Per the Wisconsin DHS website, during the week of 01/22/2023 through 01/28/2023, Appleton recorded 29 confirmed coronavirus cases and 5 probable cases for a total of 34. No new deaths were recorded during this last week, but one was added to a previous week bringing the […]
Year: 2023
Finance Committee Approves $1Million Affordable Housing ARPA Grant To RISE Apartments – Will Help Keep 48 Unit Affordable Housing Project Financially Solvent
The Finance Committee met 01/23/2023. A little over 20 minutes of that meeting was taken up with discussion on the request to award $1 million in American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds to RISE Apartments, LLC in the form of an affordable housing grant. The […]
Finance Committee Holds Two Items Until Next Meeting – Fire Station Floor Contract, Vosters Park Redevelopment Contract
The Finance Committee met 01/23/2023. The committee ended up holding two of the action items until their next meeting on 02/06/2023. One was a sole source contract for the floor epoxy in Fire Station #1’s rig room. The second was the Vosters Park redevelopment project. […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Update To Municipal Code Clarifying Rules Around Driveway Extensions
The Municipal Services Committee met 01/23/2023. One of the action items they took up was a request to approve proposed changes to Municipal Code 19-91. These changes did not impact the way the code is currently enforced and were more intended to clarify the code […]
Municipal Services Committee Receives Presentation On College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration – Plan Would Reduce College Avenue To 2 Directional Lanes And 1 Center Turn Lane, Add Bike Lanes
The Municipal Services Committee met 01/23/2023. Most of the meeting was taken up with a presentation on the College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration Presentation. Essentially, the city plans to reduce College Avenue between State Street and Drew Street from 4 lanes (two in each direction) to […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/15/2023 – 01/21/2023
Per the Wisconsin DHS website, during the week of 01/15/2023 through 01/21/2023, Appleton recorded 36 confirmed coronavirus cases and 6 probable cases for a total of 42. No new deaths were leaving the total coronavirus deaths in Appleton since the beginning of the pandemic at 171. […]
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 […]