Greg Hartjes And Cassandra Schug Named As Finalists For AASD Superintendent Position

The two finalists for the Appleton Area School District position of Superintendent have been announced as current AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes and Watertown Superintendent Cassandra Schug. View WHBY article here: https://www.whby.com/2022/03/04/appleton-school-board-names-two-finalists-for-superintendent/

Common Council Approves Skywalk Sign For Lombardi’s Steakhouse And Preliminary Resolution For Concrete Pavement, Driveway Aprons and Sidewalk Construction

The Common Council met 03/02/2022. The agenda was pretty uneventful, but Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) did ask for two items from Municipal Services to be separated out for individual votes. The first was item 22-0194 t request to replace hotel signage on the College […]

Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update – Mayor Woodford Announces Covid-19 Updates To Council Will End, But Updates To Board Of Health Will Continue

During the 03/02/2022 Common Council meeting, the Council received a Covid-19 update. Mayor Woodford announced that this would be the last Covid-19 report at Common Council meetings, although information would still be reported out at the Board of Health meeting, and if conditions changed, they […]

Alderpersons Meltzer, Schultz, And Wolff Introduce Resolution Expressing Opposition To Enbridge, Inc’s Pipelines 3 And 5

There was one new resolution submitted during the 03/02/2022 Common Council meeting. Alderpersons Vered Meltzer (District 2), Alex Schultz (District 9), and Nate Wolff (District 12) are sponsoring Resolution #4-R-22 – Resolution On Clean Water And Treaty Rights. A company called Enbridge, Inc runs a […]

In Spite Of Updated CDC Guidance, AASD To Continue Requiring Masks/Face Coverings For Early Childhood and Appleton Community 4K Students And Staff

Although the CDC states on its “COVID-19 Guidance for Operating Early Care and Education/Child Care Programs” webpage that the “new COVID-19 Community Levels recommendations align precautions for educational settings with those for other community settings”… And although Outagamie, Winnebago, and Calumet counties all have low […]

Utilities Committee Receives Update On AquaHawk Water Use Monitoring System

The Utilities Committee met 02/22/2022 and received a brief update regarding the AquaHawk water usage monitoring system that the city has made available to residents and the questions that had been raised during the previous Utilities Committee meeting. A female staff member confirmed that a […]

Chief Thomas Updates Safety And Licensing Committee On New Squad Car Markings, The Crisis Response Team, And Police Staffing

Police Chief Todd Thomas gave an update on several police-related items to the Safety and Licensing Committee on 02/23/2022. NEW SQUAD CAR MARKINGS He said the new markings on one of their squad cars and would probably end up updating 7 or 8 more. [He […]