Board Of Education Meeting 01/22/2024 – Will Receive Recap Of 2024 State Education Convention, Vote On Middle School Curriculum Changes, Approve 1-Year Contract Extension For Superintendent Hartjes

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/22/2024 at 6PM. The agenda looks to be a little on the lighter side. They will be receiving a recap of the 2024 Wisconsin State Education Convention. They will be reviewing changes to various middle […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 01/22/2024 – Will Vote On Houdini Plaza And Jones Park Rental Fees, Design Contract For Lundgaard Park Pavilion

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 01/22/2024 at 6:15PM. They will be taking up the proposed revised rental and fee schedule policies for Houdini Plaza and Jones Park. The Houdini Plaza fee schedule included a $25 across the board increase to rental fees. The […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/22/2024 – Will Vote On Energy Efficiency And Conservation Block Grant Resolution, Receive Updates On ARPA Funded Projects

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/22/2024 at 5:30PM. They will be discussing and voting on the Resolution for Use of Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds. This resolution calls for $134,000 in Department of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds to be directed toward […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 01/22/2024 – Will Vote On Avenue Of Ice Permit, Sole Source Traffic Equipment Purchases, Contract For Increased Security For Downtown Parking Ramps

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/22/2024 at 4:30PM. They have 4 action items on the agenda. The first is a request from Boldt for a street occupancy permit for the Fox Commons City Center Plaza construction site access point along Washington Street for period […]

Library Board Receives “Public Health 3.0” – Health Officer Sepers Mentions Possibility Of Community Resource Navigator Meeting With Homeless Clients At Library

The Library Board met 01/16/2024. One of the information items they received was Library Board trustee training, the focus of which was on Public Health, specifically a concept called Public Health 3.0. Appleton’s Health Officer Charles Sepers presented to the Library Board. Rather than put […]

Resolution Introduced That Would Direct $134,000 In Efficiency And Conservation Block Grant Funds Toward Qualifying Library Project Initiative

The first resolution of 2024 was introduced at the 01/17/2024 Common Council meeting. Resolution 1-R-24 is the Resolution for Use of Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds and calls for $134.180 in Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds from the Department of Energy to be […]

Common Council Holds Parking Facility Study Resolution Until Next Meeting To Give Resolution’s Author A Chance To Participate In Discussion

The Common Council met 01/17/2024. It was a brief meeting lasting only around 13 minutes. The one action item that was separated out for individual discussion was the Parking Facilities Study Resolution. This resolution calls for staff to seek the services of a consultant to […]

Bicycle And Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting 01/18/2024 – Will Receive DPD And Parks And Recreation Project Updates, Update On Appleton Conservancy

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is meeting 01/18/2024 at 8AM. Meetings of this committee are not recorded. They will be meeting at the Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Management Department building in Memorial Park. They’ll be receiving project updates from the Department of Public Works […]

Common Council Meeting 01/17/2024 – Will Vote On Parking Facilities Study Resolution

The Common Council is meeting 01/17/2024 at 7PM. There have only been a few committee meetings since the Council last met, so there are not a lot of action items on the agenda. The Parking Facilities Study Resolution will almost certainly be separated out for […]

Municipal Services Committee Approves Amended Parking Facilities Study Resolution Removing Reference To Studying The Possible Lease Or Sale Of City-Owned Parking Ramps

The Municipal Services Committee met 01/08/2024. One of the items they took up was the Parking Facility and Management Study resolution. As originally written by Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15), this resolution called for staff to seek the services of a consultant to help them […]