Municipal Services Votes Again To Deny Soldier’s Square Resolution After Determining Denial Won’t Interfere With Private Group’s Ability To Bring Future Plan Forward

The Municipal Services Committee met 05/23/2022. One of the items they took up was the Soldier’s Square Resolution. The committee had previously voted to recommend the resolution be denied, but after it went to the full Council Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) requested it be […]

Neighborhood Program Spring Meeting Scheduled 05/26/2022 – Greg Hartjes Will Talk To Neighborhood Leaders About AASD Referendum

On 05/26/2022 from 6PM to 7:30PM at Wilson Middle School, the City of Appleton is holding a Neighborhood Program Spring Meeting. Participants must reside in a neighborhood registered through the city’s Neighborhood Program. You can learn more about the Neighborhood Program and view a map […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Meeting 05/25/2022 – Will Vote On 3 Over Hire Requests

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 05/25/2022 at 6:30PM. The three action items are all requests to over-hire for various positions in order to allow the city to keep a retiring employee on staff for a month or two after their replacement […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 05/25/2022 – Will Vote On Multiple License Applications

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 05/25/2022 at 5:30PM. The action items on the agenda consist entirely of various license and license renewal applications. I would expect it to be a short meeting, but one never knows with complete certainty. View full meeting details […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/25/2022 – Will Vote On Reducing Funding For Appleton Housing Authority

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/25/2022 at 4:30PM. They have one item they will be voting on which is a request to approve a $33,830 reduction in the Community and Development Block Grant funding awarded to the Appleton Housing Authority. The City […]

Appleton Currently Still At “Medium” Covid Community Level – 11 Most Vaccinated WI Counties At “High” Or “Medium”

Normally, on Monday’s I post the past week’s Covid numbers for Appleton. However, for unknown reasons, DHS has not updated the weekend case numbers, so I don’t have weekly numbers to provide yet. I can say that Appleton remains in the “Medium” Covid community level […]

Transit Commission Meeting 05/24/2022 – Will Vote On A Contract For A Transit Center Needs Assessment And Master Plan

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 05/24/2022 at 3PM. They will be voting on a contract for professional services for a Transit Center Needs Assessment and Master Plan. As you may recall, during the March 2022 meeting, Valley Transit General Manager Ron McDonald talked […]

Common Council Receives Overview Of Library Project – Director Gazza Discusses Budget Challenges

The Common Council met 05/18/2022. Nearly an hour of the meeting was taken up by a presentation on the library project which Mayor Woodford wanted to do to bring the new council members up to speed on the project and make sure that all the […]

Board Of Education Meeting 05/23/2022 – Will Review Preliminary Results Of Referendum Community Survey

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 05/23/2022 at 6PM. There are a number of items on the agenda including the charter contract renewal for Renaissance School for the Arts and the Mega Results Interpretation and Indicators. The item probably of the […]