The Board of Zoning Appeals met 01/17/2022 and took up two variance requests from St. Bernadette Parish related to erecting a sign on their property. They wanted to erect a third ground sign while city code only allows 2 signs per property, and they also […]
Month: January 2022
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/21/2022 – 01/23/2022
Over the weekend from 01/21/2022 to 01/23/2022 Appleton recorded 281 confirmed coronavirus cases and 126 probable cases. Active cases dropped by 14 to 258. Cases out of isolation increased by 420 to 19,654. Deaths increased by 1 to 80. Appleton’s current 7-day running average of […]
Board Of Education Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Receive Referendum Focus Group Update, Discuss Interview Processes For Superintendent Candidates
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/24/2022 at 6PM. In some respects, it does not appear to be a particularly eventful agenda. This will be 2 weeks since the Board voted to rescind their vote from November and extend the mask […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Vote On Resolution To Pursue Trail Funding, Parks And Rec Reciprocity Agreement With Menasha And Neenah
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 6:30PM. They have no information items and only two action items. The first action item is a request to adopt Resolution 2022-02 for Wisconsin DOT TAP Grant. It looks like passage of this resolution is a […]
Assistant Superintendent Polly Vanden Boogard And Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Officer Pa Lee Moua Answer Questions About AASD Staff Affinity Groups
As you may recall, back at the end of September, the Appleton Area School District Leadership Team and Board of Education reviewed the district’s 2020-21 scorecard and goals. One of the action steps brought up was the creation and maintenance of the employee affinity groups […]
Finance Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Decide How To Proceed With Rebranding Effort
The Finance Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 5:30PM. As you may recall, during the committee’s 01/10/2022 meeting they discussed a recommendation to award a contract for brand development services to Unlisted, LLC. Due to some concerns with the proposal the committee decided to hold off […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Vote On On-Street Parklet Policy And Avenue Of Ice Permit
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 4:30 PM. They have a number of action items. The two that probably will be the most visible to residents are (1) the City of Appleton On-Street Parklet Policy and (2) Appleton Downtown Inc.’s request to place […]
Common Council Approves Hiring Of New Health Officer, Receives Covid-19 Update
The Appleton Common Council met 01/19/2022. The meeting took less than 30 minutes. The largest portion of the meeting was the Covid-19 Update. Although it was not as long as the update, another important part of the meeting was the vote by the Common Council […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/20/2022
On 01/20/2022 Appleton recorded 134 confirmed coronavirus cases and 51 probable cases. Active cases rose by 13 to 272. Cases out of isolation increased by 172 to 19,234. Deaths remained unchanged at 79. Appleton’s current 7-day running average of new confirmed and probable cases is […]
AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes Answers Questions About Proposed Referendum
I’ve been engaging in an email conversation with Appleton Area School District Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes regarding the proposed referendum. He was kind enough to answer a number of questions. I briefly considered trying to organize them by subject matter but ultimately decided to […]