Year: 2021

After Voting To Make In-School Masking Optional, Board Of Education Receives Public Comment Asking To Mandate Masks; Superintendent Baseman Suggests That Any Change In Course Will Be Announced At 08/23/2021 Board Of Education Meeting

During the 08/09/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting, 10 people made public comments, all of them regarding masking for the upcoming school year. 9 of them asked for the District to change its plans for masking to be optional and instead require […]

No Response From AASD Regarding The Impetus For Implementing Culturally Competent Practices Or The Metrics By Which Their Success Is Judged

As I posted a couple of weeks ago, the Appleton Area School District, under the guidance of Doctor Sharroky Hollie, engages in what they termed “culturally competent practices”. Assistant Superintendent Steve Harrison gave an overview of these practices and explained, “Rather than this being a […]

Common Council Approves Allocation Of Excess General Funds, Including Funding For Transportation Utility Study; Also Approves Transportation Utility Study Resolution

During the 08/04/2021 the Common Council took up the connected issues of the allocation of the excess general fund balance and Resolution #9-R-21 regarding a Transportation Utility Study. This was discussed extensively by the Finance Committee on 07/26/2021 which ultimately voted to recommend approving changes […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 08/09/2021 – Will Vote On Referred Back Electrical Code Update, Proposed Scavenging Resolution, Street Reconstructions

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 08/09/2021 at 4:30PM. They will once again be discussing and voting on item 21-0873 which would update Municipal Code Section 4-392 related to electrical work by a home owner after it was, for the second time, referred back to […]

Board Of Education Meeting 08/09/2021 – Student Masking Not Explicitly On The Agenda; Will They Discuss It?

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 08/09/2021 at 6PM. This will be their first meeting after the resignations of former board members Barry O’Connor and Gary Jahnke became effective. The Board is scheduled to appoint two new Board members during the […]

Resolution 12-R-21 Introduced At Common Council; If Passed Would Call For The Expedited Hiring Of A Health Officer Before The City Implements Any Further Covid-19 Guidance Or Mandates

During the 08/04/2021 Common Council meeting Alderpersons Joe Martin (District 4), Sheri Hartzheim (District 13), Chad Doran (District 15), and Matthew Reed (District 8) introduced Resolution #12-R-21 which, if passed, would express “concern that the City has undertaken health initiatives and enacted a public health […]

Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update, Reviews Changes To City Covid Policy, And Holds Question And Answer Session With Interim Health Officer

About 1/3rd of the 08/04/2021 Common Council meeting was taken up with an update and discussion about Covid-19. Interim Health Office Sonja Jensen started out by providing a brief update. There has been a bit of an increase in cases of Covid in the community […]

Item Updating The Language Of The Municipal Code Regarding Electrical Work By Homeowners Referred Back To Municipal Services Committee For The Second Time After Attempted Amendment

For the second time item 21-0873 which would update Municipal Code Section 4-392 related to electrical work by a home owner has been referred back to the Municipal Services committee. It was first referred back by Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) at the 07/07/2021 Common […]