Month: January 2023

Common Council Approves Sole Source Purchase Request For Downtown Street Reconstruction Streetscape Elements – Alderperson Hartzheim Expresses Concern That Style Guide Unnecessarily Locks City Into Sole Source Contracts

The Common Council met 01/18/2023. One of the action items separated out for an individual vote was a critical timing 2023 sole source purchase request for Downtown streetscape elements for the Oneida/Lawrence/Durkee/Morrison street reconstruction project. This item was the subject of a special meeting of […]

Common Council Approves Moving District 12 Polling Place To St. Pius Church Within District 6’s Boundaries

The Common Council met 01/18/2023 and unanimously approved the relocation of the District 12 polling place from St. John’s Church in District 12 to St. Pius Church in District 6. This item specifically as well as some of the issues in finding polling places and […]

Common Council Votes 13-2 To Approve Chase Bank Development Agreement – 2 Alderpersons Oppose Citing Affordable Housing Concerns

The Common Council met 01/18/2022. Almost an hour of the meeting was taken up with a presentation on the new reduced-scope design of the Appleton Public Library project; however, after that was over, the Council did separate out several action items for individual votes. The […]

Arrested Atlanta Forest Autonomous Zone Protester Child Of Lawrence University Professor

The Atlanta Forest Autonomous Zone has been in the news recently after a protester shot a law enforcement officer and was then killed by authorities. The autonomous zone was set up in June of 2021 and has been in the news off and on since […]

Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 01/24/2023 – Will Vote On Dispatch and Vehicle Location Software Contract, Receive 2022 Year End Ridership Numbers And Performance Indicators

The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 01/24/2023 at 3PM. They will be voting on a request to award a contract to a company called GMV for Computer Aided Dispatch and Automated Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) software. Per the memo, “The project will have a total […]

Board Of Education Meeting 01/23/2022 – Will Receive Referendum Update, Approve Open Enrollment Availability At Schools, Vote On Retirement Benefit Changes In Employee Handbook

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/23/2023 at 6PM. Some items of interest on the agenda include View full meeting details here: http://go.boarddocs.com/wi/aasd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CLVPZN5E4779

Finance Committee Meeting 01/23/2023 – Will Vote On Providing $1Million In ARPA Affordable Housing Grants For RISE Apartments

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/23/2023 at 5:30PM. Action items on the agenda include two project contracts as well as an request to award $1,000,000 in ARPA funds to RISE Apartments. There are also a number of information items, most of which are updates on […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 01/23/2023 – Will Receive Presentation On Proposed College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/23/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on several street occupancy permits including one for Avenue of Ice on the weekend of February 17, 2023. I would expect that the more interesting part of the meeting will be the […]