Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Finances And Enrollment Numbers Related To Referendum – If Referendums Don’t Pass, Taxes Will Go Down By $100 For A $100,000 Property

Since the Appleton Area School District Board of Education has decided to continue on the path of a referendum, I thought I should go back and review the information from some of the previous meetings regarding this. Yesterday I posted a recap of the first […]

Board Of Education Receives Overview Of Proposed $98 Million Referendum

Now that AASD has committed to going down the referendum path I thought it would be a good time to go back and review the factors that are driving that decision. During the 09/30/2021 Board of Education work session, Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reviewed […]

Breakthroughs Account For 23% Of Cases Between 11/03/2021 And 12/19/2021; Death Rate Less That 1/3rd Of Last Year’s Rate

It has now been approximately 21 months since Appleton had its first Covid case. I thought that, with the end of the year approaching, now might be a good time to compare Appleton’s coronavirus numbers now with where they were at this time last year. […]

Common Council Approves Election Inspectors And Committee Appointments/Reappointments, Approves Resolution Updating City’s Alcohol License Demerit Point System

The Appleton Common Council met on 12/15/2021 for what was it’s final meeting of 2021. They received a Covid-19 update and then spent a good deal of time deliberating on proposed changes to the municipal code governing food trucks in Appleton. Although those items took […]

Alderperson Matt Reed’s Invocation At 12/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We’re not unique in our generation to experience struggles.”

Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Reed. Alderperson Matt Reed: Thank you, Mayor. So, I wanted to share something brief from a gentleman who you’re probably all at least somewhat familiar with. He was from mid-20th century. He was a English professor […]

Library Board Scholarship Committee Meeting 12/20/2021 – Will Consider F.P. Young Scholarship Award

Every city committee meeting for the week is cancelled except for the Library Board. The Library Board Scholarship Committee is meeting 12/20/2021 at 4pm. They have one item on the agenda which is the F. P. Young Scholarship Award. The F.P. Young Scholarship Fund was […]

Common Council Voted To Double Food Truck Licenses, Ban Parking Within 50 Feet of Brick And Mortar Restaurants

The Appleton Common Council met 12/15/2021. The item that garnered the most discussion was the proposed changes to the street vendor regulations, specifically as they relate to food trucks. The item as received from the Municipal Services Committee increased the number of food truck licenses […]