The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 03/06/2023 at 4:30PM. There are no action items on the agenda but there are several information items. The first is an update on the city’s negotiations with Bird Rides Inc for an agreement for an e-scooter program. The Municipal […]
Year: 2023
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 03/01/2023 Common Council Meeting – “I would like to share a poem with you tonight by Mary Oliver.”
Mayor Jake Woodford: Good evening I now call to order the Wednesday March 1, 2023 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. I would like to share a poem with you […]
Board Of Education Receives Update On Middle School Expansion Plans, Planning Process For New Elementary School
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 02/27/2023. During that meeting they received an update on some of the building projects associated with the referendum that was approved in November of 2022. They reviewed the preliminary diagrams for the additions to the middle […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Alcohol License Demerits With Chadwick’s Bar Owner, Technology To Identify Fake IDs
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/01/2023. The meeting lasted a little over 20 minutes and the bulk of it was taken up with a discussion with the owners of Chadwick’s Bar on College Avenue about the demerits they had received on their alcohol license […]
Trout Museum Of Art Drops Plan To Build In Ellen Kort Peace Park, Cites “Greater Than Expected Financial And Regulatory Burden Related To The Site’s Clean Up”
The Trout Museum has announced that it will no longer be pursuing its plan to build a facility on the grounds of Ellen Kort Peace Park. Per a press release from the museum, “The Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment performed by Westwood Professional Services on […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Denies Two Variance Requests Related To Accessory Dwelling Units, Approves Third Related To Two-Story Garage – Proceedings Highlight Issues With City’s New ADU Ordinance
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 02/20/2023. They took up three variance requests, two of which related to the city’s relatively new Accessory Dwelling Unit regulations and one of which related to a request to tear down and rebuild an existing 2 story garage. The […]
Mayor Woodford To Present 3 Proclamations – MS Awareness Week, Be Active Wisconsin Month, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Tonight, during the 03/01/2023 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting three mayoral proclamations. With the first, he proclaims March 12-18, 2023 to be MS Awareness Week in Appleton and encourages “all residents to educate themselves on the symptoms of MS for early identification […]
Common Council Meeting 03/01/2023 – Will Vote On Complete Streets Study Scope, Items Related To Valley Transit’s Whitman Avenue Facility Remodel
The Common Council is meeting 03/01/2023 at 7:00 PM. There are not a lot of action items on the agenda, but there were a few items that garnered discussion at the committee level and may end up being separated out for individual votes. The scope […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Holding Special Meeting 03/01/2023
The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting holding a special meeting 03/01/2023 at 6:30PM ahead of the Common Council meeting at 7PM. This had originally been scheduled for 02/22/2023 but was cancelled and rescheduled. The agenda items from last week to this week are all […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 02/19-2023 – 02/25/2023
Per the Wisconsin DHS website, during the week of 02/19/2023 through 02/25/2023, Appleton recorded 37 confirmed coronavirus cases and 3 probable cases for a total of 40. No new deaths were recorded during this last week leaving the total coronavirus deaths in Appleton since the beginning […]