Year: 2022

Mayor Woodford To Present Two Proclamations During 08/03/2022 Common Council Meeting – Breastfeeding Awareness Month And Creative Economy Week

During the 08/03/2022 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 2 mayoral proclamations. With the first, he proclaims August 2022 to be Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Appleton and encourages “citizens to join healthcare and breastfeeding advocates in celebrating and promoting awareness of the benefits […]

Municipal Services Committee Receives Update On Accessible Pedestrian Signals At The Meade/Wisconsin Intersection – Visually Impaired Resident Who Requested Them Talks About How Useful They Have Been

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the items they took up was the one-year evaluation of the Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) at the intersection of Meade Street and Wisconsin Avenue. A fairly comprehensive memo on the subject had been submitted to the committee, […]

Former Alderperson Joe Martin Asks Municipal Services Committee To Reduce Speed Of Bird E-Scooters To 2 MPH On College Avenue

The Municipal Services Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the information items they received, and the only one to actually be spoken about, was the June 2022 Bird E-Scooter Pilot Program Update. The report spoke for itself, and may have gone unremarked upon had not retired […]

Public Arts Committee Meeting 08/03/2022 – Will Discuss Selection Process For New Houdini Tower Artwork

The Public Arts Committee is meeting 08/03/2022 at 8:30AM. If this meeting is not cancelled, it will be their first meeting since March of this year. Outside of the housekeeping items of electing a chair and vice-chair, the main purpose of the meeting is to […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes To Approve Marijuana Referendum Resolution – Alderpersons Express Strong Support For Responding To Constituents’ Requests For Referendums

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/27/2022. The first item they took up was the resolution that, if passed, would add a non-binding referendum question to the November ballot asking voters to weigh in on the legalization of marijuana in Wisconsin. After amending the resolution […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Votes To Allow The City And The Trout Museum Of Art To Enter Into Discussion About Relocating The Museum To Ellen Kort Peace Park

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the items they took up was a request to hold discussions with the Trout Museum on the possibility of the Trout Muse relocating to a building built at the Ellen Kort Peace Park. The committee ended […]

Finance Committee Approves All Items – Alderperson Doran Suggests Using ARPA Funds To Pay For APD Mobile Command Center

The Finance Committee met 07/25/2022. It was a brief and relatively uneventful meeting. All of the items were approved, most with minimal discussion. Alderperson Chris Croatt (District 14), who was not a member of the committee but was present, did ask how the budget amendment […]

Muncheez Pizza Owner Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison For Tax Fraud; Let’s Not Forget The Time He Wrote A Character Reference Letter For A Parole-Violating Felon Who Tried To Have Sex With Two Teenage Girls

Per WBAY, Paul VanderLinden, the owner of the now closed Muncheez Pizza on College Avenue, has pleaded guilty to Filing False Individual Tax Returns and Failing to Collect, Account for, and Pay Over Payroll Taxes. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered […]