Year: 2022

Common Council Votes 12-2 To Deny Budget Amendment To Reduce Aldermanic Parking Pass Benefit – Alderpersons Talk About The Value Of The Parking Pass Benefit

The Common Council met 11/09/2022 in a special session to adopt the 2023 Executive Budget. The Council ended up approving the 2023 budget with no amendments by a 14-0 vote. Although no amendments were approved, four amendments were made and deliberated on. The first amendment […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves 2023 Grant Allocations For Community Partners – Representatives From Pillars, Habitat, Rebuilding Together Fox Valley, And WWBIC All Express Gratitude

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 11/09/2022. The one item on the agenda was a request to approve the preliminary 2023-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Community Partner Funding Allocations. This was approved 3-0. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting which you […]

City Plan Commission Approves Special Use Permit For Holiday Gas Station On Calumet Street After Hearing Concerns From Neighboring Property Owner

The City Plan Commission met 11/09/2022. It was a brief meeting, lasting around 12 minutes, in which they took up one action item which was an application from Holiday Stationstores for a special use permit for gasoline sales and a carwash on the corner of […]

Municipal Services Discusses Update To Linwood Avenue Street Reconstruction, Approves Lease For Fence On Glenhurst Avenue

The Municipal Services Committee met 11/08/2022. It was a short meeting with the open portion of it lasting less than 10 minutes. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting for your downloading pleasure. The item that garnered the most discussion was the approval of […]

Common Council Holding Special Session 11/09/2022 – Will Vote To Adopt 2023 Executive Budget

The Common Council is meeting 11/09/2022 at 6PM for a special session to adopt the 2023 executive budget. Alderpersons were asked to submit amendments ahead of time, and, per Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3), three amendments have been offered thus far, two by Alderperson Chad […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 11/09/2022 – Will Vote On Community Development Block Grant Allocations For 2023

The Community And Economic Development Committee is meeting 11/09/2022 at 4:30PM. There is one item on the agenda which is a request to approve the Preliminary 2023-2024 Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocation Recommendations. The city had $589,453 to allocate, $460,624 of which was available […]

City Plan Commission Meeting 11/09/2022 – Will Vote On Special Use Permit For Holiday Gas Station And Car Wash On Calumet Street

The City Plan Commission is meeting 11/09/2022 at 3:30PM. They have one public hearing along with the related action item. That is for a Special Use Permit for gasoline sales and a car wash at 1935 E Calumet Street. Holiday Stationstores wants to build a […]

Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 11/02/2022 Common Council Meeting – “Now is the time for remembering the dead and also for remembering our ancestors. Now is the time for telling their stories.”

Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): I’m going to start tonight with a land acknowledgement. Appleton occupies ancestral lands of the Menominee tribe. For 10,000 years the Menominee ancestral lands spanned Wisconsin and included parts of […]

Library Board Personnel And Policy Committee Meeting 11/08/2022 – Will Vote On Updated Naming Opportunities Policy For New Library

The Library Board Personnel and Policy Committee is meeting 11/08/2022 at 10:30AM They will be conducting the Library Director’s End of Year 2022 Performance Review and may enter closed session to do that. Listed as an action item is the non-union employee compensation study and […]