Month: December 2022

Parks And Recreation Committee Votes To Award $300K Lundgaard Park Design Contract To ISG; Discusses Fundraising Plans For Park

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 12/12/2022. One of the items they took up was a request to award a sole source contract to ISG for design services for Lundgaard Park in the amount of $297,420 with a design contingency of $25,000 for a total […]

Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Increase 2 Times More Than Expected For 2023; Utilities Director Shaw Discusses Plans To Keep Within Budget

The Utilities Committee met 12/13/2022. The meeting was only 14 minutes long and none of the items were contentious. All action items were approved unanimously without any questions. The information items, however, resulted in more discussion, particularly the joint chemical consortium quotation awards item because […]

Common Council Meeting 12/21/2022 – Will Vote On Resolution To Eliminate Council Parking Pass Benefit, Receive Library Project Update

The Common Council is meeting 12/21/2022 at 7PM. There will be several items of business presented by the Mayor. Regarding items taken up by the Council, I would expect that the Resolution to Eliminate Council Parking Passes for 2023 will be separated out for an […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 12/21/2022 – Will Vote On Extension Of Terms For Park Central Development

The Community And Economic Development Committee is holding a special meeting 12/21/2022 at 6:45PM just prior to the Common Council meeting at 7PM. They will be voting on a request for an extension of terms for the Park Central development at 316 W College Avenue. […]

Alderperson Vaya Jones’ Invocation At 12/07/2022 Common Council Meeting – “As you go about the month, I urge you: return your cart. Literally metaphorically, symbolically. Take that extra step to show others grace and kindness.”

[I don’t often comment on alderperson invocations, but I must say I never in a million years expected to hear an Appleton alderperson give an invocation that could have come straight from Matt Walsh. Some issues truly are completely non-partisan.] Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will […]

Library Board Meeting 12/20/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update, Vote On 2023 Budget

The Library Board is meeting 12/20/2022 at 4:30PM. The action items are fairly routine consisting of approval of the November Bill Register and a budget amendment. They will also be setting the 2023 Library Board meeting schedule and approving the 2023 Library Budget. Information items […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves All Items – Discusses Issues With Closed Appleton Landfill, Pacific/Appleton/Oneida Street Vacation

The Municipal Services Committee met 12/12/2022. It was a brief meeting clocking in at only 10 ½ minutes, and the committee voted to approve all items with only minimal discussion. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting. Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) is not […]

Finance Committee Votes 5-0 Against Resolution That Would Have Ended Alderperson Parking Pass Benefit

The Finance Committee met 12/12/2022 and took up Resolution 12-R-22 which called for the elimination of the Council parking pass benefit, valued at $480 per alderperson per year, and the reallocation of those funds to the city’s concrete budget. The resolution was introduced by Alderpersons […]