers to post. I can however, recap the Covid-19 update that was given at the 11/03/2021 Common Council meeting. Interim Health Officer Sonja […]