Common Council Separates Three Items For Individual Votes – New Members Learn About Council Procedures

The Common Council met 04/20/2022. It was the first meeting of the new Council year so, although none of the items taken up were particularly remarkable, there was some education on Council procedures that was worked into the meeting. When it came time to establish […]

Board Of Education Meeting 04/25/2022 – New Members Will Recite Member Commitment

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 04/25/2022 at 6PM. The 4 newly sworn in board members will be affirming that they have taken and filed he Oath of Office and they will recite the Board of Education Member Commitment. The Superintendent’s […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 04/25/2022 – Will Elect Vice-Chair, Review 2021 Green Tier Legacy Communities Annual Report

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 04/25/2022 at 6:30PM. This is very much a housekeeping meeting with the only action item being the election of a Vice-Chair for the committee. Information items are also managerially focused including confirming the committee’s meeting date and time […]

Common Council Approves The Sole Source Purchase Of A Fire Truck From Pierce Manufacturing – Paying Before May 1 Will Result In At Least $90,000 In Savings

The Common Council met 04/20/2022. Outside of the fact that it was the first regular Common Council meeting of the new Council year, the meeting was uneventful. The action item that resulted in the most discussion was the request to purchase a fire truck via […]

Finance Committee Meeting 04/25/2022 – Will Vote On Contract For Ellen Kort Peace Park Trail, Review 2021 Green Tier Legacy Community Annual Report

The Finance Committee is meeting 04/25/2022 at 5:30PM. They’ll be electing a Vice-Chair, Tax Appeals members, and a CEA Board member. Outside of those, they have 9 action items they will be voting on. Most of them seem pretty routine. One item of interest is […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 04/25/2022 – Will Vote On Soldier’s Square Resolution, Consider Variance Request From Homeowner

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 04/25/2022 at 4:30PM. Because this is the first committee meeting of the new Council year, they will be electing a Vice-Chair and electing a Central Equipment Agency Board member. There are two other, non-housekeeping, action items. The first is […]

Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 04/20/2022 Common Council Meeting – “I think we all strive to be the same person.”

Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. The invocation I’m going to deliver tonight is the very first invocation that I every delivered at Council in August of 2014. And I feel that with the seating […]

Two Resolutions Introduced During 04/20/2022 Common Council Meeting – Water Main Resolution and Soldier’s Square Resolution

Two resolutions were introduced during the 04/20/2022 Common Council meeting. Resolution #5-R-22 Water Main Resolution was submitted by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15). It notes that the City of Appleton is borrowing for roughly 80% of annual road projects and experienced a near record amount […]

Library Board Meeting 04/19/2022 – Receives 2021 Annual Report, Update On Move To Temporary Location, Overview of Summer Reading Program

The Library Board met 04/19/2022. It was not a particularly eventful meeting. It started out with recognition of the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS). They didn’t have a printed copy of the certificate, nor has one been attached to the meeting minutes, but they did […]