The Parks and Recreation Committee is holding a special meeting on 12/04/2024 at 6:45PM prior to the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on updates to Reid Golf Course’s fee rates. Staff is recommending increasing the annual pass rate. Rates for non-senior individuals […]
Month: November 2024
Finance Committee Meeting 12/04/2024 – Will Vote On Ballard Road Water Main Reconstruction Project And Wastewater Treatment Plant Painting And Crack Sealing Project
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 12/04/2024 at 6:30 prior to the Common Council meeting at 7PM. They will be voting on two action items. The first is a request to award a water main reconstruction project for Ballard Road near 41 to […]
Happy Thanksgiving
In light of the Thanksgiving-related cooking I need to do and the fact that there are no committee meetings things week, posting will resume on Friday, November 29th. Happy Thanksgiving.
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 10/16/2024 Common Council Meeting – What made Tom Grade such a great community leader, one that will be dearly missed by those of Menasha and the wider Fox Valley.
Mayor Jake Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Schultz. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9): [You] say that with some trepidation. Fair warning, no word count, but we won’t need it. On Sunday, I attended the memorial service for a dear friend and fellow […]
Common Council Votes Unanimously To Approve $300,000 Study Of Northland Creek And Bellaire Watersheds – Residents Recount Experiences Of Catastrophic Flooding
The Common Council met 11/20/2024. The item that took up most of the meeting was the public comment and then discussion and vote on the request to award a $300,000 contract to Brown and Caldwell to perform and evaluation on the Northland Creek and Bellaire […]
No City Of Appleton Committee Meetings Scheduled For Thanksgiving Week
It’s looking like it will be a non-existent committee week in Appleton. Because it is the week of Thanksgiving, initially, only three committees even had agendas posted while the others were all cancelled, but now all the committee meetings have been cancelled, and there are […]
Board Of Education Meeting 11/25/2025 – Will Receive Update On Capital Improvement Projects, Review School Safety Plans, Discuss School Attendance Boundaries
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 11/25/2024 at 6PM. Perhaps due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the agenda seems fairly light. They will be receiving information on various grants AASD has been awarded for the 2024-2025 school year. They will also be […]
Alderperson Denise Fenton’s Invocation At 11/20/2024 Common Council Meeting – “However much we believe of the kindergarten pageant version of the origins of the holiday, we should remember that, above all, the Thanksgiving story is an immigrant story.”
Mayor Jake Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Fenton. Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6): Good evening. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, and however much we believe of the kindergarten pageant version of the origins of the holiday, we should remember […]
Alderperson Kristin Alfheim’s Invocation At 11/06/2024 Common Council Meeting – “If we believe in autonomy of feelings and self, then it requires us, by default, to respect the identity and autonomy of others.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Alfheim. Alderperson Kristin Alfheim (District 11): In 1987 I wrote the shortest of poems. It read, “I am me. No one else the same. I wish to be that way, and so I’ll remain.” It was […]
Community Development Committee Holding Special Meeting This Evening 11/20/2024 – Will Vote On Extension To Purchase Agreement With Merge, LLC
The Community Development Committee is holding a special meeting later this evening on 11/20/2024 at 6:45PM prior to the Common Council meeting at 7PM. They will be voting on a request from Merge LLC to extend the purchase date to February 28, 2025 of the […]