Irineo E. Medina completed a mural at Appleton East High School earlier this month. It’s visible along the side of the building from John Street. He is the artist behind a number of the murals across Appleton, and you can view more of his art […]
Year: 2022
Library Board Approves All Action Items, Does Not Have Time To Receive Information Items
The Library Board met 07/19/2022. It was an unexpectedly short meeting. Apparently, due to the members’ schedules, it was difficult for them to get enough members at the meeting for them to have a quorum, and it sounded like some members needed to leave fairly […]
Mayor Woodford To Present 2 Proclamations During 07/20/2022 Common Council Meeting – Parks And Recreation Month And Children’s Week
Tonight, during the 07/20/2022 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting two mayoral proclamations. In the first, he proclaims July 2022 to be Parks and Recreation Month in Appleton and urges “all citizens to join with other communities in recognizing that parks and recreation […]
Common Council Meeting 07/20/2022 – Will Receive Budget Process Overview
The Common Council is meeting 07/20/2022 at 7PM. Although it’s been a month since the Council last met, it doesn’t look like a particularly eventful agenda. The committee meetings that have taken place were all fairly uncontroversial, and nothing really stands out as something that […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Mid-Year Report, Updates On APD Grants, Recruitment Report
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. They received several updates from Police Chief Todd Thomas. The first was the 2022 Appleton Police Department Mid-Year Report. This was basically a three-page summary of significant events from 2022. Chief Thomas did not go through it in […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Fire Department Update – Learns About EMS Flex Grant Application, New Fire Department Public Education Specialist
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. One of the information items they received was a director’s report from Fire Chief Jeremey Hansen. He started off by talking about the EMS Flex Grant. In February of 2022, Governor Evers allocated $12 million in state ARPA […]
Finance Committee Receives Audit Presentation – City Given “Clean” Audit By CliftonLarsonAllen Auditing Firm
The Finance Committee met 07/11/2022. They received a presentation from Leah Lasecki on Appleton’s 2021 Audit and Executive Summary. Basically, the city had a clean audit with no concerns. Leah was a principal CPA at the firm CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) and was responsible for the signing […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 07/10/2022 – 07/16/2022
I have started pulling Covid case and death numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 07/10/2022 through 07/16/2022, Appleton recorded 144 confirmed cases and 18 probable cases for a total of 162. There were no new deaths recorded […]
Library Board Meeting 07/19/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update, Hopefully Discuss Keeping Project Within Budget
The Library Board is meeting 07/19/2022 at 4:30PM. There will be trustee reappointments for current board members Rebecca Kellner and Brian Looker, and the new appointment of Nanette Bunnow an Appleton Area School District Assistant Superintendent who will be taking over from Greg Hartjes as […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Meeting 07/18/2022 – Will Take Up Three Requests, Two Which Don’t Meet The Review Criteria For A Variance
The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 07/18/2022 at 7PM. It looks like they have a full slate of variances to consider, with one property actually requesting 3 variances related to a rezoning. The first variance request is for the commercial lot on Calumet Street […]