The Finance Committee is meeting 05/23/2022 at 5:30PM. They will be voting on the 2023 Special Assessment Policy, a contract, and a contract amendment as well as receiving information items regarding various ongoing contracts and contract change orders. They’ll also be receiving information items on […]
Month: May 2022
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/23/2022 – Will Receive Presentation On Transportation Utility Study, Vote On Referred-back Soldier’s Square Resolution
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/23/2022 at 4:30PM. Although not an action item, the committee will be receiving a presentation from Elhers/reSmith on the Transportation Utility study. The committee will also discuss creating a transportation utility and next steps. The committee last received an […]
Common Council Votes To Approve Issuance Of $15.53 Million In General Obligation Promissory Notes And $11.71 Million In Sewerage System Revenue Bonds
On 05/18/2022 the Common Council voted to approve the issuance of $15,530,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes and $11,710,000 Sewerage System Revenue Bonds. This borrowing is an annual thing that the city does and is used to fund the Capital Improvement Plan and utility projects. During […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Variance For Mill City Public House To Provide Only 13 Parking Spots Instead Of 33
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 05/16/2022 and took up the variance request from Mill City Public House to provide only 13 parking stalls for their restaurant/bar business instead of the 33 required by Municipal Code due to the fact that the building was built […]
Soldier’s Square Resolution Referred Back To Committee
The Appleton Common Council met 05/18/2022. Most of the meeting was taken up by the Mayor’s Business, particularly an update on the Library Project. They did not even get to the action items until over an hour into the meeting. Perhaps for that reason, only […]
Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim’s Invocation at 05/18/2022 Common Council Meeting – “Each of us has to choose the next right step in everyday decisions that we make in our lives.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Hartzheim. Alderperson Hartzheim: Thank you, Chair. Every year at around this time, I think about graduations. Mostly about how long it’s been since I graduated from college. And let’s not even talk about high school. But […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance Allowing Property Owner To Build Deck Within 8 Feet Of Rear Property Line
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 05/16/2022 and considered the variance request from the owners of a property on Edgewood Avenue to build a 12×16 foot attached deck at the rear of their property that encroached into the 25-foot rear yard setback. There was currently […]
AASD Piloting New Dress Code – Includes New Language Regarding Students’ Rights And Equitable Enforcement
The Appleton Area School District is currently piloting a revised dress code. Per an email sent to families 05/17/2022, key changes include… Gender Neutral language Allowing students to come to school wearing comfortable clothing that allows them to be authentically themselves. Language on how things […]
Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Proclamations – Noon Lion’s Centennial Day, American Legion Poppy Day, Bee Day, Lawrence University 175th Anniversary Day, Police Week, and Public Works Week
Tonight during the Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 mayoral proclamations. In the first he proclaims Sunday, May 22, 2022 as Appleton Noon Lions Club Centennial Day and calls “upon all citizens to join in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of […]
Special Meetings Of The Finance And Utilities Committees Scheduled Ahead of 05/18/2022 Common Council Meeting
On 05/18/2022 ahead of the Common Council meeting at 7PM, there will be two special committee meetings. At 6:30PM the Finance Committee will meet to lock in the interest rates for the $15,530,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes and the $11,460,000 Sewerage System Revenue Bonds that […]