Finance Committee Meeting 04/25/2022 – Will Vote On Contract For Ellen Kort Peace Park Trail, Review 2021 Green Tier Legacy Community Annual Report

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/25/2022 at 5:30PM. They’ll be electing a Vice-Chair, Tax Appeals members, and a CEA Board member. Outside of those, they have 9 action items they will be voting on. Most of them seem pretty routine. One item of interest is […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 04/25/2022 – Will Vote On Soldier’s Square Resolution, Consider Variance Request From Homeowner

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 04/25/2022 at 4:30PM. Because this is the first committee meeting of the new Council year, they will be electing a Vice-Chair and electing a Central Equipment Agency Board member. There are two other, non-housekeeping, action items. The first is […]

Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 04/20/2022 Common Council Meeting – “I think we all strive to be the same person.”

Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. The invocation I’m going to deliver tonight is the very first invocation that I every delivered at Council in August of 2014. And I feel that with the seating […]

Two Resolutions Introduced During 04/20/2022 Common Council Meeting – Water Main Resolution and Soldier’s Square Resolution

Two resolutions were introduced during the 04/20/2022 Common Council meeting. Resolution #5-R-22 Water Main Resolution was submitted by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15). It notes that the City of Appleton is borrowing for roughly 80% of annual road projects and experienced a near record amount […]

Library Board Meeting 04/19/2022 – Receives 2021 Annual Report, Update On Move To Temporary Location, Overview of Summer Reading Program

The Library Board met 04/19/2022. It was not a particularly eventful meeting. It started out with recognition of the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS). They didn’t have a printed copy of the certificate, nor has one been attached to the meeting minutes, but they did […]

Another AASD School With Low Enrollment Numbers Enters 14 Day Mandatory Masking Period

Appleton Public Montessori has hit the two percent threshold for positive Covid-19 cases among students and will spend the next 14 days under a mandatory masking rule. As was recently illustrated by Columbus Elementary, the Appleton Area School District’s current masking protocols disproportionally and inequitably […]

Pheng Thao Responds To Questions About His Campaign Contributions, Does Not Indicate When He Will Correct Issue

Pheng Thao did respond to me after I posted about the issues with his campaign contributions. I had sent him an email on 04/15/2022 to the email address he had opted to include on his campaign finance disclosure form. After not hearing back from him […]

Common Council Meeting 04/20/2022 – Will Hold Formal Organizational Meeting And Then First Regular Meeting Of New Council Year

The new Common Council will be holding its first formal meetings 04/20/2022. The first will be the formal organizational meeting at 6pm. The second will be the regular Council meeting at 7PM. During the formal organizational meeting they will deliberate and vote on rules changes […]