Common Council Approves Environmental Health Fee Schedule For 2023 – Some Alderpersons Express Concern Over Rate Of Increase

The Common Council met 12/21/2022. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the Environmental Health Fee Schedule Proposal. If I understood correctly, these are the fees that business are charged for the licensing inspections they undergo. The proposal increased the fees […]

Common Council Votes 14-0 To Maintain $480 Parking Pass Benefit, Allocate Any Unused Funds To Police Department For Assistance To Homeless Individuals

The Common Council met 12/21/2022. One of the items they took up was Resolution 12-R-22, the resolution to eliminate the Council parking passes. Currently, sitting alderpersons receive an annual parking pass worth $480 per alderperson. As initially written, this resolution would have eliminated that parking […]

Common Council Approves 2023 Pool Fee Schedule – Removes $20 Increase For Youth Swim Pass, Discusses Fee Waiver Option Currently Available For Families

The Common Council met 12/21/2022. One of the items that was separated out for an individual vote was the request for approval of the Aquatic Fees and Charges Policy. The updates to the policy included increases to all the fees except for children 3 and […]

Alderperson Maiyoua Thao’s Invocation At 12/21/2022 Common Council Meeting – “I would like to dedicate this new year to my late mother”

Mayor Jake Woodford: Good evening I now call to order the Wednesday December 21 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Thao. Alderperson Maiyoua Thao (District 7): Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab. Happy New Year. In our Hmong culture the […]

Mayor Woodford Gives Brief Library Project Update – “There’s been considerable adjustment to the scope of the project to get the project within the available budget.”

Video of the 12/21/2022 Common Council meeting has finally been posted. During the meeting, Mayor Woodford gave a brief update on the Library Project. SOM, the architect, and the Boldt Company, the construction manager, continue working on the project. Mayor Woodford stated, “There’s been considerable […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Extensions To Deadlines For Park Central Apartment Development

The Community And Economic Development Committee held a special meeting on 12/21/2022 ahead of the Common Council meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to vote on a request to amend the development agreement for the Park Central development at 318 W College Avenue. The […]

Library Board Receives Update On Library Project – New Design Update Will Be Available January 18, 2023

The Library Board met 12/20/2022. During their meeting they received a brief update on the Library project. The transcript of the discussion is available here: The scope of the library project is currently being reduced in order to bring it into budget. By January 18, […]

Parks and Recreation Committee Approves Multiple Policy Updates, Increases In Fees For Pools And Golf Course

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 12/12/2022 and approved updates to several policies which included changes and increases to various fees at Reid Golf Course and the city’s two pools. All of these policy changes were approved unanimously, with the exception of the Aquatic Fees […]