AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes Answers Questions About Proposed Referendum

I’ve been engaging in an email conversation with Appleton Area School District Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes regarding the proposed referendum. He was kind enough to answer a number of questions. I briefly considered trying to organize them by subject matter but ultimately decided to […]

Two Resolutions Submitted To Common Council – First Would Ban Intoxicated Bartending, Second Would Reallocate City Brand Funding For Other Purposes

The Appleton Common Council met 01/19/2022. The meeting was not particularly eventful. No agenda items were separated out for individual votes and the meeting was completed in under 30 minutes. However, the first two resolutions of 2022 were introduced at that meeting. Resolution #1-R-22 Intoxicated […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves Phase 2 Development Agreement With Merge LLC, Reviews Housing Affordability Report

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 01/12/2022. It was a brief meeting, less than 10 minutes long, with one action item and one information item. The action item was a request to approve the phase 2 development agreement with Merge, LLC for the project […]

Police Chief Gives Report To Safety And Licensing Committee On Preliminary 2021 Crime Statistics – Mental Health Calls Up 72% In Appleton

During the 01/12/2022 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting, Appleton Police Chief Todd Thomas gave a report to the committee on Appleton’s 2021 preliminary crime and police activity numbers. There were just the preliminary numbers taken from the Appleton Police Department’s database. He said they would […]

Common Council Meeting 01/19/2022 – Will Vote On Health Officer Recommendation

The Appleton Common Council is meeting 01/19/2022 at 7PM. Of particular interest is that Mayor Woodford will be making a Health Officer recommendation. The city has been searching for a new Health Officer since March of 2021, and Public Health Nurse Supervisor Sonja Jensen has […]

Mayor Woodford Makes First Proclamations Of 2022 – Human Trafficking Awareness Day and MLK Jr. Day

We have our first Mayoral Proclamations of the new year. Mayor Woodford proclaimed January 11, 2022 to be Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Appleton and encouraged residents “to increase awareness about identification of human trafficking along with becoming familiar with resources and services that can […]