Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/08/2023 – Will Vote On Snow Removal Assessment Waiver Request, Receive April 2023 Bird Scooter Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/08/2023 at 4:30PM. They will be taking up three action items. The first is the anticipated award of the College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration Pavement Marking Contract. This had been put on hold at the last Municipal Services Committee meeting, […]

Common Council Votes 15-0 To Approve $200,000 Grant To Habitat For Humanity After Alderperson Hartzheim Suggests Money Could Instead Be Used For City Infrastructure

The Common Council met 04/03/2023. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to award $200,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds to Habitat for Humanity. This was separated out for an individual vote by Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13). […]

Common Council Approves Acceptance Of $134,000 Energy Efficiency Grant, Declines To Allocate It For The Library Project

The Common Council met 05/03/2023. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was the request to approve the grant allocation for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program of $134,180. This item had been approved unanimously at the Finance Committee meeting. It […]

A Look At The Claims Of Lies And Defamation Surrounding The Resolution To Eliminate No Mow May And The Council Rule Change That Was Proposed In Response To That Resolution

Back on 04/18/2023 and 04/19/2023, the Common Council held first an informal organizational meeting and then a formal organizational meeting. The purpose of these meetings was to update the Council rules for the new Council year. The formal organizational meeting was the meeting in which […]

Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Creation Of Police Community Engagement Specialist Position – New Employee Will Take Over Most Public Information Officer Duties

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/26/2023. One of the items they took up was a request to approve a Police Table of Organization change. They had a full-time opening available in the clerical department, but they wanted to leave the Administrative Support […]

Common Council Meeting 05/03/2023 – Will Vote On Street Light Installation Policy Resolution, Chadwick’s Bar Alcohol License Stipulation

The Common Council is meeting 05/03/2023 at 7PM. An updated agenda was posted yesterday, and, in addition to the 6 mayoral proclamations I posted about, Mayor Woodford will also be presenting a proclamation proclaiming 05/17/2023 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day in which he encourages “all citizens […]

Community And Economic Development Department Approves The City Of Appleton To Serve As Lead Agency For The Fox Cities Housing Coalition And To Apply For Emergency Housing Homeless Funding

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 04/26/2023. The action item that they took up in open session was a request to apply for Emergency Housing Homeless (EHH) funding and approve the City of Appleton to serve as the lead agency and fiscal agency on […]

Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Mayoral Proclamations At 05/03/2023 Common Council Meeting – American Legion Poppy Day, Hmong American Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, Municipal Clerks Week, Asian And Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Nurses Month

During the 05/03/2023 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 mayoral proclamations. With the first, he proclaims 05/12/2023 to be American Legion Poppy Day in Appleton and called “upon all citizens to join in the observance through the wearing of poppies.” With the […]

Plan Commission Approves Rezoning Of Seville Properties On Ballard And Werner Roads, Annexation Of Land Along Providence Avenue and Baldeagle Drive

The City Plan Commission met 04/26/2023. It was a brief meeting in which they took up two items. One was a request to rezone the Seville Properties Annexation on the north west corner of the intersection of Ballard and Werner Roads from Temporary AG Agricultural […]

College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration Pavement Marking Contract Held By Municipal Services Committee For 2 Weeks

The Municipal Services Committee met 04/24/2023. They were supposed to received a memo about and vote on a contract for the College Avenue Lane reconfiguration pavement marking project. This would have been the contract related to the College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration pilot project that was […]